Soho Johnny

There are more news about Weezer, as their upcoming eighth album will have actor Jorge Garcia (‘Hurley’ from the series ‘Lost’) on the cover, according to Spinner which spoke to […]

Yes, I totally missed it. Back from Arcade Fire at 1ish thursday night/friday morning, I was in a perfect postion to watch Titus Andronicus play Jimmy Fallon but a) I

The song “Hamilton Road” by Ducktails is a wreck. Musically, it has potential. But the vocals? I’m most certainly not a fan of. It’s almost painful to listen to. I

There are bands who crash in that you fall madly in love with then POOF gone (erm Phantom Planet) So I thought for sure I would be served no more

1. Thank You For Your Love – Anthony and the Johnsons – As blue eyed balladeering goes, Anthony is a weird, stealth candidate and to be honest I don’t think

Circle The Drain – Katy Perry O Katrina – The Black Lips Big Wave – Jenny And Johnny Rhtyhm Of Love – Plain White T’s She Said Yeah – The

Dunno what Wheels makes of it… do Vegan’s not drink milk? I have no idea. But I love it. Taylor looks so cute for a six foot model thin rock superstar

And all this just to have a glimpse of Rivers Cuomo’s jacket, not even the sweater of the song … the jacket was yellow, I think, although I did not

Saturday at the Newport Jazz Festival was memorable for many reasons. It all started with the weather, as we were treated to one of the top ten days of the

Helen sez: There is so much music out there. You don’t need to take two steps without social media bombarding you with the latest and greatest. Everyone has a dream.

Holy GOD whats become of the Weez!! HURRAY for their new song “Memories” apparently the ‘indie’ Epitaph is a good thing. I’m a huge Weezer fan I can see good

So many people make such a huge deal out of Jimi Hendrix. I get it, he was super talented and a huge influence on music, but I never had any

I usually spend my lunches roaming through various NYC parks, normally Union Square b/c is close to my work. But more importantly b/c are the great diverse crowd it attracts,

At a hush hush gig for industry types Friday at Don Hill’s on the Lower East Side, the increasingly pathetic Jack White railed at the apparently less than enthusiastic audience.

Oh My God is a totally unique and extremely well felt indie band from Kalamazoo who have reached as far as are from Chicago riding last years The Night Undoes

A posthumous happy birthday to Benjamin Orr bass and vocals for the 80s new wavers, The Cars. Rick Ocasek may have been the ‘lead’ of The Cars, but Ben was

1. Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’ 2. Eminem – ‘Recovery’ 3. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 4. Eliza Do little – ‘Eliza Doolittle’ 5. Tom Jones –

1. Ne-Yo – ‘Beautiful Monster’ 2. Flo Rida Club – ‘Can’t Handle Me’ 3. Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – ‘We No Speak Americano’ 4. Eminem – ‘Love The Way

Lady Gaga Crowd Surfs At Lollapalooza – What a different two years make, right? She nearly got booed off stage last time she played. M.I.A.’s Stage Invasion – The aduience

I was friended by the musician ShoutOutSummer! and I was very excited to give him a listen. “Dare4Distance”, his cover of the NeverShoutNever! song, I must say that I like

1. Club Can’t Handle Me (feat Davd Guetta) – Flo Rida – I thought this would be huge. Maybe if the movie gets big. 2. I Don’t Feel Like Dancing

Elijah Wood was spinning records at Amoeba music this afternoon, from 2 to 4 pm. I caught him during the last half hour of his DJ afternoon. I did not

Somebody get me a flaming hot poker to shove in my ear. I fear I will never be the same. “Flowering Rose”, what the hell kind of pain meds is

I saw “The Capeman” on Broadway. Twice. Once in previews and it was so lousy I couldn’t believe my eyes and went again. And it was just as bad. The

So what does a music blog editor listen to when he hasn’t got his rock nyc hat on, you ask? Er, quite a bit the same as when he does,

 Because it is 7am Monday morning and I am in a rush to get home and I have only one more post to go… I will hide this somewhere among

“I surrender, I surrender” “Hug three people right now” “If God saved your life, shout now.” Funning at other people’s faith is a suckers game, and any way, what do

Excited as ever, with my heart racing fast, I moved my way up to the barricades in anticipation of Stephen Jerzak. The keyboardist, and good friend of Jerzak’s, Adam, came

If Dance Gavin Dance got on the stage and didn’t say a word you would think you were in 1970 watching Don Kirshners Rock concert. Those boys just plain scream

At Transmission Festival, I was pretty excited to see I Set My Friends On Fire, especially after their member loss(who is an uncanny look-alike of someone I know). Interested to

Weezer covered MGMT’s Kids at the US Open of surfing in Huntington Beach yesterday, and the enormous crowd got wild, screaming and dancing. River Cuomo got excited too and threw

1. Mine – Taylor Swift – Sure, she is working from her own, unique, template. Or maybe not a template, maybe it’s a foundation from which she has the building

Happy Birthday to Fox Mulder Or David Duchovney. See if I shout out to David I have to throw in that hes a convicted sex addict and a rather hot

Happy Birthday Dave Evans… Better known as The Edge. He used to be pretty cool and the foxiest of all the U2’rs but years and years of carrying Bonos big

I have a sick obsession with Marilyn Manson, from long ago when he trolled the streets of Ybor City Florida to the days of his courtroom dramas so when I

The great young bass singer Paolo Szot is back in South Pacific and now cock eyed optimist Kelli O’Hara is back as well so if you haven’t seen the Lincoln

The name is in red, the back ground is our logo pic, we didn’t bother to put our web address, and they look so cool that if I ever get

The trouble with big themes big sounds, is big failures and big fools. At Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Wim Butler, his wife Rene Cassagne, Wim’s brother William Butler and the

his biz is so fucking weird it is just about impossible to keep up with. Remember real estate: sorta countryfied, psychedelic indie rock? I reviewed their gig at the Guggenheim

The virtual offices of rocknyc are not much different than your more traditional joints. We have our infighting, our ego struggles our back talking our practical jokes and our office

The attractive and super talented Vic, of the band Pierce The Veil did an acoustic version of their song “Caraphernelia” and it is wonderful. His voice, even if it is

The concerts at the Santa Monica Pier are a sort of institution, and bring generally a large crowd every Thursday night during the summer. But when you see the kind

I’ve been listening to a lot of the Big Star box set, “Keep An Eye On The Sky” this summer, and I cannot emphasize enough how great it is. I’ve

The very first 45rpm I record I purchased with my own money (that I stole from my brother) was ‘Love is Like Oxygen’. It was 1978 from what I can

WOW. Stephen Jerzak has changed. Lots. His new song “She Said” is the polar opposite of his old song. Kind of disappointing that he changed his classic and original sound,

Who says Myspace is dead? It’s still chock full of talent, which is how I found the musician Hello Atmosphere. I immediately friended him, clicked on his page, and was

Sometimes, I write a post I think is just awesome. A coupla weeks ago I did an actors who want to be rock stars post I thought was really good.