Soho Johnny

OK woe now.  First an apology. I am sorry I have never written up BlessTheFall before. To be honest with you there is no reason for it, and I’m disappointed […]

Why am I telling you this? No idea, this is my SIXTENTH POST of the day, my brain is on stall… Elton John called American Idol boring and Simon Cowell

Which one of these statements is true? 1.Mary Magpie flew to London to catch My Chemical Romance play the Hammersmith Odeon Saturday night. She notes that many members of the

Royal Trux Are Re-Releasing Their First Four Albums. There is only two reasons why a band re-releases their old material. 1. Because they have stopped selling. 2. Because they are

The fighting Davies brothers aren’t really fighting any more. Dave Davies simply refuses to have anything to do with his big brother. Ray Davies told Uncut Magazine: “””I don’t talk

I arrived late and left early for the excellent Thievery Corporation/Massive Attack concert at Beacon theatre on Friday. My loss, no doubt. Thievery Corporation had Power Tools and Mac next

KOL those elitist port o let hogs. Ain’t no one gonna secrete nothing they don’t approve of. Aside from looking awkward as hell and lead singer Caleb Followill too cool for words,

I  should have probably written  about them much earlier as they performed last week in LA, opening for Superchunk at the Henry Fonda Music Box. The Vaselines are one

Sam Taylor-Wood’s “Nowhere Boy”, about John Lennon’s teen years in late 1950’s Liverpool, is two movies in one. The first is a pop psychological pulp soap about the tug of

Ask anyone who knows me and you will learn I am not a prude. Not at all, on the contrary I an be a tad to bold in my opinions

1. Guess I’m Doing Fine – Bob Dylan – Another hidden gem on Bootleg 9: the slighter the intention, the stronger the song. 2. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

I do love cover songs.  What exactly is the difference between a cover song and  a ‘tribute album’? I do believe “From the Land of Ice And Snow” is a

Some things can’t be taught. How to seduce an audience in a bar where the sunlight streams through the windows somewhere in the West Village is one of them. But

I got this off the new yorkdaily news . Cherry Vanilla, David Bowies US PR woman, has a memoir out and in it she discusses bedding Bowie back in the

It turned out that Sigur Ros frontman Jónsi’s performance at Origami records in Los Angeles was his only in-store appearance. I didn’t go, but the little store in Echo park

Enter Shikari is one of the coolest bands in the world.  I want them to come to my house and hang out. Maybe skateboard off my roof, have some pizza

What were Elixabeth And the Catapult thinking? Meant to start their set at 10p , they dither about sound checking till 10:15p. Then the guitarist keeps on interrupting the set

A quick scan of my blogger profile will find the legend Iman is a big sports fan. And bigger Yanks fan. So I am sure you can imagination my devastation

The new Kid Cudi album… who the fuck is he? Coheed And Cambria… The one song I have heard was pretty damn out there… man On The Moon 2 released november

Half an hour of coming attractions before “Hereafter” last night at the Lincoln! And I spent the half hour listening at the soundtrack. The new Gus Van Sant “Restless” appears

The first 4TheLoveMusic Fest occured at the legendary Don Hills, the follow up in Wilimington, NC. Both nights were showcases for some of the best new acts in the North East and

 Punk Goes Pop 3 is coming out soon, and the songs up on the Myspace are incredible beyond belief. Asking Alexandria’s cover of “Right Now” (originally by Akon) is ten

Tom Morello is OK with me. He paid beautiful tribute to Joe Strummer and well Rage is a pretty beast band. I hate MIA I love the Clash I love

A few websites are reporting that Paul Simon is planning to release a new album with long time producer Phil Ramone at the end of 2010. The album will have

Where’s Cyn? I wanna sing to her… “And they call it puppy love…” Yeah, Donny and Marie are bringing a Christmas Show to broadway and I can not wait. Alway an

Well if all goes as planned Brand and Perry are merged.  As long as they dont procreate we should all be ok. Id expect their honeymoon on YouTube soon enough…

Photographer Bob Klein was at the NFL Superbowl Party where En Vogue performed, February, 2010. Above is a Klein Picture painting, below the original.

1 Flawless Executioner – Christopher “Paul” Stelling – Flawless folkie peak 2. Paradise Circus – Massive Attack – Best song off the newbie. 3. Instant Hit – The Slits –

Nicki Minaj gets props from everybody nowadays and for good reason. If there is a better rapper around I don’t know who it is! I have never seen her live

Why would I want to pre order Elvis Costello’s album? Will he deliver it? Will I get cool swag?  No Ill get some bonus tracks that will get bootlegged all

Hey Conan! Remember he got screwed by NBC and bla bla bla and well so what now hes on TBS with a busload of hip kids who felt he got

Hey remember when Good Charlotte were considered ‘pop punk’? They’re too old now and apparently changing diapers and receding hairlines have made these bad boys…….scratch that, these has been old

Happy Saturday! Rough week huh? Well here’s a giant 3:08 of utter garbage. Lets see if Kesha wasn’t horrific enough we know are facing the waves of after hurl left

Due to new tattoo placement “VEGAN”  I’m having an incredibly difficult time typing. The inside of your wrist is not a good place to shove a needle filled with ink

What was that exactly? Some kind of sonic lightning? A voluntary aggression to all the senses? I am not sure of what happened, it went so fast, it was so

  Where do bands like Gallowbraid come from? Released on German label Northern Silence Productions on September 17th, I had never heard of Gallowbraid until I spotted the debut EP,

I have a friend who says I react to Elvis Costello like a spurned  lover and maybe she’s right. The first time I saw Costello in concert was the day

Waking up this morning my first thought was, “why is my neck soo freakin sore?”  Did I eat pussy last night? No. Did I get put in a deadly sleeper

I got an email from the journeyman soul wizard Gary Wilson thanking me for my very positive review of his single “Electric Endicott”. An also to tell me he is

My friend Robert Nevin (he edits http://mousepadcollector.com/wordpress/) once, infamously, claimed the Cars “All That I Needed” was one of the greatest songs ever, shortly after he fawned all over Ray Davies.

Ok, here is the money quote from Robyn on her three albums released this year: “It was never my goal to break some kind of a world record in how

Watch Danger Mouse devolve before your very eyes The Grey Album – Coolest – 2005 Gnarls Barkley – Cool – 2008 Gnarls Barkley – Medium Cool – 2009 Broken Bells – Uncool

1. Don’t Think Twice – Franki Valli And The Four Seasons – It is like being gang banged by Alvin And the Chipmunks 2. Skeleton Key – Margot And The

Kanye West and reality star Kim Kardashian have been romantically linked after being spotted on a date in Chicago. Oh and she has been linked with John Mayer as well.