Marina Ambramovic Is Waiting For You
The performance art pioneer watches over her MoMA retrospective.
Blogs
Monday Morning Feuds: Kate Nash vs. The Pussycat Dolls
Over what? Well, the sexualization of children, of course.
Blogs
Abstract Expressionists for Your (Stamp) Collection
The U.S. Postal Service's newest set of stamps includes works by Pollock, Gorky and de Kooning.
Going On Today...
One for the Team, MiniBoone
The Minneapolis-based outfit One for the Team delivers happy, clappy songs. Or do they?! Repeated listens reveal classic pop deceit: Sugary, boy-girl harmonies cover up the fact that most songs actually revolve around heartbreak and disappointment, calling to mind a Midwestern version of Los Campesinos! It might not be the most original twist in the book, but they do sing this, from a song called "A Better Job:" "Let's move, let's move to Brooklyn together / We'll both get an internship at Matador Records / And we'll get an apartment that's so small, we'll only call it ours." We're sold. FREE
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Music
Pop Scene:
Auto-Tune at its Best... and Worst
We look at songs by Orianthi, T-Pain and Timbaland, only one of which is even remotely listenable.
Goth Goes Mainstream, Sorta
Dear God, I Hate Myself is not only Xiu Xiu's band's best-named record to date, it's also their most approachable.
The Shout Out Louds Grow Up
The Swedish band experiments with more interesting textures and varied tempos, but they're still a pop band, and proud of it.
Still Quasi After All These Years
Over fifteen years into their career, the Portland mainstays release American Gong, containing some of the best work they've ever done.
Feb 17, 2010
Film
All About the Mother
Bong Joon-ho's quirky neo-noir Mother tracks an unlikely detective's ruthless investigation.
Robert Pattinson Caused 9/11
Full of potential, Remember Me will instead be remembered as an offensive disaster.
This Movie Will Self-Destruct In 80 Minutes
Local indie The Exploding Girl is its own worst enemy.
On a Scale of 1 to 10...
Hateful "romantic" "comedy" She's Out of My League is really asking for it.
Food & Drink
Roebling Inn: The Song Remains the Same (Sort of)
You take one bar out, you put another bar in... The Roebling Inn is just ok, for now.
Feb 3, 2010
Cheap Eats in Fancy Digs
Now you can tell people you ate somewhere posh without actually spending lots of money.
Jan 20, 2010
Columns
Sex With the Natural Redhead
Sleep Sex, Amateur Hookers and Physics
In which many exciting facts about sex and the Animal Kingdom are revealed.
Fashionville
Snow Nor Tragedy Stops Fashion Week
A blizzard. The awful death of Alexander McQueen. Fashion Week stops for nothing.
The Conscientious Objector
Orcas Don't Kill People, Zoos Kill Orcas
It's time we put an end to zoos.
Art Fag City
This Year's Whitney Biennial: It's Good
One of the best biennials in years has plenty of great stuff for everyone... And somehow it all fits.
The Power of My Proven System
Let's Do the Right Thing and Lose to Canada
In which Timothy Bracy makes a case for pre-emptive hockey failure.
Fare is Fair
Do You Think the Hands-Free Ban is Fair?
Not only are cell phones banned, but cabbies are no longer allowed to talk, even if it's hands-free.
Reviews
Album
Has Yeasayer Developed or Simply Changed Directions?
On Odd Blood, the Brooklyn band adopts a handful of new sounds that would be better served with aspects of their old one.
Theater
Pieces of a Mind
The New Group's revival of Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, directed by Ethan Hawke, is a dissonant collage of fractured psyches.
Books
Bolaño Goes Extra Dark with Monsieur Pain
Prolific Chilean continues to produce from beyond the grave.
Film
Cute Kids Are Cinematic Scam Artists
Ponzi-themed family drama Children of Invention hooks its take on the zeitgeist to a couple of vulnerable moppets.
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