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There is something so mindbogglingly inappropriate in all this charity for Haiti stuff and I think very near the top of the list is Simon Cowell’s wretchedly tone deaf decision […]

Steve Winwood’s official website is reporting today that he and his band have been named as one of the acts to play at The Super Bowl pre-game show on Sunday

How fundraising should be done.From UK newspaper The Worthing Herald “SQUEEZE stars Chris Difford and John Bentley are playing at Coastal Coffee, Rustington, to raise money for ShelterBoxes to Haiti.Tickets

The title track for Gorillaz much dreaded newbie Plastic Beach by a certain Paul Simonon and Mick Jones!!! A Clash reunion sans Strummer????  More like the godawful Simonon/Albarn collab The

is it me or does every song Zooey Deschanel sing sound like “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” from Elf? And really, Ward, get rid of the fucking ‘tache. BUT I loved

The disappearing rock star Fiona Apple is playing a one off concert for Hait in Los Angeles. Here’s the story as reported on scenester and all I have to ask

well observed Pitchforked observed debatably the single most gifted artist on the planet not invited to sing at Haiti telethon ps I added the second and third lines

If this carrys on I’m just gonna stop writing and repost everything Bob Lefsetz sez. There’s a big story behind why Tommy Silverman wrote this but I’ll leave you to

OK -I give up. This guy is the best in the business, and though he can’t write about music,writes brilliantly about the music biz. Here is Bob Lefsetz on “Poker

Sam McTrusty has a cool name. He also fronts a band that knocked me off my chair this evening. Sometime I’m sent info on bands that make me scared, yet

The great Limey dance duo Groove Armada are back in 2010 with a new album Black Light. Just two days ago I was wondrin where all the 2010 dance music

Oh perfect. The White Stripes are releasing a live double off their documentary. Will the following people shut their fucking faces: U2 and Jack White. Just shut the fuck  up and

According to gigwise, U2 are hard at work on a “very special” 13th album of their career. The Edge said: “We are working on a lot of new songs. Some

Hot on the heels of their bizarre underuse of R&B giant Bobby Womack arrives news that Gorillaz have recorded with Lor Reed and Snoop Dogg for their new album. There

American producer, and Nick Drake’s producer, Joe Boyd had this to say about working with the folk legend: “I could just shut off his microphones and listen to all the

I staggered home in the early hours last night singing Titus songs on the top of my lungs into the great dark night and woke up a coupla hours later

I don’t really care for late night TV actually I don’t really watch much TV at all but this whole Conan thing sorta pisses me off cuz hes pretty much

I don’t like Coheed and Cambria, but Nessing and I (and I bet he forgot) spent some time working on their promo stuff.So I feel it my duty to promote

Good Ol’ Saosin who kicked ass and took names back in November when the Magpie and I interviewed Brandon Wronksi of Eye Alaska is BACK on the road in the

im sick of all the patrick looking hairy pics… I really do love Titus Andronicus. Between the March 6th gig at Bowery Ballroom and their March 17th set at SXSW

Sometimes I’m half asleep… I shoulda mentioned this earlier… it’s less then two hours from now… Upstairs at the Square with Vampire Weekend and Kwame Dawes Vampire Weekend, Kwame Dawes

Vladimir Nabakov is to literature what Louis Armstrong is to music: the greatest stylists in both their art forms. If you have never read Pale Fire stop what you are

Call me a cynic but I think everybody is signing up for the Telethon because there is no obvious villian to the peace so it is kinda risk free philanthropy…

We have have a Rock NYC field trip. Got this from Crains“Mamma Mia! producer signs deal with all-girl band for new musical based on their songs. Finally, the answer to

In both my careers, the one as a rock critic and the one in advertising, I’ve rubbed shoulders with famous people more than most have (unless you live in NYC

Wyclef Jean is a stupid man who should not be trusted with a five dollar bill. He is in no way a bad man. He is not a man of

But Meet Ozzy at a book signing at Barnes And Noble on 5th and 46th street upcoming Monday at 1230p…

I wanted to see what the fuss was all about regarding the Zac Brown Band. They did sell 1.3 Million records last year and Rolling Stone gave them a great

Take Good Care Of My Baby – Bobby Vinton Theme From “Cheers” – Titus Andronicus Spanish Harlem Incident – James And Robert Mercer Today Was A Fairy Tale – Taylor Swift

On his return to the stage yesterday at Florida University, Rivers Cuomo dueted with Hayley Williams of Paramore on “Say It Aint So” to which I only have to add

Yeah, the pic is lame but it’s all I can find of antichrist Dan Aquilante who did the following in the past two weeks: a) Give Vampire Weekend a four

God save Ugh whoever Ugh might be for this comment on Rolling Stones website about the dreaded Haiti telethon tomorrow: Ugh 1/20/2010, 10:51 am ESTWhy don’t they all just announce

“A TOTALLY AMAZING FREAK SHOW” So sez Steve about Lady Gaga’s concert last night at Radio City.  My good friend Steve Diamond was as upset as I was when Lady Gaga cancelled

In an editorial in the English newspaper the Guardian, Billy Bragg explained why, like Thoreau before him, he is refusing to pay his taxes. Reprinted (without permission of course): How

1. Vampire Weekend: Contra 2. Ke$ha: Animal 3. Lady Gaga: The Fame 4. Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream 5. Alicia Keys: Element of Freedom

2000Two thousand posts on everything from Kesha to Duke Ellington. Filled with more curse words, more virtual hugs and more kicks to the groin than any other music blog I’ve

For God’s sake, rule number one: deny, deny, deny. Wycliff Jean discussed his charity on Oprah yesterday – two million bucks too late: “When you’re starting (a) business, it’s important

Both “Tik Tok” and “Blah Blah Blah” are among the top ten downloads in the country but Ke$ha’s Animal has stalled at 67K sales last week. And this is the

I have been raving about the new Brian Jonestown Massacre album Who Killed Sgt. Pepper since I started streaming it last autumn on their website. It will finally be released

Brooklyn Vegan annouuces that Rock NYC heroes Mi Ami have a new EP (two of the songs are available as MP3s on BV and I plan to download em as

So what do you get if you put 150 rock critics in a room and request a list of fave albums of 2009? You get the same thing as if

I am eagerly awaiting my third close encounter of the third kind with Carole King (and James Taylor) at MSG on June 15th. I’m going with one of my best

American Idol’s best parts: Kristen Chenowith, an always painfully honest Simon, and Randy’s “Yo dawg”. But the human beatbox? Yeah, would’ve been nice if we could actually hear your singing

I love Motion City Soundtrack and its nice to see them making some newsWith a North American Tour and a brand new release they’re proving staying power that Phantom Planet

While some of you fools are sipping chi tea at some Summerfest Ill be clipping my “Tripp” pant chains to the bike racksat the Monster Mayhem Festival with line up

How the hell did we miss this one!?Country singer and fiddler Charlie Daniels suffered a mild stroke on Jan. 15 while snowmobiling in Colorado with his wife and friends. He

Return From Exile may be one of the wierdest bands I’ve ever heard(excluding the crunkcore genre). With DJ leaving and in one of my current favorite bands, Watchout! Theres Ghosts,

I’m a nice girl. I know I know some of you don’t think so hell some of you spread it all over the net that I’m a bitch but yeah

Largely prohibitive to my desire to be the greatest music writer in the history of ever is my total insistence upon seeing the forest for the trees. I can’t listen

Last year I had reported that the very wonderful indeed Julie Andrews voice was repaired and she would be singing in concert in London and, who knows, manybe in New