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Ever wonder whats become of all those unmentionables the girls are whipping at Drake? Yeah me neither, but I know. According to a Toronto newspaper, Drake states he has 400 […]

Iman sez: Before Louis Armstrong, there was nothing. Helen sez:  Its a Wonderful World Together we pause to remember a great man on the day of his birth.

Nathan Williams tuned his guitar, looked over at his bass player, said “I’m going to get high” and wandered off stage . 45 minutes later he was back on stage

I tried to imagine, as I listened to “Riley”, the advance single from Corin Tucker’s upcoming solo album, that it was a new Sleater-Kinney track. I couldn’t do it. Despite

Woody and Crew Hang With Pretty Lights former drummer: let that be a lesson to us all Pretty Lights dropped a new album, YESSS!!, finally some new tracks to add

Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has just banned music saying ‘it should not be practiced or taught’ in Iran because it is ‘not compatible with the highest values of

There is an interesting interview of Mark Oliver Everett on drownedinsound.com. The frontman of the Eels, or E in short, is someone who has really interested me ever since I

My boy Morrisey is at it again this time fighting the never ending battle for Animal Respect all the way to Buckingham Palace. Morrisey wrote a letter to The Times

Solfege Radion is in town. Pushing their new ep “Tell My Mom I’ll Be OK” those nutty Jersey boys are in our area doing two Hot Topic in stores and

Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. This quad of hot is releasing an lp Grinderman 2 on September 14th. Then doing something even more insane.

What do you get when you take rocks ‘Classics’ and present them to a modern day kid?  Will these ‘masterpieces’ still create a swoon?  This is the first of a

Have you ever been at a concert and gotten dirty looks because of how you were dressed? Or maybe you were the one giving the dirty look? Why does it

Frank Sinatra Jr’s, son Frank was taken by paramedics to hospital after an attempted suicide attempt. Sinatra 3, aged 32 was found conscious yet not responsive in his Downey California

1. Norfolk Nights – This guy is da bomb, the other song off the EP from his upcoming album is based around a mesmerized drum pattern where everything else drops

Summer festival such as Warped or Bisco or Mayhem are incredible events that carry a dangerous potential. It has been reported that a fan died at Warped Tour yesterday in

Smith Westerns, the middle of three bands who played Bowery Ballroom are the bad boys (rather bad-ish on a night that includes Wavves) of indie rock. I first saw em last

Alyson Sez: In 2007, Radiohead broke the rules and released an entire album ‘In Rainbows’ on the internet with a ‘pay what you like’ policy, but today the RIAA (Recording

City With No Children – Arcade Fire Just Like The Movies – Katy Perry Lovegame – Lady Gaga And Marilyn Manson One Shot – JLS Jizzle (feat Lil Jon) –

Is this the face of modern punk? At Bowery Ballroom the questioned lingered in the downtime between songs as a cable was doing its best to destroy sets by Wavves

Some dresses are red, And others are blue, The Chaplin Sisters each wore one, their music was good too. Days after Aluyson caught them at the echoplex on the Echoplex,

Happy Birthday Shirley Manson I l-o-v-e her and I love her band Garbage though I have never seen them live. First off shes beautiful. Second of all shes tough and

Hard to believe its in its 25th year. Farm Aid info is up Willie Nelson and John Cougar the lovely parents of this event along with Farm Aid board members

So much has been said already about ‘The Suburbs’, which seems to be a very important album, some kind of monument like the ones which transcend a period of time.

Madina Lake, who we all know have been through some rough times with their bassist Matthew Leone in the hospital from an attack, played a show in the UK just the other

 It’s a split seven incher -I am guessing they include a code so you can download the song as well. I don’t know what gives with all these fucking pieces

Oh wonderful. First Hot Chip and Holy Ghost are playing Summer Stage and i will be washing my hair that night. Then, LCD Soundsystem will be touring with Sleigh Bells

Lessee, at the Omaha benefit Concert For Equality the following happened: 1) Conor grew a beard 2) He took rock nyc’s advise from last week and reunited Desaparecidos. Andmay I

Wow, “Riley” is the bomb. I forgot how much I missed Sleater Kinney. This suckers starts hot, smacks right into one of the hotter guitar solos known to man, stops

Jimmy Eat World are back. You’ll remember them as one of the first ‘pop punk’ bands with the hit “The Middle” and “Sweetness” They have actually recorded new material, and

1. Riley – Corin Tucker – I prefer it to crap Sleater albums like the Woods 2. City Of Children – Arcade Fire – Considered the weakest link on the

Ex-Sleater-Kinney, Corin Tucker is releasing her first solo album, ‘1,000 Years’, on Kill Rock Stars and Pitchfork has a free track to download, ‘Riley’: http://pitchfork.com/news/39605-new-corin-tucker-riley/ Although I have never been

In general I will steer clear of obituary’s but in honor of one of musics finest beards, I will make exception. World renowned band leader Mitch Miller passed away at

This should do it, right? I mean, can you really see Mary Magpie reviewing every episode of American Idol next season if Steve Tyler is gonna be on it. Steve

Justin Beibers memoirs will be published by Harper Collins and released this October. Beiber is 16. Alot happens to the average 16 year old they get adult teeth, maybe a

Todd: “Don’t touch me”. Iman: “That’s not what you said last night”. Todd, our heavy metal guru, stopped by my office for a little hastle and a little hustle, and

Certain members of the rock nyc family believe it is way too soon for various Ninja’s to release side projects!! Perhaps. Woody Fuller will tell us when he returns from

In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Stefani sheds what few inhibitions she has and goes on the record as, really, a lot tastier than we gave her credit for.

On Saturday night, the duplex club in LA (the Echo and the Echoplex) had organized the Roots Roadhouse festival, which was featuring a lot of country-folk performers. With my pair

Besides being proud owner of one of the coolest band names in recent history, the Shinobi Ninja’s also possess a unique fusion of quite the wide array of sounds that

The World’s Smallest Violin” by Paleo is one of those songs I can’t tell if I like or not. Musically, it’s very catchy. The majority of the vocals are pretty

I have ranted and raved about Warped Tour. I have praised the organizations who participate in this musical event and today Kevin Lyman, Warped Founder extraordinaire just literally stopped my

So what do we know about perfume? How about perfume smells better the better looking the girl who is wearing it. Which means the new Shakira perfume must have the

Contact report that Lady Gaga played Phoenix, Arizona last night in the face of oitrageous pressure from the rock community. From the stage, Stefani said: “I got a call from

It took forever for the Arcade Fire songs to click and I don’t know how Alyson feels about this because she seemed, I dunno, a little disanced in her review.

Eagerly awaiting tonight’s Wavves gig at Bowery Ballroom, I just doubled up in the freaked olut realm when I noticed my faves ever since seeing em opening for Girls last

With 10 songs dating from Invincible 1980s outtakes all the way to a Will I am collboration in 2006, the first of a ten album project to be released in

Fresh off his outstanding performance at Camp Bisco, Pretty Lights has dropped yet another free EP,Spilling Over Every Side,  posted July 29th and available for free at www.PrettyLightsMusic.com, Pretty Lights

Yup, now it no longer matters, Katy Perry has joined Yoko Ono as one of those who loves all things Oasis. In India for her engagement to the highly promiscuous,

When you wake up on a Monday morning to one post from Helen, one post from Mary, one post from Alyson, one from Woody and 1+67 to go, you find

1. Don’t Break The Needle – J Roddy Walston  – You know how dudes says “This rocks”? Well, this pinding groover fucking rocks. 2. Round Are Way – Oasis –