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Myspace is a pretty cool thing. You can discover a band a day, or they can discover you. This Awakening, a screamo/hardcore band from California, is one of these new

Well, Tim Burton is a lot my trustworthy than the New Moon folks so the chances are the soundtrack to Tim’s eagerly anticipated Alice In Wonderland 3D Depp starring extravaganza

First came word Sam and Tobey had walked from Spidey 4 movie, leaving producers promising an opening date of 2012 and now it’s been followed by news that the Bono

Ascending Melody – Dirty Projectors – Maybe it’s me but how experimental is this meant to be? Sounds like a prototypical Dp song with an off-kilter lick that hery-jerky’s on

The Left Banke were an American pop band during the 1960’s They released two singles between late 1966 and early 1967. The first one, “Walk Away, Renee” was a huge

No she doesn’t, Lady Gaga wants the the Boy, just out of jail for robbing a gay escort or something, to open for her at her UK gigs. West, Cudi

I bet he’d be singing duets with MJ if only— 1. I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle 2. The Fame – Lady Gaga 3. The Elements Of Freedom –

March 26th is a Friday… March 2010 17 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s BBQ 18 – New Orleans, LA – Republic 19 – Birmingham, AL – Workplay Soundstage 20 –

Vampire Weekend told Paste back in Septemtem, the name of the model on the cover of Contra is Kirsten. But this is what they said to MTV today: “We know

Take Action Volume 9 charity compilation is available via pre-sale today at www.takeactiontour.com. For $6.00 you can pre order 2 discs of fun and benefit the National Bone Marrow Registry.

If you have read Mike Nessing’s post on Judee Sill trivia you may start getting the impression I have: Judee is a deep well of otherness.Perhaps it goes to the

Here are MSG.com top ten…Led Zeppelin, 1973Village People, June 1979Duran Duran, 1984Phil Collins, 1985Peter Gabriel, 1986Whitney Houston, 1987Michael Jackson, 1988Barbra Streisand, 1994Michael Jackson, 2001 I was only at one of

1. Kelly Clarkson – Walk On By2. Fantasia – Summertime3. Jennifer Hudson – Baby, I Love You4. Alison Iratabe – I Can’t Make You Love Me5. Carrie Underwood – Independence

After two weeks of deadly silence on the music scene, the week of January 12th is the starting gate of the 2010. It is ruled by Contra of course but

who’s harder to handle? In today’s music world, it seems that everyone is recording a covers album. From heavy hitters such as Metallica to music vet Peter Gabriel, everyone is

Midlake have announced their tour in support of the Rock NYC approved The Courage Of Others and includes two nights at Bowery ballroom. A great place to see a band.

Andrew is back and healthy and though he’ll need cancer screenings for the rest of his life we are happy to report his prostrate cancer is gone. Now may we

I made a vow to not insult music in 2010 sound unheard, crashing my own stereotype issue. I actually try not to look at pictures first. But Iman and the

The eagerly anticipated Carole King – James Taylor will be at MSG in June!!! I’ve been salivating over this one for months (ever since we reported it AGES AGO). I’ve

I got a text from Marie Lynn “I”M OBSESSED WITH ‘WHITE SKY’ though I’ve heard them do it better live”. Contra was released on Itunes today at midnight though, thanks

Its another Unplugged winner. All Time Low the band who tours insanely and never fails to please live ( and trust me when I say that as Ive seen them

Black Veil Brides, a band from Hollywood, CA, are loud to say the least. ‘Knives and Pens’, a melodic, wonderful, flurry chaos of sound picks you up off your feet

Polysics is the Asian DevoBut I don’t know what they’re talking about. For some reason this isn’t an issue.,The rich keyboard techno is not only old school slam dance punk

NO MAS!!! Unfortunately no, mas. We’ll lose him on Idol but he will still be on the small screen with his other talent show “The X Factor” and it will

Tomorrow I will be at City center singing along to the New York Gilbert And Sullivan Society’s performance of the wondrous H.M.S. Pinafore. For older Rock NYC readers, you may

Like Nessing I hadn’t heard of the Judee Sill third album Dreams Come True till he wrote about it earlier today. Actually, I hadn’t even heard of Judee at all

Wow -this sounds like a blast. When Eye Alaska told Rock NYC he wanted to nominate Jay-Z for our hall of fame (remember that? we forgot it), we thought he

I met Sade before you was a singer. She came over with Spandau Ballet for a fashion show and we became friendly at  meet and greet. She was very sweet

No, I never did see Louis Armstrong live in concert. Not with the Hot Five or Hot Seven, or the Big Band or any of the other St. Louis cool

Not really rock nyc’s area of expertise but anybody who has read my profile knows I am a big fan of Godard. And Truffaut. And  Renoir. And of course  the

Dirty Projector’s free songs “Ascending Melodies” starts out like a garage jam session. Someone has got to be sitting on the floor. The twittlebug vocal adds to the cosmic smoke

i haven’t been to bam since the mid-90s but this looks ike something very special so I bught a partivial view from BAM. Price: Forty five bucks

I was listening to the band Phantom Planet this morning. A great band who seem to be on permanent hiatus which makes me really sad.Their release ‘Raise the Dead’ is

Slash was offered $100 Million to reform Guns N Roses and turned it down. Which speaks volumes about Axl’s personality. Slash told GQ: “”Things were so abrasive by the time

Two unreleased songs from the sessions that brought us Dirty Projectors masterpiece Bitte Orca are available for free. “Ascending Melody” and “Emblem Of the World” are the two songs in

Musician and former member of Sonic Youth Jim O’Rourke mixed the posthumous compilation of unreleased Judee material, “Dreams Come True” –I actually need to hear this. Fleet Foxes have performed

On March 8th there will be a new Hendrix album of unreleased material including Elmore James “Bleeding Heart”. It was recorded between 1968 and 1970 is co-produced by Jimi’s step-sister

This post would be 100% more fun if the rumors were true!!Louise Davies, who runs the Liam Gallagher fan site stopcryingyourheartout.com, has denied reports she is joining Liam’s rebooted Oasis

1.  I DREAMED A DREAM – SUSAN BOYLE ( SMEI ) 2.  FAME, THE – LADY GAGA ( INTERSCOPE ) 3.  VOX POP –  LANDRY MAXIME ( PRDJ ) 4.

Tolstoy once noted that “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” and the proof of that is a comparison between the Osmonds and

Congrats to Rock NYC faves, alt rock band Cold War Kids, for selling out Terminal 5 Friday January 29th, 2010 and adding Hall Of Williamsburg on Thursday January 28th, 2010!!! Try

FAMILIES

So what’s gonna open our eyes while it is still dark outside and all you wanna do is go back to sleep? How about the harbingers of Brit punk, the

After being forced to cancel their Canadian jaunt last year due to lead vocalist Tom Araya’s back operation, Slayer have been forced to cancel the rest of their world tour.

On her eagerly awaited follow up to Kala: “I don’t want it to be gimmicky or silly or hipstery.” I guess that’s why she is working with talented but not

G Unit rapper and 50 Cent friend has been arrested for assault and robbery in Kitchener, Ontario after a dispute with a local promoter over payment. I once saw Banks

After Dan Aquilante’s ridiculous review of Nick Jonas and the Administration in the New York Post last week, leave it to Jim Farber of the Post’s maint competitor the Daily

fist this Top 10 Albums: 1/ Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up 2/ Florence And The Machine – Lungs 3/ Lady GaGa – The Fame 4/ Susan Boyle – I

we’d all be john lennon