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I’ve got a better idea… why don’t Glee pretend they have an audition on X Factor where Bowie is there as a judge, and they can all cover ”Heroes” then […]

After sincerely hating the title tracks off Belle And Sebastian’s Write About Love, I wrote off the album. But then, just about randomly, I picked up “I Didn’t See It Coming”

Promoting her excellent new album Confessions and hard on tour, Liza just cancelled seven gigs due to illness. Oh No! We wish the great Liza a speedy return to the

1. U2 (but not due to illness) 2. Coldplay (the bedwetters) 3. Phil Collins 4. U2 5. Keith richards (book tour) 6. Ozzy Osbourne 7. Elvis Costello (yeah, I know,

Mary Sez: Breathe Carolina was about to come on to the stage, the second to last band on the Fearless Friends Tour bill, on the first night of the tour. 

When going to a Eels concert, you never know what to expect, and what kind of his multiple incarnations Mark Oliver Everett is gonna choose for himself and his music.

I was most excited for the Fearless Friends Tour cuz of these guys right here.  Every Avenue.   This band has impressed me from the start.  A maturity uncommon and

Africa may be the place from which we are all derived, but it is also now the future (of pop music, that is!).  From Afro-beat to Afro-pop to African hip-hop,

There is a great deal to be said about a man with a smile. Tarcy Thomason, lead man of the band Artist vs Poet has an easy demeanor and a

Whatever you want to say about CMJ -and I hate all industry get togethers essentially because if I wanted to join the boy scouts idda done it when I was

Travis Barker used to be cool.  He faced alot of tragedy, which apparently sucked all the cool out of him. I reviewed his song “Jump Down”, with the ‘Cool Kids,

e-mail from alyson camus: “Hey, Since you asked about my luck with contests… not sure what kind of picture. Another thing, have you ever experienced stupid security guards at concerts?

I am now officially obsessed with Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus Amy Klein’s two piece band. “Jersey City blew me away yesterday and I just went in and downloaded the rest

Here’s your 2 week warning.  This weeks Saturday Night Live is a re-run of the Katy Perry season opener…why?   I have no clue, call NBC BUT who’s gonna be

HOLY COW Cliff Richards is 70! Its pretty hard to believe Europes heart throb is that old.  Its also hard to belive that in this photo he is wearing the

First off who the hell is pappys lil kitten tryin to fool here? Mama was done up all night making that dress… Hey so listen up Taylor Swift fans (eww

1. Jersey City – Hilly Eyes – This took a little while to kick in but it is a haunted house rumbler which is always on the verge of blowing

June 24th is a Friday and while I could hold out for the invivitable MSG gig, Friday’s are a very easy late night and this is essentially a must see.

Just what we need!! Eight brand new Ke$ha songs plus a new remix.  Cannibal, is up November 22, from our gal Kesha The ep’s first single, “We R Who We

Back when I was a kid, Colonel’s in the army who saved England from ever ever being slaves were awarded the Order Of The British Empire. Apparently the cache is

Some imbecile with more money than brains gave $35G to charity or a one hour drumming lesson from the totally horrendously horrible Lars Ulrich. If my mind boggled anymore it

In honor of the smarty who offered Weezer 10M to disband, here are bands I would write a check out right now if they’d disband today. Ps? Bono can give

1. Ernest Borgnine masturbates to jkeep active. (Don’t we all) 2. Keith richards survived because he didn’t get greedy when it came to heroin. (I am now officially sick of

rock nycer mary magpie and helen bach (carrying the camera as always) will be back to report on Breathe carolina and many other bands tomorrow…

 Tonight kicks off the Fearless Friends Tour-  Hartford CT is the first stop of the tour.  Its about time we get first dibs! Couldn’t be more stoked to speak

Music purists may be troubled by a recent trend in which artists from the 60’s and 70’s are going back into the studio to re-record spanking new versions of their

What exactly is Pete Wenzt  getting at here? Is he sick of the same old questions? Lets face it he should be glad people have any interest in him at

Ray Davies from the Kinks will release an album of duets on November 1st and it is amazing how many rock musicians have recorded with him, from Bruce Springsteen, to

 Everything old is new again and if you walk into any mass retailer you’re going to pop into some AC/DC gear.  If its not boxer shorts its a baseball

1. Flashing Red Lights Means Go – The Boxer Rebellion – Emotional lads; like adding Coldplay to the Nationals. 2. Cool, Calmm And Collected – The Rolling Stones – That’s

Lady Gaga is so scared of being murdered by the “little monsters” she sleeps with her bodyguard watching over her. Not setting to well with her boyfriend apparently. Lessee here:

1. What I Could Be – Care Bears On Fire – How old are these kids? Care Bear get their Bikini Kill on big time. 2.  If You’re Gonna Be

Maybe it was the make-up but wasn’t George O’Dowd cute back in the day. What happens to young queens? They become old queens of course. Not everything old is new

Al Pacino as Phil Spector. Like not for nothing but that idea fucking rocks. HBO on working on a docudrama and word is godlike genius David Mamet will be writing

Wayne Coyne never failed to entertain people with crazy ideas, and he always had a thing with blood, fake blood usually, but this time he used real blood to ‘print’

Listening to Yeasayers pretty good remix of Florence And The Machines “Dog Days Are Over”, I am still struck how even a pretty good remix is a seriesof tics and

”Back To December” -Taylor Swifts new single kinda sucks. Reportedly about Taylor Lautner, this is what Taylor said to E! News: “The person I wrote this song about deserves this.

I just stole these two items off Brooklynvegan and what they have in common is this. I’ve only heard one song from both bands. The one I heard from Marnie

This is one of the posts where the title is the entire story. I had a business lunch and I am miles behind in postings and the rep i was

I don’t think I’m up to writing this… I am too busy and this is the leaving breathing definition of a waste of your time. And I’ll tell you why.

At Webster Hall a coupla weeks ago Amy Klein jumped on stage with Free Energy and, oh my good, held her own on the energy level gig. Then? She played

1 Don’t Knock (And I don’t Care) (Feat Brad Paisley) – Darius Rucker – Darius as a bad ass having a beer at 10 am? Indeed, does having a beer

From his terror at eternal damnation for playing rock music to his incestuous marriage to his 13 year old cousin, two susppected murders, gallons of booze drugs and women, and

If you are in Wilmington, NC, and you are, in anyway, musically inclined whatsoever, you better know someone at Winoca Records. Or at least know co-founders Lincoln Morris or Kevin

Why would any pop star want to make an ass of themselves?   If you have scads of fans screaming and worshiping you and you’re admired and promoted and doors open

And Johnny seemed pissed off, really pissed off, you could tell by the expression on his boyish face and by the way he was strumming his guitar. Jenny and Johnny

Dimmu Borgir’s eighth album, Abrahadabra, releases today in the US, bringing the Norwegian band’s most symphonic offering yet to this side of the Atlantic. For old fans of Dimmu Borgir,

Fatboy Slim has a new free download for October, and as soon as I uploaded it, I liked it a lot.  The first part/song is pretty annoying, so I skipped

Don’t be hating on me but MGMT is just a bucket of OK.  They’re not better than sliced bread.    They’re a good alty band of boys with fro’s who made