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How can I disagree so much with a writer I respect so much? 1. BLACKsummer’s Night – Maxwell 2. For All I Care – The Bad Plus 3. Veckatimest – […]

Of course I didn’t even nearly forget about Armstrong slightly. But except for a review of  “St. Louis Woman” on Plays W.C. Handy I didn’t write about him. I don’t

What can you say about a band that you never think of but every time they show up on a mix or a shuffle you have to stop what you’re

I have no explanation and no excuse for failing to mention Gwen Stefani on Rock NYC and not even once. She didn’t make a post, neither did No Doubt but

There is a great line in the film When Harry Met Sally (one of my all time faves by the way) in which at the stroke of Midnight Harry turns

Looking at someone’s mp3 player is the equivalent of looking into a girl’s diary. There are some things in there you just may not want to see. Other things she

I’m vaguely indifferent to Animal Collective -like a song here and there but, but I actively dislike Grizzly Bear. It’s like the Beach Boys for morons and the sound doesn’t

A snippet of the new Taylor Swift song “Today Was A Fairytale” from her upcoming ensemble movie Valentine’s Day was released today and IT SOUNDS TERRIFIC. Just 20 seconds of

28 year old Aveneged Sevenfold drummer was found dead yesterday at 1pm -an apparent drug overdose. Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan had a history of heavy drug use and act II

Never Can Say Goodbye

Tough guy hardcore band Four Years Strong and Rock NYC nail bitten scribe Mary Magpie share the season of joy We know em as Fur Year Strong -but we’re pals…

I’ve been writing about these albums endlessly so I am not certain when and if I will write yet another review. for now here they are!! 1. The E.N.D. –

(Part 3 of a series of essays examining the Kinks’ recorded output on the RCA record label during the early to mid 1970’s). By the beginning of 1973, the plan

sam phillips finds elvis presley, white guy who can sing like a black guy, chuck berry is a black guy who can write about stuff white teens like, and jerry

Some celebrities:Ted NugentJohn MayerHoward SternArlo GuthrieDean Cain James CaanJon VoightRobert DaviLou FerrignoAdam CarollaLacy ChabertAngie HarmonVictoria JacksonGerald McRaneyJon CryerLorenzo LamasKevin SorboPatricia HeatonGeorge NewbernRobert DuvallJerry Bruckheimer

Hot: Susan BoyleMaxwellKings Of LeonTaylor Swuft Not:U2 J. LoKanye WestWhitney HoustonChris Brown

In anticipation of catching Julian live at Terminal 5 (ugh, ugh, ugh) next month I finally bought his solo album Phrazes Of The Young and it is the very definition

blowin’ bubbles in the air As a fan of the early Artist Vs Poet, I happily purchased the new EP from them, “Damn Rough Night”. The opening song and the

Keep takin’ dem scooby snacks, Casey I am dangerously out of touch with popular music. I have no idea what the number 1 song is. I have no idea who

So how is the state of the only art that matters? It’s hard to assess, so many rock crits are bloggers like us and difficult to locate.I’ll tell you one

Anyone who has ever gone to a hardcore gig knows that moshing is part of the show. Back in the day it was slam dancing, stage diving, ‘skanking’ even. Now?

No, of course you didn’t read this first in Gigwise June 10th, 2008 1. Will I Am2.Pete Wentz3. Wim Butler4. P. Diddy5. Bruce Springsteen6. Stevie Wonder7. Jeff Tweedy8. Will Smith

four years between posts…? Four Year Strong Bane Therefore I AmSmartbombBeyond City LightsWorcester Palladium Worcester MA Sunday December 27th, 2009 I am always extra excited to visit a new venue.

Karen Wow Wow best Of 2009 Released her best album with Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’s It’s Blitz, singlehandedly saved N.A.S.A’s album, brought the house down at Radio City Music Hall and

Alan Jackson’s home is anywhere he hangs his hat Country great Alan Jackson DID endorse Barack Obama for President way back in 2008…

Here is the tracklist for the early awaited sophomore album by Vampire Weekend dropping soon, Contra I’ve heard four of these songs and take it from me, even if all the other songs suck

Rock Criticicism 2009

Kesha at Jingle Ball earlier this month In an article in New York Times posted December 23rd, music critic Jon Caramanica makes a big deal of Rock NYC fave Kesha

Right wing, animal slaughtering, crap songwriting, sexist, bird brain also has a serious side. Here is Nugent on President Obama: “I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in

But if I was to get it wrong it is the fine piece of over produced double yummy bubblegum “If We Ever Meet Again” ‘ featuring Katy Perry and starring

Joe McElderry is top of the pops one week too late 1. Joe McElderry – ‘The Climb’ 2. Rage Against The Machine – ‘Killing In The Name’ 3. Lady Gaga

Hmmmm…. I can’t say I’m very thrilled by this.” LOL :)” with Gucci Mane is a catchy novelty song and “Say Aah” with Fabolous is pretty good.  So I just bought

Aaliyah – Aaliyah (2001) – this aint great because she died, this is great because of “Rock The Boat” and “We Need A Resolution”. Adam Lambert – For Your Entertaiment

T-Pain – Thr33Ringz (2008) – Gave Auto-Tune a good name Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift (2006) – From the vest start was a fully formed country pop Princess. Taylor Swift –

Nick Hornby’s current novel Juliet, Naked is the story of one Tucker Crow, an American singer-songwriter a la Jackson Browne, who retires in the middle of a tour to promote

alone again…? Wow. Since Thursday there has been a deathly silence on the music news sites. One story, the tragic suicide of Vic Chestnutt, has been picked up here and

People don’t really like to know the truth but here it is: The Blueprint 3 was terrible, the live set at MSG was OK but nowhere near as good as

After disappearing to her boyfriend’s house all Christmas I received a flurry of texts and after deciphering em I realized they were a directive to buy some songs. So I

The Book Stripped Bare

As promised I went to songmeanings.com for the lyric to Modest Mouse’s “History Sticks To Your Shoes”. First the lyric, than an ecplanation At the movies, eyes iced over Walking

I’ve had this problem since I got Ella Fitzgearld’s 12 Nights In Hollywood and I can’t find the answer. Because it is undoubtedly is the best music I’ve heard this

Working On A Dream – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band It takes a lot to make an album this bad. You have to deeply believe in it, you

On line at Itunes yesterday Kesha’s “Tik Tok” beat Jay-z’s terrible “Empire State Of Mind” as most downloaded single of the day. So let’s call it a moral vicory. Well

“I got nothing against the young country stars but I could use more fiddles and steel guitars” -Larry Gatlin on “Johnny Cash Is Dead (And His House Burnt Down)”

Gonna keep the review down to a coupla words if I can Young Adult Friction – The Pains Of Being Young At Heart – Pun of the year. Higher Than

I wrote about the ticket merger earlier this week. What follows is an email I received from ticketdisaster.org There’s a train wreck about to happen and consumer groups say YOU

Christmas is over and Bono and is smug merry band og meglamaniac mates have released the track list of their much dreaded remix album of No Hope Under The Horizon.

Vic Chestnutt, the Athens, Ga singer-songwriter, killed himself today. The man, who has been paralyzed since he was 18 years old after a car accident, is well known and greatly

It’s a family affair

I read about Kelly Hall-Tomkins in the New York Times around a week ago. She is the professional violinists who has been playing at homeless shelters for the past five years. Ms.