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1.Crossed Out Name – A heartbreaker off his last (official) release. An ache of a New York… “for everything there is a word, everything but this”. Just a strummed out […]

Got this off brooklynvegan yesterday… on the roof of the Sullivan Building Monday night in front of an invited audience of 100 people. It showed last night. This would be

Remember this video of Michael Jackson ‘Black or white’? He was dancing with the whole wide world, people from every single country and everyone was nice and friendly… At the

Oh shit whats a girl to do? The Hold Steady, “Our Whole Lives” at first listen I thought Graham Parker had a new band. He doesn’t. Um… first listen reminds

“Crossfire”, the new solo release from The Killers front man Brandon Flowers. Stopped me dead in my tracks. Literally. The intro of high pitch keys were no way indicative of

1. More Keith Richards – Quitzow 2. Crossfire – Brandon Flowers 3. Ease On Down The Road (Extended Disco remix) – Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones 4. Lil Freak

Emailing back and forth with Helen the other day, I noticed a snazzy new tag on her signature. Helen hates it but i think it’s a cute and we we

The rhythm section of David Coverdale’s metal band Whitesnake have quit the band. This is of interest because… Er, maybe Todd cares…

Love The Way You Lie (Feat Rihanna) – EMinem Turn Out – The-Dream King Of Anything – Sara Bareilles Ridin’ Solo – Keith Sweat Tightrope (Wondamix) – Janelle Monae Crossfire

OK this is a pretty funny “Today In Rock History” But before I say it I’m going to state that I love Prince. I loved him all the way back

“We Belong Together” by Randy Newman on the Toy Story 3(great movie!) soundtrack is a song that no doubt will allow the Toy Story legacy to live on.  It contains

My favorite MJ song? Impossible. MJ — my 1st personal music mentor. I’ll choose an old song that didn’t make it to #1. J5. Maybe Tomorrow. Hope. What did a kid

1. ‘Honey Pie’ – The Beatles: A retro-sounding song, uplifting like a rush of sugar in your mouth. 2. ‘Wild Honey Pie’ – The Beatles: more honey, more pie, but

This just in… MJ is currently worth $756M And it is just gonna go up and up. No wonder Joe Jackson is going insane… all that money and he can’t

With Body Talk, Part 1, Robyn has crafted an excellent albums worth of pop, the way, say, Abba, dealt in pop. Two sure shots, a coupla of eccentricities, a number

Jimmy Buffet is a jerk. Hes throwing a big concert for those affected by the gulf spill and I’m sure there will be mention of his new hotel during that

World Champ basketball team, the LA Lakers, finally have a song of their own. “Hustlin’” by Game with robin Thick giving a pretty good chorus and Snoop NOT TAKING OVER

Happy Birthday Cyndi Lauper! I loved her before Captain Lou stopped being her partner in crime and was simply playing her daddy in the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video, before

More bands are gushing to boycott BP (literally that took me all day to come up with that.. sassy huh?) So who’s on the anti wagon? Rise Against, Flogging Molly,

I would pay cash money for a peek at Coldplays contract with EMI. EMI, on the verge of bankruptsy aand the poster boys for the major labels not changing with

What The Papers Say… According to canoe here are the world biggest music stories; Cyrus Sheltered From Negative Press – We covered this right? Wasn’t too impressed either. Eminem Backs

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, ‘Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and and walk the

Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien threatened BBC6 Radio with a new Radiohead album before the end of the year. O’Brien said: “We’re in the heart of the record. It’s genuinely exciting. It’s very

1. When You Wasn’t Famous – The Streets 2. More Keith Richards – Quitzow 3. These Days – Monica Mancini 4. Gotta Go – Fuzzy G 5. Jail Guitar Doors

Eminem – ‘Recovery’ Example – ‘Won’t Go Quietly’ Giggs – ‘Let Em Ave It’ Kele – ‘The Boxer’ Lissie – ‘Catching A Tiger’ Semi Precious Weapons – ‘You Love You’

For the month of July at Camden’s famous Roundhouse in London, Itunes will be presenting a musical festival for competition winners to get to see their fave musicians in close

Mike Love has told the Las Vegas Sun that Brian Wilson is rejoining the band for their 50th Anniversary. ““We began in the fall of 1961, and our first tour

Rising Cobra the brainchild of Tim Maynard of Summit School of the Performing Arts rocked the Main Pub in Manchester CT today. Bassist Aaron Ridgeway, Guitarists Bryan Graves and Jordan

Before they send me screaming off to the slammer saying “I AM AN INNOCENT MAN” though I may be many things and an innocent man aint one of em, I’d

I was one of the few not wearing black yesterday in front of Amoeba, but it was the color of the day, Prince of Darkness oblige. I arrived around 2:45

There is nothing wrong with Jon Bon Jovi being CEO of the brand BonJovi, as he claims in “When We Were Beautiful”, last years SHO documentary. Nothing wrong with him

1. These Days – Monica Mancini – Piano ballad instead of guitar. 2 More Keith Richard – Quitzow – Disturbed relationships 3. Gotta Go – Fuzzy G – Electrified emo

I’m not saying I’d post this pic if Lady Gaga was in bra, panties and a red Sox shirt. I’m saying if he was Scott STP, Helen would… Apparently, she

brandon no moustache I don’t like doing more than one birthday wish cuz it wastes space- we get 20 a day and they better be good or you’ll go elsewhere

Something For Everyone – Devo  – 73% Up On The Ridge – Dirks Bentley – 78% The Twiglight Saga: Eclipse – 79% Laws Of Illusion – Sarah McLachlan – 65%

Snoop being not allowed to play in the Netherlands. I don’t know why this played so big but on Saturday I even saw it on pur locals show. I don’t

35 years ago, I was not only not alive yet, but not even a thought that Mother Earth herself could yet conceive. 35 years ago Bob Dylan, with help from

1. Shout For England (feat. Dizzee Rascal and James Corden) – ‘Shout’ 2. K’naan – ‘Wavin’ Flag’ 3. Example – ‘Kickstarts’ 4. Kylie Minogue – ‘All The Lovers’ 5. Tinie

1. Oasis – ‘Time Flies… Singles 1994-2009’ 2. Glee Cast – ‘Glee: The Music – Journey To Regionals’ 3. Michael Buble – ‘Crazy Love’ 4. Glenn Millar – ‘The Very

Matt Smith plays the great Doctor in my fave TV show in the world, “Dr. Who”. Nice, but nothing to do with music. Daisy Lowe is a popular underwear model

1. Gotta Go – Fuzzy G 2. Let Out All The Crazy – Quitzow 3. None Of Dem – Robyn and Roykscopp 4. Only Here For The Fight – Jenny

I guess 73 years old is as good an age as any to grow up. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman had this to say about his former band mates:

There are certain songs that just hyper speed tunnel blast you into an emotion. You can hear it a thousand times and whammo you’re there. It can be anything from

Miley Cyrus’ biggest pet peeve would be reading rock nyc if she actually read rock nyc (we assume she can… nah, let’s not go there). Team Miley (ugh, where did

The great thing about streaming albums on AOL is that after worrying about whether I’ve been fair to an album I’ve only bought a song for,  I can listen to

Mooooon Rivaaaaaah Why have I  never written about the late great Henry Mancini? The man behind so many great soundtracks, “The Pink Panther” for one. “Hatari” for another. And “Breakfast

 I’m in full Swedish mode, rockin’ out to the steady 80s cheese of Robyn and willing to give up all up for new r&b chanteuse Jenny Wilson if only for