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It seems that I am writing about Arcade Fire every day, but I may reconsider what I said about not watching their live webcast on August 5th after learning it’s […]

Steve Salazar friended me on Myspace and I knew I had to listen to him ASAP. The second I got to his Myspace page, I clicked on “She’s Got Style”,

After giving K. Drew’s leaked tracks a listen, I am convinced that this guy might fall in line as the next Justin Timberlake, (just cause he’s white) or at least

Lessee if I can make this story so simple even i can understand it… 1. American Idol has a contract with Sony Music to release Idol winners albums. 2. Sometimes

Great news for Matt Taylor of Motion City Soundtrack.. we interviewed him at Warped Tour and he stated how he actually preferred headlining gigs Well now he will be, well

This year’s mtvU VMA Tour has some pretty interesting artists. Headlining is none other than NeverShoutNever!, with supporting acts The Ready Set, 2AM Club, and Just Kait.  NSN! is a

because I know everything, it is never a big shocker for me to be proven right. Just not this quickly. A couple of days ago I responded to the claim

Here is the fucking pig MIA spitting at photographers while they take pix of her in concert at Governor’s Island, taken off brooklynvegan.com Why would she do that? I don’t understand

My friend Krystyn Wagoner sings with the Gospel Music Award nominated choir, The Christ Tabernacle Choir and on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, she, and the choir, will be

1. Blue Brain – Shadowbox 2. Autumn Trees – Erasers 3. Call Earth – Noun 4. Under The Blue Skys – Dafni – You know how I said her lyric

So eagle eyed readers might remember I took a dive two weeks ago, couldn’t write for nearly a week, and couldn’t go to work for a week. Net result? I

A scheduling conflict kept me from Bullet For My Valentine the last go round. The great thing about alt genre music these days is the bands are on constant tour.

Bands do not need fancy recording studios anymore, or it seems that way. This video shows how the pop rock LA band, The 88, has recorded one of their song

Upon listening to the band Gunslingers Anonymous, I thought one thing- they’re like a mix between Metro Station and Kill Paradise- two of my all time favourite bands. The verses

My friend and IT guy John Witt emailed me: “I am not sure if you watch the series Hung on HBO. Last night there was a song playing that got

new drummer mike portnoy replacing the late rev Avenged Sevenfold is on the edge of releasing their first LP since the passing of their drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev” Sullivan. The offering

I heard about the stampede after police blocked off the entrance to the Love Parade Festival in Duisburg leading to 19 people being trampled to death and 342 people being

I felt a little bit sad when reading the aftermath of the big sold-out concert against the Arizona immigration law: Rage against the machine had not played in LA for

Craig Owens, charismatic former front man of Chiodos tweeted he is moving to California to begin recording a new album Mr Owens, who we had the pleasure of seeing solo

 I got to Summerstage at 230p for a 3p start to modern African pop music. It was sunny…. By the time the first band of the afternoon went on stage,

Yesterday rock nyc editress (?) Helen Bach wrote a post about Kings Of Leon leaving the stage three songs into their set because a pigeon took a poop in their

rock nyc has been gagging for the new Portishead album ever since they released “Chase The Tear” to benefit Amnesty Internation. One of our fave songs of 2009, But no

Iris DeMent has some existentialist questions, and in her song ‘Let the mystery be’ from her ‘Infamous Angel’ debut album, she sings about the big one, ‘Everybody’s wonderin’ what and

“Don’t you think this is cute” Contributing Writer Alyson Camus inquired. Er, I guess. “Well except for Wim. He looks in a bad mood.”

The editor ccomments: I asked Alyson to qrite this after I received a Press Release. The thing is: content is already complete and it is much easier to get advertisers.

I contacted Bonnie Baxter of Shadowbox and asked her if she had any mp3s. I needed to hear the songs out off streaming context. And she provided one. Which I

While the rest of the world go on their business grays and trudge off to the subway, Crenshaw and his missus “do it do it do it now” in the

Perth, Australia, Erasers claim they sound like: repetition, rhythm, simple defines what this duo are will provide you. Trance? Hypnosis? Stealthful four on the floor rhythms almost on top of, certainly

Hot on the heels of our actors that don’t rock post comes news that Hugh Laurie, of TV House fame, is recording a blues album. Laurie’s evolution from brilliant comedy

Aaron Gillespie former Underoath drummer and all around awesome dude reports that he has completed his solo album. In a world full of bands saying they’re going to, that they

1. Let’s Spend The Night Together – David Bowie – Greatest Stones cover ever? Either this or Steve Earle’s “Dead Flowers”. Stutter, gay, come on replete with spoken middle (“they

“Hands up, guns out, represent the world town,” MIA sang at Governor’s Island Saturday as part of an 8 hour festival celebrating all things Neet records. Including my faves: Sleigh

1. Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup – ‘We Speak No Americano’ 2. Eminem – ‘Love The Way You Lie’ (feat. Rihanna) 3. B.o.B – ‘Airplanes’ (feat. Hayley Williams) 4.

Spin is 25 and for celebrating, there will be the SPIN25 concerts featuring artists performing at Terminal 5 and Radio city Music Hall in NYC, which will be streamed live

1. Blue Drain – Shadowbox – The new face of hard rock 2.Autumn Trees – Erasers – Aural painting goes right back to Alyson’s synthesias post yesterday. 3.Under The Blue

If you had been at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday YOUR LIFE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN DANGER because the Hall “played host to the ‘Doctor Who Prom’ – a

Those nasty, infantile frat boys 3Oh!3 got a 1 star review from Rolling Stone though, whatever your feelings about Streets Of Gold, and I kinda like it, it is vastly

Crooked – Kirstin Hirsch – the highly gifted former Throwing Muse is a bit of a snooze The Way Out – The Books – Strange and bewitching electronic samples wover

I have complained so much about the squeaky clean pre processed state of music these days but today, well today I was validated. The Kings of Leon halted their St

Music, sounds are difficult to describe, and for this, we use metaphors evoking other senses, some metaphors are related to taste like ‘a sweet melody’, although I have never heard

We stole this off gigwise and they could sue us they really could… but no such luck. We called Jennifer Chiba a murderer and didn’t get sued. We HELD A

Shadowbox aka Bonnie Baxter plus husband on guitar, started this creation in 2003 and has seen it change from a hard rock outfit to the intensely beautiful and strange beat,

The President listens to Jack White in rapt awe Jack White performed The Beatles, “Mother Natures Son”, for Library of Congress Gershwin Prize event honoring Paul McCartney. I have never

On October 29, 2008. Mary Magpie and I trudged off to Bridgeport CT to see the hugely on the rise Panic At The Disco. Our second time seeing the band,

So here is the question on the tip of your tongue: why Noun? Why did Marissa Paternoster, singer and guitarist for Screaming Females, need another outlet for her not inconsiderable

I went into this wanting to bash. Ive been doing alot of that and I’m on a roll. But the truth is I cant. KISS is playing for the kids.

Reading some articles about Robyn I saw on Friday night, I stumbled on an site mentioning the pop Swedish band Ace of Base as an influence but also as ‘our

1. Under The Blue Sky – Dafni – A glorious song. She should get this to a Reba or a Carrie Underwood. 2. Call Earth  – Noun – Marissa’s most personal

“I am very proud of the fact that 20 years on people tell me they became a vegetarian as a result of Meat is Murder. I think that is quite

According to the Sun, the UK tabloid, the Rolling Stones are setting up a final worldwide Stadium tour with Live Nation for 2011, and will call it a career after