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I was one of the few not wearing black yesterday in front of Amoeba, but it was the color of the day, Prince of Darkness oblige. I arrived around 2:45 […]

There is nothing wrong with Jon Bon Jovi being CEO of the brand BonJovi, as he claims in “When We Were Beautiful”, last years SHO documentary. Nothing wrong with him

1. These Days – Monica Mancini – Piano ballad instead of guitar. 2 More Keith Richard – Quitzow – Disturbed relationships 3. Gotta Go – Fuzzy G – Electrified emo

I’m not saying I’d post this pic if Lady Gaga was in bra, panties and a red Sox shirt. I’m saying if he was Scott STP, Helen would… Apparently, she

brandon no moustache I don’t like doing more than one birthday wish cuz it wastes space- we get 20 a day and they better be good or you’ll go elsewhere

Something For Everyone – Devo  – 73% Up On The Ridge – Dirks Bentley – 78% The Twiglight Saga: Eclipse – 79% Laws Of Illusion – Sarah McLachlan – 65%

Snoop being not allowed to play in the Netherlands. I don’t know why this played so big but on Saturday I even saw it on pur locals show. I don’t

35 years ago, I was not only not alive yet, but not even a thought that Mother Earth herself could yet conceive. 35 years ago Bob Dylan, with help from

1. Shout For England (feat. Dizzee Rascal and James Corden) – ‘Shout’ 2. K’naan – ‘Wavin’ Flag’ 3. Example – ‘Kickstarts’ 4. Kylie Minogue – ‘All The Lovers’ 5. Tinie

1. Oasis – ‘Time Flies… Singles 1994-2009’ 2. Glee Cast – ‘Glee: The Music – Journey To Regionals’ 3. Michael Buble – ‘Crazy Love’ 4. Glenn Millar – ‘The Very

Matt Smith plays the great Doctor in my fave TV show in the world, “Dr. Who”. Nice, but nothing to do with music. Daisy Lowe is a popular underwear model

1. Gotta Go – Fuzzy G 2. Let Out All The Crazy – Quitzow 3. None Of Dem – Robyn and Roykscopp 4. Only Here For The Fight – Jenny

I guess 73 years old is as good an age as any to grow up. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman had this to say about his former band mates:

There are certain songs that just hyper speed tunnel blast you into an emotion. You can hear it a thousand times and whammo you’re there. It can be anything from

Miley Cyrus’ biggest pet peeve would be reading rock nyc if she actually read rock nyc (we assume she can… nah, let’s not go there). Team Miley (ugh, where did

The great thing about streaming albums on AOL is that after worrying about whether I’ve been fair to an album I’ve only bought a song for,  I can listen to

Mooooon Rivaaaaaah Why have I  never written about the late great Henry Mancini? The man behind so many great soundtracks, “The Pink Panther” for one. “Hatari” for another. And “Breakfast

 I’m in full Swedish mode, rockin’ out to the steady 80s cheese of Robyn and willing to give up all up for new r&b chanteuse Jenny Wilson if only for

By the time of Speed Of Sound, I actively disliked McCartney’s successful attempt at forming a group experience to follow up the Beatles. But before that? Stuff like Wild Life,

This is the story of the year. Perhaps it is the best story EVER. Remember how we wrote about gay women who look like Justin Bieber. We even posted some

Hey lets have a telethon! Justin Beiber likes to use his fame to entice 12 year old girls to donate their allowances to charity. OK that’s not true but I

Just had the great pleasure of being introduced to the funky music that Holy Ghost! has to offer the world. “I Will Come Back ( Drop the Lime Remix)” is

Wheels has been playing Bowie all afternoon since some kid at a recital covered “Drive In Saturday”. It was a crash course for the ravers and never more so than

1. Dancing On My Own (Bureka Sam Sistema Remix) – Robyn 2. All Here For The Fight – Jenny Wilson3. Good Luck Charm – Fuzzy G4. Sometimes I Don’t Need

