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 I have been wanting  to write about her for a week now, but hadn’t done it yet. Jesca Hoop has a name just as unusual as the music she writes. […]

Every year the British legion has people observe two minutes of silence to honor those who have died in service to their country. Like a week after bonfire night (somebodies

Lighthouse Beer Festival, an annual festival in Wilmington, NC, was a blast this past Saturday. Perfect, gorgeous, North Carolina weather, over 70 international breweries, featuring their finest, lagers,IPAs, and Oktoberfest

I didn’t lnow this… It is ancient history but I STILL DIDN’T KNOW IT… Searching for a pix for a Bach Post I came acroos this on People.com: “Gerard and

Sir Cliff richard is absolutely free to do whatever he wants (including not play NYC) but of all the things he could do, another collobartion with Van Morrison for instance,

It’s a sign.      Matthew Leone of Madina Lake is out of the hospital and well.  He did an interview and it’s nothing short of a wonder that he’s well. 

I don’t get the point of the new Best Coast video, ‘Boyfriend’ they have just premiered on MTV. It’s just boring,… sorry Bethany’s fans, it is. But wait, why would

What the hell is this crap? Saw is supposed to be one of the most terrifying modern horror films to date.  I haven’t seen any of them, nor do I

I swear when I first heard this I thought the back vocal was ‘flippin burgers now’, but then again I was hungry when i heard it Jamie Fox, what is

I got this off brooklynvegan, who got it off, I guess, the Los Campesinos website. Ellen Campesinos (a blonde above!) wrote this: “We performed in Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia on 10/12)

 rock nyc’s second fave English TV show (Helen prefers Skins, I prefer Dr. Who) visited the new Musical express offices and so, in our continuing attempts to get sued for

1. Hard Times In New York Town – Bob Dylan 2. Big Wave – Jenny And Johnny 3. Old Fashioned – Cee Lo Green 4. Mean – Taylor Swift 5.

Kanye’s new album cover, see above, is now officially banned… don’t know by whom. I cann’t see borders refusing to post it. West twittered as follows: “So NIRVANA can have

If there has been anything more hypocritical then the tutting over Miley Cyrus expressing her sexuality in song , you’d have to go back to Brittney Spears to find it.

Helen Bach found this list of gay women in music here: http://www.afterellen.com/music/2010/10/the-50-most-important-queer-women-in-music?page=0%2C9 A lesbian cuture website. I am going post some names of the most imprtant gay women in music. Incidentally,

One man, one mountain man, is three women with three beautiful, ethereal voices that harmonize over harmonies, with their only voices, at least this is how they performed yesterday night

I had no idea what the hell Daytrotter was.  Honestly, I still don’t really get it but I was sent some great stripped down versions of a few of my

There are some things in this world that should never ever happen.  I will start a list for you of these things. I do this as a public service announcement. 

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is currently organizing walks throughout the United States and invites people to participate and raise money for its research and education programs to

1. Electric Endicott – Gary Wilson – Somebody called this electronic weirdo a white Prince, this is soul with buzzy electronics. 2. Bullfighter Jacket – Miniature Tigers – Can these

rock nyc interviewed Emii during the summer. She was promoting her excellent “Magic” EP and we predicted big things. Well, big things are happening. Her new song, “Mr. Romeo” features

Pregnant?  Need Help? I’m kidding Pregnant is part of that crazy New Brunswick scene we love chatting about over here.  Now you can check them out for free from Burn

1. Boogaloo69 Mixtape 1 – Rene Lopez – Nearly unbelievablely great nearly 40 minutes of latin soul. Google it, maybe you can get hold of it somewhere. It is unreal.

I  don’t really watch Boardwalk Empire, the new HBO star series, I have usually too many things to do on Sunday nights, but I have the weird habit to turn

It is probably harder these days to pick an opening band. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have announced on their facebook page that, they would hold an open mic

The brothers in the So So Glos blew us away a coupla weeks ago with the dance stepped “Lindy Hop” but apparently that isn’t enough for the dancing fools who

My fave website in the world daytrotter recorded one of my fave bands, Miniature Tigers, and one of Helen’s fave bands, Young Veins. i’ve downloaded both and will tell you

I am a sorta semi fan of The Pixies.  “Here Comes Your Man” has always been a good one in my book. So if you agree theres new stuff to

The Monitor – Titus Andronicus (album of the year) Odd Blood – Yeasayer (has its moments but runs out of steam fast) How I Got Over – The Roots (is

1. So What – Miles Davis – Yup, that is Coltrane on the second solo. 2. Jesus And Mary – Martha Wainwright – Not the best song on a real

Saturday night Mary Magpie was wondering where androgynous bassist Ashley Purdy was. Not at the interview. Not on stage. Apparently, “He was sitting inside their tour bus and someone opened

 So the crowd was filling up with fangirls screaming “BLACK VEIL BRIDES, BLACK VEIL BRIDES” and I couldn’t help getting excited.  The band came out onto the stage but something

There must be some reason Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits say it three times , it seems to have nothing to do with their emotional and moody noisy pop, fuzzy and loud guitars

Don’t know about you kids but I’m getting sorta tired of Iman telling me what hes listening to ‘right this minute’.  I’m usually pretty shocked at what he is and

Dear Motionless In White, About tonight’s show…. I was about an inch away from actually liking you, looking into your music, and probably buying an album until I witnessed your

Talking music with Teddy Ivanova of CBS Friday, she asked me for my faves. Needless to say, my brain locked. At this point I listen to so many bands it

When he was a little boy, Michael Jackson was a student at Gardner street elementary in Hollywood and the school named its auditorium after him in 1989. However, at the

1. The Winner Takes It All – Abba – Love has tragic gamble -which is only right, you know. 2. Double Dutch – Hilly Eye – Bjork meets Brooklyn 3.

Years ago I had a big fight with my friend Zander about how a law nobody obeys  is a bad law. It nakes innocent citizens criminals. He said no. And to

I am gonna see Chris Stelling at Rockwood Hall, and, in a coupla hours after, Elizabeth And The Catapult at the same venue, so in between I might check this

At SOB’s on Tuesday? This is a pretty excellent line up: “The White House Band For CMJ 2010 @ Sobs with Das Racist, Ninjasonik, Styles P, Noreaga, Bazaar Royale &

Lemme see if I got this right? Weezer think I am gonna pony up seventy four bucks to see the back of 500 peoples heads for two fucking hours at

 Alex Ebert, the frontman of the Edward Sharpe And the Magnetics (yeah, Edward Sharpe is just a moniker) has a side project and a mp3 called ‘Truth’ is circulating on the

So how did I spend my Saturday afternoon? Glad you asked. Trying to get to all the emails I missed through a very busy week. You will be please to

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