rock nyc

My favorite album of the year, it is ten new, one For Science cover , every single track of “extreme loner folk a masterpiece of detail and brood”

Visions Of Paradise – Mick Jagger – The most hated album of all time? Why, oh why? This is why, a song so breathtakingly bad it ruins a pretty good Jagger vocal – C-

She is a fine looking woman, an excellent dancer, set piece after set piece scintillates and excites; Beyonce knows her genre and her position as Queen Bey

The story of not just concerts but the week, was the closing of Maxwell’s after 25 years, the last night a very moving experience

So be ready, all your childhood heroes are either gay or drug addicts, but they have excellent taste in music!

Meet bass and tenor Richard And Adam off Britain’s Got Talent, who were singing when Simon Cowell got egged back in June, you’re gonna like them but not a lot

After two weeks of slamming it the Avicii song got to me!

The Fear – Pulp “This is the sound of someone losing the plot, making out that they’re OK when they’re not, you’re gonna like it but not a lot…” Jarvis Cocker’s finest moment- A+

Bob Dylan – Jones Beach – July 27th, 2013 – All controversy subsides when the great man takes the stage and plays songs that travel through his entire career

If all you had on Saturday evening at the Lincoln Center was a Nick Lowe solo concert under the stars, it would be enough to maybe have the top pick for the week

the wife fears for her and the children’s safety as a result of this harassment

For all of us (including me) who were bored with the man’s subpar Spanglish moves, are relieved and happy we have maybe the best salsa singer around back around

The mood is a subdued adult Latin American soulfulness to match the rugged black and white album cover, the beats are tom tom paddicakes and when he moves to salsa swing on “Volver A Comenzar”, it is a hip swirl of delight.

Where The Boys Go – The Rolling Stones – My friend, rock writer Rob O’Connor, swears by Emotional Rescue, and at least here his claim that the album belongs to the rhythm section makes sense – A-

Her triumphant return to New York, ground zero for the Southerner, had her happy to be sleeping in her own bed Wednesday night

A marriage, divorce, coupla new boyfriends including John Mayer and a big gold truck… my bet, based on nothing but the title?

. Don’t Look Down – Skylar Gray – Shockingly good album from Eminen protegee brings singer songwriter into 21st century.

Mama Said Knock You Out – Five Finger Death Punch – This is as much aggro as the world can possibly manage: it is so brittle you can’t help but worry it might snap – A

The trick with Robin Thicke is to take a look at his daddy Alan Thicke because Robin is to pop music what Alan was to sitcom acting

It won’t be The Phantom Menace and definitely not Butch And Sundance: The Early Years but it will be a prequel!

Now I am not going to lie, if you thought their appearance was disturbing 35 years ago, you’re going to have nightmares now

Big song on in a big musical, is a showstopper and sense it is just a girl singing and not a song and dancer the question is why?

We know it’ll be something special, and we aren’t being coy here — it’s just that we have about 26% of an idea of what the fuck we will be playing for you”

Sure, right, just a cover, but you know? It is hard to know who is cooler here, Bowie or Richman?

Quit spending money on meat dresses and theatrics and fund your own movement,

Colin is playing the Town Hall November 1st and will I make it? Only if I can get press listed and even then you gotta think it might be fairly painful

In our minds, this goes beyond marketing or even a sales strategy… to the basic and inspiring impetus of music making.’

We got 21st century Jonathan who, no silly rabbit, is not gonna teach the Wiggles a thing or two

Lady Gaga will have a hard time to top this.

After claiming its entering the charts in the UK at # 2 was a something of a disappointment, entering the charts at # 2 in the US is huge

It is not that I dislike the Selena Gomez album, I like it fine, and “Come & Get It” was a pretty good single

The Bottle Let Me Down – Vince Gill And Paul Franklin – Masterful take on Merle Haggard classic by the best living singer and the a great steel guitarist – A