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Undun – The Guess Who-Really sweet ensemble playing with the drums and that swingin’ jazzy guitar. Vocal performance by Burton Cummings pushes it over the top. Nice one. Up On […]

“Thank you so much for all the beautiful birthday messages, videos, and gifts. The greatest present I’ve been given this year is you. I love u. I’m 24 today, so

Over two inches of rain expected today and I am soaked to the skin. What do do? Play rainy songs of course… Rainy Days And Mondays – The Carpenters –

I went to see the hysterically funny time travel movie “Hot Tub Time Machine” about three losers who return to the eighties. I recommend it, especially for Craig Robinson’s  truly

Psychostick’s shtick, hardcore with a sense of humour, as if Weird Al did an entire album of Primus parodies referencing food, would get old fast if they weren’t so damn

It has been remiss of me for not mocking New York Post’s New Jersey as the epicenter of all things rock and roll expose. Still, and that notwithstand, at least

The new, improved, Liam Gallagher, after claiming his new music (single in October, album early next year) is inspired by T-Rex and Bowie, is making a concerted effort to rehabilitate

David Guetta performed as part of the DJ Fest Ultra Music Festival (held during the Winter Music Conference) at Miami’s oceanfront Bicentennial Park. I’m sure we can agree that Guetta

You may know Irish rock band Ash from “Jack Names the Planets” on the seminal soundtrack album “Angus” in the nineties. Or any of their many albums. And if you

When last heard from, last November, Vanilla Ice was opening a bar/restaurant at the Rockville Centre in L.I. This summer, Vamilla wil be in in the UK playing at the

Miley Cyrus is convinced she will decide to take acting lessons after watching herself in her new movie “The Last Song”. Or, Miley’s biggest pet peeve is being a shitty

Sure, I hate Mitch “the fiive People You Meet In Heaven/Tuesday With Morrie” Albom’s sacrosanct bullshit as much as you do. That doesn’t mean his article in the current parade

1. Boyzone – ‘Brother’ 2. Lady Gaga – ‘The Fame’ 3. Justin Bieber – ‘My World’ 4. Laura Marling – ‘I Speak Because I Can’ 5. Glee Cast – ‘Glee

You can read my rave review elsewhere. Here is the setlist courtesy of spin.com: Julian Casablancas setlist: “Ludlow Street” “River of Brakelights” “Left & Right in the Dark” Untitled New

Rock NYC writer Bobby Sciortino apparently has a thing for sample albums. Of the two who gave me, DJ Shadow’s seminal Endtroducing, and Sydney, Australia DJers the Avalanches aee both

I am a big Rufus Wainwright fan but I miss the easier (well, relatively) (well, more melodic) Rufus of Want One than the high art culture whore dancing between thedroplets

1. Vibrate – Rufus Wainwright 2. Reverse Cowgirl – T-Pain 3. The Lowest Low – Doug Keith 4. Somebody I Used To Know – Elliott Smith 5. Holy Hell –

1. Lady Gaga (ft Beyonce) – ‘Telephone’ 2. Tinie Tempah – ‘Pass Out’ 3. Justin Bieber (feat. Ludacris) – ‘Baby’ 4. Rihanna – ‘Rude Boy’ 5. Cheryl Cole – ‘Parachute’

In what amounts to a preview of married life with Russel Brand, Katy Perry got slimed at yesterday’s Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Award. Why am I telling you this? 1) The pic

Producer Larry Crane just emailed to advise me that he did not remaster Elliott Smith’s  From A Basement On A Hill.. My mistake and my apologies. 

