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Chiodos is about to release their first non Craig Owens recording. If you recall I got all choked cuz Owens left the band and became this weak sissy. I don’t […]

I saw Awake!Sirens! on Myspace, immediately friended him, and knew that I had to listen. “Heartbreak” is so wonderfully catchy and very unique. I haven’t really heard anything truly like

The entire soundtrack of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the world’, which was released yesterday, can be streamed at Spinner and the list of the artists who have participated is impressive: beside

T.I. told Complex he got nothing from his time in jail due to Weapons Possessions. “When I was goin’ through it (prison stint), I really felt like it added insult

Happy Birthday Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. How did I end up such a huge fan of a hairy, pirate looking, flute playing weirdo I have no idea. The filthy

Happy Birthday Ben Gibbard. I’m a late comer to Death Cab For Cutie. I never really dug that whole whining prick heart on my sleeve “Follow you into the Dark’

Long haired and bearded Thom Yorke performed an acoustic version of a new Radiohead song ‘Give Up the Ghost’ at the Big Chill Festival last Friday. It was not the

We got this from our fave singer-songwriter Jack Phillips. Hits me as a must see if you’re in the area… I’m planning on the September 10th gig.

The guitar behnd James Brown on, according to Pitchfork, songs like”Soul Power”, “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine”, and “Super Bad”, -in other words prime 70s Brown.

Yup, that’s what they used to call God’s gift to muzak, the incomparable brother sister team of Richard and Karen Carpenter. There is a new biography about Karen by Randy

Circle The Drain – Katy Perry – Well now, another dog off the album. This is the one about her ex Travis McCoy. She lays into him and it doesn’t

I was very sorry to hear about Fantasia Barrino’s apparent attempted suicide by drug overdose, according to MTV. Fantasia wasthe winner of American Idol  Season Three -the only season I

Two Brooklynites, Mercy and Pete Hype, once on solo musical paths, linked up, had unremarkable onstage chemistry and never looked back.. They are alt/rock band, Riot !n Paris, but each

Oh dear, boys will be boys. But hang tight cuz these are my boys. Alesana Shawn Milke and Dennis Lee are the poster boys of this house. So its with

Downloaded 8 songs from ITunes. Noticed that I didn’t say 8 “new” songs. Of the 8, 2 are older songs, 2 are re-makes. Here’s my list…. Home – Dream Theater.

The good surprise of the show at the Troubadour on Sunday night was the opening band Grouplove, a five-piece band of young and extremely enthusiastic musicians, which captivated the public

As rock nyc youngest writer, Mary Magpie, recently noted, there are reasons why some people consider Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist ever. I personally think Are You Experience? is the

I was myspace friended by Legend&Progress, and was excited to listen. “Breanne” sounds like something right off of a soundtrack for “Harold and Maude”, or some indie film, or “Juno”

Greatest concert I’ve ever seen? Maybe not but way way up there, was Peggy Lee opening for Mel Torme at Carnegie Hall, in the mid-90s. She was sick and she

Young the Giant may be a Grimm Brothers’ story, but it is also the new moniker the band formerly named The Jakes has chosen at the beginning of this year,

Remember The Streets “When You Wasn’t Famous” about how easy it is to pull civilian girls when you are famous, but when you go after a famous chick, it’s like

Fresh off their ONE STAR review from Rolling Stone Magazine (making them immediate heroes to rock nyc), Those fun guys 3oh!3 are touring this autumn. They are GREAT live. Their energy

This post makes me twice as happy. I get to combine two of my favorite things. Weezer and Jackass. Sometime I have the mentality of a 14 year old boy

OK, time to rip off the tired hipsters at Pitchofrk. They reported (so did everybody else but we’re stealing their one) that Kanye West did a Ustream video interview with

As Iman posted in June, The Nuv, an Italian/Canadian alt hard rock band, have a quite similar sound and vibe to past greats like The Foo Fighters and others; I

There are more news about Weezer, as their upcoming eighth album will have actor Jorge Garcia (‘Hurley’ from the series ‘Lost’) on the cover, according to Spinner which spoke to

Yes, I totally missed it. Back from Arcade Fire at 1ish thursday night/friday morning, I was in a perfect postion to watch Titus Andronicus play Jimmy Fallon but a) I

The song “Hamilton Road” by Ducktails is a wreck. Musically, it has potential. But the vocals? I’m most certainly not a fan of. It’s almost painful to listen to. I

1. Thank You For Your Love – Anthony and the Johnsons – As blue eyed balladeering goes, Anthony is a weird, stealth candidate and to be honest I don’t think

There are bands who crash in that you fall madly in love with then POOF gone (erm Phantom Planet) So I thought for sure I would be served no more

Circle The Drain – Katy Perry O Katrina – The Black Lips Big Wave – Jenny And Johnny Rhtyhm Of Love – Plain White T’s She Said Yeah – The

Dunno what Wheels makes of it… do Vegan’s not drink milk? I have no idea. But I love it. Taylor looks so cute for a six foot model thin rock superstar

And all this just to have a glimpse of Rivers Cuomo’s jacket, not even the sweater of the song … the jacket was yellow, I think, although I did not

Saturday at the Newport Jazz Festival was memorable for many reasons. It all started with the weather, as we were treated to one of the top ten days of the

Helen sez: There is so much music out there. You don’t need to take two steps without social media bombarding you with the latest and greatest. Everyone has a dream.

Holy GOD whats become of the Weez!! HURRAY for their new song “Memories” apparently the ‘indie’ Epitaph is a good thing. I’m a huge Weezer fan I can see good

So many people make such a huge deal out of Jimi Hendrix. I get it, he was super talented and a huge influence on music, but I never had any

I usually spend my lunches roaming through various NYC parks, normally Union Square b/c is close to my work. But more importantly b/c are the great diverse crowd it attracts,

At a hush hush gig for industry types Friday at Don Hill’s on the Lower East Side, the increasingly pathetic Jack White railed at the apparently less than enthusiastic audience.

Oh My God is a totally unique and extremely well felt indie band from Kalamazoo who have reached as far as are from Chicago riding last years The Night Undoes

A posthumous happy birthday to Benjamin Orr bass and vocals for the 80s new wavers, The Cars. Rick Ocasek may have been the ‘lead’ of The Cars, but Ben was

1. Ne-Yo – ‘Beautiful Monster’ 2. Flo Rida Club – ‘Can’t Handle Me’ 3. Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – ‘We No Speak Americano’ 4. Eminem – ‘Love The Way

Lady Gaga Crowd Surfs At Lollapalooza – What a different two years make, right? She nearly got booed off stage last time she played. M.I.A.’s Stage Invasion – The aduience

I was friended by the musician ShoutOutSummer! and I was very excited to give him a listen. “Dare4Distance”, his cover of the NeverShoutNever! song, I must say that I like

1. Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’ 2. Eminem – ‘Recovery’ 3. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 4. Eliza Do little – ‘Eliza Doolittle’ 5. Tom Jones –

1. Club Can’t Handle Me (feat Davd Guetta) – Flo Rida – I thought this would be huge. Maybe if the movie gets big. 2. I Don’t Feel Like Dancing

Elijah Wood was spinning records at Amoeba music this afternoon, from 2 to 4 pm. I caught him during the last half hour of his DJ afternoon. I did not

Somebody get me a flaming hot poker to shove in my ear. I fear I will never be the same. “Flowering Rose”, what the hell kind of pain meds is

I saw “The Capeman” on Broadway. Twice. Once in previews and it was so lousy I couldn’t believe my eyes and went again. And it was just as bad. The