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Of course it’s great. I mean, look who it is, for heaven’s sake. A moving vision and it is just an absolute highlight. No, I don’t mean Harry and Hermione tongue […]

1. Scott Mescudi Vs The World (feat Cee Lo) – Kid Cudi – That is one weird sample -like a Hawaiian guitar being hit on the head by a saw.

The Puppini Sisters are a modern day Andrew Sisters, all swing jazz and three part harmonies. It is a lot of fun and never more so then on their Christmas

Not only do Mink have the best band of the year, the Boston man child Sean Kilfoyle’s no really they’re a band seem to be having a blast in bedsit

To quote Florence and The Machines myspace:  “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being

I grew up, musically anyway, in the 80s.  Damn proud of it.  I came up with the amazing talent like Adam and The Ants, Black Flag and, um.. Styx BUT and

I have never attended any Almost Acoustic Christmas, the institution organized by the LA radio KROQ every year, because first, it is horribly expensive, and second I never care about

Best debut albums? That’s what my buddy Mike Blauner was wondering about. A great questions and here is what Blauner came up with: Boston – Boston Ten – Pearl jam

I consider myself a ‘major’ Decemberists fan. Such beautiful and interesting music almost an intellectual feel.  I’ve raved about them so very much and with good reason. Despite a bit

Yo, Skanky Ho’s check it the most logical ‘streaming’ release of all time.  Kesha’s new lp ‘Cannibal”. Why?  Cuz you really don’t want it popping up on your iPod you

American Dream By Rocky Loves Emily is the maiden voyage from this Detroit band. So whats the deal. Upbeat danceable anthems making me offer the golden handshake to the predecessors of

This is the list NY Daily news came up with for albums that are hopping and hipping just for you: Nov. 22 Kanye West — “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”

1. Raise your Glass – Pink – “Deal-io”? Hope Busta gets royalties for that word. This is a catchy mo-fo drinking song. 2. Holy Fire – Scott Krokoff – Great

I think pop ma be coming back.  Philly punkers Valencia got a pop dance thing happening here. I sorta like it.  I mean I dont love it, but its something

After scoring rock nyc’s band of the year, Black Eyed Peas are so 2009 by now I have no idea how they scored such a plum assignment! Now, if they

I really love Wavves but Nathan Williams should grow the fuck up. I mean, has the travails of T.I. taught the fucking idiot nothing? Arrested in Germany for possession of

Bruce Springsteen likes Best Coast? Really? Am I missing something again? Not for nothing but Crazy For You was an awful, awful bland album. It had its moments but they

I mean, there has to be some way, right? isn’t there that band called the Harry Potters? Something like that. Or how about Pulp as the Weird Sisters in Goblets

 Happy Birthday Jared Followill, bassist of Kings of Leon. Born today November 20, 1986 …. sorry couldnt resist.

this photo sucks-the lighting sucked …. the band was OUTSTANDING Alesana is the best band in hardcore- hands down. Lets just get that out of the way now.  I just

A while ago, The Rocket Summer released Of Men and Angels: B-Sides and I kept on meaning to get it, but never did. Today I bought it(because I got high

There are a few things that are cool about writing for a blog. 1- I don’t have to give a fuck about spelling or grammar EVER 2- I don’t have

OK Go, the band which made extremely successful Youtube videos (remember the treadmill one?), had a parade-type project in Los Angeles on Wednesday. I did not have the opportunity to

Every day has a different mood that accompanies it. Rainy days for example, are meant for you to stay inside, in your bed, comfy, cozy and everything in between. Blue

Ah, yes. The mob mentality. I’ve written, somewhat incessantly for a music blog, about my distrust bordering on hatred of all organizations, institutions, really anywhere where you have a group

Hey now since everyone is busy eating turkey and sleeping …….lets put Kid Rock on the NFL half time show! 2010 United Way Thanksgiving Halftime Show to be exact.   During

Sorry I couldn’t resist this. Really the videos speak for themselves. This is a reminder to you all to be happy this is rockNYCliveandrecorded.com For if it wasn’t for NYC

The bass was violent and angry but never bleak, the delivery of the inaudible lyrics, lost in the noisy sound, was ferocious and on the aggressive side but the whole

Holy shit Fall Out Boy hiatus sure did wonders for this cat. Helloooo Patrick Stump!.. What the hell he used to look like Van Morrison’s love child…yikes. Lets hope that

Mix master GirlTalk recently released a new cd, All Day. If you like Girl Talk or just like pop saturated hip/hop mash ups you’ll surely like All Day and best

One of the top DJs of the past decade, Paul Oakenfold, had this to say to Billboard about the State Of Dance, as he readies himself to release his first

Here is Randy Jackson, bass player for the Jacksons and Michael Jackson’s brother, discussing MJ’s Michael album “The family and the executors of the Estate, Branca and McLain are not

I posted Rough Trade’s Top 100 album s and a reader noted Polar Bears Peepers should be closer to the top. So I looked them up. According to Wikipedia, the

A Better Life – Scott Krokoff – A clutch of first rate rock songs, so well crafted, so smart, and so committed it bends without breaking, and rocks but so

1. Sincerity – Miggs – The highlight of their live concert is a stunning classic rock ballad. Best thing about  it? the back ground vocals where the ineffable is pained

Here is Roger Daltry discussing the surfeit of talent contests on TV: “We really need to break away from The X Factor and American Idol – that Simon Cowell thing.

The Kid becomes a Man! As any Kid Rock fan knows, all of his albums are a mix of heavy rock n rap songs, with some acoustic tunes sprinkled in.

After appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show shortly after landing in NYC, The Four Insects hopped on a train to Washington DC, where they made their first ever US concert

Rocky Loves Emily is a band I’ve recently heard about and I fell in love with these boys from the start.  They’re talented, they’re fresh and young and ambitious. They

Dance 4 Liberation is hosting the “D4L Autumn Creatures Fashion Show” tomorrow night at Projekte, a local art center and cultural melting pot located in downtown Wilmington, NC. D4L is

Escape the Fates bassist Max Green, has entered rehab for drug and alcohol addiction. I certainly wish him great success. Addictions are terrifying. To acknowledge them and attempt to fix

During an interview before the screening of her 1994 masterpiece “US Go Home”, Director Claire Denis explained the movie as being the story of a young gir that lives near

I read yesterday that Fla. Governor, Charlie Crist, has pardoned Jim Morrison of The Doors for his indecent exposure charge, 40 years after the fact. According to Crist, “After reviewing

This is pretty good stuff. Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young singing Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair”. Latest of a song tradition of inappropriate covers, from Peter Seller’s “a Hard Dys

Sir Paul is playing the Apollo Theater in NYC but you cant go. Its a fancy invitation only show for Sirius Radio. Satellite radio is on its last leg. To