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Hot on the heels of the Feb 15th Peter Gabriel covers album comes the anouncement that every band he covers on that album (Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Lou Reed) will be […]

yuck Kanye man, I was just feeling it. Even said it was OK for you to cut off Trailor Swift but now .. well.. Mr West and his gal showed

Kanye West was dubbed a pathetic idiot for wearing a full length fur coat during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris, France (really, why are we writing bout France so much)

After failing to connect with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and dismissing Transference after “Written In Reverse” failed the Iman tested of great first line, please allow me to admit

Four more days till Cold War Kids And for my sick kids I offer this weeks Rockers on TV so pull up those cover squeeze your tea bags and enjoy:

right in time for me to kick the door down (if the wind doesnt do it first) comes this tasty morsel: David Bowie’s – A Reality Tour CD hits stores

I hate disagreeing with Helen because she gets so upset but if you love jazz you love live recording. One of the greatest albums ever was Louis Armstrongs Live At

I hate live recordingsHate um. Nothing to me is more distracting then hearing the same intro pitch followed by crowd roar over and over.Recorded music should remain pure. I don’t

Lionel Ritchie and Quincy Jones getting together for a remake of “We Are The World”. Will somebody please consider the children?

Craig and Mary hangin’ While were on the Pete Wentz thing and before he moves to France reports have it he has chosen Craig Owens former Chiodos front man as

I am trying very hard to say something about the cookie cutter “Sleeping With A Broken Heart” and all I can think of is, will buzzparadise please use Lady Gaga

Wanna know why Kings Of Leon never appear on Rock NYC? Because they suck. But I am feeling good about drummers today so here is what their drummer had to

Ah oui, I get to practise mon francaise un outre temp!!! The NRJ is the French grammy’s and Ke$ha and cheorographer Kamel Ouali announced Black Eyed Peas had won best

Peter Gabriel’s eagerly anticipated (by me for one) covers album “Scratch My BacK” will be even more excitingly (yeah, crap sentence) proceeded by a double dose  performance at Radio City

this is the post i have least invested in ever… France can have him “Pete Wentz wants to move to France. The Fall Out Boy rocker – who has a

There must be better ways to make a living than insulting Simon Cowell. Maybe. But non are as as much fun as sneering at the b-listers all ganging together to

as we sit here watching Hard Days Night she’s explaining to me that The Beatles were an amazing band but there songs were repetitive and simplistic.OMG bla bla bla get

I woke up from dreaming about my late friend Richard Fantina to discover I had been friended by one of his best friends Joe Kouflie. What upsets me is I

I haven’t always been the gauging, pink-haired, alt club-attending girl. Though I’ve always been off the beaten path, I’ve occasionally walked along the footsteps others have lived on their whole life.

before you ask – a reference to the costello song (want more? the song is on get happy) Well my brothers its New York’s goodbye to football 2009-2010 Ya did

Maybe a week before it happened at MSG in 1997 I got a call from Ellen Carey saying for $100 I could go. So I paid of course. Was it worth

Ok Ive been dreading this but Grammys are exactly 1 week away. We cant hid from it. What are we gonna do? We cant stop them- but we can bash

Jet Lag Gemini is a great New Jersey pop band that allows me to write about the Jets and still be speaking of music. We were able to see them

Crooked Vultures will be playing on Saturday Night Live with Ashton Kutcher as the host on February 6th This Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme, will also do

It is with great sadness that I formally announce that the German band The Scorpions has officially called it quits. After nearly 4 decades of hair puffing, spandex busting rock

Coming home after buying supplies for the game -beer and chips, Armstrong’s “Tight Like This” comes on my ipod and I think what the hell is the use of having

I Have no idea what the point of my useless existence is. All I want to do is listen to Titus Andronicus and watch sports. I’ve spent all week trying

You’re Listening To Titus

I post Helen Bach’s emails therefore I am: Heres the Deal you want to post email how about an email you get titled No one is going to live a

Charlotte’s new albun is  available Tuesday but I bought it at Hiro Ballroom and have it and Screaming Females second album in heavy rotation chez moi. I trust reviews when

This was the real deal. In a night when I asked a bloke if he wanted to take it outside  and came thisclose to punching a chick I caught an

Hi For the record I have 2 IMs services So thats a great way to group interview should you want to in the future Facebook allows only one on one

Again I say OK GO abducted Prince…………and we get Prince news. Prince has recorrded a song in honor of his home town NFL Team the Minnesota Vikings Called Purple and

After reading Nessings Haiti postRadiohead decided to do what he suggestedYou can go see them in LA Sunday at the intimate Music Box Theater and all you have to do

I was sorry I missed yesterdays Haii Telethon but have watched proudly all day the  Cleveland, Je T’aime telethon to pay for healthcare and so appreciative that the people who paid

Have I mentioned how much I love Screaming Females? One of my favorite bands in the Universe, I have listened to them incessantly since I went on brooklynvegan late last

Bonehead, Jigga and Rihanna all get together to perform a feel good song about…HAITI??? I feel as though I can’t begin to fathom either their or my cynicism. Maybe Helen

Ten year old boy Majick is an unsigned wunderkind of dance.From Bristol in England, the young boy has BPM that are just ridiculous. I’ve heard four tracks and he must absorb

If you go on to don giovanni  records website they have a sampler for free  and you can check out some fucking awesome bands like Pregnant whose  “You Give It

and got maria callas

Im dying………..a slow painful telethon death and this proves my loyalty to you I have a small bucket to vomit in, I fear my days are numbered. The child has

I fell asleep on the floor and woke right as Alicia Keys sang her last note. That was God looking out for me. Cuz Id have bagged this whole gig.

june carter cash is dead and her house burnt down It’s been a long day, it’ll be a long night and sarah mclachlin is the bono of wussiness if that’s

bedwetting morons There maybe worlds to express my revulsion of the rock communities reaction to the earthquake in Haiti but I think Chris Martin Of Coldplay says it best: “I

Rob Harvilla:1 Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix2 The-Dream, Love vs. Money3 Passion Pit, Manners4 Keri Hilson, In a Perfect World …5 Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca6 Superdrag, Industry Giants7 Neko Case, Middle

Still selling out arenas RIP Teddy Pendergrass… pop music is less without you

i’ll admit i appreciate Jarrett Dougherty taking the time to comment yesterday if you admit it doent matter in the slightest because Screaming Females were one of my fave bands

Unaccustomed as I am to writing opinion pieces and at the risk of composing a post that smacks of “well DUH!”,I feel compelled to state Rock NYC’s position on the

I have been living on a semi steady diet of dance music since someone said I had no knowledge of dance music. Yeah, ok well yeah… so?I’m a rocker girl;