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Last fall we took a 2 hour treck to see the solo Craig Owns perform in one of the filthiest horrible clubs I have ever been in   Appropriately called […]

Fuck – I just accidently deleted this review… damn damn damn… OK here’s the short virgin (haha) I loved it. And some bullet points: *Sexual Politics *Paradise Postponed *Virginity *Miracles

Finally something good about Soccer!!! As a child raised in Manchester I loved soccer but over the decades I became Yankeeized and now find it a straight drag. So except

OK GIRLS -all is fucking forgiven. If Chris Owens is writing songs, in this case a number called “Solitude” for gay porn movies, as boring bastards Pitchfork posted earlier today,  they can’t

Here is what this Courtney twitted to her daughter Frances Bean: , aconversation that had to be private or not at all. “Bean I saw you at Coachella in a pic…

I read this on Brooklynvegan and figured I’d share it with you. Frank Frazetta, famous (thought I’d never heard of him before today) for his album cover illustration died yesterday.

Just the music ones of course.  Why headlines?  Because it’s easier than writing… Kelly Osbourne Surprised By Lasting Love Mel B Parties With Eddie Selena Gomez Has Double Graduation Dionne

I am not trying to be cool -I couldn’t be cool with a GPS and a blueprint. But Sleigh Bells aren’t good because they’re buzzed, they’re buzzed because they’re good.

So what the hell up with my Shinobi Ninja Kids? Well, they have yet to sit still that’s for sure. Returning from the Midwest (wuuut?) they have been living on

I blame Cameron Crowe Not only was he a crap rock critic he also romantices the game and all the other rock crits took themselves EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY. And now

You’ve heard of speed dating, well this is speed shuffling. 1. Give It 2 Me – Madonna – This sounds so much better out of context. First rate disco. 2.

After passing on the ridiculous behind the stage for $75 at MSG for Pearl Jam, i found this a train ride away at Prudential in NJ. Date Event Qty Price

1. Yellow Ledbetter – Pearl Jam 2. Hold On – Holy Ghost! 3. Dang A Lang – Trina 4. Huricane J. – The Hold Steady 5. Never Gone – 6th

It’s always a win or lose when you go to see a band live you have never heard before. I do that a lot when it’s free and relatively early,

Somebody is leaking Lindsay Lohan songs on the internet. Lohan says it isn’t her and so Rock NYC has some theories as to who it might be. 1) Taliban leaders

Whoops Ive been so caught up in my crime reports Ive forgotten to give you the rock’n TV guide… Sorry, here ya go.. oo Friday.. big fun there.. . Tuesday,

Remember how we interviewed those adorable boys of Call The Cops awhile back? Well they got that gig from the Toyota Music Rock The Space contest for unsigned bands. Its

An article in New York magazine has Yeasayer Chris Keating  saying “I don’t like Elvis . Other than being super good-looking and  great performer I don’t know why this dude

Billy Zoom. Yeah remember him!? That blond guy from X, I didn’t know he was ill but that’s OK cuz word is out today that he is cancer free. Apparently

“Jay-Z is here! If I had a dime for every time I’ve said that, I’d have ten cents.” – Betty White Jay-Z is to hip-hop what Green Day is to

Maroon 5 is a band that was created for people with no taste in music. Similar in consistency to a white rice it serves the purpose of being music but

I love the electronic duo ratatat ever since I heard em on Kid Cudi’s album (and weren’t they cool playing with Cudi on Letterman last year. I shoulda bought some

So are you aching with anticipation over who is going to win American Idol? I m not but I am aching for the show to end so I don’t have

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I’ve been writing about Rufus’ Songs For Lulu, on and off, song for song for a week, and then I finished it off for five bucks , and I knew

No idea how to reach your Rock NYVC quota of posts, do the insult Bono Special. It is easy and fun for all the family: First find a headline: We

Bobby Brown proposed to his girlfriend Alisha Etheridge on stage at Florida’s annual funk festival and she sealed it with a kiss. Crack pipes all round -to paraphrase Helen…

The first person of color signed to a longterm contract with a Hollywood, sultry singer and movie icon died yesterday at the age of 92. From “Cabin In The Sky”

Jay-Z said Jay-z believes Usher is the next Michael jackson and Usher agrees: “”I’ve been doing this 18 years now and my icon is well on its way. Michael was

Phildel, a UK-based artist, can put you in a peaceful musical trance. “The Disappearance of the Girl” is something I wouldn’t usually like or be able to tolerate, but there’s

With the sentence ‘I am the owner of a black and blue boner,’ the singer Tim Harrington set the tone right away. He was right, it was a little cold

I have waited to for this day since I began my daily birthday wishes. For on this date May 10, 1960 and May 10, 1957 noteworthy men were born. These

I am working my way through three albums and some EPs and not ready (nd may  never be ready) to write full length reviews. So I stuck em in a playlist

Todays Crime? Well… aint a crime if ya ask me In 1993, Kate Pierson from The B-52s was charged with criminal mischief and trespassing during an anti-fur protest at ‘Vogue’s’

1. Roll Deep – ‘Good Times’ 2. Usher (feat. Will.I.Am) – ‘OMG’ 3. Plan B – ‘She Said’ 4. Pendulum – ‘Watercolour’ 5. Aggro Santos – ‘Candy’ 6. Taio Cruz

. 1. Diana Vickers – ‘Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree’ 2. Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’ 3. AC/DC – ‘Iron Man 2 OST’ 4. Usher –

1. What We Found In The Fire – The Mynabirds 2. I Feel All right – The Rolling Stones 3. Say My Name – Holy Ghost! 4. Big Plans –

just for the helluvait, Jule Andrews when still a little girl Julie Andrews performed “A Night With Julie Andrews” Saturday in London. According to contactmusic.com she said: “I wouldn’t want

We met up with Joshua Moore of We Came As Romans and interviewed him in an alleyway on the side of the Webster Theatre. Here’s what went down. Lets Start

Gigwise came up with Neil Young’s “Ohio” and I can see that -even if only because it was from a pinciple speaking to his constituency about the moment in political

First choice totally agree is Diamond Dogs but This….is second

Like Marty McFly I seem to keep returning to a certain period in history -this week anyway. First I thought became I was watching the TAMI Show but then… and

“I never was an angry young man, I was always an angry old man. I always felt older and looked older, than I was.” – Elvis Costello, 1984.

To say we were excited to see WeCAR is a bit of an understatement. They’re one of those bands that you really have to see live to appreciate. Please don’t

I love this idea announced by the BBC last week. So if your caught littering the penalty is listen to ’70s folk-pop advertising jingles. Officials informed students at John Leggott

Insult the White Stripes all you want but live its mind boggling to watch these two perform like a 5 pc band. So happy to hear Meg may be over

Say what you will about your mother if you weren’t incubated you wouldn’t be here. I personally, had the worlds best mother. Raising four children under what she referred to

1. I’ll Keep You Satisfied – Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas 2. Big Plans – Impossible Arms 3. I Am All Right (Live) – The Rolling Stones 4. What We

village green LP cuz it looks like a looney tunes intro