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Kesha is in Rolling Stone this month talkin smack and blow jobs which seem to be her favorite topic. Cuz every article I see on her mentions it. Shes either […]

Remember when Neil Young was the real deal? So do I but that ended before the 90s began and his subsequent career has been one long drear. I’ve seen in

before after From Hanks Williams to Patsy Cline all the way to taylor Swift, the Ole Grand Oprey is the most important music hall in country music history. Tuesday night

Reconnez cherie, when one of these two was palling with Ian Dury and Elvis Costello and another was married to a db drummer and singing about beer and kisses. Of

Mary Magpie Writes: Miley Cyrus is a fail on her own. But after seeing the highly ridiculous “Can’t Be Tamed” video, it made me dislike her even more. The song

After proving herself the sanest whack case rock star in the world for the past year plus, Lady Gaga is finally turning the corner into whacked out Susan Boyle land

We Came As Romans, a band with a million members–Dave Stephens, Andy Glass, Kyle Pavone, Joshua Moore, Eric Choi, and Lou Cotton, comes from Detroit, Michigan. On their Facebook, their

The band Jet,sorta kicked ass………and disappeared. That sucks

I am STILL working on getting to finishing off my Odessa interviews, and hope to write up the Paul Finn interview on Saturday. In the interview the owner of Odessa

Rock Problems – The Hold Steady – I don’t know why I find this song so funny… it seems like a perfect comeuppance for the highly obsessive Finn: it’s all

The great jazz, pop, and Stone Roses fan Lana Mir is playing Arlene’s Grocery 90 Stanton Street tonight at 8pm. Stanton Street is dead easy to get to even if

2drunk 2fuck Tour What? Not the Dead Kennedys on the contrary couldn’t be more polar opposite. This glitter wearing, giant eyelashed, neon explosion is actually the scene glam tour of

Before there was punk there was glam and the glammest musical of all The Rocky Horror Show (I saw it in Chelsea, London in the early 70s). This comes to

So did I really need a post to say that… OK FINE  but LOOK AT HER!!! ps: the last album sold 300K -not so hot by Shakira standards… and the cheapest

So the first day of living with the new Hold Steady album and a coupla things come to mind. 1) Aqilante gave it four stars so it can’t be that

Concerts at record stores suck, you just can’t see if you are not front row, and if you want to be front row, you have to camp out for hours

For as many hits The Turtles had, they probably have just as many misses that should’ve been hits and hits that should have been bigger ones. “Can I Get To

Madonna has told Interview Magazine she has no record label, no idea how she is going to release her next album (doesn’t she have a 360 degreess deal with Livenation?)

You heard me:  three of the last four live reviews (yesterday the Corrine Bailey Rae ) Dan quotes at least one attendee by first and last name. Why would he do

From the what a loser category Meatloaf was on QVC. The home shopping channel. He actually performed a two songs.. then promoted “Hang Cool Teddy Bear”, in a collectors package

New York Daily News report ileak.com have an mp3 of britney bitch’s demoing LGG’s “Telephone” before turning it down!! Now here’s the kicker… downloading something of ileak.com is to your

Chris Brwn is 21 today!!! But life aint giving him much love. Over the past week he is had a fight at a radio station, and, according to Page Six,

May 5 was a big day in rock crime, we have 2 great ones actually. I couldn’t choose, so lets do both! In 1981, Wendy O’Williams of The Plasmatics was

A day late because so many people wrote so much I couldn’t fit it in yesterday!!! A real pleasure for me because yesterday it wasn’t just Helen and I writing

Aaron Kelly. Do I even need to say what I say every single week? He’ll probably win just because I want him to be sent home so badly . Casey

Go Team Young Veins! The Young Veins (Ryan Ross and Jon Walker) are touring to support their ‘Take a Vacation’ cd. The first release from this amazing band is out

Rock NYC’s slacking off contributing writer Bobby Sciortino shrugs himself out of hibernation once a month or so  to remember we exist and he is a coupla months late on

No Dammers but still free  -THE SPECIALS ARE COMIN’ Some other goodies too… Jimmy Cliff, the XX… This is from new York times announcing the biggies: “… highlights including the

On April 10th, Melinda Hsu, a Morrissey fan who travelled thousands of miles to watch him from the front row wherever he played, died. This is what Morrissey had to

I love the new Ozzy song “Let Me Hear You Scream” Just downloaded it from iTunes and it is currently on constant replay on the iPod. The tune sounds like

Heaven Is Whatever – The Hold Steady (yes, I bought the album!) My First Kiss (feat Ke$ha) –  3!Oh!3 Not Afraid – Eminem Mt Time – Minus The Bear Cuando

USHER DRAKE TREY SONGZ LUDACRIS FABOLOUS NICKI MINAJ GUCCI MANE JUELZ SANTANA HI-TEK & TALIB KWELI DJ KHALED & Friends   June 6th at the New Meadowlands. I split down

Patrick James is a unique, gifted artist. I was so surprised when I heard his music that he’s not signed, mega festival touring, and / or getting on the cover

Those of you inclined to watch American Idol will remember that hotshot Usher, mentored the contestants (hey yeah remember its a contest?) a few weeks ago. But whats interesting is

6th Street is a band that everyone should know about. They’re creative, they’re unique, and they’re not afraid to take risks. “Angels Falling” is a gorgeous song that just makes

Peta2 is the kinder cleaner Peta. Geared primarily to teenage activism, it carries the same mission statement but without the really depressing and disturbing images. (Though seriously nothing is worse

First- we had “House Party”, then we had album art, now.. “First Kiss” 3oh!3 is ‘leaking’ more than a lactating cow for Gods sake. OK OK ..I don’t see hype

On May 19th, the likes of Sonic Youth, Lou Reed, Moby, The Virgins, and Technicolor Skull will come together to perform at Hiro Ballroom, for the benefit of the Anthology

Nickasaur!, who I have been a fanatic fan of for a while, came out with a new song and I’m ecstatic. The song is called “Clue” and is shoving everything

A scan of the Billboard charts finds all the usual suspects hapilly in the firmaments and every name known and registered and hey, who the hell is Circa Survive? There

Miracle Whip is betting that you’re an impressionable slut and that you have boring, awful taste. Let’s see if they’re right. The famous faux-mayo slash salad dressing decided that their

AHOY! MINEHEAD, BRIGHTON, LONDON, MANCHESTER & GLASGOW! HEY! B(ritish) P(eople) & fun loving Scots. QUASI is headed yer way. Go see ‘em and (maybe) tell ’em you’re willing to donate

According to Eddie “Angel” Casco, whose parents were friends with Michael jackson in the 90s and who was signed as a house songwriter to Sony/BMG while still in college, he

Happy Birthday George Wadenius!!! (who the hell is that, .. you’re asking aintcha?) Well its the guitarist for Blood Sweat and Tears. One of my earliest musical memories is jumping

I’ve been trying to write about the Odessa compilation Odessaic Arrtctosk Plation for a couple of days now and I have been getting nowhere.Maybe because I have been coming to

Todays Crime in History Still you turn me on… In 1974, during a tour of America the members of Emerson Lake and Palmer were arrested in Salt Lake City after

The Black Eyes Peas “I Gotta Feeling” has been downloaded 5,561,000, which, give or take, is a helluva lotta bucks. It is also the most downloads  of a song to

So i don’t know anybody on this list… but I love them all!! Neon Indian Trap Them the Joy Formidable Whip lash Horse Feathers Whips Gloom Descender Night Of Joy