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We write about how we want to rule the world, Tears for Fears announces a tour. So fresh that the venues are still tbd accept for Boston, which will be […]

INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES WILL DIE WITHOUT A NEW PLAN OF ATTACK. You can have all the indie record stores in the world -you can have decades of em. As long

Gretchen Wilson mortgaged her ranch to record her new album (Freedy’s: “I sold the dirt for a song” one more time) I Got Your Country Right Here and the one song

Here’s the answer folks: Fuck A Mix Tape with DJ Drama and DJ MLK and a new album King Uncaged dropping August 24th. Should be, eh, dope…

That’s some day you got there, folks. In Chapel Hill it’s the second day of Odessa Records Fest. That means: Americans In France and Kingsbury Manx. At Maxwell’s in Hoboken,

The Coachella Festival which runs Friday to Sunday only sold three day passes and no single day passes this year. How nice, in the middle of a recession, they made

1. Somebody That I Used To Know – Elliott Smith 2. Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Warren Zevon 3. Better Things – Sharon Jones And The Dapkings 4. Richard II

Its time again for the annual “Idol Gives Back’ show. As far as I can tell the only thing they should be giving back is the brain cells that have

I love nothing more than good music writing and with that in mind I offer up the first line of Clayton Purdoms review of Freeway and Jake One’s The Stimulas

The Hold Steady ‘s Craig Finn has such a bellow horn of a voice everything he sings sounds like him. And he sounds like Hold Steady. Years, including the recent

“I spent all day yesterday with different mechanics working on my trailer. My hands were black and then I ended the long day with a rock show. I feel like

1. Slash: Slash 2. Justin Bieber: My World 2.0 3. Madonna: Sticky & Sweet 4. Lady Antebellum: Need You… 5. Lady Gaga: The Fame Comment: I blame Universal healthcare…

According To Brooklynvegan, The Specials will be playing Summerstage, Sunday August 22nd… Even without Jerry Dammers, free is a tempting price…

Bostons House of Blues is by far my favorite venue. This, my second trip, sealed the deal. An awesome clean club with some fantastic staff. Clear paths, great line of

After tweeting yesterday that he had scrapped Relapse Part II, Eminem announced today he is releasing a new album June 19th called Recovery. Dunno about that, those recovery albums tend

If you thought “Northern Soul” DJing was a figment of Nick Hornsby’s imagination, or a UK scene so far gone it was the progenitor for MOD IN THE UK, you’re

I sometimes wonder why sad music can also be so comforting. May be because it tells you are not alone to suffer in this world, may be because it shows you

Its 12:40 in the morning and I just got in. I have 10 thousand things I need to do then I have 15 min to sleep and start a new

1 Drunken Girls – LCD Soundsystem 2. Congratulations – MGMT 3. Girls Like Status – The Hold Steady 4. Blue Skies – Blue october 5. Sleepy Nights (Forever) – Let

First the broke ass Chamber Of Commerce in Long Island won’t open the Jone’s Beach pool this year and now the Nikon have come up with one of the LAMEST

Havent done a TV party in awhile here ya go Thursday Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “Late Show with David Letterman” – rerun Spoon – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Sade

Boredom, tedium, nothingness: the void that is our lives or, if you prefer, Rolling Stones 40 Reasons To Be Excited About Music -giving hope to highs chool seniors everywhere that

This is the the annual summer concert series Toyota presents. Some pretty snazzy nmes here. But the three Iwanna see (Carole King, Gaga and Baby Gaga) I already have tix

Justin Bieber Doesn’t ‘Limit’ Himself When It Comes To Love As long as she is soft and uses lots of handcream…

Eminem twittered that he will not being releasing the eagerly awaited follow up to Relapse”. “There is no Relapse 2.” I believe I was the only person in the world to

Welcome 1980’s summer! Cheap Trick co headlines with Squeeze at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall July 13, but there’s a second leg of tour that has Cheap Trick co-headling with

When Rock NYC rules the world, concert going will be obligatory (kinda like Healthcare) and unless you go to a concert a week every week the IRS will come after

PiL played their first US gig a coupla days ago and here’s the set list. Not enough Second Edition for me, but otherwise it seems OK. It’ll be cool to

Here is the track list: 1. Just Dance – Richard Vission Remix 2. Pokerface – LLG vs GLG Radio Mix Remix 3. Love Game – Chew Fu Remix ft. Marilyn

We took the pic off Brooklynvegan Opening night for the Coco tour, Spoon played and Conan covered “I Will Survive”. Kinda hard to feel bad for him, right?

Happy Birthday Dave Edmunds Part of the Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello trillogy. From 1970’s “I Hear You Knocking” to 1979’s “Girls Talk”, Edmunds had some nift career. Wearing many hats

Rufus claimed 50 Cents is gay to Details magazine. Rufus said: “”I love, love 50 Cent. I think he’s just the sexiest (guy), and a brilliant writer. And I know

Levon – Jon Bon Jovi. This classic Elton John classic is one of my all time favs, and JBJ does an outstanding job. This song was recorded when he went

The relationship between musicians and their fans are not what they seem. It appears to one of product/consumer on one level, God/practioners of faith on the other. Not all relationships

Does anybody except for MIA not love Lady Gaga. Here is Susan Boyle: “”I think Lady Gaga is a wonderful artist and completely original and I like her costumes. Love

Ringo Starr is apparently less than thrilled by the Catholic Church’s olive branch. Starr said to CNN: “”Didn’t the Vatican say we were satanic? And they still forgive us? I

Amazing, this acoustic plea is the sound of a absolutely broken man. Sometimes being manic really works. “can you pretend I’m amazing, instead of what we both know”. Self depreciation

So Jessica Simpson only had “In This Skin” on her (co-written by Rob Fusari, by the way), at least it was a pretty good pop ballad. I saw her on

Let’s shuffle em up and see where the world stands today. I’ll keep on going till I get bored. 1. Shine (In Your Mind) – The Apples In Stereo –

Those of you who have been following rocknyc know that last fall I had a minor meltdown when Justin Furstenfeld front-God of Blue October was hospitalized at what was to

I thoroughly enjoyed the two songs I’ve heard off MGMT’s Congratulations, the title track and the first single. But I am apparently as alone as I was when I loved

After a year with barely a mistep, oh  an occasional riot but that’s about it, sixteen year old Justin Bieber is discovering April is indeed the cruelest month. First there was

It is hard to remember now, but there was a time, way back in the 00s, when Miley wasn’t an arrogant plank and if you wanna remember it well just

Brit PM Gordon Brown gives the word exothermic whole new meaning when he named checked Lady Gaga, along with Glee and Girls Aloud among his faves. And speaking of Brit

Congratulations – MGMT – I was pretty obsessed with the Soulwax remix of “Kids” last year. It didn’t hold but it was a pleasant enough week or so. This song

This week on American Idol, except for being so incredibly excited for Glee, it was a love/hate kind of week. Andrew, Crystal, Casey, Michael, and Siobhan were great and definitely

Billy Idol shows age don’t mean jack by embarking on a tour taking him up the Pacific Northwest this August. If you’ve never seen Idol live, I gotta tell you

1. Congratulations – MGMT 2. Sequestered In Memphis – The Hold Steady 3. Sleepy Nights (Forever) – Let me Love4. Certain Songs – The Hold Steady5. Down On Our Own