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Uncut (magazine) (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is the native New Yorker's own personal selection....A skein of wordy and worthy album tracks."0.562622
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Option (1-2/97, p.99) - "...ranging from No New Yorkers to more standard alternative fare....fine stuff from Carbon and Glenn Branca, plus some really interesting things by people I've never heard before....Impressive."0.4922942
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "On ALHAMBRA LOVE SONGS the New Yorker rustles up some sublime jazz trio vignettes, performed with poise and evident affection by Rob Burger, Greg Cohen and Ben Perowsky."0.4922942
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"Gerwig is adorable..."Entertainment Weekly "[A] comic case study of a yearlong emotional meltdown for an about-to-turn-30 angsty, artsy New Yorker....[Gerwig] inhabits Lola with an endearing ease."Los Angeles Times0.4922942
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"Gerwig is adorable..."Entertainment Weekly "[A] comic case study of a yearlong emotional meltdown for an about-to-turn-30 angsty, artsy New Yorker....[Gerwig] inhabits Lola with an endearing ease."Los Angeles Times0.4922942
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[E]ffortlessly engaging....Like many New Yorker short stories, its purpose is to strike a particular note and allow it to reverberate."Chicago Sun-Times0.4922942
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"Gerwig is adorable..."Entertainment Weekly "[A] comic case study of a yearlong emotional meltdown for an about-to-turn-30 angsty, artsy New Yorker....[Gerwig] inhabits Lola with an endearing ease."Los Angeles Times0.4922942
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Spin (p.109) - "Four New Yorkers humanize slow pop songs with short-circuiting feedback..." - Grade: BEntertainment Weekly (No. 840, p.87) - "Ever wonder what Interpol would sound like with a noize guy scuzzing up their high-tension tunes?..." - Grade: B0.4219665
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Spin (p.78) - "[W]ith VAPOURS, the transplanted New Yorker relearns his playfulness....VAPOURS is a welcome righting of the ship."CMJ - "VAPOURS is a collection of engaging narratives sunk deep in a warm oasis of guitars and synths with infectious tropical rhythms that will have your shoulders rolling..."0.4219665
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"Like a literary Morgan Spurlock, Manhattanite Colin Beavan took it upon himself to live out his ideals by going through an entire year without harming the environment in any way."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 5 -- "[An] account of New Yorker Colin Beavan's bid to write a book abut a year spent reducing his carbon footprint....Compelling..."Empire0.3516387
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Down Beat (11/00, pp.80-1) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Like a collection of vintage New Yorker short stories set to music, these intelligent little miniatures are not often encountered and thus, worth meeting all the more..."JazzTimes (12/00, p.132) - "...A successful duo engagement....Sherman is a first-rate interpreter of lyrics....and McKenna supplies just the right pulse..."0.3516387
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hese are richly textured, startlingly innovative small ensemble pieces for brass, percussion, celeste, vibraphone, woodwind and more."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The music] adds a a cocktail-party sheen to the New Yorker's boneyard avant-garde, and it works beautifully..."0.3516387
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Jones' sweet, thick Hammond B-3 riffs are spiked with Truckers' roughneck Southern rock and some exceptionally lyrical, focused Young guitar leads."Down Beat (p.72) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith Booker sounding as soulful as ever....This enduring patriarch of the Hammond is smack dab in the middle of riotous hard rock -- and he's having a great time."Billboard (p.37) - "POTATO HOLE comes loaded with good news for fans of sweet soul music....[T]he guests' reverence for Booker T. is clear..."Paste (magazine) - "Booker T. has corralled Young and the Drive-By Truckers to back him on the all-instrumental tracks, so you know it's going to be loose, loud, raw and crunchy."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The key, as ever where Booker T is concerned, is to understand and appreciate his distinctive electric piano as the voice."0.3081837
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Rolling Stone - "[T]he record is a model of musical egalitarianism. J&J's vocals blend beautifully throughout -- sweet harmony that makes discord go down easy."Spin - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "I'M HAVING FUN NOW is all whimsical, tongue-in-cheek cutesiness, but with songs this sugary, it'd be churlish to complain."Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "Brought together by a shared love of crisp boy-girl harmonies and ultra-hummable, '60s-inspired melodies, they sound Cracker Jack sweet..." -- Grade: B+Alternative Press - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he two do indeed sound like they're having fun....I'M HAVING FUN NOW is a good time for your ears..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "I'M HAVING FUN NOW is a musical meeting of minds, sure, but more significantly it's continuing evidence of Lewis' rapid artistic evolution."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It doesn't take long to absorb the sherbet rush of this punky confection....Lewis, particularly, seems to revel in the freedom afforded by performing in a combo with no reputation to burn."0.3081837
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"[A] screwball comedy of sexual confusion....It captures the neurotic absorption of a class of academic and literary New Yorkers who put enormous stock in precisely verbalizing every opinion and emotion..."New York Times "[Elizabeth Reaser] has a bloom that recalls Debra Winger in her playful prime." -- Grade: B-Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Shades of recent Woody Allen and any number of low-budget, New York-set quirky-coms are to be found in this gently amusing film..."Empire0.281311
