Jon Pareles
The New York Times posts Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2012
Kendrick Lamar at Terminal 5, Sept 2012 (more by Julie Schnabel)
Venerable newspaper The New York Times have published their Top 10 songs and albums of the year, broken out by specific writers…
Rachel's CMJ 2010 recap conclusion w/ lots of pics (Lia Ices, Sarah Jaffe, Ume, Robbers on High Street, Buke & Gass, more)
Pete’s Candy Store , Crash Mansion , Pianos & Mercury Lounge
Oh Land @ Rebel NYC (more by David Andrako)
You’ve been following the CMJ adventures of multiple BV contributors for two weeks now, including the day by day reviews from Rachel Kowal…
David Byrne adds a post-European-tour NJ SHOW, takes on NY Times Radio City reviewer +++ Radio City TUTU video
David Byrne & dancers @ Radio City Music Hall in NYC (photo)”C warned me that there was a not so complimentary review in the NY Times this morning, and advised me against reading it…
NY Times Arts & Leisure Weekend 2009 w/ Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend, others (tix on sale)
The 2009 NY Times Arts & Leisure Weekend takes place at the Timescenter in NYC from January 8-11. Tickets are on sale for events that include talks with Vampire Weekend, Patti Smith, Salman Rushdie, and Tom Cruise (thx Jeff)…
"a world of cross-references in Dirty Projectors’ music"
“There’s a world of cross-references in Dirty Projectors’ music: stuttering modal riffs from Mali, the meandering melodies of opera or modern music theater, pygmy antiphonal vocals, Captain Beefheart, Zimbabwean and Congolese rock, King Crimson, Talking Heads, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks…
see Leslie Feist talk about her exploding career
Feist is big. See her talk about it with Jon Pareles on January 12th in NYC. Tickets are on sale. Many other 2008 “New York Times Arts and Leisure Week” are on sale too (the shows that disappeared after I posted them last time)…
