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There’s just a point in your life where you kind of stop, that’s what happened with me. That was like three years ago. There’s other things in life than just […]

I have seen All Time Low too many times live.  Heard their recordings way too much.  S imilar to living at the chocolate factory, your initial passion turns to loathing…cuz

When I was a young Hel, oh how I loved Davy Jones.  Now that I’m an old Hel, I gotta say, Mike was the hottest Monkee.  So what,  right? Well

Is Mark Oliver Everett in love? And happily in love? Well, he knows a ‘Spectacular Girl’ and he can’t stop raving about her ‘She sees the beauty in things we

There are days I love him- there are days I hate him. BUT I will always scream the line “Gettin Crazy Wit the Cheez Whiz” Happy Birthday to artsy hipster

This just in via Twitter Justin Furstenfeld, one of the most amazing writers, thinkers and thought provokers of our time will be on Good Morning America on ABC from 7am

Comedian/director Bobcat Goldthwait has confirmed that musical based on the Kinks’ 1976 album ‘Schoolboys in Disgrace’, with Ray Davies as executive producer was in the works, and the songs will

‘Dark Night of the Soul’, the album from Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch will be finally released on July 13th after a long dispute between EMI Records and Brian

I wish I had known! But nobody, or almost nobody, knew that Fiddle Tim, whose art exhibit has just opened at La Luz De Jesus Gallery in Hollywood, is in

That had to be one of the dumbest headlines I’ve ever written.  These guys need haircuts.  They’re too old for the silly dread look and they’re too talented for the

Ok The Boss has gone AWOL.  So whats that mean? That means.. I carry this mutherfucker til he gets back.. so expect alot of trash and hopefully my fellow writers

For me not to write you know I am not doing well… I’ll be back I promise… whether you will? A different question

Hello Hollywood is more than good, more than incredible, more than great. The musicians are gold, but what really gets me is Mike’s amazing voice. “Rear View” has been on

“I wanted to make the next Mötley Crüe or Kiss. I had a very specific vision of what I wanted to do with an image,” “I didn’t want to just

Due to poor sales and harsh economic conditions……. 10 tour dates for American Idol Live have been cancelled There is a God! Well sorta None of the North East Tour

Mathew Leone bassist for Madina Lake was released from the hospital today- into the care of his twin brother Nathan Per Nathans blog; “So we’d finally convinced the doctors to

Beat ya to it Wheels…

“We did not invest a fortune in an established artist for him to deliver 12 tracks from the common book of prayer . Having lured him from EMI, the deal

I didn’t say this: “The mix of analog synthesizers, guitars, piano, flute, EBow (on 2-inch tape) works as elegant background noise as well as being unavoidably ” because I couldn’t.

1. Teqkila – MIA – Hell yeah it’s that good 2. On And Ever Onward – Bjork And Dirty Projector 3. Whole New World – Scissor Sister – Superb disco

Finally. This is an awesome buzz of blurbs and bobs. A buck 29 well spent,  it moves in a sputter and a slush of trick sounds that sound like nothing

Further to Alyson’s post where she notes, not inaccuately, that Prince has become a fruit loop, arrives news that deeply religious Jehovah’s Witness Prince wears a disguise and goes door

I will miss Christgau’s Consumer Guide more than you can believe. Here is his review of LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening off his final Consumer Guide after 41 years. When

1) Christgau is the best writer I’ve ever met and I met Lester Bangs and Cameron Crow to name but two. 2) I hope he maintains his rock and roll

March 2010, according to good looking, multi-milli Casablancas.. I can’t wait though honest, I thought Julian’s solo album was magic so I care but not that much. ps? i feel

Do you live in London? Do you like Vampire Weekend? XFM, a radio station that focuses on alternative music, gives you the chance to spend a little time with them

I took this pic off Brooklynvegan because a) it is a terrific pic b) i don’t much like the band so it fits my sense of irony c) er… that’s

Prince is officially getting old or insane or both. In an exclusive interview he gave to the British Newspaper the Mirror, he has declared that the internet was completely over,

Debatably, but not by me, the greatest rock critic of them all, the unparralled Robert Christgau, has ended his Christgau’s Consumer Guide. The last best piece of music criticism in

Because I consider Solange Knowles -Beyonces kid sister, a superstar in waiting, news that she had a “mini breakdown” working on her new album is HUGE because SHE IS WORKING

1. I Can Change – My alarm clock, I awake to it every day 2. Drunk Girls – I prefer the Holy Ghost remix. 3. All My Friends – That’s

I spent all weekend working on a short story called “Delirious”. A sorta negative remembrance of my Mom. I printed it and stuck it in a draw along with a million

Listen up Rockstars- Just cuz I was away doesnt mean you have to be uninformed. Last week was the official release date for Shinobi Ninjas second official EP “The Video

Trent Reznor used to be one of the sexiest beasts in rock and roll.  Now? Well, he is starting to look alot like Andrew Dice Clay. So whats Mr Nine

Words out 10 more Lillith Fair Dates are cancelled. Yup go ahead and blame the economy if it makes you happy (as seems to be the trend) but the truth

Ok so we’ve been sent photos of recording sessions We have been shown both men wearing head phones, I even saw microphones! Accordnig to the kids Twitter the band has

Rockers arent insured by their employers.  The record companies dont sit them down and signing day and say, we’re going to offer you this HMO… But bass player Matt Leone

Happy Birthday Nick O’Malley! Who the hell is that? Why he’s the smokin’ hot bassist of The Arctic Monkeys. Its days like this that make me realize how old I

As much as Rolling Stone is slagged for being a bunch of fat cat out of touch wind bags, we really need to take a moment to slap Alternative Press.

The world is a harsh place. Seriously we have millions of words in languages and dialects that can circle the globe. Yet still We come up with these whacked out

I am seconds away from buyin the new scissor sister… fuck, i got it wrong again… it is excellent modern disco… i’m streaming it on aol… i need to own

1. The Big Picture – Takes FOREVER to get going. 2. Theme To Pinata – As above, start fucking singing 3. I Watched You Taking Off – Like hearing a

An open letter to Conor Oberst. Conor, I agree but not so. Why can’t people deal with ambiguity. This is an ambigious subject. If people wanna sneak through the border

1. Eminem – ‘Recovery’ 2. Scissor Sisters – ‘Nightwork’ 3. Alicia Keys – ‘The Element Of Freedom’ 4. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 5. Oasis – ‘Time

1. Katy Perry – ‘California Gurls’ (feat. Snoop Dogg) 2. B.o.B – ‘Airplanes’ (feat. Hayley Williams) 3. Kylie Minogue – ‘All The Lovers’ 4. Enrique Iglesias – ‘I Like It’

James Cameron and the Black Eyed Peas? What a strange combination I first thought. Cameron, the super-billionaire mega-director with a temper is going to make a 3D concert documentary about

I have already talked about The Flaming Lips’ cover of ‘The Wall’, and you could say it is a band that certainly dares to touch the untouchable, the sacrosanct of

Lily Allen, the girl with a finishing act longer than the performance, played her penultimate performance openng for Jay-Z in London Sunday night. In front of Beyonce and Madonna and

So where was I? In my mind the story is complete. A man in his late twenties is just released from jail and he is walking across 2nd avenue on

It is always a blast hanging with rock nycer Woody Fuller and never more so than when Fuzzy G is taking the stage. On Saturday the stars alligned and Fuzzy