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1. Nightswimming – R.E.M. – The brilliance isn’t in the piano, isn’t even ifm Stipe’s eye for detail, never more telling, never more sinked in desire, or the strings. All […]

Steven Drozd: ‘MIA is sporting acid wash jorts. She’s still frickkin cool. Hot coffee! MIA is playing after us tonight. I’m hoping “Born Free” is as good live as the

Terry Gilliam who directed the webcast of the Arcade Fire’s concert on Thursday night, has said he was surprised, in a good way, when he got the phone call from

Bad news folks, REM are working on a new album. And, I mean, really, how mamy more dogs can they scare the paying public with. Remember last years disaster. Their

rock nyc contributing writer Woody Fuller also runs a production/management company 4TheLoveMusic and is presenting an all night rave at Don Hill’s -a popular club since the early 90’s, on

Sometimes for no reason I can figure out, a coupla (well, usually three) songs will find themselves in very heavy rotation and I’ll have trouble getting back to doing what

Larry Miller (Woody Fuller’s Uncle) sent me this… Despite the extreme iffiness of whether or not Rolling Stone would know what the top 500 tracks were if it tapdanced on

There was a lot to love at Arcade Fires MSG concert last night, the songs were strong or weak but the playing was always captivating.  But how do you start a

The above pix is from New York Magazine’s really fun but not really illuminating “Inside The Bubble With Justin Bieber”. For we civilians the tween sensensations life is simply unreal.

The Cinema Bar is a tiny place in Los Angeles close to the 405 freeway, a small friendly bar where everyone seems to know each other. I had never been

Geffen seems to be lighter in the roster today. This tweet is the first words that rocknyc favorites Weezer have moved on to Epitaph Records. Rattitude released among much fanfare

I am eagerly awaiting the opportunity to see the great director Todd Solondz’s follow-up to “Happiness”, “Life During Wartime”. The reviews have been firmly in the mixed column, ranging, well, from

In celebration of the relaunching of Don Giovanni Records webstore, free music no questions asked. Each of us here has sung the praises of at least one band on this

Money makes the world go round? No. Art makes the world go round. So, after making the world safe for radiohead haters to listen to Radiohead with her fabulous ukeleled

They say people who die young never get old, that’s obviously true, so why should we say you are 41 today? You are 34 forever. I may have learnt a

1. Mine – Taylor Swift – Near perfect pop rock. A chorus to die for. 2.Dance In The Dark (Monarchy ‘Stylites’ Remix) – Lady Gaga – Ominous mess on hyperdive

I had wanted to catch Owen Pallet and then had the big idea of reviewing Arcade Fire before I actuall saw them and got to MSG just in time to catch

Nicki Minaj is an excellent rapper, she has it all, she can handle any form of rap, from Eve pop to Lil Kim gangsta and she has remade her self

On what should have been my vacation I set up a ton of concerts and then I couldn’t take much of my vacation. Still went to a lotta concerts at

That dishy Katy Perry will be the next artist to partake in “Live From Letterman”. August 24, Perry will perform an exclusive webcast live at 8 p.m., in conjunction with

On Wednesday in a review of Wavves Bowery Ballroom set, we reported Nathan saying he’d been sued by Disney. Apparently he wasn’t, it was his idea of… drumming up business

OK, if last year was Taylor’s, this year is Lady Gaga’s, she is up with a humongous 13 awards and will win a lot of them Deservedly so, nobody integrates

Wycliff Jean is running for President of Haiti: a) Wycliff couldn’t manage the Fugees let alone a country b) He let Lauryn Hill slip through his fingers c) He had

 If you are into Gospel, and even if you aint, the Clark Sisters -the three time Grammy winning Gospel singers, are a must see. Kiki Sheard -a Clark daughter, is

1. Love The Way You Lie – Eminem 2. California Gurl  – Katy Perry 3. Dynamite – Tao Cruz 4. Airplance B.o.B. 5. I Like It – Enrique Iglesias 6.

What? No “Antichrist”? Twenty minutes from Ground Zero. 1. Ready to Start – Falls between the cracks on the album, a bit of a nonstarter. 2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)  –

Mary Sez No matter what, everything I do has to be an adventure–and the trip to see Solfege Radio tonight was no exception. First of all, on the way there,

Rush released after leaking early, “Mine”, Taylor Swift’s the first new song since “Today Was A Fairytale” is a straight up masterpiece of the purest pop confection,  it rings as

I have been intrigued by these stencils that you can see everywhere in the Hollywood neighborhood lately and it took me a while to realize it was about Joaquin Phoenix’s

Out of London, and huge across the pond I might add, Hot Chip is your typical English pop/rock band plus some electronic funk plus plus they use the steel drums.

Wu Tang Clan covered the Beatles “Come Together” last night with RZA rapping over the track at the last date of their UK date in london Avenged sevenfold FAILED to take

When Pitchfork dismissed MIA’s new album earlier this year it felt like an act of insurrection against the vanguard. And it might well have been one if the guy didn’t

Dylan to release Bootleg Series, Volume 9 This next installment of rare, moldy and unreleased Dylan hits stores this October. This edition is highlighted by the infamous Witmark and Leeds

Two songs into New York’s own best electronic dance Holy Ghosts! show opening set at Summerstage I turn to Woody and say: “They’re a disco band”. No sampling? Little synth?

Still light out and barely 8 o’clock, and some high intense dance music was coming full force our way. Hercules and Love Affair, mid band between Holy Ghost and Hot

I can’t believe Yoko Ono is 77 years old and at that age, she, with the help of her son Sean, have revived the Plastic Ono Band. She has just

I missed this story but apparently Capitol Records (Nessing warned me about them, by the way) sued Katy Perry for copywrite infringement because Snoop raps “I wish they all could

If you wanna believe in Christ as your savior, be my guest. SOme of my best friends are Christians, my sister Feriel, who I love very much is born again.

1. One Life Stand – Hot Chip – The Beautiful South of electronica? They killed this at summerstage last night and shoulda held it for last song before the encore.

Courtney Love has about the worst reputation on earth. I mean when your own daughter hates your guts, you just know you are a major major asshole. This friendless, horrible

The Suburbs – Arcade Fire Metacritic: 86%, rock nyc: 80% Tin Can Trust – MC: 76%, RN: 70% King Of The Waves MC: 75%, RN: 75% Crazy For You – 

Beck did an interview with Pitchfork, and he said he was hoping to release a new album soon: it was recorded in the fall of 2008, but needs some finishing

Joe Strummer will be a Great-Godfather. rock nyc fave lily Allen is with child as they say. Two years after she aborted a Chemical Brother embryo and wasn’t too please,

What are the chanes of winning American Idol? Figure 1: 100,000 if you actually go to the auditions. They probably see something like that number a season. So, I guess

Aretha Franklin falls in Detroit home, breaks two ribs. The queen of soul suffered a domestic tumble which will postpone two appearances in NY scheduled for next week, and beleagued

Woody Fuller takes the pic, Iman Lababedi does the mini interview with the Holy Ghost! bassist: IL: We love you and we’d love to interview the band. Bassist: That’s good to

City With No Children – Arcade Fire – The handcaps make the song and the daymare has a dreamy quality -like the world is closing in on it and Wim

So is it sympathy for the loss of The Rev? Is it  the addition of Portnoy? Is it FINALLY time for Avenged Sevenfold to get its accolades? Although, I didnt find

Apparently despite looking absolutely gorgeous in dark hair- blonde has served the Gaga well.   Iman shared that Ms Double G is celebate to preserve her talent? Or something.. but I