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Some days are better music days than others. In real time, I am dealing with a family crises, yesterday (Friday), I had a great, like ridiculously good, live music night. […]

Writing about music is a lot like sex… I know I SAID it is like masturbation and it is but it is like sex on this way… OK, lemme think.

The problem with being in love is you can’t be as cynical as you might want to!!! A year ago I woulda laughed myself sick at the former Boomtown Rats

Or as we like to call it: the blind leading the blind… I didn’t think anything could be worse than Velvet Revolver, atrocious a coupla years ago with Green Day

1. Red Fox Run – Twin Tigers – Did themselves a lotta favors with me Friday night. 2. Lassie – Mike Ogltree – Shuffles like country, folk, reggae plus jigs

Onika Tanya Maraj was born in 1984. Upon hearing she would be performing on Saturday Night Live, I prayed for a power outage. I’m not going to lie, I absolutely

In the ten months since Athens, Ga’s Twin Tigers released their excellent Gray Waves, the band has developed, changed, improved. Last night they were a Sonic tonic, waves of sharp

click to see Monotonix Are we ever prepared for chaos? I mean real chaos, legs in the air, feet in your face, crowd-crawling people above your head, splash of beer

Last Limey band we touted was Ramona and though it might take you awhile to catch up, you will eventually. And when Karen Anne recommends a band, we tend to

the music industry is obviously slumming right now. I spend my nights thinking why? And how? I spend my days trying to make it anyway. My latest thoughts.. It has

yikes… yeah I’m .. this photograph is supposed to ‘hot’ up Ms Lea Michelle, but I just well… I don’t see it Great news the Glee star will be singing

remember staying up til like 4 in the morning to ‘unlock’ the Fall Out Boy song on Rockband with the kid. My eyes were burning out of my socket and

Well out of his prison orange Boy George appeared on BBC morning programme ‘Breakfast’ and slurred out the following: “We are getting back together. Next year,” “This year I’m doing

Ty Segall There were ‘No Stage Diving’ signs duct-taped all over the place at the Echoplex last Thursday night, but I wonder why they had even bothered. During Ty Segall’s

Well I will keep asking til I get an answer but what the hell up Johnny Craig. He’s in, he’s out, hes gone solo.. hes in rehab.. he’s dead… He’s

At Pianos last night, Dreamers Of The Ghetto visited us from Bloomington, Illinois, and while they didn’t bring many new friends everybody who saw them will remember them and spread

On a 19 inch snow day during a brutal January, Johnny McEnhone, Karen Anne, Mike Ogletree and I convened at Blaggarts on West 35th Street. Fellow Scots Johnny and Mike

I meant to write about this two days ago. I was so sad to hear about Gladys Horton of the great Motion band the marvelettes death at the age of

Apparently AOL’s JSYK.com (Just So You Know) -a website targetting 9 – 15 years, consider Miley Cyrus the worst celebrity influence. Please allow me to differ. Freedom is the freedom

“I want to be in the best band in the world again” Liam told Spin and while I would prefer to be an asshole about it, the fact remains that,

1. How Long -Ramona – Autobiographical 　 2. Haile Selassie – Bright Eyes – Alyson’s digital comment nailed it. Still, I like it more than she does. 　 　 3.

Karen Anne -lead singer of one of my fave bands in the world, Ramona, has been in town recording at James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins studio on 11th Avenue

Lars Frederiksen is a 40yr old guitarist most notably from the band Rancid. Rancid I have alot of respect for they have done alot to keep punk pure and Tim

It’s Fridaaaaay!!! Crazy week, need to celebrate, I just got paid, ( well I didn’t but someone did), and I’m going out on the town. What in Cisco Kids mama

Hopeless Records is the little engine that could of all record companies. They’re one of the few that aren’t so ankle deep in ego that they cant function. The produce

I seen stranger things happen/Happen before’, … sure, me too, but still, this is a strange one. Bright Eyes’ upcoming album keeps revealing itself, after ‘Shell Games’ you can now

