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James Mercer sez we can expect a new Shins album next. I think Broken Bells is gonna stiff and recommends he writes some songs for his band. this bloke and […]

Ezra and girlfriend: your gossip friendly: Rock NYC Stolen off a post by Ryan Dombal on Pitchfork: “Critics ignore it when the Best Rapper Alive says faggot, but hulk-out when

Etta James, who was so pissed at Beyonce (who is the equal to Etta neither musically nor historically) singing “At Last” at President Obama’s inaugural it’s a wonder she didn’t take

Haiti Mon Amour – Jay-Z, Bono, Rihanna – I really and sincerely believe I have never hated a song more in my life. I think they  infect each other. Bono

If we knew then, what we know now…. That’s what everyone says. Same goes for music. When I was younger listening to music, all I heard was the music. I

Charlotte Gainsbourg to NME: “My dad was a genius. I think about him every time I sing. I think it’s why I can’t write songs and why I haven’t played

So here I am in another horrific hell pit of a day where I have already referred to a colleague as a skank, filliped off my monitor twice, slammed my

thirty years after his death from acute alcohol poisoning, AC/DC are planning some form of tribute for their old lead vocalist. Current lead vocalist Brian Johnson said: “We’re trying to

Well, well. My old partner in crime is set to replace Steve tyler as lead singer in Aerosmith. Not for nothing but it makes worlds of sense to me…

On the outs with the Stones for his drunken behavior, Ron Wood is reforming the Faces which I think (i can’t find it to save my life) we reported a

“SEAN COMBS, PHARRELL WILLIAMS and QUEEN LATIFAH have signed up to headline a charity concert to help relief efforts in earthquake-hit Haiti.” Or, of course, Sean could simply have not

Reading a Salinger obit today I saw a mention by the late great Norman Mailer, Mailer said: “Salinger never got outta Prep School. Which got me thinking of yesterdays post

Let’s talk about dead music formats. Filmmaker Allison Louie-Garcia recently went to a third grade classroom to ask children, all born in the year 2000, what they think about the

Don Was, formerly of Was (Not Was) has this to say about Ringo Starr’s drumming for the Beatles: “He puts the fills in the same place a guitarist would. He’s

Just downloaded “Can We Go Wrong” from former Northern Stater Hesta Prynn and zero scarlet letter here!!! An excellent modern dance number and I am over my indifference to her

Additional bands have been added to the Hoodwink Festivals I love the whole concept of this and would LOVE to see Say Anything doing The Misfits but they’re on the

Hard Day’s Night-Live At Shea Stadium-Lennon is talking jibberish into the mic before they start because George is having equipment issues. Probably switching to the Rickenbacker for that opening chord.

Hurray one of rocks best sets of pipes is gonna DO IT! Patrick Stump of hiatusified Fall Out Boy is recording a solo album More than vocals, the impression given

Motion City Soundtrack never fails to make me happy. So different, so great, so…talented. My Dinosaur Life, their latest album, lived up to that and more. “Worker Bee”, the first

Robyn Whitehead, the granddaughter of Teddy Goldsmith, the founder of The Ecologist magazine and brother of the billionaire Sir James Goldsmith, was found dead of a drug overdose last night.

I was a huge fan of “female beastie boys via long island” Northern State back in the day and so I felt a bit queasy at the news she has

PR company Girlie Action announce Groove Armada will be playing some dates Stateside in March, 2010. We will tell you more when we hear it.

This Ke$ha quote speaks for itself: “Oh, I’m such a crazy pop star, I’m haunted,’ but actually, almost every night I have some psycho dream of the same ghost, either

J.D. Salinger’s book about a teenage boy dealing with everyday hypocrisy Catcher In The Rye is the second most important tome in rock history though time has proven it to

Octupus’s Garden/Sun king – from the love mash-up which is pretty good but not here. Penny Lane – One side of the absolute zenith of psychedelic pop and everybody has

Heath as Dylan, Charlotte as his wife All I really Wanna Do – Somebody was telling me how moving this song. A call for friendship. I read it is a

are we not men? we are eno Eno quoted in the UK Guardian on the death of the recording industry as we know it. “I think records were just a

Apparently there’s a Republican candidate running for congress from Illinois named Joe Walsh who thinks he’s….Joe Walsh. A lawyer for singer Walsh named Peter Paterno wrote to candidate Walsh to

My contrary friend Marie Lynn is giving me a hard time. She writes as rarely as Sciortino, she is nervous about going to the titus interview -which is feeling more

On February 10th, Bob Dylan and others will be performing at The White House as part of a music series sponsored by First Lady Michelle Obama. The theme of the

1. Hope For Haiti – Various Idiots – 171,000 2. Animal – Ke$ha – 152,000 3. Contra – Vampire Weekend – 124,000 4. Transference – Spoon – 53,000 5. 2010

Thinking of Versa Manos made me think of Paul Finn of Kingsbury Manx. Finn is the owner of Odessa and has been consistently kind to Rock NYC, going out of

When you’re teasing Helen always a little care because she’s volatile but at least the exception that proves the rule viz live rock albums sux is Costello’s new Live At Hollywood

Versa Manos, the head of LAs Gorgeous PR, and rep of Rock NYC faves like Shinobi Ninja, Saint Motel and Love Grenades is in town for the Le Poisson Rouge Shinobi

The Rolling Stones The Black Eyed

Congrats to Keith -here seen in his naughty, early days

Perez hilton reports Black eyed Peas have been sued for plagiarism. The claim is  a songwriter named Phoenix Phenom forwarded a song named “Boom Dynamite” to Interscope Records who gave it

I am knee deep in the Gary Giddens biography and discovered this gem. When asked what was new, Armstrong replied: “Nothing’s new. White man still winning”

“Bah Bah Bah Bah:…” another completely killer track off my big album of the moment Romance Is Boring. To my mind (if not to my sound) Los Campesinos are closer

American Idol’s guest judge: Neil Patrick Harris- likable enough I suppose but a bit soft. Guest Judge. Joe. Jonas. Seriously? You expect to find talent on this show with a

I like Girls. There I said it.“Laura”, was mentioned here in November as a new single in the UK I finally get around to hearing it WHY? Cuz it was

Shuffle time! Didja think I wouldn’t eventually play along? Adult Books X – you hate her -I love her. At one point I wanted to BE her, I am now

It isn’t all about fellatio you know… I have spent today mostly listening to Romance Is Boring but when I can pull myself away from the album I’ve been listening

From the NME DEVO are to perform at the official 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. The new wave band, who have recently been working on new material produced by

In the same continent Bach was born… (stretching I realize)

My fave bog is brooklynvegan.com . We slam em from time to time but more often than not I think they’re excellent. But i took a peek at yesterdays posts. They

Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson reportedly blew away approximately 50 premier clients of the San Francisco Art Exchange this past Saturday night with a 14 song mini-set performed by him

With all the hoopla over the pro-life commercial to air during the Super Bowl, I got to thinking about a Costello classic “Crimes Of Paris” from back in, i dunno,

Listen I steal off pitchfork as much as the next blogger and more than most BUT I have every right to consider them loathsome nitwits when they say things like: “It says

Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli will perform Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” during a fundraising segment for Haiti relief at this year’sGrammy Awards.my God can this suck