When it comes to writing about music, nothing much intimidates me. Except, soul brother Gary Wilson does. The reason is I can hear it is soul, pre soul, but it […]
Sunday evening, a coupla hours after the Giants won, I decided to check on Bright Eyes tickets. Not entirely random. An ex, Simone, called to tell me she had forgeten
This is from a letter to New York Post by one Jack Kaufman of Suffolk: “If only Assange had been downloading music illegally he’d be in jail by now”. Hard
1. Chu-Chi Face – Various Artists –  Off the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang soundtrack, it turns full gooey love sinister it its intensity. The entire movie is a scary
I love rock concert posters, some of them can be extremely original and creative. Emek Golan, who goes under the only name of Emek, has made a lot of them,
Althought the boss bitch slapped their MSG performance Gorillaz can still prove to be artsy fuckbag hipster extraordinaries. I like alot of Gorillaz stuff but its not the stuff I
Thursday night was the last date of the North American-European tour for Os Mutantes/Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, which started in September, and Os Mutantes let Ariel Pink headline in his
Yes its cold. Yes its the holidays. Yes it gets dark at noon. But so fucking what. Here’s concerts in NYC to get your ass moving. 12/6 New Pornographers, and
1.Foals – Spanish Sahara2.MIA – XXXO3.Janelle Monae – Tightrope4.Kanye West – Power5.Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait6.Gorillaz – Stylo7.Surfer Blood – Swim (To Reach The End)8.Grinderman – Heathen Child9.Zola
1. Best – Cheyenne Marie Mize – Alt folkie bliss out. 2. Fly – Nicki Minaj And Rihanna – I dismissed this outta hand, but that’s because Rihanna’s chorus is
I’ll be there so, yes, obviously, it is the most important concert of Rufus Wainwright career. The first half will be songs from his last album, the excellent, but depressing,
And Joy Orbison is a London based DJ who records for Doldrums records and makes what Wikipedia call “coalescence of Dubstep, UK Funky, UK Garage, House & Jungle. ” Ergo, er,
The pop song, is, undeniably, an art form. But it is also, undeniably, an art form based upon the ephemeral: it is here and gone, it hits and leaves. 　
Two of the biggest moneybags in Australia are AC/DC and Keith urban -though, cmon, don’t AC/DC have to split it four ways so maybe that isn’t quite right. AC/DC came
Again a great thing about SNL is I come in to most of these acts without a clue. No pre conceived notions no nothing cuz I’m pretty clueless to who
After an essentially useless documentary about bassist Peter Hook’s second band, New Order, we got an essentially useless run though the seminal album Unknown Pleasures originally released by Peter Hook’s
I have intentionally not used a photo of the band here. I ask that you also not WATCH the video below but rather listen. I’ll explain in a bit First
Ariel Pink looks like a fragile and falsely shy Kurt Cobain, with an odd presence on stage and a voice hardly audible, hiding behind his bass player at times, or
Maybe it’s because I approach this topic from the perspective of a musician, but it’s a plain and simple fact that anyone who ever tried to express themselves with tape
No! They would not dare doing this! But it seems serious, UK’s Daily Star is reporting it, other media sources are reporting it, the Beatles are reuniting thanks to technology
December 14 will be the 31st anniversary of the release of the epic win album London Calling, By The Clash. In honor of this even Mick Jones and Paul Simonon
Alyson saw them on the left side of the USA, and finally they’re hitting the right side. Tokyo Police Club, Canada’s finest and funnest sounding band are strapping on snow
Robyn would have been one of the great success stories of 2010 if all she had released was Body Talk Part One. Only 8 songs but each and every one
December 2nd was Britney Spears birthday and she celebrated by twittering about… A NEW ALBUM! 　 It’s been forever since the greatest hits package (which included a hefty handful of
OK everyone get a calendar and a pen and some white out. We all know that Prince, or the artist or the hash mark formerly knows and Roger is a
“I promise you, I’ll never let you down. And not for nothing: The album’s finished and it’s fucking really good. So whatever this is, whatever you just did for all
 “That’s My Bitch” -the first song off Kanye’s half way finished collaboration with Jay-Z Watch the Throne was produced by Q-Tip and leaked November 22nd and it sucks. Apparently everything
1. Untitled – Eminem – “You just hurt my goddam feeling, man, and it was the last one I had”. His best song in a year, somewhere in the depths
I saw the English Beat a few months back and raved. Amazingly spectacular I still get goose bumps at how fantastic they sound even to this day. The guys still
Vampire Weekend may have received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, but what’s going on exactly with their lawsuit? Remember, last July, they got sued for $2 million by
Iman Sez:When I was rock nyc contributing editor’s Mary Magpie age I was the editor of my High School’s paper and I wasn’t half as good as Mary is. Of
At 100 Club on Wednesday night Ron Wood and Mick Taylor played a blues based rock set in support on the punk Mecca facing closing, London’s 100 Club. The former
 I have been obsessed with this story the whole day: In the morning, NASA had announced they would hold a press conference at 2 pm to reveal a shocking
This is not a matter of opinion. 　 This is not a question of taste. 　 Fuck you, these guys suckIman Sez 1. Led Zeppelin – The worst great band
Gearing up for 2011 and here is how it looks so far, though I’ve got a feeling I’ll be adding a concert or two before the year is out. Feb
And I wasn’t there. But I will be there tonight, when the show hits New York’s Webster Hall. Spin were there and said a) a note for note cover b)
Ramona dole out songs like Mr. Bumble doling out gruel. And here my “Please, Sir, may I have some more” is answered on the first day of Christmas, with a
Lessee here. There were the two new songs on One Jug, the nearly perfect “I Know You” and the not bad at all “Happy Accident. There was the getting booed
Montell Jordan has called it a career and become a pastor. After playing a final New Year’s Eve “This Is How We Do It” (I looked on ticketmaster but i
 The Cave – Mumford And Sons – I never can figure out who is gonna break Stateside. Coldplay..? Why Coldplay? Why Muse for that matter… I mean, what a
75 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Blood & Fire74 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz73 Interpol – Interpol72 Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts71 Field Music – Field Music
Nicholas Hoult, Tony in Skins, the boy in About A Boy, the Beast in the upcoming X Men, is apprarently heavy in the running as the lead in Jack The
 1. Secrets – Ramona – A funned out rocker. 　 2. Crazy Beautiful Life – Ke$ha – At some point in her career, Je$ha will dump the hiccup vocal
Detriot held a vigil yesterday for the great Aretha Franklin, who underwent an operation. Apparently, the operation was a success and the Queen of Soul is in good spirits. All
Last Christmas Day, Helen and Mary wrote the 12 Days of rock nyc Christmas and in the wild hope that they remix it for 2010, here is the original reposted…
Chiodos doesn’t need Craig Owens. Chiodos will be just fine without him. They will not sound the same. Their ‘vibe’ will be different, but front man Brandon Bolmer, is gonna
Michael Cera is taking his latest Scott Pilgrim role very seriously, I mean very seriously: According to several blogs (and the Stranger.com has the pictures to prove it) the actor
“It’s A Wonderful Life” is by far one of the most amazing films of all time- not of the holidays but of all time. The Killers, one of the best
Duran Duran, the 80’s famous band, is still performing, but they have just announced the cancellation of their concert tour in South Africa scheduled for December 7th to 12th, in
What the hell its the first days of December and I’m the Martha freakin Stewart of the rock blog. Well here’s another holiday event you should attend if you’re in