My anonymous souce claims I am sensationalising the story of the mystery behind Elliott Smith’s death in 2003. It is kinda hard to sensationalize it -every word is purple prose,

Doug Keith’s second solo album, The Lucky Ones, is a just about perfect piece of work. One flawless, lovely, moving song after another for forty minutes and not a mistake,

Among the controversies raging at the moment is whether Larry Crane even should have remastered two Elliot Smith albums: Smith’s first Roman Candle from 1994 and the post-humous 2004 From A

Happy Birthday To Lady Gaga Its best I extend the greetings if Iman does the girl will collapse in exhaustion. As we all know every time he gets a ticket

1. I Am Not A Robot – Marina and the Diamonds 2. Somebody I Used To Know – Elliott Smith 3. Holy Hell – Noun 4. You Got Me –

1. Rude Boy – Rihanna 2. Nothin’ On You – B.o.B. 3. Telephone – Lady Gaga and Beyonce 4. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum 5. Break Your Heart –

The Good news you have the chance to see Erykah Badu live in Concert. The bad news: you might win Here’s the info off The Fader: “Erykah Badu! Spankrock! The

1. Young Adult Friction – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart 2. Best Of Times – Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers 3. Crack A Bottle – Eminem 4. Can’t

1. Fire – Jimi Hendrix – Vocals much better on the original 2. Bottled In Cork – Ted Leo And The Pharmacist – Speedy dysfunctional families. 3. Birthday Boy –

1. The Monitor – Titus Andronicus Epic and miniature in scope, it rides a personal journey into the mythic. 2. Contra – Vampire Weekend A wave of third world influences

NOFX frontman Fat Mike has been banned from Emo’s Annex in Austin, Texas, following a stunt at last week’s South By Southwest Music Festival where his alter-ego, Cokie The Clown,

Here is a post that’s gonna send me straight to hell because I’m simply taking it off Spinner and dumbing it down. First name the kid, second name the parent:

This is without  shadow of a doubt the weirdest idea I’ve ever had for a post!! Searching websites for gossip, or info, or something to get the creative juices flowing

1. Reverse Cowgirl – T-Pain – Sure, autotune grew old fast but except when T-Pain uses it. His first new song since forever and he rides a chorus and a

Sitting in my itunes files and waiting to be reviewed I have the following albums. How on earth I’m gonna get to em I have no idea… some from Bobby

Jack White: ‘Jay-Z Is The Best Thing Going In Hip-Hop’ What I admire so much about the vacuous half wit (my new and favorite adjective) is how White is unafraid of

Miley Cyrus has revealed exclusively -not to rock nyc, to the Daily Telegraph, she makes mistakes: “Every career thing I do can’t be perfect, and sometimes my decisions are wrong.

1. Angeles – Elliott Smith 2. Holy Hell – Nouns 3. Reverse Cowgirl – T-Pain 4. Did She Jump – Richard and Linda Thompson 5. I Am Not A Robot

People always try to sway me.. mmm chicken, want a bite? Want a hit, this is awesome shit!, uh no So it goes with music I’m gonna love it. no

Everything about Spoon is musical average. Neither good nor bad, it is right down the middle. After seventeens years of hard work they are about as in the middle of

AudioNeedle is a fun little Facebook page I tripped over. If you have a FB account check it out it has some fun videos and songs featured daily and well

Rock NYC’s multi instrumentalist star in the making Mary Magpie’s  bass lesson got cancelled tonight. Why? Cuz her bass teacher is busy.. doing? Opening for Bon Jovi at Mohegan Sun

A poster from two years ago… cool, right? Some people make pilgrimages to Mecca. Me I make pilgrimage to Warped. It’s coming up! And its presale time. Nifty swag for

How gross can we get its the Santa does Kenny Rogers no wait.. Bob Seger is planning on touring…again. Id give Bono a tongue bath before Id be caught dead

OK I mentioned it once before you’re getting it again. When I was about 5 I was in love with Tom Jones. It was a ritual before this television show

Following on his hot as blazes “Hell Of A Life”, “I’m Back” is T.I.’s great return to freedom from a year in prison and it is his worst song to

I’ve seen Noel Gallagher solo a number of times and I think he is never as good at singing his songs as Liam is. But since it is all we