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Last week, the Vatican newspaper, “L’Osservatore Romano” published it’s list of the top ten rock albums of all time. Some very bold choices here, particularly David Crosby’s most excellent solo […]

Joe Perry’s kids, Adrian and Tony, have a four piece rock ensemble called Tab The band outta Boston!! Everything in this business is a secret right? As a non Aerosmith

In yet another attempt to put your record company into bankruptsy, Warner Brothers may not renew their licensing deal with streaming music website “Spotify”. In one of the most intelligent

Pete Wentz has been named the official spokesperson of UNICEF’s ‘Tap” project taking place during World Water Week (3/21-3/37) um…didn’t even know there WAS World Water Week but anyway.. The

1 Melt – Nicole Simone 2. Fenway Lights – For Science 3. Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound 4. Roses – The Rocket Summer 5. The Lucky Ones – Doung

Out of the frying pan into the punk rock fire OMFG Fenway Lights FTW!! If you ever called yourself a fan of old school punk.. then you MUST stop everything

American Idol today was, to say the least, disappointing on the judges’ part. They said that a girl will probably win this year- they’re completely wrong. But as for the

As of February 23, in the later P.M., The Rocket Summer’s album “Of Men and Angels” is number two on iTunes top albums, number one in alternative albums, and my

News from the Conor Oberst front? You already know he has written a few songs for the release of his split EP re-release with indie band Neva Dinova, Two Jugs

Jingo – Santana-Back when they were a band , instead of a vehicle for tiresome AOR pap. Kick Out The Jams – MC5-An exhilarating, glorious mess of a record. King

The thing about bone deep faith is it doesn’t keep you from sorrow. Four months after his wife died and four months before he would die Johnny Cash made his

I may love this but I’m not sure yet News comes today that Sting will be touring with the Royal Philharmonic performing symphonic renditions of Police songs as well as

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame you ask? Sure, we hate em but we are here to report so… Jackson Browne inducting David Geffen. Boy toy… Two thirds of the

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jywVjy1tl6g0b640dKUt6xpLh-KA I hereby award the Brett Jensen Nation of the Month Award to Australia. Australia doesn’t care for your bullshit. Australia doesn’t care what reasons the rest of the world

Say what you will about U2 (and God Knows we have), they get pretty good opening bands. Last time around it was Muse and when they play Giants Stadium this

If you plan to obsess about Nicki Minaj, and with “Little Freak” waiting you should do, start with Jonah Weiner’s excellent career overview on slate.com. Sure, I know rock nyc

MN: “If you did’nt know, you have about 5 hours left to go to the DEVO website and recieve a FREE download link of their newest tune, “Fresh”. http://splash.clubdevo.com/olympics/ To me

As if the good folks at Fearless Records knew I was going on a human hunting spree, they release the track list for my next new favorite in the Punk

Proving once again that I control the Universe comes the psychic announcement of 30 Seconds to Mars spring tour. See I put you on the hate playlist.. blammo you hit

With a name like Nicole Simone you can do one of two things: not play smokey room smooth jazz and not be compared to Nina Simone or play smokey room

If It’s Good To You (It’s Good For You) – Eddie Bo-Another New Orleans funk legend unbeknownst to me until undertaking this task. I’m running out of adjectives to describe

This sounds like a marriage made in the lower bowels of hell where people’s flesh falls off their skin and the ghosts of hounds scream into the abyss. Or if

Peter Wolf is the former (sometimes?) leader of the eighties rock heroes J. Geils Band and who has forged a well respected and often somewhat on the wonderful side career.

An in-store appearance by Justin Birber in Paris, France, ended in chaos when thousands upon thousands of teenage girls descended on the store, who apparently don’t read rock nyc and

First they gave Britney Spears a heard time for lipsynching and yesterday the Australian audience gave the great Whitney Houston a hard time for heavy breathing between songs. That is

I spent last night on my living room floor. Not asleep but wide awake. I headed out the door this morning filled with venom and hatred. I hate just about

I am a huge Johnny Cash fan, everything from his early Sun sessions thru the hit making machine of the sixties, thru Gospel till… never was that sure about Rick

Bobbie Gentry had a gentle rasp of pain in her vocals that added a dimension to the Bacharah David “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”. . Unfortunately, it muddies the

In aid of Haiti through the UK’s famous charity Oxfam, a buncha alt rockers have joined together to release a charity album: Hear To Help. To be released tomorrow in

That’s right, pop pickers, I haven’t heard any of this yet… Empty Walls – Serj Tanjian – Heavy orchestration for an overwhelming sound Ain’t No Grave – John Cash –

1. Little Wolf – Americans In France 2. Nothing’s Constant – For Science 3. I’m In Miami Bitch – LMFAO 4. Breaking Glass – David Bowie 5. Fenway Lights –

We’ve covered ‘mixed tapes’ those loving compilations we have all put together during the courting stages of our lives (note I made the plural.. hollah!) but is there a particular

Following a Twitter campaign by fans of fifteen year old youtube r&b phenom Justin Bieber (my ears are stil ringing from the screaming at his Jingle Ball appearance late last

But we’re not in London, so here is the poster… how many can you name?

It’s been a long time between Dog fights for DMX but the years have done him well and despite a fake out tuneless ala ODB warble at the start, “Put

AP Report Condoleezza will be performing on piano to help provide funding for a private school. Tix are $500 a head…

Singles: 30 Seconds To Mars – ‘Happier’ Alphabeat – ‘Hole In My Heart’ Blood Red Shoes – ‘Light up’ Chiddy Bang – ‘The Opposite Of Adults’ Girls – ‘Morning Light’

Low? Low?? Oh, Ok Low. Nylon TV Host and full time model Becka Diamond is the epitome of cool rock and roll chick. All leather pants and eyeliner. Plus,  any one

John D., founder of the growing list of Bamboozle , wishes more people in the music industry would see the event as one that develops artists. “Bamboozle is never credited

I found this story on Idolator.com. In an interviewer last night on Brazilian TV, Chris Martin claimed Coldplay were trying to have a new album out before the end of

As reported by Brooklynwegan.com, Devo will have a new look and be playing new material at the Olympics tonight and following their set will be posting a new song FOR

Rock NYC faves dance groovy fuckers LMFAO and, well, not Rock NYC fave Ludacris… Should be a great night.

I Like What You’re Doing To Me – Carla Thomas-I’m woefully ignorant of the Stax/Atlantic soul stuff, this should provide me with the impetus to correct that. Loved it.  

It was twelve months ago and Rock NYC was just a twinkling of an inkling but I was still listening obessively to music… Lua – Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch

The ever-predictable All Time Low has become unpredictable. In “Painting Flowers”, a song for “Alice in Wonderland”, doesn’t sound like them at all. Alex’s voice is lower, the sound is

Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival-see previous posts Hair – The Cowsills-There’s much better Cowsills stuff than this, but it’s still good. At it’s core, it’s still a broadway show

Look at it this way, I’ve seen Janet Jackson live on stage twice and she blew me away each time though it was something like ten years ago. One thing

Damn. You can’t win for losing. Three songs into Yeasayer’s Odd Blood and I’ve loved every thing. The emotional wreck of “O.N.E.”, “Ambling Alp”, “Mad Redder” and I figure, if

1-Better Is One Day- Elotheos- So excited for Fridays show. Their fans are fanatic 2- Blue Monday- New Order I play this every Monday but it alternates between Orgy and

What the “Listening Party”? I want to be the person going “SHHHHH shhhhhhhhhhhh listen shhhh” Dress up as your favorite character gather round the stereo at Hot Topic and listen?