Week of MAY 25 Lady Gaga's Fame Ball Rolls On  Loren Javier | Fame has been demystified enough for us to know that the adage “Fake it till you make it” does not go far enough. As a culture, we watch celebrities with such scrutiny, we understand that making it isn’t even half the battle—keeping it is what separates the stars from the starlets. Lady Gaga’s fame is still teething, and her solution to this conundrum is paradoxically simplistic: make it, and then make more. The oft-hurtled criticism that Gaga is all style and no subs... Read More >>
Advertisement Music Blog: Sound of the City Lil Wayne Gets In On Slow Jam Thursday May 26, 2011 OK, technically it's Slow Jam Wednesday-Night-To-Thursday, what with Beyoncé debuting her brassy ballad "1+1" on last night's Idol, the Weeknd dropping "Rolling Stone" later in the evening, and this P... Read More >> Download: K-Holes' Lumbering "Native Tongues" May 26, 2011 A demented mish-mash of local nogoodniks (members come from Bezoar, Georgiana Starlington and YIMBY alumni Golden Triangle), K-Holes is a sleazy, late-night group grope--touchstones include the most l... Read More >> Lauryn Hill And Nas To Headline Rock The Bells Festival May 25, 2011 The Rock The Bells festival returns to the New York area with a Sept. 2 date at Governor's Island. This year's installment is headed up by a slew of full-album sets that includes run-throughs of The M... Read More >> Live: Panic! At The Disco Stoke The Nostalgic Flames At Terminal 5 May 25, 2011 Panic! At the Disco w/ fun. Terminal 5 Tuesday, May 24 Better than: Actually being 18 years old again. The weather outside last night was stale, and there was no wind at all, so everyone brought wit... Read More >> | | |