rock nyc

Without a doubt this is a much better fit than Paul Ridgers and the news that Lambert will be taking the Mercury role to lead the band this year at Knebworth is a thrilling one. Any chance of a tour?

Of the top 5 songs, 4 are anti-man and one was released in 1992. I don’t REALLY care except they are awful songs except for the one released in 1992. I hope Katy isn’t gonna go all Adele on us after her dreamboat turned out to be a footnote.

Two old timers chart, one deservedly. A death. And the rest is the Grammy’s afterglow. The Civil Wars are as much folk as country and one of the most tasteful albums from 2011. That was tasteful, not tasty

In anticipation of seeing her tomorrow, I went back to vintage Bjork. Better than the Sugarcubes. Better than her swan at the Oscars. Definitely better than the Bjork I’m gonna see tomorrow, this is a near perfect art-pop moment. She was great on stage as well.

good humor, smarky lyric and a sense of community will get over better than harangueing every time. And a song you wanna singalong to will enlist more people than a stomping snarl. Especially if the snarl sucks.

this is a remix of a song that hardly thrilled on the album and absolutely fails to shock here. Grade: B-

it is bereft of guest star turns and I am okay with that, though I am waiting for the day Tyler and Kanye colloborate, It should be mind bennding.

The magic of the blues, certainly the magic of the blues the way Johnson played it, was its intimate timelessness. Johnson met the devil on the crossroad and then he went back to Chicago, and ever since then we’ve made that trip with him.

I think I’m gonna go for MHOW. I know what you’re gonna say, but sightlines aren’t great at BB and if you arrive early enough and walk up a small flight of steps to the side, the sightlines are awesome at MWOH. Plus, yeah it is further away but

At the end of the movie there is a picture of the real couple. Not only in the real couple much better looking than these Hollywood puppets, but they make sense of the entire movie as they smile with their two kids. You understand instinctively how the man won his wife back

All their anxieties and self-doubt are in front of their eyes or ears, all the time, on screen, on TV, on vinyl, on tape, on canvas. In short, artists are more aware of their insecure angle than the average person, and they have to deal with it.

If B was keeping to his child of Babyface, r&b sound and not looking for Usher or ever Songz for production simulation, his 7th album would be a better thing. The sons are often pretty good, but the production is average hip hop and they are weighted down by dance jams. “Amnesia” is great. Grade: B

A new Cursive album is always a pleasure and Sleigh Bells “Comeback Kid” plus terrofoc SNL performance makes them of special interestBut do Fun have more than one song in em??? Should be an interesting week,

O’Connor’s canon deserves serious study, on album after album is spotted dark and lovely songs like this one. The acoustic Dublin version is the keeper though the London session is nearly its equal. Sinead takes Song Of Solomn 1: 5 and builds a romantic meditation around it -completelly timeless