Despite my previous issues with the Phoenix New Times, I was actually excited to see what appeared to be wide-ranging coverage of the local Juggalo community this week. Many of us don’t understand the phenomenon at all. And with seemingly thousands of Faygo-chugging malcontents around these parts, there had to be a story there. Right? MORE »
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The “Phoenix New Times” Tries To Get To The Heart Of The Juggalo Matter
The “Phoenix New Times”: Less Music Writing, More Chicks, Man
If you’ve ever wondered what hell is like,… MORE »
A note to Phoenix New Times Music Editor Martin… MORE »
We Would Like To Help You Get A Job
We haven’t run a new segment of our search for the worst in Village Voice Media music writing recently–not because there hasn’t been material, but because forcing myself to read some of the same writers turning out the same crap got tiresome after awhile. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t exciting VVM-related news going on. MORE »
The LA Weekly has let classical critic Alan Rich go because of decisions made “by the corporate people in Phoenix,” where Weekly owner Village Voice Media is headquartered. Just out of curiosity, how many full-time classical critics does VVM have left at this point? MORE »
Add another music festival to the pile of multi-band shows coming to an open-air space near you this summer: This year’s installment of the sweaty Village Voice-sponsored Siren Music Festival will take over Coney Island on Saturday, July 19–the same weekend as both the Pitchfork Music Festival and… MORE »
Village Voice Media has reportedly eliminated its national Executive Music Editor position, but the company is keeping the guy who had that job, VVM lifer John Nova Lomax, around; he’ll return to his old gig as music editor of the Houston Press, which means that Chris Gray, who held the Press’… MORE »
Sometimes Love Ain’t Enough: The Worst Of Village Voice Media’s Music Writing, Part III
As previously reported on Idolator, you might have noticed that the quality of writing in the music section of your local Village Voice-owned alt-weekly has dipped slightly in the last few years. In partial tribute to the memories of adequate-or-better writing gone by, and partially to make for easy material on a Friday, we again turn the spotlight on everyone’s favorite national alternative media chain. Niki D’Andrea, music editor of the Phoenix New Times, today’s your lucky day! MORE »
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Year-End Analysis: Alt-Weekly Chain Perfects The Art Of The Narrowcast
That map to your right is an illustration of the reach enjoyed by mega-weekly chain New Times Village Voice Media; this week, the network’s music editors have been releasing their end-of-year package across the nation. MORE »
