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Following the exit stage right of the best alt rock equivalent to Springsteen the Brooklyn based Hold Steady’s keyb Franz Nicolay (can’t figure out where to put in the commas,

One more time, Hole’s Pretty On The Inside was great, Hole’s Cobain inspired (at least) Live Through This was a masterpiece, Hole’s MTV Unplugged And Plugged bootwas filled with songs

Further to Helen Bach’s post earlier today, here is the first band names dropped for the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. Will Pitchfork please try and stop being so fucking boring

Further to our report yesterday that Bruce and ASCAP were suing Connoly’s on West 45th comes word Bruce wants his name removed from the complaint. Apparently ASCAP didn’t tell Bruce

Following the “American Idiot” Grammy performance, the Broadway show sold one million bucks in tix. ergo? If the musical is halfway decent itll be a hit. Congrats to our Mary

In preparation for tonight’s Take Action Tour Show noticed that I’m going to have to walk by throngs of teenaged girls who are literally camping out at the venue to

According to Brooklynn Vegan Australian power poppers are recording their newbie in Brooklyn. Which begs the question if you could be in Sydney why the hell are you here. Which

we got these pics from a friend of rock nyc…

February is my least favorite month. Too cold to do much of anything but wait for spring and play tunes. 1) Barry White-I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More,

So this is it my friends Take Action Tour is coming to town and the Magpie and I will be there front and center sucking it all in Interviewing Call

Check this out. Now I’m not a Coke drinker and we don’t endorse anything here but music and angst.. oh and cursing sez we but Coke is actually giving out

Johnny Depp and Keith Richards are back together again (after their father son pirate crap) The film, which is the first proper Keith Richards documentary , will be titled “Happy,”

Paul Simon better guard his wallet A man claiming to be the Paul tried to make a withdrawal from Citibank New York yesterday. $4300.00 was the requested amount. Rafael Ramos………are

Here’s a great idea lets throw a music festival and have no bands! Welcome to Pitchfork Music Festival taking place in Chicago, playing the Windy City’s Union Park July 16-18.

1. Almost Saturday Night – Dave Edmunds 2. Knockout – Lil Wayne 3. Theme From “Cheers” – Titus Andronicus 4. Can We Go Wrong – Hesta Prynn 5. Fortune –

1. Tik Tok – Ke$ha 2. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga 3. Bedrock – Young Money 4. Imma Be – Black Eyed Peas 5. Sexy Chick – David Guetta 6.

Mike Nessing writes: Tin Soldier -Small Faces 1) For that little echo effect on the snare 2) Because Steve Marriot is channelling every great soul singer that ever lived. 3)

“While we’re young Boys, everyone, Rise your glasses high Here’s to the good times Here’s to the home team Kiss good times goodbye” -Titus Andronicus I love Titus the way

How far will looks getcha? In the music biz it’s like sales, it’ll get your foot in the door but then you gotta come up with the goods. The question

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree – KT Turnstall – Oh, dear. This is a very ordinary piece of blues estrogen product and only in the UK could it have

Listen, I love this kid if only because she survived Courtney Love as her mom and her dad was the voice of a generation. Francis Cobain makes her singing debut

Brian Johnson of AC/DC sounding like the voice of sanity talking out against rock stars abusing their positions to proselytize from way on high. Speaking to the Melbourne Sun, Johnson

Oh no… first Lil Wayne forms a rock band and then Mary J. Blige covers “Stairway To Heaven” with a supergroup: Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, American Idol judge Randy Jackson,

There is something a little icky about this story but let’s try it out for size. Connoly’s is a pub on West 45th street. In August 2008 a Springsteen cover

1998 was about one thing. Hip hop radio station Hut 97 played Hard Knock Life and Miseducation months before either was released till a year after. Incessantly. And for good

careful you don’t drop something The Taylor Swift damage control team is in full on defense mode in response to the negative backlash following that train wreck Grammy performance. The

My fave Buddy Holly would be most definitely His Peggy Sue . I loved the history behind it ,the way I heard it  (of course I could be dead wrong

I’m old enough to remember hearing the news about Buddy Holly. But for me it was the news about Richie Valens that struck hardest, because I really like his single

Weeezer!! Target Cancer is a non-profit organization devoted to helping fund research into rare cancers–has launched a download series called, “The Right Track: Tunes To TargetCancer.” So heres how it

I just downloaded former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur’s new song “Out Of Our Minds” and also watched the video and I love em both. Less then thrilled with

Three big shows are going on sale at BB King’s though they won’t actually happening for a long, long while!!! I saw Iris Dement last year and she was tremendous and

Speaking to the NME, Terry Hall questions teen rebel  spirit: “I find it very hard that a teenage kid doesn’t want to do that anymore. It’s totally gone. I mean

“It” girl of the moment and guess which half of She And Him folkie duo Zooey Deschanel will be portraying supergroupie Pamela Des Barre in HBO’s production of “I’m With

Just like Village Voice rock journalist Rob Harvilla and everybody else in the audience I was was blown away byTune-Yards opening set for the Dirty Projectors late last year. Using

1. Every Ghetto, Every City – Lauryn Hill 2. Can I Get A – Jay-Z 3. Lions – Tune Yards 4. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Buddy Holly 5. Lions

OTiS No, I am not screaming. This is how the band writes its name. Capital “O”, capital “T”, lover case ”i” capital “S”. This is a brand new band forming

Rockers and games must be a huge trend (none as good as the i-app Shinobi Ninja Attack btw.. that’s freaking mad fun) But Just as Fall Out Boy parodied the

I got this piece off info from Highline Ballroom: WE THE KINGS, MAYDAY PARADE A ROCKET TO THE MOON, THERE FOR TOMORROW FEB 8, 6:30PM SOLD OUT congrats, our Helen

Yo Chicago Kev check it out your very own Bamboozle! 3OH!3, COBRA STARSHIP, TRAVIS MCCOY TO PLAY BAMBOOZLE CHICAGO Bamboozle Chicago will take place Saturday, May 15 at the Charter

Let’s not bother with the obvious. Who wouldn’t wanna interview a Clapton or McCartney or Stevie Wonder. So except for superstars and the dead, who would I wanna sit down with…?

It is worth mentioning on a Rock NYC day where we seem to be writing MOSTLY about Buddy Holly that another fave, Elvis Costello was dubbed Buddy Holly having a

I got an email from Larry Schneiderman, the VP of the media buying company I work for, with a newsletter from the Wolfgang Vault. Larry just about invented selling rock

above: a last album below: blind faith covered “Well… Alright” Well alright, so I’m being foolish Well alright, let people know about the dreams and wishes you wish in the

“Knockout” does the job. The Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj track off Rebirth finally does the job. It is a legitimate contender as a hit rock song by a guy

Jesus Luz -Madonna’s boy toy, has dumped her. Apparently a life of poverty is better than no life at all.

“For me, God is in my life. I don’t hide from that. I think the search has been on since the 1960s. I stepped off the path there for many

Marshall Crenshaw portrayed Buddy Holly in La Bamba Whenever I think of Buddy Holly I think “Peggy Sue”, not simply because I’m a huge fan of his or the song, but

As I am sure you know by now The Runaways movie features a homosexual romance  between the Joan Jett and Cherie Curie characters. Here are the two characters moments before

Playing my mother’s stereo in the living room was a definite no no and I accepted that until she played Buddy Holly’s “Every Day”. Then, when she would go outto