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Haeley, John, and two others whose names I can’t remember getting voted off was a smart move, America. Their performances were painful, and it makes me happy that viewers at […]

Rock ‘n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. – Frank Sinatra

Spin Magazine has always been a bit of a know it and not always in a pleasant way. I stumbled across a great list of songs they say you need

Pil back in the day So we told you how PiL is finally touring the US (bet they don’t cancel from exhaustion btw) Well know what’s almost as cool? PiL

One thing I can always find…..? a naked tattooed rocker boy -Helen Bach

I went to Blue Note Jazz Club in the Village last night to see Gil Scott-Heron. I had never heard of him until Monday, when my friend suggested going. I did

I get it. Like Broken Bells, everybody loves Gorillaz and I think they are an over anxious multi-media drag. There is something so self-satisfied about Albarn I quite understand why

My furry bearded friends Four Year Strong are spreading free love. Streaming their full length album “Enemy of The World” on their MySpace. I always wondered why you would do

I have been maybe three time to the annual show, enticed by big names untill the last time they nabbed me I spent an hour and a half stuck between

Taylor Swift gives great quote: “A letdown is worth a few songs, a heartbreak a few albums”

My Chemical Romance is one of those bands you cant really figure out if theyre coming or going But I know now whos officially gone. Bob Bryar, drummer of the

I posted before about this band, but wanted to write more in depth about them. I first stumbled upon them when ITunes had one of their new tunes “New Moon

The great rock and roll party boy has finally gotten his butt outta Santos Party House and has recorded some songs with the daytrotter analogue genius’s. I haven’t heard em

Titus Andronicus’ The Monitor is available for streaming on their my space and so I have finally been able to hear it all and it is a work of pure

Jessica Simpson said that to Oprah in response to John Mayer telling Playboy Jessica: “Sexually it was crazy. That’s all I’ll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm.” If walking

Your mission, Helen Bach, if you should choose to accept it, is to find this naked picture of Dave and post it…

Enter Shikari is a UK sensation that I was not familiar with but I was tipped off by our pals at Earshot Media that they had been added to their

Contactmusic report that Ke$ha slammed Britney Spears for lipsynching on Spears’ Circus Tour. Ke$ha said: ““I think that’s bullshit. I don’t think that’s fair at all for people who are

Why is Bowie so dead against recording any more? Gabriel had the idea of Gabriel recording an album of cover songs and then the musicians he covered covering one of

I was more than excited for American Idol’s girls to sing and the show certainly had its ups and downs. It was mostly downs. Crystal, who came back from the

The dancehall fight between Mavado and Kartel in Jamaica is leading to violence on the streets of Kingstown and intereference by the Jamaican Prime Minister and the head of the

1. Only Ray Of Sunshine – Wesley Wolfe 2. Tragedy – Peter Wolf and Shelby Lynn 3. Time – Modern Hut 4. Colorado – For Science 5. Getting To The

Listening to Morrisey, led my mind to that whole Manchester UK scene, which lead my mind to Joy Division, which of course led me to Ian Curtis.. and ended with

Everywhere I turn on the internet, I see people pushing the video by Let’s Get It for the song “Duck, Duck, Grey Goose”. So I decided to give it a

Plastic Man – The Kinks-An ill-fated single that was banned by the BBC because of the lyric about “legs that go up to his plastic bum”. Never released in the

C’mon Iman, you call yourself the dance man? Yeah where the mention of Amanda Blank? She’s less of a slut than ahsaK but fun just the same, she’s prettier too.

Jack White married a model 4 years ago and now, well she wants to be singer too So here we are with “The Ghost Who Walks” by Karen Elson. An

Morrisey a long time vegan and animal rights activist has offered up his song ‘Every Day Feels Like Sunday’ To the non profit organization FOR PAWS, in their latest campaign

Helen Bach writes: So to follow up on how I tell you to hurry to free download “Skinny Little Bitch”, the new release from Hole, I figure I should do

In keeping with our new tradition of wishing rockers a happy birthday the day AFTER their birthday I offer up cake to Robyn Hitchcock One of my favorite songs “My

Sade is still at number one on the US charts after three weeks and is nearing the platinum mark. A success that suggests a coupla things. 1) grown ups by

You can hate the Broken Bells all you want ‘To Each His Own’, hell, you like asheK. So when I saw this update on my wire I nearly flipped. Adorable

Today ONLY you can download the new single from Hole “Skinny Little Bitch”, right here http://www.nobodysdaughter.com/ Act fast or youre out of luck. The album titled Nobodys Daughter, will be

Lisa Ellis- the good girl side Wyclef just keeps getting cooler apparently the wife found a photo of Jeans manager Lisa Ellis stark naked on his cell. This guy is

The trouble with political rock is if it is too specific it has a shelf life and if it is too general it is fuzzy. Two Lennon songs come to

Music is sex. That’s that you can word that however you like in your PG world but the truth is in the immortal words of ol’Blue Eyes “what is dancing

Disco Mystic – Off The Bells and quite possibly the most annoying song ever writter. Because of the vocal, the groove is pretty good. Last Great American Whale – Every

Dan Aquilante is a brave soul. And what a fighter for the underdog. In his review of Jay-Z’s concert at MSG he was man enough to mention Young Jeezy’s half

We’re gonna set the twilight reeling soon

We push them like crack dealers and we should and if you havent checked them out live yet.. well you should. Never have I encountered a more upbeat driven band.

Although I am not a fan of Alanis Morissette, she does a great live show and she used to be pretty bad ass. Jagged Little Pill was pretty cool, but

I’m concerned slightly about Bamboozle. Seems every few days theres another ‘newsflash’. First the concept, then the dates, then the roadshow, then the line ups (subject to change) now the

Times are tough for English Babies. Steve Lillywhite.. American Idol? Unsure if its a hoax or a resume’ but Steve pitches himself on YouTube for the soon to be vacant

Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook is to perform a spoken word tour yo discuss his fascinating career. Hook was involved with Tony Wilson and Factory Records from

1. Devil’s Eyes (Diplo Remix) – Drop The Lime 2. Only Ray Of Sunshine – Wesley Wolfe 3. Time – Modern Hut 4. Titus Andronicus Forever – Titus Andronicus 5.

Tonight was “Men’s night” on Idol due to some medical issues with “the Women”? Weird, but that’s live TV for ya. The judges of American Idol never fail to annoy

Artist Vs Poet, a band which I have loved since their first EP, came out with a new album Favorite Fix. Eager, I downloaded it to my iPod. I came

I took this right off of poll star, and I cant even think of a thing to say about it other than wow. A 31-year-old AC/DC fan suffered serious facial

So I had 10 million pop ups on my computer and between the “what the fucks” x’ing them out is Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School of Medicine Thursday, Mar

Night Of The Lions – Mark Eric-This guy released one album, “A Midsummer’s Daydream” which is where this is culled from. This is a pretty good surf pop- soft-pop -psych