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 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

hiatus [haɪˈeɪtəs] n pl -tuses, -tus 1. (esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing 2. a break or interruption in continuity 3. (Linguistics / Phonetics &

A country singer songwriter song “I Can’t Love” twangs and soothes but digs its fingers in your arms and punishes as it seduces. The Virginia native in question is Lael

Here’s is something you may have forgotten. Jimmy Fallon is a comedian.  What frightens me is that Jimmy wants  to be a rock star. When little Jimmy was a lad

What did I know about Lemmy Kilmister before seeing Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski’s documentary ‘Lemmy, 49 percent Motherfucker, 51 Percent Son of a Bitch’? Not much, I didn’t even

FINALLY… The M.I.A. mixtape is wearing off. So, along with everything else I am listening to? The acoustic Superchunk, the new Holy Ghost, and the entire Body Talk are in

Look at it this way: Stevie Nicks as a beautiful coke addled sprite in the 70s was one thing. I wasn’t crazy about her (Vastly preferred Christine McVie) but you

1. Digging For Something (Acoustic) – Superchunk – Opening for Bright Eyes (along with 2/3 of Sleater Kinney) at Radio City in March and I can’t wait. Any band that

Ok friends.  I am starting a new segment on Rock NYC….  Glam Fridays! Each Friday, I will post a small bio of a band from the glam/hair era.  That way,

At the beginning of this week, I had seen that the Vista theater located in my neighborhood was organizing the premiere of ‘Lemmy, 49% Motherfucker, 51% son of a bitch’,

Wyatt Marshall is a great writer, and he listens to spooky shit.   If Rush were accurate, Wyatt would have killed us all and buried us in the middle of Wrigley

Who the hell are Hypebot.com ? I have no idea, a helen find,  but I love the website to bits. This is the second i’ve pilferred and it sucks, 300

Nah screw that.. The Grammys are a bag of ass.  So instead here are the bands that SHOULD win Grammys, fat paychecks and accolades (instead of the skanky Saran wrapped

I am often in awe of the ‘can do’ attitude of some. I don’t have that. I worry, I’m a Negative Nancy.. I worse case scenario my entire life But

I have already written about “Schroedinger’s Cat’, a song by Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, the moniker of the Sean Lennon-Charlotte Kemp Muhl’s duet, and may be that’s the

Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick, the friends behind the godawful but still hugely profitable  amfar (the American Foundation for AIDS research) benefit single “Thats What Friends

Etta James is to Beyonce what Diana Ross is to Billie Holiday. 　 So the news that the former Chess singr has Alzheimers and Leukemia is very, very sad for

1. Speak Now – Taylor Swift 2. Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj 3. Doo-ops And Hooligans – Bruno Mars 4. Tron: Legacy – Daft Punk 5. Recovery – Eminem 6.

Amy Winehouse is on her way back with a five date tour of Brazil. The fear?  She is the Whitney Houston of 2011.  I don’t know how she sounded but

We got this off brooklynvegan : Join us in deflowering MTV’s new series SKINS on January 14th for a major rager at a secret location. Click attending, and go to

Congratulations to Muse on the stupidest quote of the year, perhaps any year, Muses drummer said: “We got some big white balloons, threw them into the audience and decided to

Imagine for a moment for the States could import anything they want from China and never pay for any of it. this the US would be losing the industrial revolution

I am not a Dead fan. I’m too much a child of punk: loud fast rules, the Ramones could play an album in the time it takes the Dead to

Arcade Fire to play the Grammys? Second non story of the year? musicislifeismusic

1. Digging For Something (Acoustic) – Superchunk – Great on the album, just at good acoustic. The oh oh ohs are pure sprites… The acoustic take digging deeper　2. Do It

1. Grenade – Bruno Mars 2. Firework – Katy Perry 3. What’s My Name – Rihanna 4. We R Who We R – Ke$ha 5. Raise Your Glass – Pink

Hey Guy…..is a band. They classify their genre as “textured”.  I’m pretty glad they came up with that cuz I’m really not quite sure what I would have used. I

The exuberant sound of the Monolators headlined January 11th, after all it was their night, as it is the case every Tuesday night at LaBrie, the small night club on

Kent Garrison, the keyboardist for the ever-talented Forever The Sickest Kids, has left the band.  A sad day for music is what it is.  FTSK’s addictive beats and electronic embellishments

Well its raining Green Day again.  Yesterday I mention the glory of the live release and today I get to announce that American Idiot will soon be made into a

Oh if I had only HEARD them before seeing this lame ass video this post would have a whole different spin.  This will go down as my most hated video

Kissing Cousins, an all female-band was the middle act at LaBrie on Tuesday. Their dark psychedelic soul-blues-rock is populated by violent guitars and lamenting or even crying screams, like tears shouted out

Basshunter has finally reached the ‘burbs.  All the kids are OMG’ing the Swedish disc master..thump thump thump. Scheduled to appear in Bostons House of Blues in April the 14 year

Hexham Head were the first on a three band line up this tuesday at LeBrie, with Kissing Cousin in the middle, and the Monolators headlining. With two guitarists a bassist

Effe’s Mom About Bono: “BIG FAT IRISH BASTARD” And if that sounds out of line, check the paper she’s reading again.

Let;s hand it to Morrissey, the King Of The Malajusted obvious. Here he is on the future King Of England and his future wife: “so dull as people that it

This photo cracks me up.  Jay Z get a napkin. Well, I’m pretty sure this isn’t Buffalo Boss in Brooklyn. BUT, if it were he’d be ownin’. Mr Z has

Speaking to an  Aussie radio station, this is what Marina of Marina And the Diamonds had to say about her year according to gigwise.com: “I haven’t done anything I want

1. Pack Up – Eliza Doolittle – As soon as I caught on to the “Such A Night” lift, I fell in love with it. PS I read on Tuesday

Why did Weezer make money touring last year and people from Rihanna to the Eagles had to cancel concerts? 　 A drop of 26% in concert revenue and still Weezer,

11. Best Night Of My Life – Jamie Foxx 12. The Beginning – BEP 13. My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean 14. Love Letter – r. kelly 15. No Boys

Off Flavorpill… I didn’t realize either of em could read… Why the gratuitous shot at two of my heroes… I dunno, I don’t buy it for a second

This weeks tragic shooting in Arizona would have occurred without guns, you should in fact be blaming heavy metal music.  See if Loughner didn’t have a gun he would be

A Wynter wonderland it what the streets of Brooklyn felt like last night as the snow began to fall, and the city, for once, began to look not as dirty

A journey from gently rolling hills to sharp craggy cliffs. That’s what the show at Mercury Lounge on Friday January 7 felt like. The bands were rocking reggae The Movement

I knew when I arrived in Chicago, I would love that city.  It was awesome.  Wrigley Field, Navy Peir, Sears Tower…the list goes on and on.  The only thing I

There are some bands that just plain suck live.  Red Jumpsuit Apparatus for one.   Recorded, fabulous- live? Worse than paint drying So I worry.  Below is well edited ‘live’ version

50 years after “Dr. No” a new Bond movie is filming again, and sure, “Quantum Of Solace” sucked hard, still, they’ll get it right one more time… Music connection? Easy: