March 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Watch: Evan Patrick “Body”
The hair, the vocal timbre, the slinky R&B stylings. Yes, it’s true — Brooklyn’s Evan Patrick is intentionally ...
March 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Review: Book a Leave of Whimsy at ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
For those of you who’ve come to know what to expect from a Wes Anderson movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel won’t alter any ...
March 11, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Summer Camp “Crazy”
For those of you who like your pop ballads dark and dirty, British married couple/indie pop act Summer Camp just served up this ...
February 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Listen: Sky Ferreira “Rancid Girl”
You may have heard already, but Sky Ferreira is cool with the fact that the uncharacteristically stripped-down (and pretty!) ...
February 17, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Neighbors “Wild Enough”
Hi, Brooklyn. Do you know what your neighbors have been up to lately? Some of them are making short work of medical ethics codes in ...
February 14, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Mixtape: Baby Makin’ Music
Happy Valentine’s Day, curmudgeons. In honor of this spiteful holiday, I’ve crafted you all a sexy soundtrack upon ...
February 12, 2014 at 3:07 pm
Watch: Quilt “Tie up the Tides”
Fresh off the release of their new album, Held in Splendor, Quilt has brought its very own sensory deprivation chamber to life in ...
January 28, 2014 at 11:00 am
Watch: Elbow “New York Morning”
Don’t watch this because it’s a new music video from Elbow — watch it because of its documentary-like aspect in ...
January 28, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: MØ “Don’t Wanna Dance”
Here’s a song that, much as it belongs on an Urban Outfitters playlist, comes to life in an interesting way with the ...
January 21, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Review: Against Me! ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’
For long-time fans of Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues (out today) is an album that’s significant before the fact. All ...
January 21, 2014 at 11:57 am
Listen: Chuck Inglish (feat. Chromeo) “Legs”
Find me something more infectious than this Chromeo-assisted disco beat from the labs of Chuck Inglish, and I’ll drop ...
January 16, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Band Crush: Shy Hunters @ Baby’s All Right (1/10)
Review: Shy Hunters @ Baby’s All Right (1/10)
A soft launch in more ways than one, last Friday gave Brooklyn a taste of an ...
December 26, 2013 at 11:47 am
Review: ‘The Life and Death of Marina Abramović’
Suffice it to say that seating latecomers at the Park Avenue Armory is a theatrical production unto itself. Having found my very ...
November 21, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Review: ‘Everybody Street’
When Joel Meyerowitz first picked up a camera for an errant work assignment, he promptly marched back to his employer and quit his ...
November 19, 2013 at 1:26 pm
LA’s Feel-Good Artist Demystifies the Swag: An Interview with Gregory Siff
It wouldn’t be wholly incorrect to deem him an arbiter of commercially viable urban cool. But despite his insistence that he ...
November 14, 2013 at 4:02 pm
Band Crush: Moonface @ Le Poisson Rouge
Review: Moonface @ Le Poisson Rouge (11/9)
Leave the tambourine at home — you won’t need it where we’re going. Put ...
October 22, 2013 at 12:23 pm
CMJ Crush: Porcelain Raft
Porcelain Raft @ Glasslands Gallery
What better venue for the mad scientist of synth than the intimate stage at Glasslands Gallery ...
October 21, 2013 at 4:05 pm
CMJ Crush: Friend Roulette @ The Gutter
Review: Friend Roulette @ The Gutter (10/18)
With two drummers, a violin and an electronic didgeridoo (I believe the technical term ...
October 20, 2013 at 5:13 pm
CMJ Crush: Caveman @ Rockwood Music Hall
Review: Caveman @ Rockwood Music Hall (10/15)
At the number one spot on The Deli’s Best NYC Emerging Artists of 2012, ...
October 17, 2013 at 12:14 pm
CMJ Crush: Lucius @ Brooklyn Bowl
Review: Lucius @ Brooklyn Bowl (10/15)
“Scary good” is my take on what’s been hands-down the main attraction of my ...
October 17, 2013 at 12:04 pm
CMJ Crush: Seasick Mama @ Studio at Webster Hall
Review: Seasick Mama @ Studio at Webster Hall (10/15)
As Seasick Mama told me herself in an interview a couple months ago, her new EP, ...
October 7, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Mind Games for the Masses: A Tête-à-Tête with Gilf!
Hypocrisy On A Crocodile
Get your mind out of the gutter: the artist currently known as gilf! has more on her mind than your-mom ...
October 4, 2013 at 11:04 am
Faces of Facebook Reminds Us We Are of a Void, Insignificant
Just in case you ever had trouble visualizing what 1.2 billion Facebook users looks like: there’s an interactive app for that. ...
September 12, 2013 at 3:28 pm
‘Lovelace’ Engages, But Don’t Look for a Careful Critique of the Porn Industry
Peter Sarsgaard and Amanda Seyfriend in ‘Lovelace’ (Courtesy of Radius-TWC)
Much as a movie about Deep Throat practically ...
August 30, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Celestial Shore Does Justice to Forthcoming ’10x’ at the Knitting Factory
Up close, Brooklyn-based Celestial Shore are quite a bit more heavy-handed than they are as a studio band, and that’s a pleasant ...
August 27, 2013 at 8:00 am
Relax and Rolex: The Casual Face of Genocide in “The Act of Killing”
Speechless as it may leave you, there’s plenty to say about Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 opus, The Act of Killing, which ...
August 20, 2013 at 8:00 am
No Age Masters The Old Push And Pull In ‘An Object’
Alright, I’ll say it: this here album is a regular In-n-Out Burger. The fact that the reference occurred to me on a ...
August 13, 2013 at 6:05 pm
Seasick Mama Finds Her Sea Legs (And Other Dispatches From Brooklyn)
In a way, Marial Maher (that’s Seasick Mama to you) has the sort of wild success story that precedes her own chutzpah. ...
August 4, 2013 at 8:14 pm
What It Means to Jangle: A Chit Chat with Ski Lodge
Morrissey walks into a bar with a pocket full of change – but there’s nothing funny about sounding like a ...
July 3, 2013 at 10:27 pm
NYAFF 2013 Film Festival Review
When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep
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May 29, 2013 at 2:48 pm
‘Paradise: Love’ — Mostly Business, Little Pleasure
Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel) strolls towards some “Beach Boys” in Ulrich Seidl’s PARADISE: LOVE / Photo courtesy of Strand ...
May 29, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Utopia is still a human affair in ‘The Source Family’
Source Family women pose for a promotional photo for the Ya Ho Wa 13 record release, Los Angeles, 1973 / Photo courtesy Isis ...
May 20, 2013 at 3:31 pm
The National’s ‘Trouble Will Find Me’ Finds the Sweet Spot
The hungry, weary, love-lorn masses are having a bit of a moment this week in light of The National’s much-anticipated new ...
May 7, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Review: Complicated Crooning from Brenda in ‘Fix Your Eyes’
Much of Brenda’s new album sounds like it’s coming at you from far away, but that doesn’t negate the immediacy of its complex ...
April 22, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Marnie Stern & Co. Take It All Off at Music Hall of Williamsburg
For someone who’s absolutely brimming with dirty jokes, Marnie Stern has certainly cleaned up her act with the release of her ...