Iman Lababedi

Meet bass and tenor Richard And Adam off Britain’s Got Talent, who were singing when Simon Cowell got egged back in June, you’re gonna like them but not a lot

After two weeks of slamming it the Avicii song got to me!

The Fear – Pulp “This is the sound of someone losing the plot, making out that they’re OK when they’re not, you’re gonna like it but not a lot…” Jarvis Cocker’s finest moment- A+

Bob Dylan – Jones Beach – July 27th, 2013 – All controversy subsides when the great man takes the stage and plays songs that travel through his entire career

If all you had on Saturday evening at the Lincoln Center was a Nick Lowe solo concert under the stars, it would be enough to maybe have the top pick for the week

For all of us (including me) who were bored with the man’s subpar Spanglish moves, are relieved and happy we have maybe the best salsa singer around back around

The mood is a subdued adult Latin American soulfulness to match the rugged black and white album cover, the beats are tom tom paddicakes and when he moves to salsa swing on “Volver A Comenzar”, it is a hip swirl of delight.

Where The Boys Go – The Rolling Stones – My friend, rock writer Rob O’Connor, swears by Emotional Rescue, and at least here his claim that the album belongs to the rhythm section makes sense – A-

Her triumphant return to New York, ground zero for the Southerner, had her happy to be sleeping in her own bed Wednesday night

A marriage, divorce, coupla new boyfriends including John Mayer and a big gold truck… my bet, based on nothing but the title?

. Don’t Look Down – Skylar Gray – Shockingly good album from Eminen protegee brings singer songwriter into 21st century.

Mama Said Knock You Out – Five Finger Death Punch – This is as much aggro as the world can possibly manage: it is so brittle you can’t help but worry it might snap – A

The trick with Robin Thicke is to take a look at his daddy Alan Thicke because Robin is to pop music what Alan was to sitcom acting

It won’t be The Phantom Menace and definitely not Butch And Sundance: The Early Years but it will be a prequel!

Big song on in a big musical, is a showstopper and sense it is just a girl singing and not a song and dancer the question is why?

We know it’ll be something special, and we aren’t being coy here — it’s just that we have about 26% of an idea of what the fuck we will be playing for you”

Sure, right, just a cover, but you know? It is hard to know who is cooler here, Bowie or Richman?

Colin is playing the Town Hall November 1st and will I make it? Only if I can get press listed and even then you gotta think it might be fairly painful

We got 21st century Jonathan who, no silly rabbit, is not gonna teach the Wiggles a thing or two

After claiming its entering the charts in the UK at # 2 was a something of a disappointment, entering the charts at # 2 in the US is huge

It is not that I dislike the Selena Gomez album, I like it fine, and “Come & Get It” was a pretty good single

The Bottle Let Me Down – Vince Gill And Paul Franklin – Masterful take on Merle Haggard classic by the best living singer and the a great steel guitarist – A

Kelly is well on top of his game, rhyming “hocus pocus” with “focus” and throwing down lo-fi r&b

The Marc Anthony 3.0 was a return to form after a decade and a marriage in the complete musical wilderness

I know you think Thicke should be here and I appreciate your concern but the truth is Robin is a somewhat minor r&b Prince wannabe

The problem with this guy is he requires more time then I can give him though I really believe he would repay close listening

Jahmene is an X Factor winner with strong pipes but iffy taste in material

Could this be their first misfire???

Smacks of House buried in a tomb of whips slashing and synths sinking: -ALBUM OF THE WEEK – B+

Nashville Skyline Rag – Bob Dylan – Perhaps more than any post-John Wesley Harding pre-New Morning music, this expressed where he was at – B+

“Bang Bang” just totally passed me at the time, but it has grown into a firm favorite of 2013.

On Friday night Beyonces tour reaches Barclay Center? Diva or dynamite? You gotta to go to find out…

Jesus – Curtis Mayfield – So finely constructed and sung but feels like a thought process being worked out, “drink the wine…” mr. toot and toot – A+

As 80s icons go I do like him kinda. I don’t hate him.

Though the projected 300,000 units sold is down 40,000 from their “Live While We’re Young” height, the streaming numbers are over the moon high

With Richie in rehab, he stuck his paid lackeys -some of whom have been with him for 30 years and are still just paid employees, and ran off on a stadium

After giving Bon Jovi a master class in rock and roll, Peter Wolfe is ripe for another of his reassessments in the rock and roll firmament. Might as well start here – A