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Donald Fagen’s greatest moment reviewedsoon….

Powerstripe – Tigercity – Such a big mistake having the great indie soul band Tigercity close for the Grates at Mercury Lounge. Who can appreciate Tigercity’s sweet soul grooves after

I mentioned Kid Cudi performing “Pursuit Of Happiness” on Letterman in my Jay-Z post earlier today. Here is the link:http://neonlimelight.com/2009/09/12/kid-cudi-performs-pursuit-of-happiness-on-the-late-show-with-david-letterman/ The song along with the new Cudi album will be

LA based Princeton, named after the street they once lived on, come on like nerdy intellectuals with a gift for the song and just too smart to ever fall to

Helen enters your life like a whirlwind of energy blowing away everything before her with a machine gun rat-a-tat-tat of personal lingual gymnastic and a heart felt soft cell of

Marie Lynn came up with this idea -maybe her way of suggesting I’m long winded. The four word or less review!!!! Pls forward any suggestions you might have and here

Towards the end of Jay-Z’s big time rap concert at Madison Square Garden last night, P. Diddy tells us to give it up for Jay-Z and give it up we

Why was Costello the great rock and roll savior? I might claim he was my savior because he was the first rock start to look like me but he didn’t

A TEXAN COWBOY VISITS THE BIG CITY AND IT AINT MCCLOUD MSG OCTOBER 21ST, 2009REVIEWED HERE

A month ago I asked Marie Lynn to write about the Bright Eyes masterwork I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning. She chose not to complete it but last night we started

Whatever you wanna say about Jay-Z, and the last song I flipped out over was “Roc Boys,” he makes everybody sound better and on “Off That” Drake has never sounded

First day sales of the Beatles “Rockband” have proven weak -hardly a surprise to followers of this blog. It is not that great an idea (even the Stones would be

The best TV show in the Universe today is BBC 3’s “Being Human” available on BBC America at 9pm on Saturdays. “Monsters exists” is the hook… a twenty something werewolf

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is admit success. The Black Rights Movement should have taken a bow after President Obama’s election and the Labor Unions should have stopped pushing

Instruct Me – The DrumI Felt Stupid – The DrumFlorida’s The Drum were invited to play NYC Funfest -the prestigious indie get together, for their first ever concert. The duo

Robert Nevin and I have been friends since 1986 when we did a stint at Kraus Real estate together. Seen many a concert together as well. So when he sent

Switching channels late last night I found myself watching Elvis Presley’s “Clambake”. Remember that one: Presley as a Texan billionaire swapping places with a water skiing instructor to find a

Robert Nevin doesn’t love the Apples In Stereo, doesn’t love Beatles soundalikes… read on: I watched the video for “Energy” and the Apples In Stereo blatant attempt to copy The

Rhett Miller at Webster Hall reviewed…. soooon

Let me see if I’ve got this right: the kick against Flo Rida’s new album R.O.O.T.S. is he is too overwhelming, always rapping about his big dick and his bigger

This almost tribute band (of whom? the band name is a dead giveaway) are so good if you’ve never heard of them you won’t be able to believe you’ve never

Pearl Jam have remained a great live band over the past twenty years but recorded? Recorded they have followed the Stones and U2 into irrelevance since 98’s long gone Yield.

I will be among the kids and the pervs to give you just the facts about Miley on stage… this November!!

On meeting my 24 year old cousin Remy Caplan (his mom and Uncle and I were raised like siblings) I used my usual litmus test and asked him what music

After Brisbane, Australia’s the Grates charming set at the Mercury Lounge Saturday night August 4th, 2009, lead singer Patience Hodgson jumps off the stage and into the stalls just as

Back In Manchester, England I was able to excavate some personal rock myths I’ve dined off for years. Speaking with my cousin Ramsey Hammour, I confirmed that Tony Wilson was

If you are in town this weekend make your way to Randalls Island for the two day “Electric Zoo” festival. Saturday includes Everything But the Girl mainstay Ben Watt but

Writer Mike Nessing takes on Hank Williams from a completely unique perspective. You say Country, I say Western. Let’s call the whole thing incredible.My biggest musical pet peeve is labels.

The Grates live… yeah, yeah, yeah…

August 2nd, 1999 and I am at a packed out Supper Club and the lead vocalist of two of the most English pop bands imaginable, Paul Heaton, is complaining of

We can all do with some hero worship, right? And while Armstrong may be my number one he never was the only one. In the early 70s it was Bowie,

My friend Anne Rosen camped out at Rockefeller center so her daughters Hayley and Emily could see Miley live!!! And she even took some pictures and shared them with ROCKNYC!!

I Look To You – Whitney HoustonMillion Dollar Bill – Whitney HoustonThere was a time round “My Love Is Your Love” when WH had gone from divahood to iconhood. Not

Writer Todd Leibowitz Journeys to Nassua Coliseum and checks out the new Black Crowe’s recording: Lets start off with Heart. Ann and Nancy Wilson were incredible. They played a solid

Writer Helen Bach and her friend Mary enjoy the gooey middle part in a night of boys rock. Bands playing:Chester FrenchTaking Back SundayWeezerBlink 182 Who doesnt love Weezer? Theyre like

This is such a wrong song to celebrate a return home!!! Written in 59 after Berry had spent two years in prison for breaking the Mann Act (taking a minor

When Julie Burchill was sixteen she was a little knockout in tight jeans, a leather jacket and a switch blade knife cutting up New Musical Express (“they thought teenagers were

Oasis broke up yesterday after Liam Gallagher busted Noel’s guitars moments before they were to go on stage. Noel said he couldn’t play with his brother one second longer. How

A quick scan of the charts finds French DJ David Guerta and collaborators nestled all over the damn place, the number one song in the nation is Guerta’s remix of

My friends Alix and Ali report from MSG: Dear Iman, Alix and Ali here. Taylor was simply fabulous. Once we got over the fact that we were dressed like all

Top Of the Pops is no more but we are still gonna take a look at whats hot on the UK charts… soon

In the UK three decades ago soul music returned to the dance clubs from whence they came and today it is easy to forget how hugely popular that which we

Watching TV in the UK I was not surprised to see Iggy Pop dancing with his shirt off but I am amused to note he was hawking life insurance for

The Miley Cyrus story is an American fable about reinvention. When the British first came to North America it was as a collection of skalliwags, thieves and lower class losers

A conversation with Hala (16), Kareema (12) and Miriam (8) tell me about music… IL: We had plans to see MJ together!!! How dya feel about his music? HED: still

I am leaving to the UK for ten days today and will have limited ability to maintain my blog till I return Sepbember 2nd, 2009 but I will do my

Why Can’t I Touch It? – The Buzzcocks – One of the greatest bands of all times, I have been blasting this after noticing Pearl Jams version on their live

Juliet warned me. Hala warned me. Haylee and Emily warned me to… love Miley or die a fool, old man, they said. I will be entering no man’s land very

In the shadow of Mike Nessing’s memento mori I have been listening to Judee Sill’s Heart Food and one thing immediately comes to mind: this is an inversion of Ray

“Depression” off Dirty Projector’s 2007 Rise Above album was given a bare bones recording on daytrotter.com completely at odds with the choppy wave seasickness of the original. Mike Longstreth complains