rock nyc

So what does a music blog editor listen to when he hasn’t got his rock nyc hat on, you ask? Er, quite a bit the same as when he does, […]

 Because it is 7am Monday morning and I am in a rush to get home and I have only one more post to go… I will hide this somewhere among

“I surrender, I surrender” “Hug three people right now” “If God saved your life, shout now.” Funning at other people’s faith is a suckers game, and any way, what do

Excited as ever, with my heart racing fast, I moved my way up to the barricades in anticipation of Stephen Jerzak. The keyboardist, and good friend of Jerzak’s, Adam, came

If Dance Gavin Dance got on the stage and didn’t say a word you would think you were in 1970 watching Don Kirshners Rock concert. Those boys just plain scream

At Transmission Festival, I was pretty excited to see I Set My Friends On Fire, especially after their member loss(who is an uncanny look-alike of someone I know). Interested to

Weezer covered MGMT’s Kids at the US Open of surfing in Huntington Beach yesterday, and the enormous crowd got wild, screaming and dancing. River Cuomo got excited too and threw

1. Mine – Taylor Swift – Sure, she is working from her own, unique, template. Or maybe not a template, maybe it’s a foundation from which she has the building

Happy Birthday to Fox Mulder Or David Duchovney. See if I shout out to David I have to throw in that hes a convicted sex addict and a rather hot

Happy Birthday Dave Evans… Better known as The Edge. He used to be pretty cool and the foxiest of all the U2’rs but years and years of carrying Bonos big

I have a sick obsession with Marilyn Manson, from long ago when he trolled the streets of Ybor City Florida to the days of his courtroom dramas so when I

The trouble with big themes big sounds, is big failures and big fools. At Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Wim Butler, his wife Rene Cassagne, Wim’s brother William Butler and the

The great young bass singer Paolo Szot is back in South Pacific and now cock eyed optimist Kelli O’Hara is back as well so if you haven’t seen the Lincoln

The name is in red, the back ground is our logo pic, we didn’t bother to put our web address, and they look so cool that if I ever get

his biz is so fucking weird it is just about impossible to keep up with. Remember real estate: sorta countryfied, psychedelic indie rock? I reviewed their gig at the Guggenheim

The virtual offices of rocknyc are not much different than your more traditional joints. We have our infighting, our ego struggles our back talking our practical jokes and our office

The attractive and super talented Vic, of the band Pierce The Veil did an acoustic version of their song “Caraphernelia” and it is wonderful. His voice, even if it is

The concerts at the Santa Monica Pier are a sort of institution, and bring generally a large crowd every Thursday night during the summer. But when you see the kind

I’ve been listening to a lot of the Big Star box set, “Keep An Eye On The Sky” this summer, and I cannot emphasize enough how great it is. I’ve

The very first 45rpm I record I purchased with my own money (that I stole from my brother) was ‘Love is Like Oxygen’. It was 1978 from what I can

WOW. Stephen Jerzak has changed. Lots. His new song “She Said” is the polar opposite of his old song. Kind of disappointing that he changed his classic and original sound,

Who says Myspace is dead? It’s still chock full of talent, which is how I found the musician Hello Atmosphere. I immediately friended him, clicked on his page, and was

Sometimes, I write a post I think is just awesome. A coupla weeks ago I did an actors who want to be rock stars post I thought was really good.

1. Nightswimming – R.E.M. – The brilliance isn’t in the piano, isn’t even ifm Stipe’s eye for detail, never more telling, never more sinked in desire, or the strings. All

Steven Drozd: ‘MIA is sporting acid wash jorts. She’s still frickkin cool. Hot coffee! MIA is playing after us tonight. I’m hoping “Born Free” is as good live as the

Bad news folks, REM are working on a new album. And, I mean, really, how mamy more dogs can they scare the paying public with. Remember last years disaster. Their

Terry Gilliam who directed the webcast of the Arcade Fire’s concert on Thursday night, has said he was surprised, in a good way, when he got the phone call from

rock nyc contributing writer Woody Fuller also runs a production/management company 4TheLoveMusic and is presenting an all night rave at Don Hill’s -a popular club since the early 90’s, on

Sometimes for no reason I can figure out, a coupla (well, usually three) songs will find themselves in very heavy rotation and I’ll have trouble getting back to doing what

Larry Miller (Woody Fuller’s Uncle) sent me this… Despite the extreme iffiness of whether or not Rolling Stone would know what the top 500 tracks were if it tapdanced on

There was a lot to love at Arcade Fires MSG concert last night, the songs were strong or weak but the playing was always captivating.  But how do you start a

The above pix is from New York Magazine’s really fun but not really illuminating “Inside The Bubble With Justin Bieber”. For we civilians the tween sensensations life is simply unreal.

The Cinema Bar is a tiny place in Los Angeles close to the 405 freeway, a small friendly bar where everyone seems to know each other. I had never been

Geffen seems to be lighter in the roster today. This tweet is the first words that rocknyc favorites Weezer have moved on to Epitaph Records. Rattitude released among much fanfare

I am eagerly awaiting the opportunity to see the great director Todd Solondz’s follow-up to “Happiness”, “Life During Wartime”. The reviews have been firmly in the mixed column, ranging, well, from

In celebration of the relaunching of Don Giovanni Records webstore, free music no questions asked. Each of us here has sung the praises of at least one band on this

Money makes the world go round? No. Art makes the world go round. So, after making the world safe for radiohead haters to listen to Radiohead with her fabulous ukeleled

They say people who die young never get old, that’s obviously true, so why should we say you are 41 today? You are 34 forever. I may have learnt a

1. Mine – Taylor Swift – Near perfect pop rock. A chorus to die for. 2.Dance In The Dark (Monarchy ‘Stylites’ Remix) – Lady Gaga – Ominous mess on hyperdive

I had wanted to catch Owen Pallet and then had the big idea of reviewing Arcade Fire before I actuall saw them and got to MSG just in time to catch

On what should have been my vacation I set up a ton of concerts and then I couldn’t take much of my vacation. Still went to a lotta concerts at

That dishy Katy Perry will be the next artist to partake in “Live From Letterman”. August 24, Perry will perform an exclusive webcast live at 8 p.m., in conjunction with

Nicki Minaj is an excellent rapper, she has it all, she can handle any form of rap, from Eve pop to Lil Kim gangsta and she has remade her self

On Wednesday in a review of Wavves Bowery Ballroom set, we reported Nathan saying he’d been sued by Disney. Apparently he wasn’t, it was his idea of… drumming up business

OK, if last year was Taylor’s, this year is Lady Gaga’s, she is up with a humongous 13 awards and will win a lot of them Deservedly so, nobody integrates

Wycliff Jean is running for President of Haiti: a) Wycliff couldn’t manage the Fugees let alone a country b) He let Lauryn Hill slip through his fingers c) He had

 If you are into Gospel, and even if you aint, the Clark Sisters -the three time Grammy winning Gospel singers, are a must see. Kiki Sheard -a Clark daughter, is

1. Love The Way You Lie – Eminem 2. California Gurl  – Katy Perry 3. Dynamite – Tao Cruz 4. Airplance B.o.B. 5. I Like It – Enrique Iglesias 6.