Halfway through Jonah Weiner’s interminably boring retro on the interminably boring website Slate about the interminably boring Animal Collective, I gave up. It seeme dto be going on for bloody […]
English tab reported MM proposed over the holidays to the bride to be (and Spidey girlfriend in U2’s upcoming musical) and she said yes. Wonder what MM’s wedding album is
Let me explain it this way. Pop Music is like dating girls: some you date for awhile and break up, some break your heart and some marry you and you
So I streamed Contra last night and I kinda think it’s great. It’s all about the drums and the skittish rhythms that seem to evoke a Graceland of the imagination
My fascination and obsession with Elvis Costello began years ago when as a preteen I schlepped around pretending to be 20. I stumbled on to (literally) This Years Model at
Lady Gaga has lost $4 Million on her current tour. How is that possible, you ask? I mean, she has sold out everywhere she’s played (she coulda sold out multiple
The winter is heating up!!! Bowery Ballroom sent me their calender and some of this looks like fun.Dinosaur Jr.January 18 Brooklyn Bowl On Sale Fri At NoonThe xx, March 31,
Straight to the point on this one. The Dead Weather sucks. It is the new Jack White band. Nothing but noise. Good thing I didn’t pay for it, borrowed it from
Seems an anti-child abuse organization called childabusewatch.net is lobbying heavily at the NFL to prevent The Who from performing at half time at the Super Bowl. They are citing Pete
Our West Coast readers have the opportunity to get early tix for a Costello solo tour. I hope and pray he brings this to the East Coast. I’ll drag my
The Nielsen Company has assembled a picture of what and how people watch across television, online, mobile, radio, books and music. In 2010 they see a continuation, if not an
I have been planning to write about families in music since the new years but haven’t been able to get the angle right. I was going to begin by comparing
Joe Jackson IS the man.Travel with me to “79 when I’m The Man one of the most fun pop albums of all time hit the shelves. I’m falling back in
You guilty?Guilty of fanning the flames of popular music. Why are you so willing to allow ‘The Man’ to prepackage tubs of garbage re wrap them and sell them back
The next Madonna album promises to be in the league of a Kid Rock or Limp Bizkit -a rap rock “Walk This Way” blow out following the disappointing hip hop
Waking Up – Elastica – “waking up and getting up has never been easy” Justine Flesishman sang back in the day when she and Damon Alburn were the power couple
Can this girl be any cooler? In the current issue of Out Magazine, Ke$ha, 2010’s IT Girl and Pop Princess de jour, has fueled rumours as to her bisexuality. Ke$ha
The Stones claim that not only have they not fired Ronnie Wood for his two bottles of vodka a day habit but neither are they touring in 2010. Frankly, I
tres emotional If December taught me anything it was that concerts with lead singers named Trey should be avoided at all costs. If you haven’t learnt your lessons you might
yesterday we posted a review of the MJ/Kravitz song “Another Day”, it’s much better than “This Is It”today it’s gone from youtube and Lenny has denied leaking it. Here is
This one is hot off the wire!! Green Day’s Musical version of Anerican Idiot is set for the Great White way!!! According to AP, Producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman
In an interview with Stereogum, Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal has revealed Solange Knowles will be joining him the studio for a song on the new album. Unreally exciting stuff.
American Idol tour of 2004 is without a doubt the worst show I’ve ever seen. It was for my friend’s birthday and I wasn’t looking forward to it, but I
With the New York Jets making it to the playoffs, my old pal and sports fanatic Ben Buchwald wrote a remembrance of Jets playoff games past. I know, but this
DJ Shadow is the great Californian mixer and melter who nearly made it big with the excellent 2005 Endtroducing, made from 60,000 samples. Since then he has gone his own
I got this off big time music blogger’s Bob Lefsetz’s newsletter. It is RZA’s response to Bob’s earlier newsletter. “Music cost to makes so it should have a turn around.
The unspeakable, the untouchable, the unclean… yes here are the live acts that will make you wanna go deaf and blind.Emerson, Lake, and PalmerIs that a synthesizer in your pocket
I’ve always had a thing for girls in their twenties, college grads around the time of their first job. The reason is because they tend to be looser at that
IL: There is something intrinsically boring about watching people play music. Have you ever been to the symphony? What are you looking at? There’s nothing to see. That’s why a
the brothers Davies Found a recent interview with Dave Davies on a website called staythirstymedia. Although he still seems very bitter about his older brother, Dave seems pretty sure there
The Show is Amazing. That is all that can be said! Now understand this is coming from a 35 year old man, who used to scream at his parents to
Remember back up singers? I noticed them when Rob Thomas was doing the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas Tree lighting.. Usually 3 or so chicks standing side stage elbow pumping out the
How bad can it be? The lights are low, the band is tight and you’re not exactly sober yourself… Well, I hate.. 1) The couple in front of you who
Writing about London Calling got me thinking about the joy of the vinyl long player again, that and the visual of Nessing on his bike with the bag on his
NME have given us the track list for the soon come Davod Bowie tribute album. Can’t wait to hear what the Vivian Girls do with “John, I’m Only Dancing”… ‘Space
Rock NYC faves Surfer Blood are gonna “Swim” to a club near year the winter in support of their debut album Astro Coast. Here are the dates:01-13 New York, NY
Stephen Sondheim turns 80 years old March 22nd and New York is gonna be honoring the legendary Broadway composer. Remember Bach’s post on West Side Story on Sunday? Sondheim wrote
The way we eat turkey for Thanksgiving, the UK eats turkey on Christmas Day. So Vegan Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft went to the butcher’s shop and bought a live one….
Yoko Ono says she plans to write her memoirs witthin the next five years. If what we want is insite into the late Saint Lennon I can hardly think of
Hot gossip for another freezing cold New York City morning? Rihanna doesn’t need her glooves, doesn’t need her overcoat, she has new secret lover Justin Timberlake to keep her warm!
Our Kids Shinobi Ninja have made yet another stride announcing last night and I quote their facebook page: “SHINOBI NINJA ATTACKS IS OFFICIALLY APPROVED FOR SALE IN THE APP STORE!!!
Rock NYC has gotten quite highbrow this week throwin down some heavy duty opinions amongst the pics of Taylor. Don’t worry, pretty soon we will be back to swooning and
1. Tik-Tok – Ke$ha2. Replay – Iyaz3. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga4. Fireflies – Owl city5. Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys6. Watcha Say – Jason derulo7.
You remember the great cheoreographer Twyla Tharpe’s Movin Out on Broadway: or dancin to Billy Joel if you prefer. She followed it with her disastrous Dylan but this time it
In an all caps rant on his website in which he compares himself to Kobe Bryant and Maya Angelou, Kanye announces he is currently in the studio working on a
1) London Calling- Hearing this the first time was when I first realized this band had a lot more to say than “You can stand by me, or not at
Session guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who has played with everyone from Vincent Gallo to PJ Harvey is the replacement for John Frusciante in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Josh played with RHCP’s
