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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.

How can you sell out every night of a world wide tour and still lose money? Easy, spend on your production much more than you make. Exactly what the poster

In an act  1) larcenous and 2) poorly judged, Sony Music made a deal with the producers of “Glee” whereby the singers/actors received nothing in royalties, according to Page Six.

1. I Don’t Wanna Dance – Hey Monday – Lordy, lordy, this is Paramore redux. 2. Friend Of The Night – Mogwai – Artfelt instrumental and a thing of beauty.

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystems, playing the NME stage at the same time as GNR were (or perhaps weren’t) playing the main stage at the Leeds Fest -is here the

I spent this last Saturday in Clinton Hill, at the all-day Brooklyn Bazaar Block Party hosted by Def Jam’s Danny Simmons and Ghetto Metal Productions. We couldn’t have asked for

Escape The Fate came out with a new song called “Massacre”. This new song will be on the band’s third album. It appears that many people are hating on the

Being completely unfamiliar with the band Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, I thought it was weird I knew one of their song ‘Kiss the Sky’ featured on their myspace page.

Last night I witnessed the best rock show I have ever seen in all my time down here in North Carolina. Four plus years and The Love Language last night

So NeverShoutNever! released two new music videos for his new songs “Piggy Bank” and “Lovesick”.   So let’s have a look.   “Piggy Bank” The boy sez: The music is good, it

Helen Sez: Move Over Darling by Tracy Ullman Remember this chick had her own show. She was a big hit in the 80s but she disappeared without much fanfare. This sounds

OMG its like new Cramps! That rockabilly sort of punk rock feel I’ve been missing so, so very much. But the best part about it is the lyrics aren’t as

1. Psychedelic Warlord – The Fumes –  I know the type 2. Groove Me (feat Theophilus London) – Massive Balloon – Disco beat of the day? Week? Year??? 3. Monster

Big Day for George Ryan Ross of the Young Veins. You have to adore a kid who steps out of Panic! At the Disco and keeps going. Talented with a

I have a mixed feeling when it comes to mash-ups, they can be funny, original, but, most of the time they destroy the music. Would you accept to mix two

In the annals of unprovable bullshit to sell a book, nothing beats James “Tappy” Wrights claim in his new book that Hendrix was murdered. Wright, roadie to everyone from Presley

“My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip-Hop.” Premiering Monday (August 30) on BET, the hour long film is the network’s first original music documentary. Female hip hop

It has been some 14 years since I saw Lauryn Hill’s dowdy performance on the “Miseducation” tour at the Theatre At MSG. No reason I can think of for Hill,

Sing along with Bryce.. without the bouncing ball? I have mentioned numerous times the annoyance of being in a bit of teen aged girls SCREAMING tales of heartbreak with the

1. First and foremost they have been signed to Geoff Barrows’ Invada records 2. Geoff Barrows is part of Portishead and Beak. 3. I’ve been gagging for a new Portishead

With all the will in the world, sometimes you just miss a band. Maximum Balloon is Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio and “Groove Me”  is a seriously enormous

Going The Distance – Soundtrack – From the ickie gooey Drew and Dell movie, this is nothing much except Generationals, who I’ve never heard of, are pretty good Tommorow Morning

After writing a ost claiming Wavves as over rated, I caught em at Bowery Ballroom, and, despite drunkenness, tech problems, and a loud mouth drummer, watched them perform the set

1– Taylor Swift has been quoted to me. I died a little 2- Every rapper features another rapper like a giant Co-Op of talent. Rap videos always contain bootie shorts

Nina Diaz (vocals/guitars), Phanie Diaz (drums, yes they are sisters), and Jenn Alva (bass), are three Latina girls from San Antonio, Texas, who play hard and tough like punk rockers.

When Bring Me The Horizon’s new song “It Never Ends” came out, I was excited. When the music video came out, after watching it, I became disgusted. The video consists

Proof positive that all you need is a gorgeous face and a killer drum machine Welcome back Adam Lambert! We missed you? This post apocalyptic thingy video for his new

1. Monster (feat Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Ivers, Nicki Minaj) – Kanye West – Conceptually, an obtuse “Thriller” rip. Rapwise, a battle of the monster stars, and a spooked Jay-Z wins

Being out of town for most of the week, I could not attend the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which was happening from August 26th to 28th. This festival was taking

Happy Birthday Michael Jackson Americas “King of Pop” was born today in 1958 Thank you so much for the music, the dance, the showmanship. I’m so sorry for everything else-

‘Til I Am  Dust – Mick Rhodes – Since I’m on a new wave kick today, and since my Californian buddy Mick noted I hadn’t actually reviewed his album, I

Wandering around the fest grounds as a an hour morphs longer between sets,  I both admire and loath the entire enterprise. 1. Plenty of water. 2. Shaded areas. 3. Tons of

I love KRS ONE but I have heard this peace and love and Jesus loving stuff before. Same rap. Same God Same this is the real stuff. Fortunately… He deserves

real time Rakim… After a long, tedious and eventually expensive trip to Governor’s Island, the sort of local touristy hang only a PR offensive or a  hip hop concert could

If you are not out Rocking The Bells but ARE in New York City today check your watch cuz at 1pm Eli “Paperboy” Reed plays FREE show, at City Hall

Katy Perry should enter the charts at # 1 with a 170,000 recordings sold according to Rolling Stone? And? “The five singles from Perry’s Teenage Dream — “California Gurls,” “Teenage

I think it must be a miracle that the one time I saw GNR live, Axl came on stage promptly, played a great set, and then left without incident. Not

Taylor Swift’s perfect “Mine” is the story of a romantic love that works, that battles through the fights and the dangers of married life until the couple ends up together

  My brothers and I got our love of music from our mother. She introduced us to R&B and soul artists from Gloria Lynne to Roy Hamilton to Sam Cooke.

When I’m not listening to Marilyn Manson, The Ramones, Beardcore, Gothica or The English Beat, I’m listening to crooners. There is something about a strong old time lounge fly voice

Helen was up in arms about the STP singer lip syncing. Me? Not so much. Rock isn’t a purists art form and simply using back up tracks is a million

1. Psychedelic Warlord – The Fumes – A highlight of their love show (I think, it isn’t on their setlist but I could sware I heard em play it), wait

As horrific as it is, I’m happy to say Justin Pivic has been formally charged with attempted murder. Pivic is the animal who savagely beat Madina Lake bassist Mathew Leone.

L.A.’s finest, Alyson faves, and hot band of the moment, Young The Giant, have a great new song “I Got” -a little too arrangey but pretty damn good, as well

Happy Birthday Hugh Cornwall… who?! The Stranglers baby! What gorgeous punk rock. Serisous “Golden Brown’ is a beautiful song. Not exactly ‘Punk’ with the harpsichord action going on but The

I can’t keep up with Kanye at all!!! Apparently his new album is gonna be a collaboration with Jay-Z and while it is true that I am not a Jay-Z

For some reason my house smells like incense… what the hell its a hippy flop house So it may be why Im grooving on my new find, Heavy Young Heathens.