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Rock and roll has never been about fucking. Blues is about fucking. Rock and roll is a pimply , young daydreamy, other art form. It is the art of jerking […]

Congrats to the Decemberists, whose new album, The King Is Dead, is poised to enter the Hot 100 at # 1 with 70,000 units moved, according to Billboard. Helen has

only 16 seconds of the new Willow Smith but it sounds like a big big big hit to me. Idolator poster 16 seconds of the song and it is still

Yuck… a terrific new band of the year on the strength of “Rubber” alone -which has been on my Fave Tracks for a week now, are playing Mercury Lounge tonight.

1. Many Happy Returns – ABC 2. Rubber -Yuck 3. I Can’t Love Leal Neale 4. What Is Love 5. Gray Waves – Twin Tigers 6 Pyjamarama – Roxy Music

rock nyc forwards its wishes for a speedy recovery for the Poison lead singer, so we can go back to insulting him!!!

 The weather outside is frightful. No really frightful. Six degrees or something equally stupid, I woke up at 3am to a freezing cold and empty bed, worked on the

An album, one of the cutest albums of all time, called Rockabye Baby!  Lullaby Renditions of Weezer is being released on 2/15/11.  If only they had one of The Ramones

If you look at the number of people that these two guys have collaborated with, your head may spin a few times. Daniel Lanois and Brian Blade, who were playing

Lets talk about Bob, shall we?   If I say “Bob Marley” about 80% of people are going to fake an accent and smoke an air spliff. That makes me sad.

Yeah I dont know. She and Him I think sometime I like them and sometime they annoy the hell out of me. Its the lollipop sounding Zooey that does it. 

This is a screen shot from the new video in the works for Panic! At The Disco’s new single,  “The Ballad of Mona Lisa” So.. is this a sign? A

Rocco DeLuca was the second band to take the stage at the Satellite on Saturday night, and I say ‘band’ as I came with the idea they were a band

With his outdated outfit, his old-time banjo and fiddle, and his strong Southern accent, this guy looks like he has just traveled through time, as his authenticity seems real and

1. Crystal Highway – Twin Tigers – I am beginning to obsess over these guys!! A terrific, noisy blast of energy. 　 2. I Can’t Love – Lael Neale –

Many many many years ago, I was out of work. And I was frequenting the Museum of Television and Television -this was pre internet where you had instant access. I

Are you fucking kidding me? Boycott Israel? Macy Gray? Who will fucking notice. I really hate having to step up and defend Israel from brain dead idiots like Costello and

Amy Winehouse and Cee Lo have recorded a song together!!!! According to NME, Amy’s long anticipated follow up to Back In Black is in the tank and one of em

1. Funky Celli – Black 47 – As good as the Pogues… mayber better 2. Bad Reputation – Joan Jett – Me and Joanie both don’t give a damn 3.

I was just texting with one o the loves of my life : Marianne O’Hagen. Blah blah blah… right? but she reminded me of the day we sat around taking

10%. That’s the percentage cut in jobs Warner Brothers has made.  Pretty outstanding if you think about it. See the music racket isn’t all limos, pole dancing and coke lines.

-whistle- It’s no surprise Panic! At The Disco’s February 1st, New York show sold out. Their new tune “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa” was leaked and it’s just so fantastic. 

Love Marilyn Manson. No reason other than just cuz. Europe loves him too and now he will be a mentor on the Austrian version of The X Factor . Can

Their dark sound is supposed to flirt with the scary side of punk rock, with a mix of rockabilly pop and punk. With pounding drums, a reverb surfing guitar, a

Former Paul’s Boutique, located in the lower East Side of Manhattan, was immortalized on the cover of the second studio album of the Beastie Boys in 1989. The famous shot

Nervous old ladies don’t have to  be famous but it is much more valid when your home has been a place of tragedy. Yoko Ono got spooked by an Asian tourist

Its been weeks since Bret Michaels has had a near death experience, launched a new venture or performed for the Pope. Lets nip that one in the bud right now.

Why do i write? How did i start writing? Actually, I hate to write, I always have, i dreaded each time I was forced to write anything. I have horrible

I don’t know what the Vandals would have sound like, I dp know what the Ramones did sound like, and a truckload like the Queers at Mercury last night.  A

When you think of Athens, GA you think of Love Tractor… Ok, you should but you think of REM and so when the center of Twin Tigers, Matthew Rain and

Robin Zander, Lead singer of Cheap Trick. I’m sorta surprised how often I have been mentioning them lately but this is just a birthday nod. Ohhh how the girls swooned

Yoko Ono selling Lennon’s private letters, as Iman was reporting about it yesterday, is hardly the most controversial thing she has done in the name of her husband’s memory. Many

I don’t blame  Frank Black for flogging Doolittle to death but i can think of hardly a thing more painful than spending my life replaying the same fucking album time

1. What The Hell – Avril Lavigne – Snuck up on me!!! It’s the lalalals 2. Gray Waves (Sam Ferigano Remix) – Twin Tgers – Like Joy Division being mugged

Before I go any further I want you to look at this picture and notice the deers chin.   That black mark (is it a fly?) makes him look like hes whistling.   Like

Music festivals, they make me think about summer and fun and heat and exhaustion and lack of sleep and annoying crowd and holding-my-pee-for-a-day, and starvation,… basically they are a pain.But

Today’s mission: Be at Rockwood Music Hall 21:00 sharp to catch Jim Bianco. Now I consider myself a somewhat intelligent dude, and most of the time it takes quite complex

David Lynch had a birthday this week, on Thursday, and on the 31st he will release an expanded edition of his weird dance music single ‘Good Day Today’/’I know’, a

Pittsburgh nativeWiz Khalifa will perform   “Black And Yellow”at this Sunday’s NFL AFC Championship Game.  Basically I think I’d be too busy reading him to listen and the guy needs food like

Before you get all excited, for some obscure reason he kept his clothes on!!! Still, all for a good cause, right?

Enough of this shit… God forbid we doubt Ono’s sincerity but what are you gonna sell next??? Yoko, your late husband doesn’t need your help in keeping his memory fresh.

 1. Love At The Pier – Blondie – A fave off a fave. 　 2. Carol – Chuck Berry – A rock song about dancing -or is that a

Perhaps after the Jenny and Johnny’s complete failure on any level whatsoever, especially artistic, Jenny Lewis has given up on Rice and is ready to take Taylor Swift’s left overs?

On Thursday night, I had the chance to attend a talk by Professor V.S. Ramachandran, a neurobiologist who has a unique approach to solve mysteries about certain brain disorders, most

Today would have been INXS front man Michale Hutchins 50th birthday. INXS was one of the few 80s bands that I could listen to with my ‘other’ friends.  They were

Todd has been my friend for years, longer than he has been married, and written for us, wow, longer than Helen has!!! Our congratulations to Todd and his wife Raina

rock nyc please meet singer, songwriter, and amazing friend of mine, Lael Neale, (cool looking name, huh?), who’s YouTube music was reviewed by Iman a few days ago and she has

 American Idol is barely about the singing anymore.  Bringing in Randy Jackson’s life story- and his old football coach?  Then going on and saying the state’s flower and animal? 

This song & band is part 2 of my weekly Friday hair/glam movement.  I picked this song for reason.  I felt is it very fitting since my wife is just

Morgan Neville’s Toubadours, presented in the 2011 Sundance US documentary competition, explores the emergence of the singer-songwriter in the 70s music scene of Los Angeles.I have seen only the trailer