Soho Johnny

Fran Haily is a very friendly person, and he captivates his audience right away with his stories and warm attitude. He talks as much as he sings, or close to […]

OK I have a cool basement, I got stacks, I got mixing boards yeah totally do.. but I don’t have Patrick Stumpf ex Fall Out Boy swinging by to sing

I have only heard one song, “Stand Fast” by Savannah’s Sunglasses. But the song is pretty fucking excellent. 8000 bam bam (Samuel Cooper) & Baby Seal (Brady Keehn are Sunglasses,

Bret Michael’s at age 47 posed nude for Billboard magazine and died about 4 times, all in the past six month.   The cover was the most horrifying part.  

Can anybody film women better than Woody Allen: From Mariel Hemingway to Barbra Hershy to Naomi Watts in his new movie “You Will Meet A Dark Stranger”, these women have

Since Rolling Stone and Bruce Springsteen go together like scum and bag and since RS spammed me this info via email, I am guessing it is Boss approved. Two Bruce

I hate Disney so much, almost as much as Wal-Mart. And I haaateWal-Mart, for many reasons, mainly they are evil and its been proventhat they sacrifice small African children before

Last year, Cheap Time were famous for their 70s punk inspired rock music and opening Yo La Tengo but not anymore. Despite the excellence of Cheap Time’s fresh whine punky

1. I’m On Fire – Bruce Springsteen – Pure thwarted desire. 2. Lucia De Lammermoor – Dame Joan Sunderland – Her voice isn’t like a Maria Callas, she doesn’t overwhelm

I would claim Brroooooce had jumped the shark with the annoucement he was making a cameo but he just keeps on jumping the  shark. And the Keith Richard quote is

Usher and Amy Winehouse have become lovers as the picture above proved beyond a doubt!!! The two are making beautiful music and plan to make beautiful music! Usher told the

October 18th, My Morning Jacket will be playing 5 nights at Terminal 5, an album a night plus each albums b sides, rarities, covers, culminating in their greatest moment Evil

Kanye West has stumbled on the perfect anthem for himself and so many of his friends in “Runaway”, as a hard look in the mirror goes it is a solid

While Lennon’s first wife and son Julian unveiled a statue celebrating Peace (how stupid is a statue celebrating peace? what were the alternatives? A war is good statue??), the insipid

I only saw Solomon Burke once, around 2002, and he was opening for Van Morrison. And he was impressive , but then a man with a back catalogue that includes

Not necessarily a great sunday morning song, but mos def a great curefor any case of the Mondays. Do something crazy and get your dubstepon!  Listening to this vastly added

Leonard Cohen is quoted as saying “In the midst of all the static, a voice of true feeling arises – a rare event!” Neema, a Montrealian (from montreal i mean!)

 Sitting around with a bunch of upper middle class hipsters when the topic of politics comes up.  Lightly of course scattered in the topic of this sales at Nordstroms

 I’ve seen Arcade Fire a few times before, but the performance they gave at the Shrine auditorium on Friday night was such a constant eruption of dopamine in my brain,

Olof Arnalds is a pro and she gets it. She gets that live isn’t recorded and she is there to give a performance and at her record release party at

Since Iman wanted me to stay up and watch Bruno Mars on SNL with him, well I couldn’t not. Its become a tradition.  I like traditions and ” Live From

Its very fun, with the click of a mouse you travel form the land of chilled out Bob Marley radio, which promotes love and togetherness (and at this point sleep

Well this is it, the day music dies. The day when a legend like Elton John just 100% tosses his cool out the window. He has already made himself a

1. Speak Now – Taylor Swift – One tweak? It shouldn’t be a daydream. 2. Jonathan – Olof Arnalds – Don’t know it is the accent but she sounds just

The difference between subscription based mp3 clubs and purchasing mp3s is the different between watching cable and buying DVDs. And for the casual listener, subscription based music clubs are the

Elvis Costello spent time talking to Spinner when he should have come over my house so I could stare at him.  I think that would sorta scare him really so

Mark Ronson told New york mag he started subscribing to new York Magazine at the age of six and was devastated when he made the top of  New Musical Express Uncool

The day Fearless hit a million sales, Taylor Swift’s former manager Dan Dymtrow shoulda hit her with  lawsuit. Why? because she has money that’s why. Dan says he had a

Helen Bach threw over her longstanding love -the pink pc she wrote  all those 100s of rock nyc posts for a new one. A Toshiba that SUCKED. So off she

What was her last album -the let em eat cake one, right? Well, Sofia Coppola’s  new movie, I saw the coming attractions, apparently about a fashion designer having his daughter shoved

So 70 years and a day later, the Lennon legacy goes on. His songs with the Beatles will live forever, do live forever. It isn’t what he wanted. He didn’t

 Pretty early last night, round about when Lou Reed sucked so indelibly on a misjudged “Some Kind Of Nature”, I realized this was going to be an unsavable unmitigated

Plans tonight? Head to Central Park for the premiere of LENNONNYC, a film depicting John Lennons New York life. Produced and directed by Michael Epstein. “I had always thought of

Archie Powell and the Exports are a pop smart, little bit grungy, garage rock band with catchy tunes and snarky lyrics—think Weezer meets They Might Be Giants. This type of no

In 2000, Craig Finns tells us at the Beacon last Thursday, he came to new york and worked in office jobs before getting bored with it and deciding he wanted

This one right here goes out to all the babies mamas mamas, mamas mamas, babies mamas mamas. After the success of 4TheLove Music Fest NYC at Don Hills this past

Memorabilia, collectibles, it’s useless, pricey but we love it nevertheless. Gottahaverockandroll.com has tons of memorabilia for any kind of taste, and has even partnered with Sothebys for auctions. Looking at

To me Sunday means nothing more than football and… To me Sunday is nothing more than a day to watch football and.. WAIT San Francisco 49ers take on the Denver

Imagine this on Saturday Night Live, on Letterman, on Leno or whatever late night talk show you are watching, imagine someone singing a song with 100 times ‘Fuck yooouuu’ in

Im appalled. Seriously now wtf with music today. Everyone trying so hard to be so cutting edge hip its really mess. Im embarrased. Every ‘alt’ band seems to try to

I gotta feeling Helen is much more excited about the thought of Brandon Flowers heading off on a slower tourwith Fran Healy of Travis. I’ve seen Travis live round the

1. Rhinestone Eyes – Gorillaz – By now I will have seen half of the Clash play this live with Damon. It isn’t bad at all, by the way. 2.

Sometimes writing stuff catapults me so far back I sorta shake my head. Ok here goes.. The Circle Jerks were a great band.  Within the past 2 days I have

Looks like a typical day at rock nyc though it is probably Creem HQ. I got it off rockcritics fb I  visited the second creem offices in Birmingham MI back

Thisclose to a positive Kings Of Leon. No. Wait. Thiclose. KOL refused to let Glee use their music. So while McCartney is fellating the producers of Glee, these cool cats

You Gotta Hear or at least See, SHIT HORSE! If you haven’t had the please of gracing your ears with some tunes from Chapel Hill’s own Shit Horse, then give

All That Remains, those bad ass boys and that ….girl,  from Springfield, MA have just released a video for their new single “Hold On” Let me start out by saying they don’t