rock nyc

73. Sugar Sugar – The Archies – Ultimate product and ultimate pre-packaged pop group in a cartoon format. Still a great song – A

Mercy – TV On The Radio – There was a time two years ago when TVOTR felt awful finished to me, their Radio City Music Hall gig was a disaster. But this rocking thunder trap mover gives a person faith – A-

Time to start making music and stop making noise.

keep in mind Polaroid film is super expensive, your getting the ticket to the show, you get front row over anyone else

Stockings and heels I am not expecting but if her current pix are anything to go by, that would be entirely her prerogative.

Gaze at “Blurred Lines” at # 1 for one last time, because like the turning of the seasons, its time is passing and Katy Perry and Lady Gaga is gunning for it

Sure, The Civil Wars is a good album. But is 116,000 units sold gonna make anybodies career hum? Plus after that is a compilation of single hits and than nothing much at all.

Why is the world of S&M and organized religion so similar? It’s all grovelling, flagellation, self loathing and worship – D

You’re So Vain – Carly Simon – 1973 – This is West Coast superego soft rock par excellence -no wonder taylor Swift loves it. For the record I prefer “We HaveNo Secrets”. Plus, you can see carly’s nipple through the tee on the album cover… – A-

If they do another secret show, it has to be in Los Angeles, and I have to get in this time!

Their website calls the “family endorsed holograms’, hell, lets have them at holiday dinner!

Its the most upbeat sound with some of the most interesting nearly soap opera like lyrics. Story telling with a brass section.

he’s playing clubs with fly paper sticky floors and a waist high stage. Oh how time equalizes.

Crash My Party – Luke Bryan – Whatever you wanna say about “If You Ain’t Here to Party”, and I am no fan myself, at least it was fun, unlike this maudlin bullshit – D+

The week belongs to Rudimental, sadly enough since I spent so much time dismissing them

Wait till those spawn get older, they’ll be just like their pappy.

Of course Glen Campbell gets the nod; as he suffers through Alzheimer’s Disease he fades away so gracefully he deserves the nod.

Juicy – Notorious B.I.G. – I consider Biggie the equal of Cobain, the one undeniable voice of hip hop. Simply put: the greatest. I should write about him more – A+

‘She was so humble. She knew my work and respected my work and she wanted to learn.’

A deserved number one and a post-childhood number one on her her own mollie-fied terms

Swim Deep are a smart little band from Birmingham, England, which has a scene brewing called “B Town”.

Chelsea Morning – Joni Mitchel – written for Leonard Cohen many many years ago and now part of a larger landscape of perfect days – A

He needs to work on himself cuz there is a whole lot of life after drumming.

Always willing to exploit the opportunity fof an easy post on our incredible story eating website (20,000 and counting), we are gonna take 10 articles to tell you our opinion of them… in reverse order of course

The songs are a touch better and John Newman is a really good singer. The Emilie Sande track doesn’t hurt – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – B+

” $500,000 of the band’s money was transferred by Hutz, who claimed they were “loans”; these “loans” didn’t seem to mean much because Hutz never payed interest.”

he brought out the following rappers in an epochal you hadda be there set: French Montana, TLC, J. Cole, Miguel, Diddy and Ma$eA$AP Rocky, Lil Wayne and KANYE WEST.