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Helen is looking forward to the new Costello Album, National Ranson. Me? I am pretty certain it is going to be the worst thing he has ever done. Why? The […]

On Sunday, August 15th, at MSG, as part of the blatantly ridiculous FIBA World Cup, USA throttled France  86 – 55. This promotes basketball? How does embarrassing visiting nation promote

UK Indie Album Chart: 1/ The xx – xx 2/ Vampire Weekend – Contra 3/ Skream – Outside The Box 4/ Example – Won’t Go Quietly 5/ Jedward – Planet

So whats up with the cast and crew of www.rocknycliveandrecorded.com this week? Simple. Wemean it when we say “LIVE amd recorded”… we go to shows. Not content to sit on

Stoked as ever, I went to the movies to see “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World”. All the reviews said it pretty much blew the roof off, so I expected to

I’ve raved about the Lincoln Center Revival of “South Pacific” a number of times. It closes August 22nd but it will be shown live on Wednesday August 18th on PBS

1. Miss The Mississippi And You – Rosanne Cash – Written by Billy Halley, made popular by Jimmie Rodgers, I coulda sworn I’d heard Merle Haggard cover this on The Peer

At the Bloomfest, I was also able to see the electro-pop-dance group Bullet and Snowfox who did a powerful set full of energy driven by the sexy moves of the

Hard to believe that 33 years ago today the King of Rock and Roll was found dead and bloated on the bathroom floor. A hip guy who was born in

OK, these is almost random, thogh the earlier albums, Los Camp for instance, is just about my final take. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire – With its hat in the

In 1996 Robert Nevin and I caught Weezer on the Pinkerton tour at Roseland. Expecting one of the best acts in rock, coming off a disastrously received by everybody but

“Lennon’s on sale again…” indeed. As any reader of rock nyc must be aware… I am as huge a fan of John as you can possibly be. A completist to

It has been a slow coupla months in music section NYT and today they manage another what the fuck is that about. Claiming a 1970 revival 40 years after the

1. Flo Rida ft David Guetta – ‘Club Can’t Handle Me’ 2. Eminem ft Rhianna – ‘Love The Way You Lie’ 3. The Saturdays – ‘Missing You’ 4. Yolanda Be

1. Eminem – ‘Recovery’ 2. Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’ 3. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 4. Eliza Doolittle – ‘Eliza Doolittle’ 5. Lady Gaga – ‘The

KCRW, the radio station who was organizing the free shows ’Also I like to rock’ at the Hammer museum in July, has put together a video that captures Saint Motel’s performance

Our Warped Tour heroes The Casualties have announced they are touring to support metal kings Gwar. Gwar is a funny name for a band.. but they’ve been around forever and

Well now, this really sucks. Conor Oberst is doing a mini tour and isn’t heading to the East Coast, per pitchfork via Consequence Of Sound.. What is going on with

Among the many local acts that are going to perform at the Sunset Junction Fair, Moses Campbell will take the Fold Stage at 2 pm on Saturday. Their band name

Deeply eccentric heavy metal genius Axl Rose has Twittered: “”All upcoming Guns N’ Roses dates are officially cancelled. Please contact your place of purchase for any refunds.” I’ve seen GNR 

the remains of the ramones Drummer Marky Ramone is playing a benefit with not yet determined guest stars to benefit the Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship for the local Musicians Institute.

Kanye and Justin: consider the possibilities? Hot on the heels of news that Kanye has laid down a ton of track with the bloke from Bon Iver comes news he

1. Thank You For Your Love – Anthony And The Johnsons – Anthony has a gorgeous and unique voice and her he has the song to match it. 2. I

There is something about listening to a song about love when your heart is full of love that makes it all the more powerful. “That’s How Strong My Love Is’

Woody can’t find a tee that reads ‘will fuck for your attendence at 4themusiclovefest’ The last 72 hrs of life have been hellish heaven. Bittersweet.. A gangsters paradise even. And

