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31 Minutes To Takeoff – Mike Posner – The hit was a little annoying and the album can irritate but over all it is much better electronic rock pop than, […]

This is 100% true or fabricated by I heard Kanye West was reading my review of Rihanna hours before I wrote it and went dashing off to her afterparty at

An hour between sets is enough time to check out the demographics. And I am a little surprised. A touch older than Z-100 but uniformly young, white and female. They

Is this all rock stars do? Give each other awards? Particularly in the UK but really EVERYWHERE… all people seem to do is tell each other how fucking wonderful they

I haven’t been on daytrotter, the website where they take bands into their analogue studio, have their way with em, and post the results for free, since I moved apartments

In a sparkling silver jumpsuit and fronting a faux rock band, wild girl of sophomoric dance Ke$ha came out to the strains of Flo Rida’s “Right Round” -where Ke$ha was

Florence and The Machine Who have been mentioned numerous times here and are a great hurrah in Jolly London. Theyre crossing the pond for a very limited tour that just

It was inevitable but you almost wish that they didn’t make an announcement Check this out “LAMB OF GOD would like to officially denounce any buzz of a show that

In the current New Yorker  Sasha-Frere Jones extolls the virtues of the Independent labels like Merge, the folks who released the new Arcade Fire and are celebrating 20 years of

Say what you will about Slipknot they (were) a bit too fake showy for me but one thing that couldn’t be denied was Corey Taylor’s voice. Greatly talented and for

Tom Finn, an original member of The Left Banke, maintains an official page on Facebook that can be accessed here-http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/LeftBanke Recently, there have been some mysterious posts that seem to

Nothing beats scoring free Green Day concert tickets 2 days before the show. Even better is scoring pit passes when you least expect it. This would be the second time

Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball was at the Staples Center for two nights in LA Wednesday and Thursday, and I have found this funny thing in the LATimes ‘Lady Gaga by

Outstanding news! Matthew Leone of Madina Lake is finally in the clear. A new post on his Tumblr proves this, and I’ll say that it almost brought me to tears.

1.We Are All Accelerated – Los Campesinos – I think when it comes to love we enter every relationship like an absolute beginner and end on out knees begginf for

As Iman said recently, there are tons of white bands with the adjective black in their name. Stuck in the ‘B’ aisle at Amoeba last week, I was precisely noticing

I liked “Power” fine -no it didn’t have staying power and yes the “ass/hole” rhyme was horrible but it was an invigorating up yours to the world in general. Better

My undisputed favorite little known (if not my undisputed fave period band in the world is For Science. With only two albums and one EP to their name For Science  have taught

Saosin will never ever get another dime from me. I will no longer even write their names- so enjoy this one last and final Saosin post. To follow is their

Wednesday night saw the return of the Faces at the Millennium Dome in London, a 400 SRO. But how can you have the faces without Ronnie Lane and Rod Stewart?

1. Rhapsody In Blue – Brian Wilson – A revelation, a rethinking. 2. Group Four – Massive Attack – They never improved on Mezzanine but they never got much worse

KCRW is a public radio station here in Los Angeles, broadcasting from SMC (Santa Monica College), and between the NPR news and other shows, they offer many music programs like

Massive Attack we know and if their latest album doesn’t quite happen, this hard dub, Bristol sound band, are always worth seeing. Thievery Corporation remind me of my friend Bari

Flipping through old issues of Alternative Press Magazine, the boy and I found a band that would probably be worth a listen. As The Sky Burns “looked hardcore” so I

One of the finest guitarists to ever plug in, Bill Nelson is also one of the most reluctant axe heroes of his era. From 1974 to 1978, Bill wrote all

I am stunned. At one minute and eight seconds, Brian Wilson’s truly re-imagined  version of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue” (An instrumental)  is the second best version I have ever

Willie Nelson Neil Young John Mellencamp Dave Matthews Kenny Chesney Norah Jones Jason Mraz Jeff Tweedy Band of Horses The BoDeans Amos Lee Robert Francis There it is right there

Hurley’ Jorge Garcia, the future cover man for Weezer’s next album, gave his 5 Weezer songs to the Orange County weekly: 5. ‘Buddy Holly’ because it is the first one

Hot Damn more sports but this one all the bettersortaThe annnual NFL Kick Off Concert has been announced September 9thTo take place at Jackson Square before the Saints face the

I hope they do release the miserable scum who killed Lennon and punished the entire world from decades of music as well as ending the lives of the great man.

This is one people don’t get about rock nyc: we can hate the sinner but love the sin. Kanye West is our best living rap artist but he is an

If you’re a huge fan of Miss May I, aren’t you in for a great surprise. If you go to their Facebook page and become a fan, you can see

1. My Own Adventure – Oh  My God – Now I can get away from the dreadful video, this is a great slice of classic rock with an underpinning of

Of the big three newish chicks  ready to take over the world of dance music the pecking order goes like this. Lady Gaga MIA Rihanna Rihanna sells more than MIA

I seem to be in the minority as a woman who adores watching sports. I love baseball. I love football but I don’t like basketball. Why? Cuz the sneaker squeaking

I have no problems with this story. Filmakers Randall Miller and Jody Savin, have secure the music rights and gotten the green light to make a bio of the late

This pic of Lady Gaga and Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Metals at Lolapalooza (taken off brooklynvegan) but I am not sure what it is. Lemmee think. Too much coke

Arcade Fire’s ‘The Suburbs’ has beaten Eminem’s ‘Recovery’ this week! 156,000 copies sold for ‘The Suburbs’ in the US against ‘only’ 152,000 for ‘Recovery’. Well it’s only for this week,

1. Love The Way You Lie – Eminem 2. Dynamite – Taoi Cruz 3. Mine – Taylor Swift 4. California Gurl – Katy Perry 5. I Like It – Enrique

Boy George compared Lady Gaga’s “I use cocaine occasionally” comment in Vanity Fair to his own claims of bi-sexuality: “Isn’t saying you’re an ‘occasional’ drug taker a bit like saying

Back in the late 90s, I went to see, I think it was, New Edition at Radio City Musi Hall, and Aaliyah, riding the Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number

I am not a vegetarian. I am a vegan. Vegans have cast out any products that are from animal source or influence. I am living proof that without these components

Yesterday, Bajah and The Dry Eye Crew did a free show in Hudson Square. After my first exposure to this reggae style dance hall , rap group hailing from Sierra

Helen Sez: Courtney Love used to be cool but now shes such a pig I want to punch her in the face. So here’s the latest.. she said the estate

Lost in the Trees,… what an intriguing name and what an amazing band from Chapel Hill! The seven members try a lot of things, and seeing two acoustic and electric

I was friended by joseph james on Myspace and once i hit the first song the only thing I could say was “wow”. He’s more than incredible- he’s…outstanding. A UK

Yeah, like I said… I didn’t like the band name so I moved on with my life but, almost on a whim, I picked up the Black Lips blues punk

John Wetton is as nomadic of a musician as they come. From his early seventies stint with the criminally underrated British band Family to his baffling eventual mainstream success with

You’ve heard of the 24 hour news cycle? Good. Now forget about it and welcome to the 24 hour life cycle. Everything is moving at the speed of sound. This