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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.

What? No “Antichrist”? Twenty minutes from Ground Zero. 1. Ready to Start – Falls between the cracks on the album, a bit of a nonstarter. 2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)  –

Mary Sez No matter what, everything I do has to be an adventure–and the trip to see Solfege Radio tonight was no exception. First of all, on the way there,

Rush released after leaking early, “Mine”, Taylor Swift’s the first new song since “Today Was A Fairytale” is a straight up masterpiece of the purest pop confection,  it rings as

Out of London, and huge across the pond I might add, Hot Chip is your typical English pop/rock band plus some electronic funk plus plus they use the steel drums.

I have been intrigued by these stencils that you can see everywhere in the Hollywood neighborhood lately and it took me a while to realize it was about Joaquin Phoenix’s

Wu Tang Clan covered the Beatles “Come Together” last night with RZA rapping over the track at the last date of their UK date in london Avenged sevenfold FAILED to take

When Pitchfork dismissed MIA’s new album earlier this year it felt like an act of insurrection against the vanguard. And it might well have been one if the guy didn’t

Dylan to release Bootleg Series, Volume 9 This next installment of rare, moldy and unreleased Dylan hits stores this October. This edition is highlighted by the infamous Witmark and Leeds

Two songs into New York’s own best electronic dance Holy Ghosts! show opening set at Summerstage I turn to Woody and say: “They’re a disco band”. No sampling? Little synth?

Still light out and barely 8 o’clock, and some high intense dance music was coming full force our way. Hercules and Love Affair, mid band between Holy Ghost and Hot

I can’t believe Yoko Ono is 77 years old and at that age, she, with the help of her son Sean, have revived the Plastic Ono Band. She has just

I missed this story but apparently Capitol Records (Nessing warned me about them, by the way) sued Katy Perry for copywrite infringement because Snoop raps “I wish they all could

If you wanna believe in Christ as your savior, be my guest. SOme of my best friends are Christians, my sister Feriel, who I love very much is born again.

1. One Life Stand – Hot Chip – The Beautiful South of electronica? They killed this at summerstage last night and shoulda held it for last song before the encore.

Courtney Love has about the worst reputation on earth. I mean when your own daughter hates your guts, you just know you are a major major asshole. This friendless, horrible

The Suburbs – Arcade Fire Metacritic: 86%, rock nyc: 80% Tin Can Trust – MC: 76%, RN: 70% King Of The Waves MC: 75%, RN: 75% Crazy For You – 

Beck did an interview with Pitchfork, and he said he was hoping to release a new album soon: it was recorded in the fall of 2008, but needs some finishing

Joe Strummer will be a Great-Godfather. rock nyc fave lily Allen is with child as they say. Two years after she aborted a Chemical Brother embryo and wasn’t too please,

What are the chanes of winning American Idol? Figure 1: 100,000 if you actually go to the auditions. They probably see something like that number a season. So, I guess

Aretha Franklin falls in Detroit home, breaks two ribs. The queen of soul suffered a domestic tumble which will postpone two appearances in NY scheduled for next week, and beleagued

Woody Fuller takes the pic, Iman Lababedi does the mini interview with the Holy Ghost! bassist: IL: We love you and we’d love to interview the band. Bassist: That’s good to

City With No Children – Arcade Fire – The handcaps make the song and the daymare has a dreamy quality -like the world is closing in on it and Wim

So is it sympathy for the loss of The Rev? Is it  the addition of Portnoy? Is it FINALLY time for Avenged Sevenfold to get its accolades? Although, I didnt find

Apparently despite looking absolutely gorgeous in dark hair- blonde has served the Gaga well.   Iman shared that Ms Double G is celebate to preserve her talent? Or something.. but I

Ever wonder whats become of all those unmentionables the girls are whipping at Drake? Yeah me neither, but I know. According to a Toronto newspaper, Drake states he has 400

Iman sez: Before Louis Armstrong, there was nothing. Helen sez:  Its a Wonderful World Together we pause to remember a great man on the day of his birth.

Nathan Williams tuned his guitar, looked over at his bass player, said “I’m going to get high” and wandered off stage . 45 minutes later he was back on stage

I tried to imagine, as I listened to “Riley”, the advance single from Corin Tucker’s upcoming solo album, that it was a new Sleater-Kinney track. I couldn’t do it. Despite

Woody and Crew Hang With Pretty Lights former drummer: let that be a lesson to us all Pretty Lights dropped a new album, YESSS!!, finally some new tracks to add

Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has just banned music saying ‘it should not be practiced or taught’ in Iran because it is ‘not compatible with the highest values of

There is an interesting interview of Mark Oliver Everett on drownedinsound.com. The frontman of the Eels, or E in short, is someone who has really interested me ever since I

My boy Morrisey is at it again this time fighting the never ending battle for Animal Respect all the way to Buckingham Palace. Morrisey wrote a letter to The Times

Solfege Radion is in town. Pushing their new ep “Tell My Mom I’ll Be OK” those nutty Jersey boys are in our area doing two Hot Topic in stores and

Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos. This quad of hot is releasing an lp Grinderman 2 on September 14th. Then doing something even more insane.

What do you get when you take rocks ‘Classics’ and present them to a modern day kid?  Will these ‘masterpieces’ still create a swoon?  This is the first of a

Have you ever been at a concert and gotten dirty looks because of how you were dressed? Or maybe you were the one giving the dirty look? Why does it

Frank Sinatra Jr’s, son Frank was taken by paramedics to hospital after an attempted suicide attempt. Sinatra 3, aged 32 was found conscious yet not responsive in his Downey California

1. Norfolk Nights – This guy is da bomb, the other song off the EP from his upcoming album is based around a mesmerized drum pattern where everything else drops

Summer festival such as Warped or Bisco or Mayhem are incredible events that carry a dangerous potential. It has been reported that a fan died at Warped Tour yesterday in

Smith Westerns, the middle of three bands who played Bowery Ballroom are the bad boys (rather bad-ish on a night that includes Wavves) of indie rock. I first saw em last

Alyson Sez: In 2007, Radiohead broke the rules and released an entire album ‘In Rainbows’ on the internet with a ‘pay what you like’ policy, but today the RIAA (Recording

City With No Children – Arcade Fire Just Like The Movies – Katy Perry Lovegame – Lady Gaga And Marilyn Manson One Shot – JLS Jizzle (feat Lil Jon) –

Is this the face of modern punk? At Bowery Ballroom the questioned lingered in the downtime between songs as a cable was doing its best to destroy sets by Wavves

Some dresses are red, And others are blue, The Chaplin Sisters each wore one, their music was good too. Days after Aluyson caught them at the echoplex on the Echoplex,

Happy Birthday Shirley Manson I l-o-v-e her and I love her band Garbage though I have never seen them live. First off shes beautiful. Second of all shes tough and

Hard to believe its in its 25th year. Farm Aid info is up Willie Nelson and John Cougar the lovely parents of this event along with Farm Aid board members

So much has been said already about ‘The Suburbs’, which seems to be a very important album, some kind of monument like the ones which transcend a period of time.