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I have been intrigued by this band for a little while now, probably because of their weird name, Dead Man’s Bones, and their borderline creepy videos, that always seem to […]

Happy Birthday to stick master Spencer Smith. Who the hell is that? The bearded cutie from Panic! At The Disco. The poor thing has been stuck in suspended animation in

And the latest from the world of nepotism. I am reading a “from the studio” interview 500 word quasi-interview with Kid Rock in Rolling Stone and I am thinking, you

The Usher-Chris Brown tour ain’t happening because Brown is under contract to Live Nation, and Live Nation won’t let it happen. Since Brown’s album stiffed, wouldn’t Live Nation be better

The Georgia based pop culture magazine Paste, after a decade of hard worked, closed today. That kinda sucks. It is like when somebody you knows dies? You keep seeing your

Scott Weiland’s…clothing line This from a man who fell through a hole in the stage last week. Who’s the hottest of hot messes. Like a not so pathetic and hotter

Hot Diggity its like becoming 1982 all over again! Is this good? Is this bad? Lets see, English Beat..Fantastic live one of the best shows Ive seen in ages. New

The Pogues have announced that the dates in the UK this Christmas will be their last CHRISTMAS dates ever. Which suggests that there will a St. Patty’s Day concert (at

This comes under the heading of GREAT GREAT GREAT news. George Clinton has been in the studio with Sly Stone and an album of original recordings is in the can.

Indie girl with the most cake, Jenny Lewis  of Rilo Kiley fame, is now singing with her boyfriend Johnathan Rice, and it is not a stretch to say that the

First off if I could please have all my hardcore peeps just go grab a mocha or something that’d be cool.   Yeah seriously, come back in like 2 min. So

It wasn’t a venue, there was no stage, and the small room wasn’t even packed when they started playing at midnight. But MAYDAY! somehow made it work. The performance was

Nick Black is one of those musicians who shed a light of hope on today’s music scene. He’s talented, addictive, and very impressive. “Let You Go” is a hard, driving

A really amazing cake- covered in fruits and and sugars….made of brick A fantastic dress of satin and sparkle……lined in barbed wire A gorgeous English villa with ivy and lavender……and

It’s hard to remember now, but four years after the Clash screamed “No Stones in 1977”, the Stones were still huge and try as hard as the alt world tried

A plethora of guests have been announced through Golden Voice’s twitter for the Yoko One Band shows on October 1st and 2nd at the Orpheum theater in Los Angeles: Wu-Tang

1. We Used To Wait – The Drums – I gave it to Alyson to review. needless to add I love it. 2. Move Over Darling – Tracey Ullman –

They’re Coming For Me – Madina Lake Just Like Zeus – Jenny And Johnny Skinny Genes – Eliza Doolittle You’re No Good – Frankie Rose And the Outs Bermuda –

I admit that this is an incredible likeness and Madame and all the little Tussauds should be proud of the waxwork figure of Rihanna unveiled yesterday. Rihanna was. However. It

Wow – now this is wins my most stupid offer of the year award. It comes via Yankee Stadium who have this to offer Jay-Z and Eminem fans: “August 31,

This is from Washington Post via brooklynvegan, it’s about Sunday’s rock the bell’s performance by Lauryn Hill in DC: “Okay, so everyone advertised did perform. But it sure was a

Madina Lake, who’s been through a lot in the past few months, came out with a new song called “They’re Coming For Me”, which they finished recording the day of

You can’t really run a music blog if you are only interested in the music, if you don’t care about the process, that would be like running a food blog

The Drums, the pop band from Brooklyn, recently covered Arcade Fire’ s ‘We used to wait’ during a concert. The result gives a new wave feeling to the song: whereas

“Skinny Gene” is a whistling, slap clap dash piece of pure pop that is already a hit in the UK, and with the pretty teen Eliza flashing her gams, might

Bitte Orca is a great album, maybe even better than Mount wadjamacallit, and that was also a pretty fabulous album. So, in theory, I have no problems with an extended

Helen Bach can’t stand Frankie Rose (or the Outs for that matter) but she might be able to get her ears around this terrific cover of the Linda Ronstadt chestnut,

Recovery is an iffy album with a great hit single and an iffy single and a lot of self satisfied dross. When he gets mad, when he Slim Shady’s himself,

Before there was Falu there was… Cornershop: Bollywood, Dance, Sitar, Alt, Dance all mixed up and ready to shop and all well before its time.  Around since 1991, in 1997

Belikos is a 5 piece rock group, with multiple members contributing vocally via song and rapping. The rapping over the gnarly rips of guitar and bass, is quite special, and

I don’t know what Amy is thinking of but if there is a worse idea than Amy’s suggestion that the Libertine and she move in together I have no idea

I was friended by the musician Brindon, the one-man genius behind Melina May, and I was immediately impressed with his talent. “realFAKElove” is a true heartfelt song, with great lyrics

 I dont like Green Day and I’m not afraid to say so.  I have called them punk rock with training wheels.  I have called the old men.  I stood my

You gotta hear.. Gallons to Ounces This soulfully, funky, rock group, based out of Rockville, MD, all met battling against each other during battle of the bands in high school.

I’m Against It. What the hell is this pathetic crap? Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Michael Graves (The Misfits), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint), Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult) and Andy

If ‘Tomorrow morning’ is an album about redemption as Mark Oliver Everett said it was, if this album exults what is closed to joy on certain tracks, why does it

Thirty years ago life was pretty simple. Going to school, hanging out with friends, jumping a train to The Village when parents think you’re at a slumber party…borrowing the car

Some people may call Pete a sell out daddy (ahem Helen) But as a die hard Wentz fan I see it as more of a maturing phase. Lets face it

Lets pretend you just spent your  Labour Day Saturday at Randall’s Island megaparty Electric Zoo enjoying one great DJ after anotherm ot your world rocked, then went out to after party and stayed up

1. A New England – Billy Bragg – I was in the middle of a post on Kirsty MacColl and the moral imperative which, because she added a verse and

1. How Long- Ramona. This UK band, who you should look out for coming to the U.S. soon, are great. The soulful Karen Anne on vocals is quite mesmerizing, dragging

I hadn’t written about the swirl of controversy surring the Brit  American Idol knock off “The X-Factor”, despite the Yank version starring Simon Cowell waiting patiently in the wings. Apparently

What could possibly be titled The Has Been and The How Much Longer tour…. UK Tabloid “News of The World” reported “Madonna is absolutely obsessed with Gaga. She thinks she

All Tme Low are doing a swan song tour so to speak Playing very small clubs for a very short while before they bid farwell to obscurity and rocket over

This upcoming labor day weekend, a wild and crazy zoo of music/festival fans, along with many of the top electronic/dubstep acts will be grazing on Randall’s Island all day Saturday

Watching the Emmy’s Sunday night, I couldn’t get past the opening number, the twits from Glee plus Jimmy Fallon, Tina whatsername, and a coupla others  launching “Born To Run” as

1. Fu-Gee-La – The Fugees – The highlight of the officially disappointing former Fugee, former superstar in waitings exproportionately thrilling anticipated live set Sunday, was this song. A reminder of

I don’t know who writes Dirty Projectors press releases but man do they suck. Back on a tour of the States after playing everywhere else for a coupla of months

Apparently itunes overslept and there are no new songs online!! So I bought three I didn’t own and I am not very thrilled. The New Brandon Flowers, “Swallow It” Spits,

Poor Ryan Ross, ripped off on his birthday? Help the kids out.. Seems their van and trailer were stolen in Echo Park CA yesterday. The vehicles were recovered but empty.