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I am not an inveterate ballet goer, but this is New York and the New York City Ballet is the New york city ballet. So when Natalie Portland, in the […]

So there is Prince and Sheila E rockin’ thru “A Love Bizarre” and calling out audience members… so who joined the twosome?We have exclusive information (from Page Six) as to who

1. This Is Country Music – Brad Paisley – On the edge of country is a patriotism tinged with xenophobia. It appeals to me for the same reason faith in

I  never get enough of these explosive pieces, especially when they are served live, it’s always more satisfying, filling than a large piece of cake, and it always seems

So, as 2010 is coming to a close, I’ve decied my top ten favourite albums of the year. 10.  Take Action! 2010.  Pretty much one of the best compilation albums

Woody’s Best of 2010 Best Live Musical performances: Jay-Z in NC – BP3 wasn’t his best, buts its HOVA and he did the best of his best.  Thievery Corporation at

Nickelodeon sweetheart Miranda Cosgrove is recording a new album.   At 17 she is far from the walk of shame Taylor Momson.  Why shes polar opposite, shes Sandra Dee. So

Iman is a hardcore music addict.   No genre no path no agenda.   He listens he digests he forms opinion he tells about it. I am a visualist.   I hear

Once your done sobbing about lost love and ill fitting reindeer sweaters, go out get drunk and throw up on a friend at one of these NYC New Years Eve

Amanda has great fingers don’t you think? Amanda also has an amazing new double edged sword single to slip into and wiggle about. “Map Of Tasmania” feat. Young Punx is

You all love Green Day admit it.  I don’t You all love live albums admit it I don’t Put these two great ideas together and title it  “Awesome as Fuck”,

I’m the negative Nancy cynic here and I got something to complain about If I see one more whimpering tissue snorting emo sob fest Christmas message I’m gonna punch someone

Tristan Allen makes me heart gasp.  Despite my sing along mentality I can (in metered doses) appreciate instrumentals but have a very high bar of expectation- and very low tolerance.  If

The LA blogs became all excited yesterday afternoon, after the Foo Fighters twitted this just before noon:‘Want a chance to go to a FREE Foo Fighters show tomorrow night in

The Fast Romantics are freakin cool.  Its nearly impossible to make a insanely classic bad ass song cooler- yet they did. Plus I like the line “you’re an asshole Mr.

Zac Farro was desperate to spend more time with his family. Zac was so desperate to spend more time with his family, he whinged about it constantly. And then he

1. Stuck Like Glue – Sugarland – Undeniable pop move from the very popular country group. 2. La Novia Bella – Elvis Crespo – Rat a tat drums and punctuation

Agalloch, who released Wyatt Marshall’s album of 2010, Marrow Of The Spirit,  are playing Le Poisson Rouge, Tuesday, March 22nd. I’ve listened to it myself, and though I am not

Brighton’s Brightest, Ramona  lead singer Karen Anne, and her band mates, have been counting down the twelve days of Christmas, giving away gifts, including two cracker songs, and playlists. Which

Finch was called ‘post hardcore’ as genre.   I’m so sad to say ‘was’.   Finch has called it quits. I didn’t even realize they were together since 1999.  A band

1. Marrow of the Spirit – Agalloch Easily my pick for best of 2010. Epic, arcing ten-minute plus tracks, Agalloch’s most heavy material to date. Dear Agalloch, please play a

“No ideas originals, there’s nothin’ new under the sun. It’s never whatyou do, but how it’s done..” –Nas Thanks to music connoisseur DJ Teddy King and the handful of producersand

People love autographs.   Meet and Greets are big signing opportunities.   I have never had interest in them though I do have some ‘rare’ signatures by some pretty cool people,

Thurston Moore may be doing an album with Beck, but Sonic Youth’s fans will soon have something new to listen to, the soundtrack of a French thriller by Fabrice Gobert,

‘It never rains in California/But girls don’t they warn ya/It pours, man it pours’ It is so true as Californians have experienced it for a few days, and it is

If she told me to jump off a bridge I might. I write of her so often I just adore her and Amanda Palmer has tweeted to let NYC know

Rapper Trevell Michael Coleman, aka G. Dep or Ghetto Dependent, who was signed by P. Diddy to the Bad Boy label in1999, has just confessed to the murder of John

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West 2. Sir Luscious Leftfoot – Big Boi 3. Recovery – Eminem 4. Man On the Moon II – Kid Cudi 5.

