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So like what the hell is a blog anyway. A friend of mine had to explain it. I thought it was pretty fucking lame really like an online diary? Dear […]

Nobody was voted off American Idol…? I don’t really understand this whole judges-choosing-the-person-to-stay thing, but still there are the same amount of contestants. I say that Aaron Kelly should be

Jeff Tweedy is the dick from Wilco who fired his entire band after Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (the only good thing he’s ever done including Uncle Tupelo, whom Old  97’s wipe the

I was saddened when CREEM magazine folded in 1989, not only because it was a truly vital voice in the pop/rock scene, but because the voice of my favorite rock

Lousy haircuts of our times Paul Weller says he “could never” vote Tory

1. Raymond vs Raymond – Usher 2. My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber 3. Now 33 – Various Artists 4. New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ahnk -Erykah badu

There is another reason to hate the rock critic establishment. They ignore last year’s magical Jaggedland by Marshall Crenshaw. What the fuck? Has anybody written more, better songs for as

With a new Doors documentary about to be released, When You’re Strange (narrated by the very weird Johnny Depp), AP writer Natalie Rotman came up with the best Doors statistic

1. Telephone – The Morning Pages 2. I Learned The Hard Way – Sharon Jones And The Dapkings 3. Suicide Machine – Elliott Smith 4. Outside These Walls – Leisure

It was a year ago today I responded to my old friend Robert Nevin’s constant requests that I get back into the world of music writing and started “Singles Going

A beautiful thing about being human is how music naturally wells up inside us. Rhythm, melody, verse, progression… No matter how many machines we build to develop sound, the basics

Here are the numbers, read em and weep Simon:  “Dancing” 23M Idol Tu: 21.8M Idol Wed: 20.5 Surprising stuff though… what if dancing was on two nights a week?

The US Forces are blasting Metallica and Thin Lizzy at the “evil doers” Taliban in Afghanistan who not only hate music but also hate Metallica. If memory serves wasn’t Metallica

Telephone – The Morning Pages – These are the Brooklyn based rockers behind the “My Name Is Lion” song last month and the song is the Lady Gaga one, and

The Rocket Summer will be playing Worcester MA tomorrow April 8 and NYC Friday April 9. Tomorrow night, Mary and I will have the pleasure of speaking with Bryce Avary,

I never read about this, but Cyndi once mentioned to me that her brother is homosexual and I am sure that is one reason she is so generous and caring

Kanye West’s new album, tentatively titled Good Ass Music is to be released this summer. unfortunately, apparently it is a return to Drop out after the breathtaking 808s And Heartaches.

Aug 15 Sun Rihanna Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Goes On Sale: Fri, 04/09/10 Also, first up? Nicki Minaj!!! If it was closer to home I’d go if only for

1.I Learned The Hard Way – Sharon Jones And The Dapkings 2. Better Things – Sharon Jones And the Dapkings 3. Suicide Machine – Elliott Smith 4. A More Perfect

rihanna promises to share her umbrella with jason I’ve ragged on Slate’s Jonah Weiner pretty unmercilessly and, really, if you’re gonna write such puke inducing crap as that Joanna Newsome

The 2010 Lollapalooza line-up is official, here is what we find interesting: Soundgarden Green Day Lady Gaga Arcade Fire The Strokes Phoenix Social Distortion MGMT Jimmy Cliff Hot Chip The Black

Illness forces Whitney Houston to postpone concert Houston’s European tour has indeed been postponed. Soebody better help this woman and fast.

I’m sorry I neglected to pay homage to a spunky old cow yesterday. Wendy O Williams, lead…um… woman of the shock punk band The Plasmatics passed away April 6, 1998 Wendy O

I fucking hate rock critics. I hate their self-satisified fact-checking, kiss ass editing, two articles a monthing, Pcing, lockstep walking, dance hating asses. Fuck em. Fuck em for not getting

UPCOMING GIGS! April 14th :: No Escape From NY w/ Roska, Tomb Crew, Boogaloo Crew @ The Studio, Webster Hall, NYC 18+ April 15 :: Trouble & Bass DC @

American Idol this week was …breathtaking. Highlight of the show? Crystal Bowersox’s “Come Together”. Her performance kept me replaying it in my head. Flawless, I couldn’t believe that the judges

“Beat Goes On Medley” by Madonna is destroying my life. Off the new Sticky And Sweet Tour 2008 live album and I was trying to figure out what to test

Gang of Four are giving away vials of their own blood with their latest release. Er, isn’t it a little soon for senility to have set in? If you get

“For the next 52 days don’t just listen to Gang Of Four’s new album – Be part of its launch Start Time: Friday, April 2, 2010 at 4:50pm End Time:

free Young Veins Download of ‘Change’ totally sounds like first lp Raconteurs… luuuuuv it.. http://theyoungveins.com/

Jack White hates the Internet and as each day passes I’m starting to as well. Give people a forum and everyone has to whip their cock out to see whose

The cast of “American idiots” performed the Green Day songs really well.  However for a Rock Opera, this is by no means “Tommy.” The dancing was horrible. I don’t know

OK, my take on American Idiot. I went into the show thinking I was going to hate it and that it is totally going to suck. That is because about

Speaking of beards… ZZ top is touring… no kiddin, they are! After a stint in Florida and Georgia with ‘Sunfest’ they’re off to Chile, Brazil and Italy (here a visual,

I first heard about them on that IFC show i reviewed, “Dinner With The Band” Don’t know where she came from, she may be a New Yorker , but she

Following our fantasy Clash  tribute album, here’s another  we’d like to see at Rock NYC; This was tougher that I thought mainly because Bowie’s songs are so inherently his, it’s

I wrote a post yesterday about Titus Andronicus playing a concert Sunday April 11th, to benefit Amnesty International’s “Men Can Stop Rape” at Red Hook High School, 130pm. Our (as

Reggae superstar since the 90s, Bounty Killer, has been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. Which begs two questions: what gives with rock stars beating up women and will Bounty Killer

Good to see the comprehensive tube list is back in action- get some nachos and push over for this weeks musicians on tv Tuesday, April 6 Trisha Yearwood – “The

1. Beat Goes On Medley (feat. Kanye West) – Madonna 2. Ummm Hmmm – Erykah Badu 3. Hello Good Morning (feat T.I.) – Diddy 4. Everybody’s Hurting – Jakob Dylan

To follow up on Aaron Gillespies departure from Underoath and to show you what a straight up good guy he is, the following quote was given “”I am more then

BRYCE: REVIEWED INTERVIEWED REVIEWED AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK

1. Stickman – Elliott Smith 2. So Much Love – The Rocket Summer 3. Drop The World – Lil Wayne And Eminem 4. Holy Hell – Noun 5. Who Are

3oh!3 (did you know 303 is the Colorado area code? Just a fun fact) will be releasing their new album Streets of Gold on June 29. I’m impatient. you can

Have you ever gone through your iPod and realized every other song that comes up on shuffle has some sort computerized beat or autotune voice? Well…maybe not. But for me,

Happy Birthday to Stan Cullimore, Mr. Housemartin, born April 6, 1962. Now I wouldn’t be surprised if Iman hung out with them, but I didn’t. Where is Stan now? Well

Yesterday’s Spin news hat the track list for the September release of a Bowie tribute album in aid of the charity War Child which helps kids hurt by war. It