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PETA Wishes Paul McCartney a Happy Birthday

Apparently Paul gave um meat while fishing, with the revelation that a fish’s life is “as important to him as mine is to me.” Now, Sir Paul says, “I would never go back. I enjoy being vegetarian, It’s a thrill and I can walk past a field of animals with a clear conscience.”

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Active Viewin': Pick Concerts Week Of June 18th, 2012

It is three years since we Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, and two less than great and an iffy live show later, I am ready to use those fingers for crossing and catch the formerly(?), currently(?) great Welsh rock band one more time, at Le Poisson Rouge on Friday. Then rushing further down town to see the Mynabirds late show at Mercury Lounge

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UK Top 10 Singles, June 23rd, 2012

The Cheryl in question is Cheryl Cole and the dance track is as ordinary as her name. However, I do think more people should go by one name, starting with Carly Rae Jepsen. If I have to type it one more time…

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Listen Up: 6-18-12

Samantha Urbani is a star in waiting and this song is tremendous, all clickety clackety beats and a morally ambiguous come on so sexy it is just about impossible to resist. This is a real big song for me right this second – Grade: A

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Passion Pit "Take A Walk" Video Review

I was so caught up in paying attention to all the details, and I realized that the song/lyrics and video totally don’t match. The song itself is so dynamic, and the video seems to be incredibly one dimensional in comparison.

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XTC "Making Plans For Nigel" Reviewed

The mental institution them with the hypnotic sound was just intensified by Colin Mouldings adorable mouth. Seriously get a load of it. I’m surprised he wasn’t a pin up and where the hell is he now anyway? He’s the British David Cassidy.

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Singles Going Steady: New Album Reviews Week Of June 11th, 2012

I was gonna write about disliking bands because you don’t like their names the other day. I’ve never listened to this Swedish folkie because his name pissed me off, but this acoustic song with a strong nasal voice on top is filled with good songs. “1904” is my jam of the moment and if it lacks shading and drags half way through the answer is simply. Don’t listen to it in one sitting – Grade: B+

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Listen Up: 6-17-12

Sorry – Friends – New Brooklyn band alert but don’t fall asleep, really. This is a great, punchy pop song with an addictive tambourine shaking hook, and a sly sexy come on: “Why don’t you come on over to our house, now” – Grade: B+

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The Ten Rock Critic Commandments!!

We rock critics, bad ass bloggers, whatever the fuck we are, are part of a dying breed. You can’t make money making fun of pompous ass rock stars and you sure can’t make friends being on the side of the angels

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Listen Up: 6-16-12

Ugly bovver boy rockers put on lipstick and heels and make the oddest looking drags in existence while nailing down glam rock classics like this one – Grade: A

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Fun With Tour Riders: Madonna

Madonna travels with a 200 person entourage that includes a dry cleaner. A dry cleaner. Either she is a slob or she has a strange laundry fetish or most likely shes snorting the cleaning chemicals.

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Lady Gaga Black Scented Fluid

As long as she has the club kids and her ‘monster’ minions I suppose she has a career. She was wise to market herself to the esteem deprived misfits, once they find a hero they don’t let go-

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Superchunk, "Cruel Summer" Cover Reviewed

This cover is so horrible that at first I thought it was a joke. When you do your own shoutbacks a song sounds cheap. “its a cruel (its a cruel!)”, for $5.00 you could get some dude off the street to do that for you instead

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US Top 10 Singles, June 23rd, 2012

I can live with Carly rae for the song of the summer, better than Gotye. It is a cheerful ditty and very easy to sing, with a simple enough lyrical kiil, “Don’t maybe call me, definitely call me” is what she is really saying.

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Listen Up: 6-15-12

Swedish House Mafia come across all old school dance syle with a soaring synth that is like a tidal wave foaming up and spashing down. But the song is a little weak kneed and the mainman a bit disinvested – Grade: B+

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Waka-Flaka-Rusa

After driving from Virginia through Tennessee…crossing the Mississippi over into Arkansas…then stand-still traffic for a solid 3 hours somewhere outside of Little Rock…turned into an outrageous traffic jam party complete with Tweed rolling and bubble blowing…finally we rolled into Waka somewhere around 1 am.

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CBGB's Toilet

Yup, a professional demolition crew has painstakingly dismantled the loo and its filthy contents as well as former owner Hilly Krystals desk and the cash register…how fun! Now these artifacts will play center stage in this oh so pathetic film

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Is Hardcore The New Indie?

‘Certainly, indie rock is at its most banal right now. Nothing against Arcade Fire because they are an unbelievable band, but how many terrible bands that thrive on that sound are we going to have to put up with?”

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