rock nyc

No, I don’t think I could handle that, I think that would be unkind and unfair to him too. He needs to be where he is, y’ know — I’m sure he’s occupied.

How – Regina Spektor – Her best song since “Ink Stain” is similar in a sense: the desperate anti-Semitism of the latter is mirror’d in the desperate heartbreak of “How”, And both chill on the idiosyncrasies.

49 teenage girls have been injured at a Justin Bieber concert in Oslo, Norway. The pop superstar was giving a free concert of just four songs outside the Oslo Opera House last Wednesday, and thousands of fans had gathered

No Surprises – Radiohead – OK Computer was the album that turned me off Radiohead, that and a coupla crappy concerts. This song has a simple poetic that turns the sound and fury of life sideways and onto its stomach – Grade: A

Each release is better than the next and their live shows are so ridiculously fun that you never want to go. The banter coupled with the simplistic beats and up beat tunes are intoxicating and energizing. Yet they’re still in tiny clubs playing the same limping band of scene kids

As similar as the tones of Fredddie Mercury and Nate Ruess may be, that’s where the comparison should end. Ruess a more theater based vocal to Freddies rock and roll yell.

Regina Spektor at United Palace, played 50% new material in a cavernous room and still killed even in the cheap seats on May 21st, 2012.

Think you’ve seen this chart before? You habe, except for the American Idol at # 10, who sold 300K digital copies by the way, it is exactly the same as last week. Translation: hip hop ain’t charting the way it used to.

That Mayer? Not a fluke, it sold 300K units and considering he is not touring and hasn’t done that much press, the word got out. Also, I think I underestimated it myself. In the battle of the boy bands, One Direction are playing NSynch to The Wanter’s Back Street Boys.

There is a future Spektor, and it isn’t that far away, where all her gypsy affectations are completely absored and her songs stand alone. Such as this devastating look at anti-Semitism which seems to rattle the doors of hatred even as it jumps right in. Grade: A+

When Will first reaches 1969 “2000 Light Years From Home” is playing. “Pictures Of Matchstick Men” figures prominently at a party Andy Warhol holds at the Factory. Lots of country and western whenever K is driving around whether it is 1969 or 2012. And Pitbull!!!

Jayne county is headlining a Max’s Kansas City alumni night on Bowery Electric on Thursday June 6th, a five band extravaganza for $20. And the cherry on top, a better headliner than the entire overdone CBGB’s festival, is the terrific woman and her band the Electric Chairs.

Anyway, shes tired. After all that fame and dazzle Ms Del Rey is going Lady Gaga and cancelling gigs due to exhaustion. Considering her stoic demeanor I wonder, what’s tired?

David and his wife were forced to flee their Sussex UK mansion due to a bomb scare. The Gilmours were having some work done to the six floor humble abode when the builders stumbled across a pipe shaped device.

Pretty good rap,nice rasp at the end of her voice (not unlike Nicki), African tom toms in the bank and smooth jazz sample. The next big thing ain’t all bad – Grade: B+

I really love Joey’s voice and while the music added after the fact is all well and good, and the songs are obviously drafts and not really for released, still I am happy to hear that punk height voice of his again

Because some of the greatest music around you will never hear because of the market place, distribution or one’s own arrogance, narcissism, and or stupidity. It a world were most people are working so hard to out cool everyone else they miss the coolest things.

Frankly, I feel that this once powerful duo has sold out to today’s mainstream top 40 music. When I listened to them in 2008 as a little scene kid, their music had much more depth than this new single.

when the Magpie asked a friend of hers to join us she got a strange texted reply..
‘well no offense and all and I think your mom is really cool, but my parents think shes sorta weird for taking you to all those shows..”

This music reminds me of the underground heavy metal scene that spawned Metallica in the 1980s. There is a similar mutation on a mainstream sound being taken somewhere else entirely and of a secret handshake of sound. The difference is it is hard to imagine it going mainstream.

You dont get the whole funeral shebang though, just the real estate. Kinda cool to be in the same concrete box that the King used before being moved to his Graceland Estate.

Not a bad week at all. Scissor Sister is very good and may get better, Regina may be the album of the year, the Azelia Banks is eagerly awaited. The Reunion EP is remixes but ths is cool, one is byu Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr

Possible the song of the year is a straightforward break up ballad, no quirk, no wainking, no implicit irony: just a pure, stunning love song. It’s not that she is growing up but rather that she is becooming less guarded… purer – Grade: A