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If you are a Michael Jackson fan, you know about lawsuits and trials, and it is not because he is dead that the circus should stop.  Here in LA we […]

Here we are in the depths of snowtopia.  Warped Tour is a far and distant sweaty vision of the future.   A summer event to die for.  Some literally …that was

1. Speak Now – Taylor Swift 2. Recovery – Eminem 3. Loud – Rihanna 4. Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj 5. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West 6.

Today, January 6th, is Nicholas Joseph’s birthday!  Better known as the fantastically talented Nickasaur!, this guy is another year older and has been maturing quite a lot- musically and emotionally.

1. Our Hearts Are Wrong – Jessica Lea Mayfield – Deep singer songwriter has the january blues, “the only time I miss you is every single day”. 　 2. Butch

Kanye West’s album was at the top of all 2010 best albums, the guy is basically the darling of all critics and you have to wonder what he possibly can

I am gonna tell you about this and I swear I would go even though the cheapest seats, $200, are prolly beyond my abilities right now. Here is the info

And I have a tix to see em in brooklyn because i hit the wrong date which means that I will either a) blow off the brooklyn gig and pony

1. Chris Brown performs a emotional tribute to Michael Jackson on the 2010 BET Awards 2. Kanye West releases “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and is named Album of the

Mercury Lounge upcoming shows A Benefit for Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls Titus Andronicus10:30Care Bears On Fire9:30 Toy Sugar8:30Deux Chattes7:30 Venue: The Mercury Lounge Date: Thu 2/10 Notes: 21+

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows has released the cover art for their debut album.  The self-titled CD will be released through Decaydance records on February 22nd. Not to judge a

Saint Motel are a kinetic powerhouse band based upon sudden , overwhelming surges of power that have followed, er, sudden surges of power. It’s like they say , let’s play

There is absolutely no reason to post this other than the fact that I feel like hell,  that our blog is full of the ‘f’ word and concert riots. Plus

In the last day in  2010 Maya Arulpragasam (M.I.A.) released a new Wikileaks insprired mixtape, VICKI LEEKX. She released this 36 minute sonic boom, non-profit, in a way to get

There is no doubt about it, the members of Grouplove are delighted to play together, it shows by their exuberant moves on stage, their enthusiasm and contagious joy; they look

So the band A Rocket To The Moon has announced their very first national headlining tour!  The supporting acts are Anarbor(YAY!), Valencia, Runner Runner, and Go Radio.   Presale tickets will

Talk about cheering for the home team… Sir Paul who is becoming my new Bono wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India asking for a national Vegetarian

The original rock n roll circus, the Stones in 1968, I’ve seen that. The CD and the DVD was released (not rereleased -before there was only odds and sods) a

The Man in Black is back.  You can die all you want but as if you ever crossed a mic or a camera you’re gonna be dredged back up. This

Guards was opening for Grouplove at the Bootleg theater on Monday night, but as I arrived early, there was another act playing, one-man-band Alex Walker, whose was making very expressive

Four free stripped down MGMT songs over at Daytrotter.  Recorded at the infamous Moogfest in NC were: “Song for Dan Treacy” “It’s Working“  “I Found A Whistle“  and “Only A

New York, New York I had no idea.  So, y’all are big Allman Brothers fans are ya?  Eat a peach ramblin men? You must be cuz the Allman Bros have

does this speak for itself? God I hope so because I haven’t got much to add to the conversation. # 2? “I Confess.

 Here’s that (Stereogum) list in more copy/paste friendly format so you can post on your LiveJournal: 50 Emeralds – Does It Look Like I Am Here?49 Small Black –

According to Billboard, Kanye has announced that his Jay-Z collab, Watch the Throne, will be released next week. KW looks as if he was feeling no pain at the New

1. Postcards From Italy – Beirut – At the time I thought whatever, two years later the horn breaks are breathtaking 2. Home Again – The Disco Biscuits - Another

 1. Amazonen- Polka Ops 5 – Wiener Phiharmonica – This is dance music, wadja think the fiffles are there for. 2. Pity Party – Saint Motel – finally seen

The man behind “Stuck In The Middle With You” and “Baker Street” also produced the Proclaimers first album and had a song on one of my fave soundtracks, Local Hero.

The NY Post reports one thing, RockNYC another. Who is right? You decide.. Actually no, I AM right. I was there, I am not an old fart, and for once

From our RockNYC source, Russell Rubin,  the manager of Saint Motel, day-2 of the Rock&Roll Circus at Lincoln Center is definetly still happening.. or my name aint Woody Danger Fuller.

On the rare occasions I’ve had to deal with the press on a story I have inside knowledge of, I have found the press to get the story completely long. I

(Editor’s note: Chaos almost erupted as over officious members of Lincoln center’s goonsquad security, harrassed and bothered innocent revelers. After bands complained of a lack of energy, concertgoers at last nights Rock

“I don’t want people to judge him for the mistake he made. He wasn’t just a drug addict; that was a little part of his life that he just couldn’t

One of my favorite new acts, Future People, will be headlining Fontana’s in the LES this Thursday, January 6th.  If you haven’t heard of them, expect that to change; Future

While on their first east-coast road trip, Chicago’s Dastardly is gracing NYC with its presence, this week the indie folk band will be at Arlene’s Grocery Thursday, Jan 6th. For what

Our Museum of Natural History is pretty cool, but it’s especially cool every first Friday of each month starting January. The entire place will stay open late, and after a

I love the Woods, Vivian Girls I haven’t recovered from the disappointing Whitney Museum gig, so put em together and you may get noghing much, or you may get the

On March 14, 2010. I announced here that there was a film entitled The Lemmy Movie. Finally a proper documentary on one of rock and rolls greatest legend WHO IS

After two weeks of silence, this is what I call scraping the bottom of the barrel… Great pix but… Aso, in real time this is what I doing: listening to

As I put together my best of 2010 lists, for some reason I kept missing Tyvek. Tyvek are a brilliant punk rock band outta Detriot and they release two of

Second up at rock n roll circus are Amazing baby. And they are?A Brooklynn glam band who I totally missed and who are just awesome. They are like the band

And I already put in for the new Bright Eyes. But I am less certain about these ones!! Thank You, Happy Birthday – Cage The Elephant, Jan 11 Collapse Into

I have been told I have the sense of humour of a 14 year old boy.  Which could be why I dig Jack Black so much, I shouldn’t but I

1. Run Me Raw – Andriod Lust – PJ Harvey meets Marilyn Manson 2. Run Me Over – The Babies – Indie rock from Brooklyn I bet. This time that’s

If you’re a fan, it’s great news: The Flaming Lips want to release a new song every month in 2011. Wayne Coyne even said to Rolling Stone magazine, they are

Ohio – The Black Keys Our Hearts Are Wrong – Jessica lea Mayfield 1,000 Faces – Randy Montana Love – Fela Kuti Get Up And Die – Eatmewhileimhot! Comment: I

 Pompous space rock band Muse seem to take themselves very seriously, and with song titles like ‘Space Dementia’, ‘Starlight’, ‘Supermassive Black Hole’, ‘Shrinking Universe’ and even an album entitled

Editors Note- claiming #2 of my Best finds of 2010, I knew we had to get words with this NJ hardcore band.  I handed the job to Mary Magpie since

I can absolutely see Shirley Manson’s photo hanging in the studio as Android Lust lays down her tracks. Actually it would be more like seeing Shirley roped to a chair