What were Elixabeth And the Catapult thinking? Meant to start their set at 10p , they dither about sound checking till 10:15p. Then the guitarist keeps on interrupting the set […]
A quick scan of my blogger profile will find the legend Iman is a big sports fan. And bigger Yanks fan. So I am sure you can imagination my devastation
The new Kid Cudi album… who the fuck is he? Coheed And Cambria… The one song I have heard was pretty damn out there… man On The Moon 2 released november
Half an hour of coming attractions before “Hereafter” last night at the Lincoln! And I spent the half hour listening at the soundtrack. The new Gus Van Sant “Restless” appears
The first 4TheLoveMusic Fest occured at the legendary Don Hills, the follow up in Wilimington, NC. Both nights were showcases for some of the best new acts in the North East and
Punk Goes Pop 3 is coming out soon, and the songs up on the Myspace are incredible beyond belief. Asking Alexandria’s cover of “Right Now” (originally by Akon) is ten
Tom Morello is OK with me. He paid beautiful tribute to Joe Strummer and well Rage is a pretty beast band. I hate MIA I love the Clash I love
A few websites are reporting that Paul Simon is planning to release a new album with long time producer Phil Ramone at the end of 2010. The album will have
Where’s Cyn? I wanna sing to her… “And they call it puppy love…” Yeah, Donny and Marie are bringing a Christmas Show to broadway and I can not wait. Alway an
Well if all goes as planned Brand and Perry are merged. As long as they dont procreate we should all be ok. Id expect their honeymoon on YouTube soon enough…
Photographer Bob Klein was at the NFL Superbowl Party where En Vogue performed, February, 2010. Above is a Klein Picture painting, below the original.
1 Flawless Executioner – Christopher “Paul” Stelling – Flawless folkie peak 2. Paradise Circus – Massive Attack – Best song off the newbie. 3. Instant Hit – The Slits –
Nicki Minaj gets props from everybody nowadays and for good reason. If there is a better rapper around I don’t know who it is! I have never seen her live
Why would I want to pre order Elvis Costello’s album? Will he deliver it? Will I get cool swag? No Ill get some bonus tracks that will get bootlegged all
Hey Conan! Remember he got screwed by NBC and bla bla bla and well so what now hes on TBS with a busload of hip kids who felt he got
If you listen to This American Life, this weekly story telling Chicago Public Radio show, you know who is Ira Glass, and you probably admire his way of putting together
Hey remember when Good Charlotte were considered ‘pop punk’? They’re too old now and apparently changing diapers and receding hairlines have made these bad boys…….scratch that, these has been old
Happy Saturday! Rough week huh? Well here’s a giant 3:08 of utter garbage. Lets see if Kesha wasn’t horrific enough we know are facing the waves of after hurl left
Due to new tattoo placement “VEGAN” I’m having an incredibly difficult time typing. The inside of your wrist is not a good place to shove a needle filled with ink
What was that exactly? Some kind of sonic lightning? A voluntary aggression to all the senses? I am not sure of what happened, it went so fast, it was so
Where do bands like Gallowbraid come from? Released on German label Northern Silence Productions on September 17th, I had never heard of Gallowbraid until I spotted the debut EP,
I have a friend who says I react to Elvis Costello like a spurned lover and maybe she’s right. The first time I saw Costello in concert was the day
Waking up this morning my first thought was, “why is my neck soo freakin sore?” Did I eat pussy last night? No. Did I get put in a deadly sleeper
I got an email from the journeyman soul wizard Gary Wilson thanking me for my very positive review of his single “Electric Endicott”. An also to tell me he is
My friend Robert Nevin (he edits http://mousepadcollector.com/wordpress/) once, infamously, claimed the Cars “All That I Needed” was one of the greatest songs ever, shortly after he fawned all over Ray Davies.
Ok, here is the money quote from Robyn on her three albums released this year: “It was never my goal to break some kind of a world record in how
Last night, there were still a few fans gathered in front of the Figure 8/Elliott Smith memorial wall on Sunset Boulevard, even though the crowd was a little sparse this
Watch Danger Mouse devolve before your very eyes The Grey Album – Coolest – 2005 Gnarls Barkley – Cool – 2008 Gnarls Barkley – Medium Cool – 2009 Broken Bells – Uncool
1. Don’t Think Twice – Franki Valli And The Four Seasons – It is like being gang banged by Alvin And the Chipmunks 2. Skeleton Key – Margot And The
Kanye West and reality star Kim Kardashian have been romantically linked after being spotted on a date in Chicago. Oh and she has been linked with John Mayer as well.
Here is a little lesson y’all. If Rolling Stone gives Dylan a four and a half star review it is really a three star album. Historically, it is a five
While there is nothing close to the title track of Blame It On Gravity, there is also very little in Old 97’s, Rhett Miller or anybody elses history as perfectly
Tomorrow, depending on how the writing is going, I plan to either leave real early and catch the Lennon flick or leave later and straight to the concert 115p –
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1. Typical Girl – The Slits – Beyond presience, timeless. 2. The Magician – Old 97’s – Brilliantly constructed verses 3. Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind – Bob Dylan
I am not gonna lie just to look cool or something, since yesterday, I knew almost nothing about Superchunk, the iconic alternative punk-rock-grunge band; after all they had not released
Yeah I’m milking this one into two posts cuz my new tattoo is rubbing on the keyboard and I’m running this ship today and I cant type much… Zooey Deschanel,
Ari Upp, Johnny Rotten’s step daughter, and the leader of the punky reggae Slits has died at the age of 48 after a long illness. At the age of fourteen,
This is the current state of the Figure 8 wall, the wall used for Elliott Smith’s fifth album cover, in a picture taken by Autumn de Wilde. The wall is
You may say it’s early, but I say plan ahead. And my annual event is this weekend so I’m here to help. If you’re having a Halloween party this year,
I have come to tell you… BrokeNCYDE is still terrible. They released the trailer for their latest album and needless tos ay, they still suck beyond belief. The crunkcore group pretty much
Elvis Costello fans rejoice he will be all over the place for the next couple weeks supporting his latest endeavour (which looks pretty awesome!) Jot this down so you don’t
Thats a lie. Its Death Cabs Ben Gibbard singing the ol “Star Spangled Banner” at the National League Championship Series Game Four (Giants vs. Phillies, not the Cubs…) in San
Yes, I know you thought it was Courtney or even maybe Michael Jackson himself. But the son beating, wife cheating, son hated by, vicious, bullying pig who has just sued
1. Glad To Be Gay – Tom robinson Band – The bile and sarcasm run downs Tom’s chin in this pitch black singalong. 2. Rabiosa (feat Pitbull) – Shakira –
After whining that I didn’t know any of the bands at Brooklynvegan free show tomorrow, I sure do at this one. Ted Leo, Wild Nothing, Jamie Lidell -woooot!!! Sounds like
Slap this mother on your coffee table “Mr Rottens Scrapbook.” With a very small run of 750 copies there is some justification to the $550.00 price tag……not. The book comes
I caught the Bee Gees back in the mid-90s, playing a one off Saturday Night Fever concert with folks like Tavares. It was a pleasure even though the Bee Gees
Jay-Z signed the then 17 year old Rihanna to Def Jam and found her “Umbrella” back in the day so, after the relative death by boredom Rated R, it comes
Hot new band of the moment according to Rolling Stone? A band rock nyc has trashed for months now (we made them Ramona’s embarassing song on their Ipod)) Mumford And