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CMJ (5/10/99, p.33) - "...The group takes a variety of standard jazz forms...and stretches them into new and exciting shapes....near telepathic interplay between drummer Johnny Vidacovich, [guitarist Steve] Masokowski, saxist Tony Dagradi and keyboardist David Torkanowski..."JazzTimes (12/99, pp.139-40) - "...A band agile enough to delight second liners in their native New Orleans and pass the bop test with jaded jazzbo New Yorkers...all within the same tune....Stylistically [the album] is all over the map. And Astral Project wouldn't have it any other way."0.281311
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Q (11/99, p.158) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...streetwise New Yorkers who, alongside En Vogue, cornered the market in girl-power black pop during the early-'90s....Crucially, SWV had plenty of heavy friends..."Muzik (10/99, p.115) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...one listen and you'll fully understand why the trio has stayed the course when so many others have faltered, and why Cheryl 'Coko' Gamble remains one of modern r&b's great voices."0.281311
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Down Beat (3/97, p.57) - 3 Stars - (out of 5) - "Michael Hill plays decent guitar that sparks with rock authority, leads a sold band that includes a spirited horn section....However, what recommends his latest Alligator album are his songs, which deal with subject matter...that most contemporary blues musicians avoid..."JazzTimes (2/97, p.87) - "Blues guitar fans will definitely want to check out Michael Hill's HAVE MERCY!....The New Yorker, whom Vernon Reid calls the world's most unsung guitar hero, rips it up....Hill is avoiding cliches while remaining true to the spirit of the music..."0.281311
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"[A] rousing document of how one oppressed country reclaimed its identity and won its freedom in large part through its basketball prowess."Hollywood Reporter "In THE OTHER DREAM TEAM, athletes prevail, joyously, by reaching back to memories forged during decades of poverty, suffering and national humiliation."Wall Street Journal "A stranger-than-fiction look at how sports and politics have intersected to highly dramatic effect in the history of modern Lithuania..."Los Angeles Times "Getting interviews with all the major players, as well as commentary from historical experts like The New Yorkers David Remnick and sports talkers like Jim Lampley and Bill Walton, THE OTHER DREAM TEAM patiently sets the context for Lithuanias triumph."A.V. Club0.281311
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"Mr. DeMonaco adroitly weaves violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable."New York Times "STATEN ISLAND wrings a few suspenseful and comic pleasures out of a time-bending format that has served the likes of Quentin Tarantino..."Los Angeles Times0.2641574
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"...URBANIA is as technically innovative as it is emotionally unsettling....It has a remarkably rich (and dark) visual palette that matches its moody turbulence." New York Times "URBANIA is one of the year's most original and powerful films -- a nightmarish, at times darkly comic, survey of sex in the city..."Movieline's Hollywood Life "...A stunning, haunting tale that peers inside the everyday lunacy surrounding a young New Yorker, URBANIA is a powerful exploration of desire, love, memory, hate and survival..." Box Office "...A powerful experience....A daring and unnerving evocation of contemporary big-city life....URBANIA is strong stuff..." Los Angeles Times "...A superbly crafted film that will leave moviegoers both unsettled and captivated by the time the closing credits roll..." Chicago Sun-Times "...The result is impressive, both as a film and as an actor's showcase: Futterman has to, and does, keep us engaged in his character's plight..." USA Today0.2461471
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Rolling Stone (pp.64-65) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir debut has the same easy charm and command of pre-rock pop as Jones' albums..."Uncut (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "From start to finish, it's an anti-diva joy....Jones proves she has more in common with Raitt and Muldaur than Dido and Melua."Down Beat (p.84) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The musicianship is tight, but also exudes freshness that dispels any notion that these New Yorkers are merely paying homage."Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ostly loose and warm....Julian's Van Zandt cover is excellent and Jones' torch song take on Nelson's 'Nightlife' beguiling."0.2461471
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.202) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Because the New Yorker exudes an unpretentious blue-collar persona that somehow complements his dark beats, his records are strangely compelling..."Entertainment Weekly (9/26/03, pp.92-3) - "...[Aesop Rock's] sawtooth grooves resemble the apocalyptic, lasers-on-metal sound of [El-P], yet with an accessible, future-funk flavor OutKast--or George Clinton--would be proud to claim..." - Rating: A-CMJ (10/6/03, p.4) - "...Spouts off verbal assaults in gushes of claustrophic wordplay that execute a sonic jihad on the literary and grammatical rules that hold the rest of us by the nape of the neck..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/03, p.118) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Magnificently intimidating. Every time you think you've got to the bottom of a particular song, another layer of intrigue presents itself..."0.2461471
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.202) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Because the New Yorker exudes an unpretentious blue-collar persona that somehow complements his dark beats, his records are strangely compelling..."Entertainment Weekly (9/26/03, pp.92-3) - "...[Aesop Rock's] sawtooth grooves resemble the apocalyptic, lasers-on-metal sound of [El-P], yet with an accessible, future-funk flavor OutKast--or George Clinton--would be proud to claim..." - Rating: A-CMJ (10/6/03, p.4) - "...Spouts off verbal assaults in gushes of claustrophic wordplay that execute a sonic jihad on the literary and grammatical rules that hold the rest of us by the nape of the neck..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/03, p.118) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Magnificently intimidating. Every time you think you've got to the bottom of a particular song, another layer of intrigue presents itself..."0.2461471
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