For some reason I have subconsciously been on a recent rock music boycott, (bingeing mostly on electro/techno and old school hip/hop). However, with recommendations from friend Iman Lababedi, who considers

At last, the track listing of the highly anticipated Arcade Fire’s album ‘The Suburbs’ has been revealed: ‘The Suburbs’ ‘Ready to Start’ ‘Modern Man’ ‘Rococo’ ‘Empty Room’ ‘City With No

Oh my.. I slag Reginald Kenneth Dwight and a couple days later I gotta give him props. Meh, so it goes. High Five Elton John! The Rocket Man stepped it

According to the Daily Beast, Disney have done a product test with teens and tweens and the Jonas Brothers are jumping the shark at the speed of something really really

Iman- eyeman, ayeman, what?!- Where would I be if I never met him? I would’ve never met and interviewed my idols. Never heard of half the bands I love. Nor

Disturbed, Lady Gaga, Rise Against, Godsmack, Backstreet Boys, Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, Slightly Stoopid, Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Black Label Society with Zakk Wylde, Anthrax, Creed, Filter, Hellyeah and

Everybody comes to play music in different ways. The beginning though is the best part because it’s unique for each musician. That first exposure shapes the way you’ll experience music

I’m not sure how I feel about this but I’m leaning toward, this chick is a bitch. Wendy Dio, widow and former manager of Ronny James Dio is lashing out

Follow Us – Big Boi And Vonnegutt – This is the tird off his newbie and it is the third killer track. Great rap but the stutter sample is really

Recent Bedroom – Atlas Sound – The last band Rhonda Shore recommended to me was “X”, back when she was handling media for them via Jem. I hated Los Angeles

1. California Gurls – Katy Perry 2. OMG – Usher 3. Airplanes – B.o.B 4. Billionaire – Travis McCoy 5. Your Love Is My Drug – Ke$ha 6. Alejandro –

Here is why I worship Charlotte Gainsbourg. As reported in the Daily Telegraph on the eve of her first London performance Charlotte said: “Idon’t think I’m an artist. I don’t

What a retro sound, is it another side of Mr. E.? Another of his universes? Remember the hairy wolf looking for fresh blood? And the heartbroken and emotional guy lamenting

1. Dancing On My Own – Robyn 2. Magic – Emii 3. Like We Never Said Goodbye – Clay Walker 4. Cry When You Get Older – Robyn 5. More

So I streamed “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” the GMA Miley Cyrus and Brett Anderson duet and just about agree witth Idolator: it ian’t much but it ain’t bad. So

I didn’t even know they were supposed to perform again, but Simon and Garfunkel have canceled their summer tour. They had already postponed five Canadian shows last April after doctors

If only rocknyc writers can get paid for the stuff we do, we could’ve all chipped in and purchased the handwritten lyrics to the Beatles classic “A Day In the

Wesley Wolfe, debatably the single most talented singer-songwriter around, turned me down!! I asked him to write an “influence” post for us but nope -the man is too busy. He

This is what Scott had to say about our art form: I read written reviews in major newspapers, but online stuff is like just a hyper-version of telephone. It’s ridiculous.

There is a certain je ne sais fucking quoi look and celebrities, the rarified, the beautiful people, the stars? They have it. And the rest of us don’t. And pop

I’m skipping the end of the story. A cabaret singer, a jazz singer, and a pop singer all walk into a bar, set up shop, and start performing. (It’s not

Donald Fagen: stop fucking around, go on stage, and play The Nightfly from one end to another. And then play it again. Are you listening? Nobody there. Fagen is forming

Hey wanna meet Danzig? Glenn Danzig is doing THREE in store signings and dont cry but only 2 are near us For nearly THIRTY years Danzig has lead the dark

What the fuck is a Mt Desolation? Yet another side project but this one with members of The Killers and Keane. I couldn’t really find much about them but they’re