Either/Or ‘, the third Elliott Smith’s album named after Kierkergaard’s book of the same name, was released on Kill Rock Stars in 1997. If it only consists of 12 songs,

English Movie Director Edgar Wright is a thing of great beauty, his two previous movies, “Shawn Of The Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” take a movie convention and put real people

I’ve lived with Castle Talk for about a month now and, listened to in tandem with Noun’s Holy Hell also featuring vocalist, guitarist Marissa Patermoster, it makes for a wide

I don’t get this one at all. In a Press Conference to promote a John Lennon documentary, Yoko Ono, a woman who has gone out of her way to secure

I arrived at the Bloomfest in LA just in time to catch Killsonic’s live performance, a large fanfare-band made of (at least) 6 saxophone players, a trombone player, a tuba

Rihanna’s brittle and somewhat disappointing concert at MSG on Thursday had the two big time tabs music critics in disagreement (as an aside, I forgot to mention an excellent “Don’t

1. See Me Now – Kanye West – “Imma let you finish but first I’m gonna let Beyonce on the track…” Cheeky. 2. I Need You Tonight – Professor Green

Be it far from me to be closed minded about music. OK, I am but I am also very emotionally attached to music. As some may find a comforting blanket

“Fresh, restless bite of lemon, sharpened and intensified by deiant black pepper. It’s the unruly turbulence of a prune and an in-your-face ambrette. Electrified by aldehydes, you can feel the

I doubt this is the kind of music you listen to!”, fellow rocknycer Alyson said to me via email, after she sent me a few Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros

In honor of Friday 13th, NME got Morrissey to choose his Top 13 albums. And rock nyc, being your full service music blog, stole it and here it is. The

So who is this lovely lady? And why the obscure U2 reference? Glad you asked That would be Eve Hewson, Bono’s daughter, who is appearing in a new movie starring

Following the 30th anniversary of the release of Unknown Pleasures and dates in the UK to celebrate, Joy Division bass player Peter Hook has announced US dates. This is instantaneously

Opening for Titus Andronicus at Glasslands August 18th, Bottle Up And Go are ridiculously good. Their cover of “That’s How Strong My Love Is”, the former duet of Keenan Mitchell

Friday the 13th indeed… With three concerts to choose from, Bajah at Highline, Screaming Females at Maxwells and Miniature Trees at Mercury Lounge, I had my sights set on SF

Signature 70’z funk ‘n’ jazz-roc iz fallin’ from the skyez! DUCK OR GET OUTTA DA WAY before you’re wacked upzide d’head wit REverbed HEAVY SHEET metal thunder! BITCHEZ BREW EXplodez.

It’s sad. I enjoy my bathroom breaks at work so much. Only time I get to see outside, see the sky, see 3-7 “trees” on surrounding NYC rooftops. But even

The last time we saw The Sleeping we were able to get lead singer, Douglas Robinson to record a video saying hi to our friend Alex. By the nights end

Give my regards to Broadway -Cuz its coming and its official. The Spider-Man Broadway musical, with songs from Bono and The Edge, has been given an official opening night. The

Some bands are hard to figure out, and although I hate to pigeonhole music, a show review should do a little bit of that. On Thursday, late in the night,

“Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell” is the most brilliantlly annoying song of the year. It irritates but not so much that you don’t fo back for more. “Brooown” is

The Jets are my second favorite team. Patriots are #1, but I have loved the Jets since I got whooped for wearing a Jets jacket in 1982.. freaks. So more news

rocknyc perpetual hero and my personal reason for scaling security guards, Elvis Costello, is doing it. Yet not with me… my darling will release a new album, National Ransom, on

1. Rhapsody In Blue (Intro) – Brian Wilson 2. Right Hand On My Heart – The Whigs – Another band I had peged as rock ordinaire, but they were great

The Bad Brains, one of the most influential hardcore punk band, is headlining the Sanborn Stage of the Sunset Junction Fair. Regarded as the quintessence of the genre, they have