Sometimes, you really need some help to understand lyrics. Some songwriters write great songs, but frankly without a little research and a few words from the creator, I would never […]
Holy Bedazzles I got the story of the day in rock history this time!! In 1992 Madonnas bustier was stolen from Fredrick’s of Hollywood in LA during the rioting and
If you’re planning a trip to Washington DC there is a potentially amazing exhibit being put together at the Smithsonian “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture,” opens
1. Me Entere – Daddy Yankee 2. Tell ‘Em – Sleigh Bells 3. No Surprises 4. Blah Blah Blah (feat DJ Skeet Skeet) – Ke$ha 5. Lil Freak (feat Nicki
Sure, I’m an anti-social sociopath and would have vastly preferred Relapse Part II but if anybody can get away with a truly awful chorus like “Not Afraid”, it is Eminem.
Why do members of popular rock bands splinter off into side projects and dilute the product? Dunno, but lead singer Brandon Flowers of the Killers is recording a solo album
Owl City! Owl City…? Ugh. I once spent the longest twenty minutes of my life watching the boring bloke play a long set off a short pier. So when the
Track #4, A Brand New Heartache is about a new kid that moved into town and stole the singer’s girl. Another Bryant/Bryant tune, with beautiful guitar strumming, particularly on the
Some days a coupla songs will take over your music collection… Alley Boy – Gucci Mane – The take on the newbie, some recorded before Gucci went to jail and
OF THEE (QUASI ) I SING So — at the Black Cat in DC, 14th Street corridor, last Saturday night — me. NEVER HAVING heard QUASI live before in my
Great moments in rock and roll interviewing? I tell Americans In France lead singer Josh Lajoie he sounds like Richard Hell and he jumps up and sings a couple of
In the annals of lost rock and roll movies, the greatest of all was the Joe Orton scripted Beatles movie Up Against It and the second greatest? Roger Ebert scripted,
1. The Power Of Madonna – Glee 2.Need You Now – Lady Antebellum 3. My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber 4. Iron Man 2 – AC/DC 5. Raymond Vs Raymond
The last day of my summer vacation and all I’ve done is write!!! So if you think being a music blogger is emails from rock stars and my name is
Nager has just got out of jail and wants to leave Iran in the worst way in the movie “No One Know’s About Persian Cats”. And Half an hour into
Oh dear. Rock NYC was here first but everybody seems to agree Hole were not very good at Terminal 5. Jon Parales in the New York Times wrote: “She spent
Word from Camp Poison is that while as the doctors still haven’t figured out what happened to Michaels , he is recuperating and hopes to be on tour by… May…
Since Trent is Nine Inch Nails and Nine Inch Nails is Trent, wuite why he couldn’t simply call his upcoming collaboration with his wife Mariqueen Maandig, in a band called
Via Contactmusic via Top Of The Pops Magazine, Taylor Swift is fine without a boyfriend: “There’s a lot to distract me from dating. I don’t really sit around and wallow
In an interview I conducted last week I got onto the subject of fans projecting their feelings onto the writers songs. I’ve long lived by the adage that rock music
With an Oscar nomination, the song ‘Miss Misery’ changed Elliott Smith’s life forever, it catapulted him into the public eye and got him signed to the major label Dreamworks. It
So American Idol was absolutely surprising. When they dressed as vampires(cliche) and sang “Believe” by The Bravery, it was actually good. Rascal Flatts’ performance was not so good. If I
1. Tell Em – Sleigh Bells 2. Magic (feat. rivers Cuomo) – B.o.B. 3. Shit Horse (Is Gonna Ride) – Shit Horse 4.Blah Blah Blah (DJ Skeet Skeet) – ke$ha
Hmmm… tailor made for the production qualities of the daytrotter boys, the songs off the new JD album are alright with being in anysense revelatory… and you would think they
I am back to work Friday but as long as I am in the here and now here and now i figured I’d give Stereogum a visit and sometimes they
Paul Weller (speaking to Q, stolen fron Canoe) on Sting and Bono: “”I don’t like them because their music is rubbish. I don’t like how conceited they are and how
The second song on the first album “Maybe Tomorrow” , is a haunting ballad that aches with teenage frustration. Those lonesome lamenting harmonies sung in thirds yielding two distinct melodies
Here’s something you’ve never read before. I will explain at the end of the paragraph. I am getting a lift back from the concert where he was the opening act
Here is a medical update off Bret Michaels Facebook. “Test results indicate a setback in Bret Michaels condition a side effect from the brain hemorrhage called hyponatremia a lack of
So I kept my promise to myself yesterday and went straight out to get the eponymous debut LP from Phil and Don, released in 1958. The opening cut “This Little
On a par with the great DJ Shadow, LA’s Flying Lotus is a king of sampling for ambient or at least moodscapes. Rock NYC’s Remy Caplan introduced me to him
I never much cared for Gavin Rossdale but Courtney claiming she had an affair with him after he was married to Gwen Stefani on the entirely irrelevant Howard Stern Satellite
Finance the recording sessions, name the album, meet and greet, publicize the album, be a part of the exciting world of pop music and get bearly a damn thing in
A human abattoir. Or the closest legal equivalent. The hell hole Terminal 5 where they herd us in like cattle waiting to be slaughtered and we pay fifty bucks for the
Waiting for our answers this cancer’s common as sand These are the first lines of ‘Tomorrow,’ the last song of the seventh Built to Spill’s album, ‘There is no enemy’
Tonight on American Idol, it seems like everyone took a step down. Even the usually incredible Crystal. She and Michael are the only ones who deserve to be on the
Magic (feat Rivers Cuomo) B.o.B OK it sounds alot like the theme song to a 80s sitcom. “Starring Rivers Cuomo as Skip Stanley.” Then we have some sort of Rasta
Good Thing Iman is all rewired cuz Friday and Saturday night with Hold Steady and Vampire Weekend will have him popping the corn.. Actually theres lots of cool TV this
Happy Anniversary to the Broadway debut of Hair the Musical at the Belmont Theater.. On this day in 1968, the ‘Tribe’ took over the stage, sticking it to the man
1. Magic (feat Rivers Cuomo) – B.o.B. 2. Please Haunt Me – Wesley Wolfe 3. Ruma Y Candela – Da,m Yankee 4. Don’t Smell Too Good (But It Keeps me
I know times are tough all over but slave labour is sure pushing it. The fucking twits at capitok records think people are willing to work for slave wages ro
Don’t You – I Fight Dragons – Atlantic Records recording artists… no, honest. I know they look like a Mary Magpie type band and they sound like a Magpie type
So this week, I’m embarking on a new musical journey in an attempt to yield some written fruit of the blogger variety. My posts lately on this and my own
According to ex-girlfriend from the 80’s Janice Dickenson (via NME): “He’s a nasty little Sir Mick, with a little dick. It is very little.” Hahahaaaa -on top of which he
Lady Gaga Reduced To Tears by Fan Video or as we know and love it? dog bites man
Gigwise report weezer are working on a follow-up to Raditude which begs the question, why do they not take a vacation. Leave Rivers to write new material for a year
I wonder what it is like starting a rock band with your kid brother only to watch him move through the stratosphere. Ask Mark’s brother David Knopfler when he plays
Sitting here wondering if I can pull a quote from Jim Farber’s review of the new Hole album and call it a post and it suddenly hits me how much
I kinda feel bad for ragging so unmercilessly on the kid. Hey her “Party In The USA” single was really good and there are other moments throughout her career. But
