Elliott Smith’s bizarrely ignored story behind his death has everything to do with you. How is it possible one of the great songwriters death is left open ended? How can […]
Last night’s “The Family Guy” had a pretty funny reference to REO Speedwagon’s overwhelmed power ballad “Take It On The Run”. As Peter and crew track down the person who
Rock NYC uses the tools at two day hard ons Googles blogger and analytics and we have warned you about the scum monopolists Google before so let’s do it again. Google went
When Vampire Weekend released their first album in 2008, I was kind of aware of it, but I did not want to get into it at the time. By having
Hey, Tintinnabulators and Fellow Tra-la-la-ers! Ring ‘dem bells! For it would be appro-POE —Today being MAY 16 as I write this. Happy Anniversary Eddy and Virginia Poe! How the hell
1. Roll Deep – ‘Good Times’ 2. Jason Derulo – ‘Ridin’ Solo’ 3. Usher – OMG (feat will.i.am) 4. Edward Maya – ‘Stereo Love’ (feat Vika Jigulina) 5. Aggro Santos
1. Keane – ‘Night Train’ 2. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 3, Lady Gaga – ‘The Remix’ 4. Lady Gaga – ‘The Fame’ 5. The National –
1. This Is My Life – Edward Maya 2. Born Free – MIA 3. Color Me In Saturday Astrology 4.Stop! – Shinobi Ninja 5. A/B Machines – Sleigh Bells 6. Alber Camus
“Howdy yall – Just finishing up pressing our new 12”. Should be in stores in the next couple weeks. God willing. Good luck with finals. See you this summer! AF”
Ronnie James Dio the legendary heavy metal guitarist who first played with rainow and later replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath died today. His death ended a day of speculation.
John Lydon in today’s New York Post discussing?: “I’ve never really liked that band, so I don’t expect much good to come from it. Without earning their wings, they adopted
We trekked up the east coast to see him solo, we mourned when he left Chiodos. We spoke we wished luck we washed our hands from the sweat… and now
I will never deny my love for Marilyn Manson. Ever. Is he an ass? Dunno but he comes across as one in interviews. Is he a poser? Yeah I guess
Billboard is hosting a video Q&A on Tuesday, May 18 at 5pm EST, where the Jonas Brothers can answer your burning questions. Ask what you want to know by tweeting
Today there was a flurry of headlines announcing the death of metal God Ronnie James Dio. Although very ill and hospitalized with stomach cancer, the words of his demise are
Six months on the Shinobi Kids are all grown up. So grown up they forgot to put my name on the guestlist so twelve bucks later at a packed out
Besides my taking truly ghastly pictures of them both, hard rock, hip hop party band Shinobi Ninjas and jersey shore bar prog-rock wall of guitar band Saturday Astrology would appear
Magpie faves Minus The Bear have released a video for the first single off Omni, their new lp. “My Time”, in video form is reported to be a minute shorter
Verdi we know. How don’t we know the great operas, the “Il Traviata”s and “Aida”s are part of the canon and part of our musical culture. But Requiems? Towards the
1. Born Free – MIA 2. Stop! – Shinobi Ninja 3. Don’t You Want To Share The Guilt – Kate Nash 4.A/B Machines – Sleigh Bells 5. Albert Camus –
This post is solely self serving cuz it simply gives me a chance to have a really yummy picture of Scott Weiland put up to stare at. Mr Weiland is
The Daleks are back Repeat The Daleks Are back The very last spaceship of Daleks, injured, dying, have managed to duplicate their DNA. Also, the new Dr. Who’s Matt Smith
Tom Kaulitz, the 20 year old heart throb from the oddly plumaged and talentless Tokio Hotel had a 2 day hard on. Honestly, I couldn’t make this up and it
Life Alert was NOT there but should have been cuz Today in Rock History May 16 1998 The Rolling Stones are forced to cancel a few dates on the European
Happy Vegas sized birthday to. Liberace!!!!!!! Actually its Wladziu Valentino Liberace born May 16 ,1919 So you’re saying, “hey hel what the hell are you doing writing about.. who the
