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Hey lets have a telethon! Justin Beiber likes to use his fame to entice 12 year old girls to donate their allowances to charity. OK that’s not true but I

Just had the great pleasure of being introduced to the funky music that Holy Ghost! has to offer the world. “I Will Come Back ( Drop the Lime Remix)” is

Wheels has been playing Bowie all afternoon since some kid at a recital covered “Drive In Saturday”. It was a crash course for the ravers and never more so than

1. Dancing On My Own (Bureka Sam Sistema Remix) – Robyn 2. All Here For The Fight – Jenny Wilson3. Good Luck Charm – Fuzzy G4. Sometimes I Don’t Need

At last, the track listing of the highly anticipated Arcade Fire’s album ‘The Suburbs’ has been revealed: ‘The Suburbs’ ‘Ready to Start’ ‘Modern Man’ ‘Rococo’ ‘Empty Room’ ‘City With No

Oh my.. I slag Reginald Kenneth Dwight and a couple days later I gotta give him props. Meh, so it goes. High Five Elton John! The Rocket Man stepped it

For some reason I have subconsciously been on a recent rock music boycott, (bingeing mostly on electro/techno and old school hip/hop). However, with recommendations from friend Iman Lababedi, who considers

According to the Daily Beast, Disney have done a product test with teens and tweens and the Jonas Brothers are jumping the shark at the speed of something really really

Iman- eyeman, ayeman, what?!- Where would I be if I never met him? I would’ve never met and interviewed my idols. Never heard of half the bands I love. Nor

Disturbed, Lady Gaga, Rise Against, Godsmack, Backstreet Boys, Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, Slightly Stoopid, Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Black Label Society with Zakk Wylde, Anthrax, Creed, Filter, Hellyeah and

Everybody comes to play music in different ways. The beginning though is the best part because it’s unique for each musician. That first exposure shapes the way you’ll experience music

I’m not sure how I feel about this but I’m leaning toward, this chick is a bitch. Wendy Dio, widow and former manager of Ronny James Dio is lashing out

Follow Us – Big Boi And Vonnegutt – This is the tird off his newbie and it is the third killer track. Great rap but the stutter sample is really

Recent Bedroom – Atlas Sound – The last band Rhonda Shore recommended to me was “X”, back when she was handling media for them via Jem. I hated Los Angeles

1. California Gurls – Katy Perry 2. OMG – Usher 3. Airplanes – B.o.B 4. Billionaire – Travis McCoy 5. Your Love Is My Drug – Ke$ha 6. Alejandro –

Here is why I worship Charlotte Gainsbourg. As reported in the Daily Telegraph on the eve of her first London performance Charlotte said: “Idon’t think I’m an artist. I don’t

What a retro sound, is it another side of Mr. E.? Another of his universes? Remember the hairy wolf looking for fresh blood? And the heartbroken and emotional guy lamenting

1. Dancing On My Own – Robyn 2. Magic – Emii 3. Like We Never Said Goodbye – Clay Walker 4. Cry When You Get Older – Robyn 5. More

So I streamed “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” the GMA Miley Cyrus and Brett Anderson duet and just about agree witth Idolator: it ian’t much but it ain’t bad. So

I didn’t even know they were supposed to perform again, but Simon and Garfunkel have canceled their summer tour. They had already postponed five Canadian shows last April after doctors

If only rocknyc writers can get paid for the stuff we do, we could’ve all chipped in and purchased the handwritten lyrics to the Beatles classic “A Day In the

Wesley Wolfe, debatably the single most talented singer-songwriter around, turned me down!! I asked him to write an “influence” post for us but nope -the man is too busy. He

This is what Scott had to say about our art form: I read written reviews in major newspapers, but online stuff is like just a hyper-version of telephone. It’s ridiculous.

There is a certain je ne sais fucking quoi look and celebrities, the rarified, the beautiful people, the stars? They have it. And the rest of us don’t. And pop

I’m skipping the end of the story. A cabaret singer, a jazz singer, and a pop singer all walk into a bar, set up shop, and start performing. (It’s not

Donald Fagen: stop fucking around, go on stage, and play The Nightfly from one end to another. And then play it again. Are you listening? Nobody there. Fagen is forming

Hey wanna meet Danzig? Glenn Danzig is doing THREE in store signings and dont cry but only 2 are near us For nearly THIRTY years Danzig has lead the dark

What the fuck is a Mt Desolation? Yet another side project but this one with members of The Killers and Keane. I couldn’t really find much about them but they’re

What do you do when your bassist is dead? Well.. what if he always wore a mask anyway.. suppose you could fill it with someone else. Or could you? Maggots

I fucking hate bad writers.  Bad music writers are the worst things in the world. Bob Lefsetz, a blogger with a million followers, is sometimes great and sometime meh about

Some songs take you like a warm embrace, they wrap you with their sweet notes and weeping guitars and make you fantasize about another number of a John Lennon’s dream.

My name is Iman Lababedi and I am a music junkie. I listen to music from the moment I wake up to the moment the game starts. I go to

Jesus above could I adore these fuzzy guys anymore than I already do? Holy smokes “It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now” is one of the

Sonos – I just love this acapella alt rock ban. They do covers but always just outrageously lovely and true covers. Quitzow – I was planning to catch em at

Party at Todds! White(snake) Zinfindel! Holy shit awesome David Coverdale describes it as: “It’s a bodacious, cheeky little wine, filled to the brim with the spicy essence of sexy, slippery

1. Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix) – LCD Soundsystem 2. How A Resurrection Really Feels – The Hold Steady 3. No Peace For The Wicked – The Only Ones 4.

We fell in love with Solfege Radio when they opened for Love Via Dance Machine on Valentines Day. How sweet huh? Well school is out and the kids are on the road

In anticipation of this years Camp Bisco Festival, this July 15-17 at the beautiful Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY, I have began,( and uncontrollably kept on) listening to

put the iPod on the HEAVY shuffle…. Here are the first 10 songs…. Hangar 18 – Megadeth Hollow – Pantera Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Anthrax The Trooper – Iron Maiden

So sorry to hear the original starman (not to mention nappyman!!) Gary Shider died of cancer yesterday at the age of 56. He was the lead guitarist and musical director

A free concert by Drake erupted into chaos and was cancelled two nights ago  at Pier 57 after 25K fans showed up to a 10K GA. Bad enough, right? But then

Remember about 1000 years ago I wrote about Band of Horses and how they were sorta sexy? Yeah I do.. anyway where the hell have I been? Cuz tomorrow night

Set your DVRs tonight (or before you leave for work tomorrow). Big News…. Bret Michaels and Miley Cyrus will perform on Good Morning America’s Summer stage Friday morning. They will

Well the “Big 4” kicked off their mini-tour last night in Warsaw, Poland. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Also on the Sonisphere Festival bill was a local Poland band, Behemoth.

We haven’t made fun of U2 in ages but to be honest, it is less fun making fun of Bono when he is serious. BUT -the claim that Bono’s cancellation

Maxwell has cancelled the second half of his US tour with Jill Scott and Erykah Badu opening. 11 shows between 28 June (15 July (10are out. This is a weird

I haven’t seen these guys -some of em have croaked so I guess I never will!! LCD Soundsystem – Missed em and Irving then missed up at Terminal 5 Holy