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The Fortnight Spin
By Jared Lindquist
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Top Picks
NEW YORK DOLLS
December 5, B2, 21:00

You wouldn't know it looking at them, but these guys contributed some serious seed to the birth of punk rock and metal. The Dolls were born in early 70s NYC playing dirty rock n roll with a glam edge--anarchic noise plus androgyny. They quickly built a mammoth cult following but broke up in 1977 after the double tragedy of a drummer death and MALCOLM MCLAREN mismanagement (who then went on to market the SEX PISTOLS a little more effectively). Fast forward to 2004, when MORRISEY invites the three remaining living members of the Dolls to share a stage. It was a success, and the band has since recorded a new album--and weathered the death of another original member.
THE NATIONAL
December 9, Apelsin, 20:00
Since their album Alligator dropped a couple of years ago, these guys have slow burned a big old hole into indie rock radio. Matt Beringer fronts a solid band and sounds something like Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen's melancholy Midwestern lovechild. Only with repeated listens do you realize just how fucking good these songs are. They're touring on their latest album, Boxer, which the critics have been calling "quietly good." Whatever that means. One of the greatest bands going right now.
FAUST
December 7, Ikra, 21:00
Germany in the 1970s turned out a lot of pioneering music (KRAFTWERK, CAN, and TANGERINE DREAM to name a few), but the band with the longest-lasting influence just might be Faust. Although not packing the headline power of the bands mentioned above, Faust's sound innovations can now be heard in pretty much every post-rock, noise or electronic record. After breaking up in 1975 (after their record label refused to release their new album) the band reunited in 1990 to reach a generation of kids who'd grown up on knock-offs. Nearly 40 years after they started, Faust still sounds ahead of its time.
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Save The eXile: The War Nerd Calls Mayday
Editorial
The future of The eXile is in your hands! We're holding a fundraiser to save the paper, and your soul. Tune in to Gary Brecher's urgent request for reinforcements and donate as much as you can. If you don't, we'll be overrun and wiped off the face of the earth, forever.
Scanning Moscow’s Traffic Cops
Automotive Section
We’re happy to introduce a new column in which we publish Moscow’s raw radio communications, courtesy of a Russian amateur radio enthusiast. This issue, eXile readers are given a peek into the secret conversations of Moscow’s traffic police, the notorious "GAIshniki."
Eleven Years of Threats: The eXile's Incredible Journey
Feature Story By The eXile
Good Night, and Bad Luck: In a nation terrorized by its own government, one newspaper dared to fart in its face. Get out your hankies, cuz we’re taking a look back at the impossible crises we overcame.
Your Letters
[SIC!]
Russia's freedom-loving free market martyr Mikhail Khodorkovsky answers some of this week's letters, and he's got nothing but praise for President Medvedev.
Clubbing Adventures Through Time
Club Review By Dmitriy Babooshka
eXile club reviewer Babooshka takes a trip through time with the ghost of Moscow clubbing past, present and future, and true to form, gets laid in the process.
The Fortnight Spin
Bardak Calendar By Jared Lindquist
Jared comes out with yet another roundup of upcoming bardak sessions.
Your Letters
[SIC!]
Richard Gere tackles this week's letters. Now reformed, he fights for gerbil rights all around the world.
13 Toxic Talents: Hollywood’s Worst Polluters
America By Eileen Jones
Everybody complains about celebrities, but nobody does anything about them. People, it’s time to stop fretting about whether we’re a celebrity-obsessed culture—we are, we have been, we’re going to be—and instead take practical steps to clean up the celebrity-obsessed culture we’ve got...
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