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When I talked to Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz and the Tantrums he mentioned he had produced a version of ‘Toxic’ by the Chapin Sisters, and I have just found it […]

Romance On A Rocketship is absolutely insanely good. I really got hooked when I saw the “Skin and Bones” video. Frontman Kasey Smith has a very active imagination. The video

Almost time to flip a calendar page and what a way to start, finally the ‘Scream Like You Mean It” tour bounds by Aug 05 New York, NY @ Irving

OK, here are two possible reasons Dre gave Bieber some of his toxic strength bears over the weekend: 1) Dre is a pederast 2) Justin records for Usher I’ve read

Lawdy Lawdy Lawdy Miss Clawdy.. you have got to be kiddin me As if Elvis Presley enterprises wasn’t tacky enough…. Leslie Hindman Auction House in Chicago will place the instruments

1. I Forgot That Love Existed – Van Morrison – Look at the album cover above. Van already looks like a grumpy old man and there seems to be a disconnect

I don’t really care about any of these two, but I am sure some rocknycers do. Wednesday night Rihanna was performing at the Staples Center in LA and when singing

Everything has been said about M.I.A.’s life style since her profile in the New York Times, which portrayed her as a truffle-flavored fries eater ranting about being an outsider-terrorist figure.

Last month when Al Jardine was telling some Las Vegas paper the Beach Boys were reforming for their 40th anniversary in 2011 and, yes, Brian Wilson would be with them,

OK if I cant be Chrissie Hynde can I please be Amanda Palmer? Palmer sold $15,000 of music and merch from her Bandcamp page in just three minutes on Tuesday.

I like Katy Perry a whole lot, she is sorta Gaga for morons or something, and though “California Gurls” kinda dragged me, there is a lot of other things to

So i guess this is Perry overkill day. The second song off Teenage Dream is the same name single and it is 100 times better than “California Gurls”. An oddly

Happy Birthday Saul Hudson, With a name like that you’d opt for something more fitting to an axe man… I use the term axe man cuz I think hes a

I have heard Dion Roy’s name being dropped for awhile now, without actually hearing him at all! A former bassist with any number of dead end lower east side indie

On the strength of Jonah Weiner’s rave in Slate and a rave in the Village Voice I finished off Wavves King Of The Beach. This despite not being mad keen

Lock up your daughters!!! Emerson, Lake and Palmer, one of the most hated bands in rock and roll history, are to reform. You wanna take about big organs in living

1. I’ve wanted to write something major about Van Morrison since I started this blog. In early 2009, I saw Morrison’s Astral Weeks concert… twice. Once he was great and

What I didn’t know when I woke up last Friday morning, was that I was about to enjoy one of the best days of music of my entire life! It

There are singers who define bands. Although some may say vocalist Anthony Green defined Saosin, I disagree. To me Cover Reber was Sasosin. Last I saw him on the Pac

The Roast Beef Curtains! I didn’t come up the name, but you can’t get any more original than that. This local Long Island band is a mix of reggae, with

June is already gone, but with June comes the summer, and with the summer comes the sun, the change of weather. ‘June on the West Coast’ from Bright Eyes’ second

I once joked to my friend Iman that I could never be a real music critic because I’d never heard “Exile” or “The River”. Although the comment was very much

I know Mr. Iman Lababedi won’t approve much of these next couple sentences, but here goes nothing. I wasn’t too impressed with LCD Soundsystem at bisco this past weekend. This

1.  And He Slayed Her – Liz Phair – This is the one where she dumps the concept bollywood crap and nails an old time Liz Phair sound. 2. Post-Life

rock nyc’s posse at camp bisco -our contributing writer Woody Fuller is the guy in the basketball shirt, the guy with the muscles is fellow writer/photographer Chris Morgan, and the

Sometimes and for no apparent reason a club gets red hot. So folks, meet the red hot Highline. Start with the white hot Brandon Flowers -I’m thinking of going just

1.  I Found Love – Shit Robot – Maybe the best pure dance track of the year 2. Sound Of Siren – Arcade Fire 3. Bang Bang Bang (feat Q-Tip

Sex Tips From Rock stars is a brand new tell all book written with numerous B grade musicians offering tips. We all know the Supermodel love the rocker and here

1. Love the Way You Lie (feat Rihanna) – Eminem 2. California Gurls (feat Snoop Dogg) – Katy Perry 3. Airplane (feat Hayley Williams and Eminem) – B.o.B. 4. Dynamite

Mayer Hawthorne is another LA based songwriter from the young generation who draws his inspiration from the 60’s. But Andrew Mayer Cohen has actually two alter-egos, since Haircut is his

We could call this Grampa and Chick Licks but that would be too cool.  Sumner Redstone, the 87-year-old Viacom chairman is a hot one for the ladies.  Most notable the

Amanda Warner is an electronica freak who went from Cali to Bushwick and who is on Ronson’s excellent first first single “Bang Bang Bang”  off the upcoming for Record Collection.

We have been as mean to Billy Corgan as any one and more than most but here comes news that Billy’s Smashing Pumkins are playing a benefit to help pay for

Two years after the fact, Taylor Swift readies herself for the release of the Fearless follow-up Speak Now dropping october 25th. A single “Mine” will be here before the end

Wanna hear some rather .. interesting hardcore? Mary Magpie spoke to Christofer Drew of NeverShoutNever about his side project EatMeWhileImHot, again with the lack of space bar…anyway I must point

A front mans solo tour.. an interesting idea really. Think about it, as with any lead singer who really knows the band anyway? Its sad all that work very little

Teenage unemployment is at at earthquaking 29% this summer. Why am I telling you this? Because where teens go pop music goes: pop, rock, all this stuff we love, is

Dublin born Marcus Lambkin has been DJing Stateside since 1992… that would be 18 years if you are keeping track. He has worked at such seminal houses of dance as

Happy Birthday Cat Stevens. Yeah yeah and whatever other name you go by. First off, Thank you for making some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard. You

John Lydon stuck it right at the small brained bastard pop stars who embarrssed themselves, indeed, humiliated themselves, by boycotting Israel. Lydon, who, under pressure, refused to cancel his show

1. I wrote about Bonnie Baxter’s industrial size beats a little a coupla days ago after catching the top half of her band Shadowbox’s performance at Piano. And I am

I looove Pretty Lights. The band’s not that bad either. But for real, I have seen Pretty Lights live 3 times, this past weekend at Bisco included, and each and

Only a buncha music maniacs like our cousins across the sea would bother with TWO equivalents to the Grammy’s, The Brits and The Mercury Award. Only one award at the

After spending a career laughing myself sick over Jonah Weiner’s pristine prose, I have to admit occasionally he knocks it out of the ballpark. Like his current post on Wavves

So this is what it has come to: I ignored the new Sheryl Crow album when I was doing my Tuesday update because, well, because I can’t stick the woman

Damn. damn. damn. August 4th – Robyn and Kelis at Webster Hall. Me? I’m at Sumerstage catching Holy Ghost! and Hot Chip. August 5th  Robyn and Kelis still at Webster Hall.

There is a short video made especially for the upcoming shows of Arcade Fire at Madison Square Garden on August 5th, with antlered clock, puppets making fireworks and growing flowers

1. Sound Of Siren – Major Lazer, MIA, Busy Signal – OK, this is the end of the MIA backlash. If the album is only really good, this is fucking