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When it comes to greatest Chrismas albums of all times I’ll buy Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You but as much as I love it the album I prefer […]

On the first day of Christmas Rock NYC gave to us,An amazing blog on the internetOn the second day of Christmas Rock NYC gave to us2 Bands from Berk leeOn the third day

Maybe “The Climb” woulda been an improvement 1945 Issy Bonn I’m In Love With Two Sweethearts 1946 Frank Sinatra Five Minutes More 1947 Lou Preager • Jimmy Leach An Apple

“If you wanna be happy in a million ways…” Back in the day Marie Lynn would sing “There’s No Place Like Home For The Holidays” for me every Christmas. The first

Tis the season right? These guys changed the word The Sex Pistols – It’s hard to remember today. In the middle of a recession forcing retail to close two days

Merry Zemas

You needn’t worry about us We can look after ourselves We’ve learnt not to rely On You or anyone else

As I write, Emusic is is negotitations to be sold to Best Buy or Rhapsody. EMusic is a major distributor of alterntaive MPs. Emusic, a coupla times larger than LaLa,

So many right? Fucking Ryan Adams had to get happy, didn’t he? But his five solo albums from 2000 to 2005 were some of the most relentlessly, heartbreaking, wrecked, destroyed,

It is available on strummerville.com and it is pretty, isn’t it?

Ella Fitzgerald’s “I’m Glad There is You”, Love Via Dance Machine’s “Chapter Two”, and T.Pains (I just reached the T’s in the never ending best of the decade list) “Change”

Saint Motel – Forplay EP(2009) – Sorta anti-LA art glam rock with great visuals. Santogold – Santogold (2008) – An America M.I.A. but I don’t know why.Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah

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My only problem with the New York Post’s music editor Mary huhn is she doesn’t write often enough any more. Whenever I see her byline I read what she has

My fave indie label is Odessa Records out of Durham, North Carolina. This is real indie. It is inevitable that college kids making a record label who choose a clutch

I was invited to view the show Grease at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford CT last Friday night, and you could say I was excited as I ran down the

Alex Badanes visiting from the future Social media can be so cozy sometime. Alex Badanes the upbeat guitarist of Love Via Dance Machine was able to stop dancing long enough

just for the heck of it ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ ‘Drive My Car’ ‘Jet’ ‘Only Mama Knows’ ‘Flaming Pie’ ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ ‘Let Me Roll It’/’Foxy Lady’

Wow, has it been six years since Johnny Cash died? Depressing shit, right? And, as I like to add at moments like this, Donald Trump is still alive. Go figure. Cash died

According to U2’s brain The Edge: “There aren’t going to be any record labels in a few years if things carry on the way they are, because CDs – that

R. Kelly – Chocolate Factory (2003) – On his very next album R. Kelly would make a profound ass of himself pretending to be the next Stevie Wonder but Chocolate

The death of the album is a pretty tricky issue. Are you suggesting a world of only” hits”? I have alot of weird theories and a very strict law on

Ought To be More Songs About That – Montgomery GentryThese creepy Kentucky country shitkickers deserve having the shit kicked out of em. At least Troy Gentry is. Troy is the

“There aren’t going to be any record labels in a few years if things carry on the way they are, because CDs – that industry is pretty much all over,”

Speaking of not buying albums, I am four tracks deep into Screaming Females April 2009 album Power Move and pretty impressed. The sound changes from track to track but on

It’s official. I no longer buy albums. It’s over man. Now I buy tracks off albums and if I am wowed enough will gadate to a full length album. And

Adam’s Songs Of the YearBoom Boom PowTik TokUse SomebodyBad RomanceSoberWhat I think: Yuck to “Sober” and “Use Somebody” Otherwise the kid is on to something Adam’s Album Of The YearThe

We scooped  AP on the Pete Doherty drug charge story… AP had the story at 325pRock NYC had it at 1256p. Wow, imagine how we’d do if we had any

Born in Ankara Turkey in 1952…. John Mellor was  just a little rich boy and a chance to go to art school. He moved around a lot. He wrote songs,

1. I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle2. My Christmas – Andrea Bocelli3. Glee Season One: The Music4. Fearless – Taylor Swift5. Play On – Carrie Underwood6. The Fame –

My fellow Rock NYCers have been raving about Love Via Dance Machine for long enough for me to give them a listen with the clear understand I am not, how

Following in the footsteps of Norway and Turkey and heading straight to the US, the UK Competition Commission have approved the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation. I guess the

The news of Brittany Murphy -Eminem’s love interest in 8 Miles, death due to a drug overdose, follows on the most shocking death of the year. The untimely and drug

In writing for Rock NYC this year, I’ve picked on some easy targets in my columns. The Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Rage Against the Machine… All of these groups

1. Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys2. Tik Tok – Kesha3. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga4. Replay – Iyaz5. Fireflies – Owl City6. Sexy Chick – David

My fave rock critic of the year who doesn’t write for Rock NYC is Chris Weingarten. He is the guy who listened to and reviewed under Twitter word count 1000 albums

Its tough to describe the why of a favorite concert. Marie Lynn blows me away with her ability to state the facts and the emotions without it coming across as

Here is the rock critic establishment at work in 2009: They over rate the pretty good indie rock Animal Collective and ignore band of the year Black eyed Peas and

Here is the link to the coming soon Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett The Runaways Movie:http://runawaysmovie.com/

Nick Cave And the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Digg!!! (2008) – “I don’t need what it is but there’s definitely something going on upstairs”, Cave sings in his story

As the year comes to a close and many magazines publish their “top” lists of 2009 music, I am forced to look back at my own personal experience of music.

yes sets, not concerts!!! Boyz Noize at Summerstage, August 9th – The last song before the encore with the German DJ scratching and raising the bass higher and higher was such

Timbaland’s new album Shock Value 2 is OK, nothing great, and when I caught his set at Jungle Ball a coupla years ago I wasn’t exactly thrilled either. Still, the

Rated R is a crap album and while Brown’s isn’t great, it isn’t bad. The result is predictable. Brown said he was sorry and got on with it, Rihanna poured

Christopher Ingalls Blows Many years ago I was writing about Prince’s “Darling Nikki” for Creem. It was around the time Tipper Gore was trying to institute ratings for albums, “Darling

Four Year Strong is a heap of fuzzy guys from Worcester MA. A hardcore, no no wait maybe I better watch my freakin step with the category.. power pop post

Its funny it was only August when I was asked to write a review for rock nyc. Just four months ago and in that brief amount of time so much

The Jingle My Bells Festival was quite underpopulated for such a big event. 14 bands 1 day, and a threat of blizzard of a lifetime, equals.. mom and dad arent

I’d feel a lot happier if Journey wasn’t here as well.. 1/ Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name2/ Joe McElderry – The Climb3/ Lady Gaga – Bad

Bowie was certainly as Out as you could be back in the day… 1. Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders For Mars – David Bowie 2. The Smiths – The Smiths