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I’ve never heard SN sing til she and Rod announced on Ellen that they would be touring together in 2011 . My good fortune they’ll be at MSG March 26th […]

Holy Jesus God on a donut Social Distortion is on Conan tonight. Now I’m not insane I’m just WOW how cool is that like seriously Social D!  Hellyeah. Conan is

Ohhhhh myyy goooodnessssss.  Panic At The Disco, now a duo, released a 30-second clip of their new song “The Ballad of Mona Lisa” and I’m beyond blown away.  I thought

This is gonna be very gossipy but Hollywood is still all shaken up by Jake Gyllenhaal’s surprise date for the Golden Globes on Sunday night: Jenny Lewis! Apparently Jake dated

Amoeba is back! After a long hiatus since Christmas, and no shows in-store since, their website has posted several new performances for the following weeks. On Monday January 24th, Iron

The Grateful Dead. Yeah…if there could ever be a more ‘anti hel’ band, I’ve yet to hear it. I don’t get it.  Two minutes of intro and I’m ready to

If you have read this blog for any length of time you’d know I watch very little television.   I have a strange addiction to what I refer to as “Judge

Good Ol’ Adam Ant. Say what you want about how he went off his tree but be prepared to get my stiletto in your eye. Adam Ant does no wrong. 

 January Hymn – The Decemberists Down Here With The Rest Of Us – Social Distortion For the First Time – The Script Separate Vacations – The Hold Steady Weekend

Albums released today: Anna Calvi – ‘Anna Calvi’The Decemberists – ‘The King Is Dead’Fujiya & Miyagi – ‘Ventriloquizzing’Pearl Jam – ‘Live On Ten Legs’Scarlette Fever – ‘Medication Time’White Lies –

Recently, two rock icons were reportedly having cancer, but the stories turned out having two very different developments. First, it was said everywhere that Aretha Franklin had pancreatic cancer, just

If I was Miley Cyrus I woulda played Hannah Montana for, well, ever… A hit TV show is like hitting the lottery… and hit this big?? She shoulda begged em

Here we go, Surfer Blood, recently signed to a major said to NME: “”We never intended to be lo-fi anyway.Our songs are all quite big songs, it’s just that they

1. Digging For Something – Superchunk – Right this minute they are the only band that matters. 2. MUTANTS – Wavves – Damn do I love this band -why is

No, this is not a website. It is a blog, The difference? We Worship Marshall Crenshaw. If you don’t get Crenshaw -if he kinda, yeah, rock guy, yeah, good but,

When I get sent a song to stream from a band, I am much less likely to review than when I am sent an mp3. The reason is the stationary

So… I read abiut the Shirelles Broadway musical and went and listened to the Shirelles which lead ne to Lennon’s tour de force cover of “Baby, It’s You” which lead

Sure Mike is my friend and so sure I have a conflict of interest. But the former Simple Mind is a must see live.

We lost Bernard Edwards decades before his time, the news that Nile Rodgers is fighting cancer is sickening. No rock fan of my generation who really loves music doesn’t worship

The capacity of New York City’s Terminal 5 (or is it Terminal Ugh?) is 3000. Broken Social Scene didn’t want anyone left out of so they’ll be streaming Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Oh Amanda, how I loved you. So Ive already reviewed the single ” Map of Tasmania’.   Yeah it was cute.  So here is the video. What do you think? I

I actually delayed writing about this cuz I really thought something would evolve.   I thought that perhaps there would be some better explanation.  I don’t really have much respect for

Happy Birthday kid, but WHAT THE FUCK? Kaiser Cheifs = AMAZING and you sorta dangle your talent wiggle your fun, predict a riot, get all sexy and dis a ppear.

Christian rock, how such a thing can exist? How did this oxymoron happen?I have been wondering this for a while… I know that rock and roll has some of its

Jesse Eisenberg saying he doesn’t use social networking? The equivalent os say he doesn’t use the telephone 50 years ago. Nicki Minaj is the star of the SNL Jesse show

 The Everly Brothers -In the middle of a Simon and Garfunkle gig -but THE EVERLY BROTHERS!!!! David Bowie – At Roseland, front of stage. Bob Dylan – Fourth row, aisle,

Off canoe.com: “The rocker purchased 1.5 per cent of the company for $195 million last year as the managing director of Elevation Partners, the investment firm he co-founded in 2001.

Watching a little bit of the Golden Globes last night, I was wondering how many actors have tried to rock? You know how some actors can turn indie rockers overnight,

1. Coffee Spoon – Cold War Kids – If they write another song this good.. 2. Digging For Something – Superchunk – If Wheels can’t hear this… 3. Mutants – Wavves

Errr, errrr some Van Morrison comment? I Am so ho happy

OK, so this is a sad motherfucker of a post… but no less true for all that. Despite all my clever words I’m a daydreamer and sometimes I daydream about

Woot I feel validated. As someone who is not the most savvy with an mp3 I often get my first listens from youtube. When researching something I’m unfamiliar with I

The next two weeks, the Cold War Kids will be all over the place in LA, the 24th they are playing with Grouplove at the Bootleg, the 25th they have

This  This was written with a sole purpose: to make you crazy with envy. In a life of concerts beginning when I was SIX YEARS OLD (documented in a

James Bond is one of the longest running franchises in film history, … how many Bond movies are there? 22! And Daniel Craig is now playing the role of the

Andre 3000 has a very distinct voice.   I absolutely love Outkast stuff and well really anything he does.  I read hes somewhat reclusive which may explain why I dropped everything

I am the minority. These days the band Superchunk is getting more face time than peanut butter. Theyre the darlings in so many circles. I have no circle, on the

Pretty Reckless lead singer quote: “ “I love my mom and dad. Maybe I didn’t have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages.

Mountain? Bad Company?? 3 DOORS DOWN???? Sounds like Ringo Starr’s All Stars to Me!!! Monday at 7pm at bb king’s. I’ll tell you more on Tuesday! Also?

1. I Can’t Love – Leal Neale – Country twang lightness into snark. 2. There She Goes Again – Marshall Crenshaw – The standard bearer for everything pop music can

You know how some people are particularly unlucky, they got all sorts of problems all the time, can’t keep a job, and simply goes from bad luck to bad luck.

Helen  sez:Thomas DeCarlo Callaway , yup another pop hit maker on Saturday Night Live.  Of course, August was his time of fame but with Gweneth Paltrow (who did the highly puke

Here is my pledge: when it comes to pop listen to the back beat……. and some back beats come across like heavy perfumed porn movies. Groove Allegiance to me is

There is a reason Helen and I are bloggers and not rock critics and that’s because we live in music in real time. This is a diary about writing about

I guess film school can lead to many different things, and music is one of them, but what kind of music? Music as different as Saint Motel’s explosive glam and

 I’ve done it!  I’ve found the answer about how to make any situation punk rock.  It’s a simple solution, really.  Put on The Clash’s iconic album London Calling and

 http://amyandronicus.tumblr.com/ Amy Klein, guitarist and violin player of Titus Andronicus, as well as half of one of my fave bands of 2010, Hilly Eyes, has her first solo album,

I have made no qualms about my girl crush on Gwen. Ms No Doubt is girl perfection in my eyes and as a girl I have the right to judge