Maybe you hadda be there. Maybe Mary Magpie can find some redeeming qualities once she fully revcovers from her concussion (she was in a car accident: best wishes, kid) though
Ian Astbury is acting like he still has a career. Lead singer and former hotcake of The Cult apparently now sits on his ass and complains about people As you
I have already written about Harper Simon’s debut album a month ago, but I want to come back to him since he has recorded a session on Daytrotter.com. After the
Today in Rock History we all got the feeling we’d been cheated 1980 Sex Pistols film The Great Rock and Roll Swindle has limited release Directed by Julian Temple (No
Happy Birthday to that freaky bastard Brian Eno. Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno musician, composer, record producer, music theorist and singer, inspirer? There is
1. A/B Machine – Sleigh Bells 2.Acarpenter – Gucci Soundsystem 3. Giant – Vampire Weekend 4. I Like It (feat Pitbull) – Enrique Iglesias 5. Albert Camus – Seizing Elian
Will Drake please shut the fuck up about his new album because a) it is prolly gonna be no better than the B.o.B. viz a coupla great songs and a
1. California Gurl (feat Snoop Dogg) – Katy Perry 2. OMG (feat Will I Am) – Usher 3. Not Afraid _ Eminem 4. Airplanes – B.o.B. 5. Your Love Is
1. The Monitor – Titus Andronicus 2. Raymond Vs Raymond – Usher 3. Storage – Wesley Wolfe 4. Treats – Sleigh Bells 5. All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
Readers with no life whatsoever might remember I was whinging about having bought Sleigh Bell’s excellent first album Treats (already one of the best of the year) Clean version by
Pitbull cancelled his Phoenix gig because of Arizona’s new State law which allows the police to ask for documents proving people they stop for other reasons live in the country
So I’m planning to catch Verdi’s requiem at Hunter’s College at 730p because rock nycer Bobby Sciortino is singing with em and I gotta represent!!! And then 1030p, the Shinobi
I’ve had it. Nostalgia is for suckers and listen if you want width or depth forget the foucking sixties, And if you were gay, black, a woman… FORGET THE SIXTIES.
Familiarity breeds contempt -just look at the gifted Lady Gaga who has already felt the steady pitter patter of indifierence heading her way. And we can’t tell hype from the
Bret Michaels on Oprah Wednesday, May 19th. Set your DVRs!!! This is going to be great to see. I doubt he will be like Tom Cruise, jumping on the couch
In a day that has seen us steal a post off contact.com (the Love one) and namecheck one post as aconsumer guide, let’s finish this Friday with a stunningly irrelevant
Ah yes, the craziness that is Courtney Love. She drove the world crazy berating her assistant on a trip back from Europe and is essentially just the most whacked out
Albums, albums, everywhere I turn all I find is albums… Let’s consumer guide em and see where that gets us… Your Future Our Clutter – The Fall Timeless industrial rock
Long term readers (well, as long as you can be on a blog that’s been around a little more than a year) will remember me writing incessantly about the UK
Don’t forget Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are the guest on Saturday Night Live this week. I like one song of his, “American Girl”, the rest is a bit too
Streaming on NPR right now, four unreleased Stones songs off Exile On Main Street -one of which, “Dancing In the Light’, is as great as a Stones song which isn’t
I went to that rainforest gig once years ago. Steve Earle was great and everybody else sucked. Subsitute Lady Gaga for Steve Earle and I bet you have the same
At some point late during Taylor Swift’s Fearless Concert at Prudential Center, the young superstar introduces “White Horse” by claiming: “There are two kinds of love stories. Fairy Tales and
Every bar band in every town has had some drunken fool scream FREEEEEEEEEBIRD, sometime that person is me. Light a bic? Same deal. These are throw back tributes to the
My girlcrush is back in the studio! This just in Gwen Stefani and No Doubt are finally recording. I had the very distinct pleasure of seeing No Doubt perform on
