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Dancing In The Light – The Rolling Stones – As good as “Plundered My Soul” but I overestimated “Plundered”. All the outtakes are good but as good as “Dancing In […]

After waiting for what seems like forever, Thriving Ivory is coming out with a new album which is yet to be titled. I couldn’t be more excited.  I was really

A few years ago, I remember hearing this song ‘Home’ by Great Northern quite often on Indie radio here in LA. They are a band from Los Angeles, essentially a

1. Glee Volume 3 Showstoppers 2. Macgruber Soundtrack 3 3 – Bo Bice 4.Welcome To The Blacklist Awards – Evan Taubenfeld Comment: Evan is the guy who had the novelty

Gallagher not quitting music for film May we respectfully suggest he quit both and take U2 with him? 

Justin Bieber’s father has approved the youngster getting a tattoo the shape of a bird on Justin’s hip. Well, who is gonna tell him no, right? When your teen rock star is

October 8 – 10thare the dates for the Austin Fest  and you are welcome to it… tickets are just now on sale… I found MOF a bit draggy last time I

Today in 1980 the original emo died at age 23. Ian Curtis, front man of Joy Division and king of the Manchester scene, simply had enough. His 24 Hour Party

According to contactmusic.com, the former Libertine is broke, all his royalties are going to pay taxes and he is playing local acostic sets to pay the rent. And he looks

Money comes, money goes, but mp3s last till your computer crashes… Drunk Girls – LCD Soundsystem Dancing In The Light – The Rolling Stones Can’t Be Tamed – Miley Cyrus

I really don’t get how these guys are raising their prices. “Holy Diver” is a buck twenty-nine, Holy Diver a buck… Black Sabbath years a dollar a holla. Even if sales

I woke up yesterday morning and for the first time this year I felt the gloom that had enveloped me all year was lifting. Anybody who reads my  musical opinions

So I just had a heart attack. Look here! So this summer we have Bamboozled Road show, Warped and Mayhem and now… Scream Like You Mean It! What a freakin

Caught VW at United Palace earlier this year and was very impressed, saw Dum Dum Girls opening for Girls at Irving Plaza and wasn’t very impressed and bought a coupla

1. Rise – Public Image, Ltd. 2. Christmas Calculator – Titus Andronicus 3. I Know You – Bright Eyes 4. Aiplane – B.o.B 5. Stop! – Shinobi Ninja 6. I

I’ve been disappointed more than once in the past five years or so, but anytime you’ve got Moe front and center it might be worth the while…

These pics are from an exhibit of artists renderings of Kurt Cobain in the  Seattle Art Museum. If you want more info Flavorpill and Spin have the story

I dunno, I didn’t much like the idea of Will Smith and I don’t like the idea of terrence Howard (and I don’t like the idea of Crowe either but…)

Check out Mariska Veres of The Shocking Blue. Yum…

And so after a tough campaign which really ended with Republican Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin’s inability to find the continent of Asia on a map and all but conceding a

Lessee here: after never mentioining him at all, pitchfork stream a song from a yet to drop mix tape and rave about it and lo and behold there rapper Freddie

Feeling a bit nostaligic today, so how about a Thanks for the Memories playlist? 1- The Ramones “Too Tough To Die”. This song taught me the proper usage of the

Sometimes I wonder what will be in the music history books say, 100 years from now after we’re all gone. What will they think about us and the music we

Well, at least it isn’t the turgid Rick Rubin or T.Bone Burnett but if you don’t think this has dog with flease written all over it you haven’t heard Dylan’s

I didn’t doubt Ke$ha’s sincerity in performing a benefit for the victims of the Nashville floods. But really if she has to say something like “It’s not just for bullshit

Rest In Peace Ronnie James Dio. The music world lost a legend and Heavy Metals founding father. Without Dio, there would be no Metallica, no Anthrax, no Slayer, no Testament,

There’s a laugh in there, but its a very short one. The beat calls for dancing, and there’s delight in Ms. Krauss’s voice as she sings hooks that could double

1. Take It On The Run – REO Speedwagon – It sounds more produced than it is -the drums sound doctored. 2. This Is My Life – Edward Maya –

I cant think of a dead girl rocker. Most women I find interesting are still alive. As for a guy- I would gladly sleep with Sinatra, Aside from being gorgeous,

Twisted Sister’s  former drummerFast Joey Brighton, died at the age of 57 years. Local talent, Brighton (real name Joe Markowski) was also a a popular drum teacher who taught people

Here is an idea whose time has come. Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson is performing a concert just for dogs in Australia. Apparently the couple have been writing high frequency

Don’t blame me, this was Wheels idea yesterday. Who is the one dead musician you’d fuck if you could? Her corpse still warm but if I could hook up with

Macca blamed EMI for the delay on releasing the Beatles on MP3s. Sir Paul told the BBC: “To tell you the truth I don’t actually understand how it’s got so

Last night’s “The Family Guy” had a pretty funny reference to REO Speedwagon’s overwhelmed power ballad “Take It On The Run”. As Peter and crew track down the person who

Rock NYC uses the tools at two day hard ons Googles blogger and analytics and we have warned you about  the scum monopolists Google before so let’s do it again. Google went

When Vampire Weekend released their first album in 2008, I was kind of aware of it, but I did not want to get into it at the time. By having

Hey, Tintinnabulators and Fellow Tra-la-la-ers! Ring ‘dem bells! For it would be appro-POE —Today being MAY 16 as I write this. Happy Anniversary Eddy and Virginia Poe! How the hell

1. Roll Deep – ‘Good Times’ 2. Jason Derulo – ‘Ridin’ Solo’ 3. Usher – OMG (feat will.i.am) 4. Edward Maya – ‘Stereo Love’ (feat Vika Jigulina) 5. Aggro Santos

1. Keane – ‘Night Train’ 2. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 3, Lady Gaga – ‘The Remix’ 4. Lady Gaga – ‘The Fame’ 5. The National –

1. This Is My Life – Edward Maya 2. Born Free – MIA 3. Color Me In Saturday Astrology 4.Stop! – Shinobi Ninja 5. A/B Machines – Sleigh Bells 6. Alber Camus

“Howdy yall – Just finishing up pressing our new 12”. Should be in stores in the next couple weeks. God willing. Good luck with finals. See you this summer! AF”

Ronnie James Dio the legendary heavy metal guitarist who first played with rainow and later replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath died today. His death ended a day of speculation.

John Lydon in today’s New York Post discussing?: “I’ve never really liked that band, so I don’t expect much good to come from it. Without earning their wings, they adopted

We trekked up the east coast to see him solo, we mourned when he left Chiodos. We spoke we wished luck we washed our hands from the sweat… and now

I will never deny my love for Marilyn Manson. Ever. Is he an ass? Dunno but he comes across as one in interviews. Is he a poser? Yeah I guess

Billboard is hosting a video Q&A on Tuesday, May 18 at 5pm EST, where the Jonas Brothers can answer your burning questions. Ask what you want to know by tweeting

Today there was a flurry of headlines announcing the death of metal God Ronnie James Dio. Although very ill and hospitalized with stomach cancer, the words of his demise are

Six months on the Shinobi Kids are all grown up. So grown up they forgot to put my name on the guestlist so twelve bucks later at a packed out