Soho Johnny

Bubble pop Electric – Gwen Stefani – “So baby where dya wanna go, eh?” , this is the fifties makeout song Grease missed. An sizzle and pop, gropin in the […]

Iyaz’s “shorty like a melody” hook line and singer hits the number one spot over there but it won’t be over till this years Lily, Katy, whateverly Florence and the

Iman pegged us all as characters in the Harry Potter series but me I see us a bit more motley than those robed younguns. I can actually see us more

I haven’t liked anything Smashing Pumpkins released in the 00s, a shame because I was obsessed with them circa Melancholy. But reading the much maligned  (by Todd and by me)

oh my God The intro to “Campus” of toy drum and bass plunk uh huh.. love it.Its almost kid like this is the music you jump up and down on

Not musically but emotional, constructively, the modern Judee Sill is Liz Phair. Listen to the Phair demo girlysongs: both artist perform very arranged acoustic ballads. Both are loners -wring alone,

There are those amongst us who would Beach Boy and surf their way through the warmth smelling like coconuts and sweat. Then there hopefully are people like me who find

How big a fan am I of the Buzzcocks?  My column in the East Village Eye in the eighties was named after the Buzzcocks compiliation Singles Going Steady and the

In yesterday’s New York Post, the sycophantic half wit Dan Aquilante made a complete ass of himself reviewing Nick Jonas and the Adminstrations concert at Beacon Theatre. Now I haven’t

1) The Nirvana Unplugged was completely unqiue but we can’t expect it every time out of the bag.2) When Ezra hits the high notes for those signature yoodles, he sounds

say buhbye Miley a disney spokesperson has confirmed this will be the last season of Hannah Montana. A mistake by Miley? Many is the televsion star cum pop musician who

Experimental? Hardcore? Melodic Core? The California band Thrice are all of the above but if you go to daytrotter.com you can download folk rockers Thrice!! One of daytrotters most perfect

Maybe because of Mary Magpie’s Falu review earlier today I woke up jonesing for some Arabic music.I would usually go for Sabbah or Fairuz when I want a Middle eastern

Hey Baby – FaluThe song opens, and I’m confused. Never really listened to this kind of music before, I decided to open up to the music and let it take

Ah yes, sorrow. It’s the meat and potatoes of great pop. Sad songs about happy things. But what really breaks our heart? Or at least what do we listen to

Am I the only one who noticed the musical echo of Hitchcock’s North By Northwest in the train to Hogwarts scene during Half Blood Prince?

Bebe Buell, Liv taylors mommy for you youngsters, was the inspiration behind “Party Girl”. Which I’ve been listening to in anticipation of Tuesday’s  Live At Hollywood High release. Now here’s

Say what you will about Gary Glitter but a bit of Rock and Roll Part 2 never hurts at a time like thisCongrats New York Jets! Hell yes after years

JETS WIN HELEN GONNA TELL US WHAT TO LISTEN TO WHEN

Freezing To death on the east coast, listening to VE wondrin if those piano  notes on “Taxi Cab” matter at all, i could freeze to death in NYC before I’d dream

May I second Todd’s absolutely accurate opinion about the diabolical current RS. I, unlike Todd, am happy to ingest a spoon full of medicine with my sugar. What I don’t

oooo…  our first U2 sux post (I was hopimg Helen would beat me to it)… I’d read the op ed but it slipped my mind almost immediately… There must be

I’d be Harry, Helen would be Hermoine, Mike would be Ron. Nevin? Doubledore.. and Mary would be,er, Hagrid?? OK I’d be Doubledore, Nev can be Hagrid,  Helen can be Harry and

Two must buy albums out on tuesday. The new Vampire Weekend which I have been streaming relentlessly and adore and the Elvis Costello live at Hollywood High. I can’t even

Five years? My head hurts a lot… My apologies for adding five years on to Bowie’s age yesterday!!! Happy 63rd young man…

The last song off Vampire Weekends new album, “I Think Ur A Contra” is blowing me well away. The strings at the end  drift the song on a downward spiral

Oxygen Tastes Like Patience – From Jupiter – Yes it has come to this. When Mary Magpie recommends a band I go out and buy a coupla tracks. This is

Long time readers will know I am not much of a Spoon fan. Perhaps irrationally because whenever I give them half a chance I go “oh, whoops, yeah I guess

Halfway through “O Lai Mari” off Falu’s only album, I look over at my niece Louba and her friend Mike with a smirk on my face and the smirk said

A message from Helen Bach: Me and you 4/10 they will blow you away YYYYYYYYYYYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YYYYYYYYYYYYYAY!

From Jupiter is a band from Vermont that can, without a doubt, captivate you. Founded by the very talented lead singer JJ, they are gifted musicians. Outstanding instrumentals, smooth voice,

Van Morrison and his real wife We post so much here I seldom get to go back and check old comments. Which caused me to miss a concert at Bowery

john mccain channels his inner adam ant You Idiots! That’s the cover of the new Rolling Stone magazine. They are talking about people who are the planets worst enemies. Not

I think we’ve all connected the dots between catholic school  girls Madonna and Lady Gaga but can we add David Bowie as well? I don’t know if he is Protestant

It wasn’t the real Conor who tweeted he was getting to work on a new Monsters Of Folk album… it was some hoaxer (“pretty obviously fake” as Pitchfork snottily put

I gotta tell you something, of all the rockers I knew Bowie would age best for one real simple reason: he wasn’t from this planet. I was reading a review

You an I, a Judee Sill post a day for the next week to start the year of the Sill… It means we’ll have to cut back a little!!

these pics were purloined from London’s Proud Gallery Elvis at 21 exhibition. I think they speak for themselves

Greatest single ever released Sun Studios in Memphis TN is the supposed birthplace of Elvis Presley career and there are hundreds of people willing to tell you all about it.

As Friday’s go this one is slow and then some so I guess I’ll give you two reviews: The Vigilante – Judee Sill The saddest thing about this live version

Carmen Consoli, the Italian singer-songwriter, is playing at La Poisson Rouge tomorrow. You might not know her, and I’ll admit there is something a little Lilith Fair about her, but

I’m a huge fan of pop culture and consider myself a treasure chest of useless information. I’m the girl you want on your team when playing trivial pursuit Which is

The Moody Blues were considered progressive rock. I’m not sure where that designation came from but perhaps in 1964ish when they first tip toed into the public ear they were

Go to ticketmastertype in titus andronicus in the search enginebuy a tix for titus at the bowery ballroom Saturday March 6th, 2010.Total cost including ticketfast? $20.60

The great Brazilian baritone  Paulo Szot who wowed broadway in South  Pacific last year is at the Metroplitan Opera this Spring. Szot will star in a new production of the

Sure it sounds like the goods and cmon, it is RENEE FLEMING,  our greatest living soprano. BUT, read the fine print and there is no mention of her singing. She’ll

Tony Clarke, “The Sixth Moody” passes away. British record producer Tony Clarke died this past Monday at age 68. Best known for his work with the Moody Blues during their

Of Montreal’s concert at Highline on January 26th, 2009 on sale from ticketweb.com at noon. the omni 2 wide boys of alt dance rock etc are an excellent live band. ill

In comparing Taylor Swift’s Fearless to Carole King’s Tapestry, the great blogger manages one of the single smartest pieces of rock criticism. How I didn’t notice it is beyong (maybe