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  As if Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday couldn’t be more adorable, TBS played on Yo Gabba Gabba! and performed “We All Love Our Pets”.   It was recorded so […]

Helen writes: Bono, that guy who used to sing for U2 but now is far too busy saving the world with his wisdom is under the looking glass. ONE the

Listen up Kinks fans.. its here the ultimate in tribute albums with full Ray Davies cooperation. Actually he participated in every one of these songs There is no release date,

1. Frontward – Pavement – Best song at Central Park last night 2. Summer Babe – Pavement –  Second best song at Central Park last night. 3. Titus Andronicus Forever

Norman Blake of Teenage Family Club, our fave limey pop rock band, let Boston Globe writer Mark Shanahan play with his Ipod. And this is what Mark got: 1. “Sail

OK, this is a cut and paste job off the guardian but cmon… wouldja have found it without me?? Anyway, I am just gonna give you the highlights. If you

I can’t think if a worse way of spending the New Year than watching Phish at MSG. I have spent the last coupla years there but have zero intention of

I saw Tricky opening for Bjork at the Academy in 1994 or something like that. The stage was so dark all you could see was the light of his blunt

I hate all organizations, institutions, get togethers, parties: anywhere people get together unless it Is to watch a game or watch a band please count me out. What I dislike

The past is another country. And they don’t make em like Eddie Fisher, who died yesterday. I don’t suffer from nostalgia but I have no doubt of the following things:

I like Mark Ronson lots and don’t hate the new album either though I’m not 100% with it. But the above pic on contactmusic caught my eye. I thought it

So falling in love, even when you girl you love is a pain in the neck, can turn you into a gooey mess. And so it happens with me. We

If you were ever to find yourself in New Orleans, Louisiana during Mardi Gras, it would be hard to not hear many of the local musicians singing and playing “Iko

With the youngest member of rock nyc, Mary Magpie, taken out of school because she was sick yesterday (nothing serious) I got to thinking not about songs of comfort… she

Gaga’s beef dress is being made into jerky. Not to be consumed but so it doesn’t rot, and it can be preserved. Preserved for? For a society of excess to

It is not very often you see the biggest astrophysicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and a musician, Mark Oliver Everett (E.), interviewed by the BBC for the same article,

Of all the current bands I am gagging to see and haven’t seen, I am gagging to see LCD Soundsystem, Usher and Lady Gaga most Murphy played the Wellmont yesterday

The British band The Charlatans were supposed to play at Amoeba this last Wednesday to support the release of their 11th album, ‘Who we Touch’, but the show was canceled

Out Of Goodbyes (feat Lady Antebellum) – Marron 5 – Better than anything on the country pop band’s sophomore album, this is a twangy melodic killer and, oddly enough Adam

1. The Dancer – Ana Brun – A delicate take on a sexually charged song 2. All the Way – Liza Minnelli A delicate take (yeah, you read me) on

Conan O’Brian is a cool dude even before he got the shaft on his T V show. A great fan of rock and roll and a huge Clash /Strummer fan

Eric Claptons latest release can be streamed right now free of charge in the strangest place. I’m not sure if Slow Hand is a big sports fan nor am I

I’ve heard two songs off the upcoming Taylor Swift album, love one, didn’t love the other, and if a big fan like Alix Wartell -who introduced me to Taylor years

No, really. We reported (well, NME reported, we stole) the story of recovering everything addict Amy inviting , er, theoritically recovering addict of everything Pete to move in with her. Dag,

Congrats to Gwen Stefani.   The No Doubt chick gets her own waxwork and we’ve never known a more life like rock star than Gwen. You can snuggle up to

An eye infection grew into a mind bending headache last night leaving me work early, drawing the curtains and sleeping till the middle of the night when, wide eyed and

I’ve been listening to Pavement quite a bit this week in anticipation of Friday’s gig at Summerstage and call me crazy call me what you will… do they kinda suck?

So Weezer was just doin’ their thing last night, playing a show in LA, when, as Alyson Camus,  reported here yesterday,  the fabulous My Chemical Romance came in and helped

It’s not that there was a fight between CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City  but if there was a fight between em? CBGB’s woulda killed Max’s dead. So, no, I wasn’t a

In serious financial straits and one step ahead of an eviction notice, I’ve had to cut back (as much as I can!) my music buying so choosing between Shit Robot

Death Cab For Cutie guitar cutie Chris Walla has a new project which is pretty darn cool.  A 2-disc set of Led Zeppelin cover songs entitled From The Land Of

Pretty Lights, aka Derek Vincent Smith, has reached the ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS of the free EPs he puts up on his website while selling out every concert he plays. Is

“On the eight of December will be time when I stopped doing dope. I started drinking again. I got divorced, my wife… My whole world basically spun around and so

After two EPs titled ‘Revolutions’ and ‘In Orbit – Volume 1’, The Great Mistake has released their debut album ‘Wave To The Astronaut’, which was two years in the making

Australia’s Johanna Cranitch band Johanna And The Dusty Floors relocated to NYC and are about to release their debut EP The Forest on November 15th. The song I’ve heard, “Forest

1. Hot N Cold – Katy Perry – Didja see the Sesame Street skit Helen wrote about the other day? I don’t care what anybody says: the first album was

My Chemical Romance released their new song “Na Na Na” and wow it’s been on repeat for what feels like forever. Pure perfection, yet what appears to be happening is

Ane Brun is a Scandivanian singer songwriter folkie style and she doesn’t merely having an opening slot on Ani Difranco’s tour, she is also releasing her first four albums here.

If you read Helen Bach’s post on rock nyc this past Tuesday, you would have also seen the wonderful and fun appearance on streaming video, of Katy Perry on Sesame

Adam Lambert approves of Steve Tyler and J Lo as the new judges on AI. Adam said: “I think Steven Tyler’s obviously an icon. I think it’s really cool –

Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara is most famous for whipping around his microphone and nearly choking himself to death.  When we saw TBS with Weezer every time he’d lasso

I have never been a huge Princess Superstar, the alt-rapper, fan, but here is a concept whose time has arrive: Princess Superstar wants you to help finance her new album.

I’ve been lovin’ on Sonny And The Sunsets West Coast beachcombers ala Best Coasts, Surfer Bloods, et al: thought they were pretty good band with a built in obsolescence factor. But

David Muehlencamp and I went to see the Wailers on Monday. Dave wrote the review yesterday and I had a couple of thoughts. 1. Dave told me this is a

So there was a secret Weezer show yesterday in Hollywood, and I learnt about it too late! … Because, yeah, I work! It’s a shame, only people out of work

This post has nothing to do with Russell Brand at all.  I think he’s cute, we’ve been light on the cute boy pics lately so I figure what the hell. 

Dimmu Borgir, your favorite Norwegian symphonic black metal band, has posted a new song from their upcoming album Abrahadabra to their MySpace page. The new single, Born Treacherous, showcases the

I got the great opportunity to do an online interview with the talented artist Happy Orange Balloon and was provided some more than useful information. “The Happy Orange Balloon is