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The over-sold Toads Place was getting increasingly louder with the chant “FOUR YEAR STRONG! FOUR YEAR STRONG!” The band came out and immediately jumped in to “Tonight We Feel Alive” […]

Friday night I went to the free Zo-Zo Afrobeat show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). First of all, the venue, BAM’s opera house cafe, is so dope. The

Its gonna be a good week. Started off with the great show put on by The Wonder Years and Four Year Strong and leads right to Wednesday when we head

When Bethany awoke she was alone in bed and she remembered everything. Bethany was on line waiting to see Janis Joplin at the Fillmore West. It was nineish and the

It’s a slow day for music news and I can’t believe I am talking about Justin Bieber who made a visit at a local Barnes & Noble store last Sunday

Havent done a birthday in awhile but this one gives me a great opportunity to throw down one of my all time favorite songs. Nicks “Hot Child In The City”

I am not a fanatic. I am not perfect. I swear I intimidate.  I can be rude and thoughtless. But I believe.  Me, yup.  And I don’t care if you

There are songs you hear that you sorta go.. what? For some reason this song gave me a Steely Dan feel on the chorus. But then it went all white

I want $5,000 to spend! Sure, even if I had this money to spend I would spend it on something else, but still, there is a great line-up for the

It is 815p and I’ve been writing since 645a, finishing off Saturday’s and starting and completing Sunday’s posts while I was at it. Two live reviews, a short story, a track

I consider it hubristic for me to advise you that an album that is a huge success both commercially and critically is a failure. But it is a failure. Her, “things

1. Birthday – Kings Of Leon – Fifth keeper off their new album. Sure what sucks sucks, what doesn’t sure doesn’t. 2. Brilliant Disguise – Bruce Springsteen – If Tunnel

Will Butler spoke to the Wall Street Journal  about Arcade fire’s humanitarian work and its involvement with Partners in Health in Haiti, which caused  the journalist ask if the band was this

Elsewhere today, I commented on Alyson Camus disbelief. There would be no modern world without Galileo and without Einstein and both of these greats cientists believed in God. Me? I’m

AND HELEN BACH IS STANDING  ON A THREE INCH LEDGE TO GET YOU THE STORY OF FOUR YEAR STRONG’S CLOSING NIGHT OF THE TOUR… NOW WHERE IS MARY MAGPIE?

Blessthefall are a quintet of boys that are beyond hilarious.  In their new video, “Hey Baby, Here’s That Song(Movie) You Wanted”.  Their sense of humour is impeccable. Though the acting

If I havent gone on about how much I love Rivers voice when it cracks like a 14 year old boy then let me do it now. I freakin love

Don Miggs has his work cut out for him tonight. It is around 7pm at on a cold and rainy Thursday evening, in a quiet Mercury Lounge, and the lead

Well, Austin, Texas’ Doom/Stoner/Retro-rock outfit The Sword have rescheduled their tour that was cancelled last month when drummer Trivett Wingo bailed at the beginning of their tour, citing the trials

Pretentious? Moi? Let’s just say i over think pop music. The Monroes were 80s one hit wonders who got nailed when their Japanese record label abandoned the US market and you

I haven’t listened to the new Weezer album ‘Death to False Metal’, their first compilation of unreleased material released as part of the deluxe edition of Pinkerton, but I have seen the

Holy crap what the hell, I just got an earful of the ‘B’ side to “Na Na Na Na…” from MCR’s upcoming release, titled “Zero Percent” and guess what… its

A friend of mine is working with the drummer of a HUGE 80s rock band on a project where the drummer is calling up his old friends and bringing them

I stole this pix because it illustrated the contactmusic.com story from which I got this story. Contactmusic got it from X Magazine…  This is possibly the most boring story I have

What? I have just seen them a month ago and Arcade Fire is set for another tour early next year? It was announced that after their British tour, which it

As is pretty well documented by now, I am not a big fan of either Best Coast or Marnie Stern though I can imagine changing my mind about either. However.

“Let’s play another game”. One of my fave Hollywood stars of all time, Steve McQueen, is to be honored on the 30th Anniversary of his death. This icon of 60s

1. You Gave Your Love To Me Softly – Weezer – Rivers Cuomo is like the Junior High nerd who became big man on campus in his sophomore year in

What the hell.. Yeah its early but this is for planning purposes. The following perfomers are scheduled to perform at this years Rockafeller Tree Lighting Ceremony. Josh Grobain Sheryl Crow

photo credit, Aaron Colussi I had a chance to sit down with Astronautalis before his set at Rock Shop in Brooklyn the other night. We talked music, Halloween, booze, books,

I’m somewhat embarrassed for not having done more to promote  JP Chrissie and the Fairground Boys. I guess I sort of wasn’t feeling them when they first came about and

I am not sure I understand the way Marnie Stern plays guitar, she puts her two hands on the neck of her electric guitar and move her fingers like a

Back when Helen and I toiled together, working for the same rat bastards who I hope are dead and/or die painfully, music was all we had. That and smoking Marlboros

One wicked cool song SIX years ago.. and now a tour. Ok then, Crash Test Dummies whatcha been doin?! Well apparently recording an  album, “Oooh La La!, “ These cats

N.E.R.D’s new video for “Hypnotize U”, contains Pharrel.  A man with a cool name and a very interesting face.  Here, he summons the voice of Prince to start of the

Look above. That is the cover of Michael, the new Michael Jackson album of all new never before seen or hear material and buzz is out that it is real

Picture your self in a boat… by a river… Ah yes, the cover of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” that made it impossible to take “Lucy In The Sky

I love Death Cab For Cutie, theyre cool as hell. I liked the movie Elf, Zooey sang well in the shower. I know Zooey is married to Ben Gibbard of

If you are not a fan of Radiohead this could well be the release that turns you around.  As Iman reported here weeks ago A 2 minute silence.   Here is the

Hot Hot Heat have played tons of times in Los Angeles, but I have always missed them for some reason, failing to see what the heat was really about. They

Despite not much caring for The Wall, just the be here now and having nothing much on my plate interested me, I seriously considered ponying up the seventies bucks odd

Metalcore band Every Time I Die is in a heap of big trouble and its sorta funny. See they were tweeting quotes of praise for their new dvd but from big named celebs.

Mike Mills says REMs newbie will be a “very personal, very human record”. As opposed to the last one which was political apparently. I heard Accelerator and thought it sucked but

Im shocked to have to throw this gossip tidbit your way but I’ve been dying for an opportunity to post this photo so it’ll have to do David Cassidy was

1. Never Grow Up – Taylor Swift – Smartest line, Taylor singing to a kid (to herself): “remember she’s growing old too”, about the mother. 2. Waltz # 2 XO

What the hell is on his head! This little dance hall number is going to be played in more tranny clubs than Cher’s “Believe” Its actually a very good song

Helen reported a while ago that Aretha Franklin cancelled a handful of concerts due to illness. not cool but it happens. Now comes word that she has cancelled all concerts