The most surprising news was, as Helen reported yesterday, that Coachella has already sold out! At more than $300 the ticket, this is another proof that hipsters have money! But

Sometimes (most of the time) our readers are better informed than we are, so when a reader commented on the new line up for Steve Earle’s the Dukes, we (ok,

Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne have filmed a Best Buy commercial. Does this post speak for itself? Some bloke from best Buy said: “Justin Bieber is the biggest star out

Don’t Be A Drag Just Be A Queen That is what Perez Hilton claims are the first two lines of the, to put in mildly, eagerly awaited sophomore effort by

I can’t seem to find the Billboard chart, so I snuck this off canoe.ea:”the Decemberists came in first, followed by “Kidz Bop 19” in second, the Script in third, Social

1. Tell Me Lies – Lael Neale – This is So-Cal South rock in a vintage directly from namesake Fleetwood mac. Geez, it took me a week to figure that

. I’m not really sure how this became such a hot trend. If you can make a pop hit… you should have your own fragrance. Apparently its not enough to

I didn’t know Iron and Wine had become the Rolling Stones: the crowd making a line all around the building was already very large when I arrived at Amoeba one hour in advance, the equipment on stage was quite impressive, 5 musicians and roadies, no less, were installing them, and some Amoeba employees were shooting the show for a live stream using 4 different cameras!

Joe Steinhardt is the epitome of what rock and roll should be.  Smart, cool, entrepreneurial and talented as fuck. Joe is the master of Don Giovani Records  and we at rock

The fantastically yummy Alesana, a North Carolina post-hardcore six-man band, have been on quite the adventure.  A little while ago, they were signed to Fearless Records- a great label.  Then,

That’s not your fathers accountant. Nor is it your broker or your doctor That my friends is one of the coolest, most fantastic musicians of all time. That is Mr.

I love Frank Sinatra.   I love remakes or ‘covers’. But.. Heavy Metal Sinatra?   The track list is interesting and aside from a couple real has beens its not THAT

In a city where The Belle Brigade is playing every Monday for free, it is incomprehensible that anyone would feel low and down, there’s absolutely no excuse, the brother-sister duo

Well then, there is no doubt that Black Eyed Pease front man will i am  is a genius.  A great spokesperson, performer and promoter I have been impressed each time

Jenny O and her band had so many problems when she took the stage around midnight at the Satellite on Monday. Her keyboard was not working, the amp was having

I have said some cruddy things about Craig Owens.  I have a bit of a love hate thing going with him.  I have met him twice.  First time, not so

Wooaaaah, if it isn’t Dr. Luke or Dave Guetta, it is Diplo. The hottest of the hot producers!!! 　 Diplo, right after his Tiesto collab, was back in the studio

Yuck, my first fave new band of the year, cancelled last night’s gig at Mercury lounge due to Visa problems, brooklynvegan reports. I don’t know how Yuck can FAIL to

Streisand’s “A Star Is Born” was useless. There was nothing to add and no reason to add to Judy Garland’s masterful performance. HOWEVER At least she wasn’t Beyonce. If Clint

The inventor of “Skins” -both in the UK and the US version, has responded to claims of child pornography, Bryan Eisley wrote a statement posted on MTV.com: “Skins is a

Most controversial (if not plain repulsive) band I’ve covered here was Empire Falls -the white supremist band. And there was that Al Quada band from 2009… remember them? Anyway, brooklynvegan

Wow, Steve Earles finest year seems to just keep getting better, 1. He is reforming the Dukes. 2. He has his T-Bone Burnett produced  album about to drop and now

 Top Singles: 1. “Grenade,” Bruno Mars 2. “Black and Yellow,” Wiz Khalifa 3. “Hold It Against Me,” Britney Spears 4. “Tonight (feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E),” Enrique Iglesias

This pix is off Idolator, simply one of my fave web sites ever. It is Britney Spears from her video shoot last weekend for the smasherino (though disappointing) “Hold It