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Is this the start of act 2 for the flaying music biz? Sony Music is now operating a touring company whose main act is in Germany reading from a very […]

All record stores have disappeared one by one in my neighborhood, Virgin, Tower records, they are all gone except Amoeba music, the only one standing! So if this post looks

Here’s something Helen Bach hasn’t been doing in my absense -stealing stuff from Pitchfork. So let me rectify that situation right now… Punk poppers Wavves and the great gangsta rapper have

I live in LA, land of the movie stars and scandals that go with them. Right now the news are all over what could well be Mel Gibson’s end of

If I died I would one of two sentences written on tombstone (Actually, I wanna be cremated, but the thought burns me up) He Wrote Or He loved music. Here

So Helen and Mary are off at Warped  and I am back, more or less back, so let’s get back to some REAL MUSIC. First off, I got Scissor Sisters

I have a very very soft spot in my heart for Solfege Radio. I’m not sure what it is, if its the intelligence and circumstance of my first meeting with

Have you ever heard of the Mozart effect? The naive idea that if you make your baby listen to classical music he or she will turn into a little genius?

There For Tomorrow has come a long way from the 2008 Woodie Award Days. Newly released video for the new single “Deathbed” scared the hell out of me.   Lead singer,

Alternative Press is a great source of information when it comes to metal, hard rock and punk or any kind of music, and this awesome publication celebrates its 25th anniversary

Well my friends, looks like Glee will go on.  As much as I have fumed and puked, that kids at McKinley High stole Americas brain dead souls and rally on.

Before Admiral Radley on Thursday July 8th, the Happy Hollows opened the show at the Hammer Museum on Thursday night. The post-punk energy power trio seems to rely mostly on

1. Post-Life – Kevin Greenspon 2. On And Ever Onwards – Bjork and Dirty Projectors – A wonderful sound, I hope Christgau comes back and tells me how to hear

The second vocal track on Ella Fitzgerald’s Gershwin Songbook LP won the best vocal performance Grammy for a female singer in 1960 and after only a few listens it’s easy

Something that should excite his fans, a biopic about Serge Gainsbourg was released at the beginning of this year in Europe: ‘Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque)’, Un conte de Joann Sfar or

I have to admit I adore her. Nope I hated her as another chick with a bra shirt but that was before I listened to her. She is smart, she

Sick all week, I gave up my seat to Lady Gaga and have now missed her THREE TIMES!!! But my loss is my friend Sherry Davis’s gain. Sherry covered my

Nevershoutnever’s, Christofer Drew Ingle just scored major cool points with me. I am not a huge fan, but suddenly the boy just earned some major props. Seems Warped Tour Sponsor

I’ve admired Kevin Greenspon’s work with his label Bridgetown since catching his labels band Cloud Nothings open for Titus Andronicus around the begining of Spring. I raved about Cloud Nothings

Admiral Radley is Aaron Espinoza, Ariana Murray from Earlimart and Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch from Grandaddy, and they were playing a free show yesterday in the ‘Also I like to

Having gone nearly a week from either writing or reading rock nyc, and after nerly giving young Helen Bach a nervous breakdown with worry, I come back to find it

The super lovable Motion City Soundtrack, who I’ll be seeing for the second time at Warped Tour, is going to be fun to interview.  I’ve seen their videos and updates

Anarbor, one of my favourite bands of all time, is playing Warped Tour AND I get to interview them.  I’ve wanted to see them live forever and now that I

Maybe because i was pretty ill this week, I haven’t found music i Like in new releases. I love both the MIA new releases, especially “Tell Me Why”. Dunno why

During the ride up to The Cape with my family,  Juliet my 7 year old niece, said; ‘lets play our favorite songs” I was expecting Miley or the Jonas Brothers but

NeverShoutNever, playing this year’s Vans Warped Tour, my once idol and now just another singer, is one musician that I’m pretty excited to interview, just to get some questions that

The band commonly seen as a “joke”, “scene”, “stupid”, etc. etc., Blood On The Dance Floor, I must admit is a guilty pleasure of mine. Plus, Dahvie Vanity’s hair is

There are many different types of music; By yourself music, with lover music, party music, on the beach music, chillin in the park music, and of course (my favorite) road-trip

Beside being the musician, songwriter and actor we all know, Nick Cave is a writer and his second novel ‘The death of Bunny Munro’ is going to be adapted into

                   (this amazing photo is from Warped Tour 7/12/2009.  Amazing cuz I took it) So, we have kept you informed of the happenings related to the brutal assault of Mathew

More on the Arizona boycott! Almost everybody on this blog has talked about Conor Oberst’s letter on the subject, and this time I stumbled on Eugene Hütz’s statement on his

Daniel Cho, the cellist for the wonderful Regina Spektor, drowned in Lake Geneva, Switzerland,  July 6 Cho, attended the Berklee College of Music and was currently living in Brooklyn, N.Y. The talented Daniel

Happy Birthday Jack White. I’m sorry the boss thinks you’re a mess.  I loved you live, I totally dig The Ranconteurs, meh not so much that Dead Weather thing. But I admire

What did I do when I heard that Meg and Dia’s record label, Warner Bros., dropped them? Laugh. The horribly talentless band, Meg and Dia, are now labeled as “unsigned”

The Sunset Junction Fair will be back on August 21 & 22 for its 30th anniversary, and after having attended this fair for quite a few years now, I can

I’m super excited for Warped Tour a household tradition. Some kids families make a big deal about Christmas or New Years.. Mine?  Warped.  We Rock So here are the bands

Before I write this up look how dumbass this picture is.. “Lookit my SHOES!” Like a 4 year old .. but wait!  He’s gonna need those shoes to help him run the

They are quite mature.  But these are the guys who had the pistols and got the pesos in the amazing song “Possum Kingdom”!! I love the Toadies and its been

They want us to buy Converse, you know the shoes, the sneakers! Although it was done before, I had never heard of a marketing of this sort but it’s working

Attack Attack! is one of those bands that you can’t help but love and just want to be their best friends. They may seem like a loud, scary, angry hardcore

After my first listen through of Eminem’s newest CD, “Recovery”, I honestly wanted my money back. I was hoping that after his initial relapse his recovery would bring him back

If you have never been to a music festival, check your calender its about that time. GO!! With fan favorites such as Bonnaroo becoming more and more mainstream and “MTVified”,

The Disco Biscuits are synonymous with Camp Bisco. Hmm well for one they founded the festival, which will celebrating its 9th bday next week, celebration to follow. Disco Biscuits plays

Tom Morello is the last wave of the great rock Gods.  I have extreme respect for him rooted in his relationship with Joe Strummer. (Yes, everyone is cooler associated with

Fall Out Boy is Dead. But it really doent matter since the majority of their previous fan base has grown on to other things.  So many options to fill the

You can stream M.I.A. entire new album on her myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mia But I don’t want to talk about it because I could not listen to it, and I don’t mean

Please dont get me on the topic of the government, the military or Washington DC- ever. So Im gonna go easy with this one. Our President, Barak Obama threw a

Hey, you say it’s your birthday, well it was, yesterday! Your 70th birthday! To celebrate, Ringo Star performed at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall with his All Starr Band, and

Moby is my vegan brethren. So I cant beat him up too bad. Word today he is taking part in NYC “Electric Zoo” Festival Labor Day weekend. But get this

The weirdest, the better? Is it okay to push the bizarre to the extreme for the sake of it? I mean when there is no other intention than to look