Why is Wim Butler such a fat head? Every time he opens his big mouth he trips over his tongue and comes off like a member of Kings Of Leon.

Congrats to Nathan wassisname of Wavves for winning the award for the best tweet by anybody ever ever ever: “why is twitter suggesting i follow NME magazine? i’d rather follow

well, I feel sick as a parrot (a sick parrot) I have tix to see LG at the Prudential Center and guess what? Gwan guess. Scissor Sisters are opening for

1. Wavves – Bowery Ballroom – August 2nd – Yeah, the they were drunk, tripped up by tech glitches, smartasses/ BUT. none of it got in the way of an

And all I have some terrible, terrible, just plain wrong jokes i can’t share. Meh. OK: Imagine the worst jokes you can imagine about Germany and then nth em, that’s

1. Breakaway – Ramona – A Karen and Johnny special. A spiked  punch new wave with its eye on the fifties pop confection. 2. The Oh So Protective Ones – Girls

This is from an email Sandy debellis about how things are gonna change. No newspapers and books (both will be digital), stuff like that. They get some of it right,

Sinbad said we would be talking about the night we saw Prince at Madison Square Garden when we are in our rocking chairs. Sinbad is right. But we won’t be talking about

In May 1968, Sly And The Family Stone played Madison Square Garden, to “only white faces” as the former Family Stone, current Graham Central Station bassist Larry Graham noted at

 It’ s time for a field trip, time for a field trip. Wanna go to the Zoooo? I doooo. Festival season is almost upon us.. well not really.. but

More names added to the bamboozle line up: Lil  Wayne, Motley  Crüe, Taking Back Sunday, the Gaslight Anthem, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars and Chiddy Bang. Wooot!!!! All a little

Are the 80’s back? You’d swear they are when you are listening to the San Diego band Lesands, who played a set of pop-synth inspired tunes, just after The Belle

The last few months, I have heard about this new rap/hip-hop teenager LA band whom critics have been raving about, as even the New Yorker and Wire magazine wrote long

rock nyc  fave Christopher Paul Stelling ends his excellent year, which reached an apex with a performance at Rockwood Music Hall nobody who saw it will forget soon, with a visit to

Ever get the feeling you’re in the wrong profession? Here is what the PR giveaway had to say about the popalicious magnificence that is “Trust” -the title track of Ted Joyner

50. Wavves- King of the Beach49. Wild Nothing – Gemini48. Forest Swords – Dagger Paths47. Women – Public Strain46. Matthew Dear – Black City45. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here44.

Since the LA Weekly reported it on Thursday, every music blog has been talking about ‘Badly Drawn Boy’s meltdown’ at the Troubadour last Thursday night in LA. I have watched

The whole thing about being an eccentric genius artiust is that MOST PEOPLE DON’T GET IT. I mean, it ain’t mainstream at all. It took Doc At The radar Station

1. Baby, I Love You – The Ronettes – I can’t imagine a better vocal than Ronnie Spectors here, or a better production than Phil Spectors towering wall of drums

Hel is sick!! Swollen glands, stuffy nose, coughing, and sleeping non stop. Right through SNL for one one thing. So poor wee iman rushed from Prince at MSG to Lil

Apparently, heartbroken over the less than favorable review rock nyc gave Paramore’s Jingle Ball performance, drummer and guitarist Josh and Zac Farro have left the band. here is the statement

I went to interview Aaron Stern of D.R.U.G.S. and I walked into the green room, greeted by the band.  Kicked back and chilling each with a different electronic in hand.  Cell