Its tough to describe the why of a favorite concert. Marie Lynn blows me away with her ability to state the facts and the emotions without it coming across as […]
Here is the rock critic establishment at work in 2009: They over rate the pretty good indie rock Animal Collective and ignore band of the year Black eyed Peas and
Here is the link to the coming soon Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett The Runaways Movie:http://runawaysmovie.com/
Nick Cave And the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Digg!!! (2008) – “I don’t need what it is but there’s definitely something going on upstairs”, Cave sings in his story
As the year comes to a close and many magazines publish their “top” lists of 2009 music, I am forced to look back at my own personal experience of music.
yes sets, not concerts!!! Boyz Noize at Summerstage, August 9th – The last song before the encore with the German DJ scratching and raising the bass higher and higher was such
Timbaland’s new album Shock Value 2 is OK, nothing great, and when I caught his set at Jungle Ball a coupla years ago I wasn’t exactly thrilled either. Still, the
Rated R is a crap album and while Brown’s isn’t great, it isn’t bad. The result is predictable. Brown said he was sorry and got on with it, Rihanna poured
Christopher Ingalls Blows Many years ago I was writing about Prince’s “Darling Nikki” for Creem. It was around the time Tipper Gore was trying to institute ratings for albums, “Darling
Four Year Strong is a heap of fuzzy guys from Worcester MA. A hardcore, no no wait maybe I better watch my freakin step with the category.. power pop post
Its funny it was only August when I was asked to write a review for rock nyc. Just four months ago and in that brief amount of time so much
The Jingle My Bells Festival was quite underpopulated for such a big event. 14 bands 1 day, and a threat of blizzard of a lifetime, equals.. mom and dad arent
I’d feel a lot happier if Journey wasn’t here as well.. 1/ Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name2/ Joe McElderry – The Climb3/ Lady Gaga – Bad
Bowie was certainly as Out as you could be back in the day… 1. Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders For Mars – David Bowie 2. The Smiths – The Smiths
This just in: Rage Against the Machine has beaten Joe McElderry for the best selling Christmas single!! On the Rage’s website this is what they had to say: “: “WE
Batling a bad cold and an achy body where all you want to do is close your eyes and stop thinking? I feel your pain and how. So what do
The problem with Alicia Keys -all her work is she is unbelievably boring.. Her tempo is always the same mid-period whomp, her tone a cool beingness which fails to capture
1. The Rolling Stones2.U23. Madonna4. Bruce Spingsteen5. Elton John6. Celine Dion7. Dave Mathews8. Kenny Chesney9. Bon Jovi10. Billy Joel
M.I.A. – Kala (2008) – Sri Lankan British Dance pop Princess and she sounds it.M.I.A. – – How Many Votes Fix Mix EP (2008) – The Jay-Z rap alone is
Lil Wayne is in police custody after his van was stopped in Texas on his way to a performance. This is not good. Already on his way to chokey for
“Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because it’s so soulless. It just seems pointless. It’s nice, but it’s tosh. They don’t care about you. They care about
Kid Cudi has quit the Lady Gaga tour before it’s begun. So first Kanye West cancelled and killed Lady Gaga’s supporting slot and now the Kid’s cancelled his own supporting
Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebullum (2008) – Like Taylor Swift their power lies in their crossover appeals, and like Taylor that power lies in the songwriting.Lady Gaga – The Fame
Alright everyone this is it. Holiday Party play list part two. Now last week we thrashed about but this week well were going Pop . I’m not talking Timberlake im
Pitchfork is Ryan Schrider’s self-owned website specializing in Indie Rock. It’s been going since the mid-90s and is extremely influential, but here are my two problems with it: 1) The
Animal Collective Beat Out Dirty Projectors?? 1. Animal Collective , Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino) 2. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca [Domino] 3. The xx, The xx [Young Turks] 4. The Flaming
Funny isnt it how music can change everything. It has this sort of amazing sould grabbing power to whip you from happy to sad to pissed off. The Magpies science
Although i’m a self proclaimed lover of artists dead and gone, some current music did find it’s way towards me this decade. My favorites in no particular order Wasp Star-XTCLove
Kaiser Chiefs – Employment (2005) – Brilliant opening for GreenDay. This is the one with “Oh MY God” on.Kanye West – The College Dropout (2004) – I remmeber him playing
Sorry Todd you’re absolutely right. There is no heavy metal without you. My sincere apolygies.
Okay, this is it … I’m going to sleep. Thanks to Mary and Helen and Mike, Brett, Bob Nevin, my niece Louba, , … my pal Sciortino, many more people…, I
The story that has everything just got something more!! Apparently the x factor bloke failed to get his CD into record stores so the big hit that was expected didn’t
The most original rapper in the game is going on a club tour. I’ll be catching him opening for Lady Gaga in Hartford (thank you Helen). If I wasn’t I
Dance! The genre that keeps on giving!! Harvey McKay is a minimilist DJ (it’s ALL BASS AND DRUMS) from Glasgow with a slidey sound that doesn’t stop moving for an instant.
Chris Feinstein to the left Restless at 230am I just went on Brooklyn Vegan to discover the Cardinals (Ryan Adams band, superb at MSG opening for Oasis earlier this year)
I dont wanna hear it, if you dont worship Spider bags ur deaf Best Rock Band Of the 00s? Spiderbags Titus Andronicus Shinobi Ninja Americans In France
Taylor Lautner is MTV’s # 4 Man in the world… yeah, we know President Obama won..
This is getting to be fun… Liam Howlett wrote this on Prodigy’s website. “yo, heres the deal, we r doing well with the ‘getting rage to number 1’ to fuk
There may be only 8 shopping days til Christmas but screw that theres a tighter deadline to deal with.Join hands and lets help Tracy and Jon Mortar (via their facebook
Harper Blynn – Loneliest Generation (2009) – It’s all about pop music and motion.The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America (2006) – They sound like the children of
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax . . . the rumors are true! Announced on Monday, the original 4 thrash metal bands will be part of one bill, actually a few
well no Lennon isn’t mentioned but he is on the post in spirit Where Is The Love? So I was at the company gym the other day at lunch doing
Here are the problems with Eagles OF Death Metal: 1) they havent done a damn thing in a year.2) Josh Hommes is wasting his life a) producing Arctic Monkeysand 2b)
I’ve been raving about these cats all year but they fell of the face of the earth. Air Bombay’s “Norway” is so good and so cool you wanna write about
Must Be Santa – Bob DylanOr could it be SATAN?? As SNL used to put it…. Anyway, you win Mike, I quite like this for three reasons: a) the zylephone,
Either I am quickly becoming the brokest bloke in New York, or $40 is too much to pay for a tix to ANYTHING at the hell hole known as Terminal
Apparently there is no God. Piece of crap “Glee” was nominated for the most Golden Globes in 2009, Three. Best actor and actress amd show of the year. It is
Each Christmas in Britain, after all the bangers, mash, shepherd’s pie, and Carlsberg beer has been doled out by the local council, the fattest man in town undoes his belt,
This is fun, lets do it next year… 1. “Keep your government hands off my Medicare.” Speaker at health care reform town hall meeting in Simpsonville, S.C., commenting on the
