rock nyc

Nearly every single original hint of emotion is lost. Only Conor Oberst’s voice can pull of his songs. Brandon Flowers’ voice just simply isn’t made for the types of songs BE does.

I never take any music with me when I run marathons, it is simply too long and I want to avoid another friction around the ears, but I have enough music memorized to entertain myself… I was playing in my head the songs I have played on my iPod lately, from the Bad Brains, to Ceremony, Fucked up, Iggy and the Stooges.

a sincerely tongue in cheek spin, with Jonah Hill (so good in “Moneyball) as the nerd and Channing Tatum (so good in… hold on, give me a second) as the hunk, going back to High School to uncover the Mr. Big who is dealing a deadly designer drug.

the early Pentagram stuff on their compilation First Daze Here needs no excuse whatsoever from me. It is outrageously great hard metal with a great vocalist -who can sound an awful lot like Jim Morrison, and stunning guitar. You can believe it should make it big. And When Sean Pelletier, a vinyl junkie addicted to music hears it, it changes his life

Some week, eh? I’m going to see Odd Future tonight, so didn’t even wait till Spotify put it up. But it is some week any way: The Shins, Margot, T-Bone (which got a lousy 3 out of 4 in RS which means it’s probably the absolute pits) and Jack White…

Getting ready for this weeks Odd Future and Black Keys concerts explains two of em, checking out the UK charts explains two others, and Gilbert has a new Greatesr hits. And why not?

Perhaps they gave us this so that every other song would be stellar in comparison? Maybe this was a mistake? A favor to some ones kid? There has to be a legitimate reason

There should be no story telling with the techno beat. We should be hearing lines about getting drunk, getting wasted and fucking- that’s it.

Not only did I not like Odd Future at T5 last year, U don’t much like “Rella” either. But “Rella” is growing on me and “NY (Ned Flander)” is better and this gig, on Tuesday, is at the vastly superior Hammerstein Ballroom, plus I have a balcony seat so I might see something without dying

What’s the difference between Lionel Ritchie and Bruce Springsteen. Based upon this chart, not so much if you ask me. It took a weak for Bruce to fade and Adele is already selling more per week. Home Again is slow and a little boring and yet, it has a definite style and the song writing is strong

After whining about the chart all year, this ain’t bad. The difference is X Factor winner Alexdra Burke’s “Elephant”, a very good track that splits the difference between emo-electronic and dance.

I am not at all sure about the new Paul Weller but really I haven’t been that sure since The Jam A song, even an album, here and there, but even the Style Council weren’t as good as I wished they’d been. Perhaps I have lost the Englishness I need to respond to him. Plus, cmon… that haircut is awful.

The Bounce gigged for three years and then called it quits. Larry claims the best thing about being in a band, besides the girls, was his friends in the band. And if you met Lachmann, who is a remarkably nice guy, you might be excused for assuming it was his influnece that made it such a pleasant experience.

Now that it doesn’t cost a grand, the souvenir from his totally excellent 2011 tour is a must buy, so is the Laura Marling rerelease of her last album -for the live stuff of course. New Madonna, new Shins, liive Chemical Bros, and the Hunger Games soundtrack. Should be an interesting coupla weeks.

There is Grandpa and his friends from the Rotary Club making great music for teenagers. I expect Chris Hanson to show up like this is a horrible episode of Dateline. They don’t fit- they look horrific and to make matters worse lets throw in some teenaged sexuality to really make me want to puke.

After dissing the new Ting Tings after a spin because time is money and I have neither and it wasn’t clicking and it was reportedly based upon the Beastie Boys titanic over rated Paul’s Boiutique, a coupla songs began to click. Grade: B+

Quite why Lee Renaldo wants to reinventen himself as a lame sing-sonwriter but if this is the best he has to offer, my bet is he won’t move far beyond the Sonic Youth faithful. Lucky for him, there are loads of them.

‘Why has it taken me this long to make it to South By Southwest?’ He asked at the beginning of his show,… err may be because you have been kind of invisible for the longest time?

A fuzzy sort of song that combines that typical Brit based pop sound with a bit more flashy drum and guitar action. It’s as if those instruments are the lead and singer…. is back up.

Slick back perv 'stache Nick Cave really grosses me out.  I can hardly look at this band for the sheer disgust of it.  That being said- was a video a

“Hail to the taxis, they go where I go…” As long as we’re rock nyc, here is an nyc song which doesn’t rock, it swings, and lands way above “Empire State Of Mind”, if not in “New York State Of Mind” territory.

MSP Mach One, before Ritchie disappeared, is an amphetemine injected piece of rabble rousing. Sorta like Primal Scream without the artiness. Grade: A-

As God as my witness I will go to the gym no less than three times a week until I die. I am afraid to sleep, if I close my eye the image sends me in to madness,