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AP Fall Tour Time is here. But this year its a bit different.. no ‘The Academy Is…”, “Never Shout Never…” AP’s autumn romp was infamous for its poppunkaltwhatever genre. But […]

I’m sorry but I thought by now I would be reporting in on My Chemical Romance saying all is forgiven. The photo shoots, the teasers, the leaks the bullshit the

Gogol Bordello has a new video for their song ‘Pala Tute’ directed by acclaimed Russian video director Aliaksei Tserakhau, and it is an original one, with collages and cartoonish animations.

Here are the lyric to LCD Soundsystems “Losing My Edge” off their first album. Kinda smacks all we so called scenemakers across the head and plus works as rock criticism…

Iman and I are gonna throw caution to the wind put on our glitzy finest and have a proper date to the event we both have prayed for for years.

If Ann Kirsten Kennis’s idea was to get some privacy back, perhaps suing Vampire Weekend wasn’t quite the way to go about it. After all, nobody really knew who she

Robyn looks tough but also sweet and feminine, her voice is very strong and powerful but also has some youngish intonations, sort of Pat Benatar’s voice mixed with Kylie Minogue’s,

Amy Correia is irritated just by the memory. Sincerely irritated. Standing centerstage with an extended band  trumpet, bass, cello violin, drums, four chick back up singers, she tells of being

Dafni writes superb songs. Superb. Listening to her fourth album Sweet Time I am, to be quite honest, somewhat stunned. Dafni calls it twisted takes on jazz, country, pop… like

I begged her not to do it. Body talk is one of my fave albums of the year, I don’t want a Part 2 . It is overkill. What if

New Goodbye – Hey Rosetta! – An inspired mix of Midlake, Kingsbury Manx, and, them again, the Gin Blossoms that comes across like a pastoral dream embedded in rock. They

‘What’s in it for’, the first single of Avi Buffalo’s self-titled album, is addictive and a five minute trip in a refreshing but also very familiar territory where everything seems

“billy don’t be a hero… come back and make me your wife” Billy Corrigan collapsed on stage. Personally I think its because I said I couldn’t think of anything nice

I know it’s illegal, I know it’s not fair, but it’s so tempting, and all over the place I was not even really looking for it. http://fenopy.com/torrent/ARCADE+FIRE+THE+SUBURBS+2010+LEAK/NjAzMzEwMQ Spin has already

This wonderful and true rendition of rock nyc editors hard at work on your daily dose of mayhem was painted by Helen Bach. Yes, folks, this is what really does

1. Laura And Marty – Screaming Females – The first track off their second album and while it is maybe too early to be reviewing the album, this opening track

Leaving Amoeba after the Robyn set, I drove by the Palladium where the concert Rage Against the Machine-Conor Oberst and the mystic Valley against the Arizona immigration law had already

I wrote here how I was boycotting the Specials because Jerry Dammers wasn’t playing with them and then I heard they were playing a free concert at Summer Stage August

Many blogs yesterday afternoon were announcing that the new Arcade Fire album had leaked, and it was pretty easy to find. The Internet has become an immense music resource and

I could be writing a post, I really could but instead I am listening to the new Screaming Females album (dropping September 14th, pop pickers) and cut and pasteing stuff

Upon being friended by Mikey Wax on Myspace, I was eager to give him a listen, and I’m glad I did. “Hourglass” reminds me of a coffee shop sort of

I had scheduled an interview with a group called C-Mon & Kypski a few days before Bisco, so I knew had to have most my senses for at least that

Look, we all make mistakes. In this case, it was you who did. When the Undertones and U2 were emerging from the mean streets of belfast, me? I said the

What the hell? Well, as Alyson reported recently, if Iman if ain’t in the mood hecan watch the Arcade Fire concert from Madison Square Garden right there on his  PC. Whats

Following  Brett Jensen’s review last month, I decided to discover what all the fuss about Kaiser Cartel was about. The male-female duo were playing in Los Angeles on Tuesday night so I went

Brooklynvegan report three nights of dissing BP within an inch of their  lives to help those in the verglades who have Texas tea all over their natural habitat. Worthy stuff

When I talked to Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz and the Tantrums he mentioned he had produced a version of ‘Toxic’ by the Chapin Sisters, and I have just found it

Romance On A Rocketship is absolutely insanely good. I really got hooked when I saw the “Skin and Bones” video. Frontman Kasey Smith has a very active imagination. The video

Almost time to flip a calendar page and what a way to start, finally the ‘Scream Like You Mean It” tour bounds by Aug 05 New York, NY @ Irving

OK, here are two possible reasons Dre gave Bieber some of his toxic strength bears over the weekend: 1) Dre is a pederast 2) Justin records for Usher I’ve read

Lawdy Lawdy Lawdy Miss Clawdy.. you have got to be kiddin me As if Elvis Presley enterprises wasn’t tacky enough…. Leslie Hindman Auction House in Chicago will place the instruments

1. I Forgot That Love Existed – Van Morrison – Look at the album cover above. Van already looks like a grumpy old man and there seems to be a disconnect

I don’t really care about any of these two, but I am sure some rocknycers do. Wednesday night Rihanna was performing at the Staples Center in LA and when singing

Everything has been said about M.I.A.’s life style since her profile in the New York Times, which portrayed her as a truffle-flavored fries eater ranting about being an outsider-terrorist figure.

Last month when Al Jardine was telling some Las Vegas paper the Beach Boys were reforming for their 40th anniversary in 2011 and, yes, Brian Wilson would be with them,

OK if I cant be Chrissie Hynde can I please be Amanda Palmer? Palmer sold $15,000 of music and merch from her Bandcamp page in just three minutes on Tuesday.

I like Katy Perry a whole lot, she is sorta Gaga for morons or something, and though “California Gurls” kinda dragged me, there is a lot of other things to

So i guess this is Perry overkill day. The second song off Teenage Dream is the same name single and it is 100 times better than “California Gurls”. An oddly

Happy Birthday Saul Hudson, With a name like that you’d opt for something more fitting to an axe man… I use the term axe man cuz I think hes a

I have heard Dion Roy’s name being dropped for awhile now, without actually hearing him at all! A former bassist with any number of dead end lower east side indie

On the strength of Jonah Weiner’s rave in Slate and a rave in the Village Voice I finished off Wavves King Of The Beach. This despite not being mad keen

Lock up your daughters!!! Emerson, Lake and Palmer, one of the most hated bands in rock and roll history, are to reform. You wanna take about big organs in living

1. I’ve wanted to write something major about Van Morrison since I started this blog. In early 2009, I saw Morrison’s Astral Weeks concert… twice. Once he was great and

What I didn’t know when I woke up last Friday morning, was that I was about to enjoy one of the best days of music of my entire life! It

There are singers who define bands. Although some may say vocalist Anthony Green defined Saosin, I disagree. To me Cover Reber was Sasosin. Last I saw him on the Pac

The Roast Beef Curtains! I didn’t come up the name, but you can’t get any more original than that. This local Long Island band is a mix of reggae, with

June is already gone, but with June comes the summer, and with the summer comes the sun, the change of weather. ‘June on the West Coast’ from Bright Eyes’ second

I once joked to my friend Iman that I could never be a real music critic because I’d never heard “Exile” or “The River”. Although the comment was very much