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From the latest issue of Rolling Stone: “The artists who shaped the decade: Radiohead, Springsteen and U2” That’s not writing, that’s typing.

Hot on the Heels of my Holiday playlist suggestions come iTunes announcement that theyll give you FREE yes FREE a holiday sampler!! The problem here is there is no Aaron

Baby its Cold Outside… and so to heat things up for you this holiday season I offer to you a Rock NYChristmas. Sure you can stick with ol’ reliables or

The folks at Rock Ridge are developing a habit of bringing together three performers of varying fame and unstinting professionalism and sending them off off tour. Often these are session

When I get around to the letter “K” on my best albums of the decade run down your gonna find all of Kanye West albums. There is a reason why

Sparks The Rescue12.13.09 5 Guys from Maine2 Girls from CT1 story worth waiting for Magpie and Bach the Sparks the Rescue Interview…coming soon

So far Rock NYC has been split down the middle on Fox’s show Glee. Helen and I don’t like it, Bobby and Mary do. But when my friend Nicole Masalsky

After my big date with her on December 31st at MSG, Mariah will be two timing me across the States on her Imperfect Angel tour. Here are the dates. Jan.

Axl Rose denies punching paparazzi at LAX and says the started in any way. Stella McCartney denies collab with Morrissey on Vegan shoes Rock NYC denies calling R. Kelly an

You realize all sales numbers have a before and after Ipod going on. People simply don’t buy albums the way they used to and if Taylor Swift sold 4 million

At the risk of getting caught short by another unexpected gem (Portishead immediately found its way on here since yesterday!!) this appears to be my top singles of 2009.I used

Time for Jeopardy!!!Here is the answer: the Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Tegan and Sara, Mary J. Blige, Emmylou Harris, Belinda CarlisleMiranda Lambert, and Sarah Maclachlean.And the he question:

Cam’Ron – S.D.E. (2000) – Gangsta was never this much fun.Cam’ron – Purple Haze (2004) – Art rock with great rhymes.Cam’ron – Crime Pays (2009) – “Get It In Ohio”

i like looking at the pictures This is the funniest or saddest thing I’ve ever heard. Hot 97 reported today that R. Kelly admitted he can’t really read very well

Drive By Truckers might be over rated but not by that much, the country rock dynamous are the best are the boogie this side of Spider Bags. So why the

My music files on shuffle play-On The Road Version. Your morning commute just got groovy, so sit back and relax. Marvin Gaye-Lets Get It OnAlmost ruined for good by that

Once upon a time this was a music blog, for some reason it has morphd into a book of lists this week… November 28: Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster November

Machine Gun Heads

Rufus Wainwright’s opera Prima Madonna which opened last year to mixed reviews in Manchester last year is to have its London premiere April 12th, 2010. I’ve heard bits and pieces

On his way to play a tour of Asia, and moments before boarding the plane at LAX to Taiwan, Axl had a fight with the paparazzi leaving some blood and

Good Morning, Happy Friday- this is on Shinobi Ninja’s facebook posted 4hrs ago SHINOBI NINJA JUST SCORED SOME DOPE GIGS!!!! 1. JAN 3 IN JERSEY AT THE STONE PONY IN

Have you ever been gagging for an album, can’t wait to get it in your hot little hands, and then been dumbfounded by it’s uselessness. I have three times this

Today I checked out a band from Denton TX called Midlake, and I gotta say I was floored. Floored to the point where I may rush to the record store

I meant to post this story yesterday. I got this press release from my friend Versa Manos of Gorgeous PR and it speaks for itself and it speaks volumes… TUPAC’S

Babyshambles – Down In Albion (2005) – The Faces, let alone the Libertines, were never such a glorious mess. Be Your Own Pet – Be Your Own Pet (2006) –

Thanks to a co-worker for tipping me off.AIR is a french duo that remind me rythmically of Kraftwerk but with the pop sensibility of ABBA-Check out “Sing Sang Sung” from

Okay, in the wake of the ruins that is Tiger Woods reputation the big question is who is next? Because we know somebody, somewhere is not living up to their

Aaliyah – Aaliyah (2001) – this aint great because she died, this is great because of "Rock The Boat" and "We Need A Resolution". Adam Lambert – For Your Entertaiment

I will let this speak for itself. “The family of Kirsty MacColl has suspended their Justice for Kirsty campaign, which sought a judicial review of the singer’s death in a

Miley Cyrus should stop worrying about being a big girl. It happens organically, for instance both “Party” and her new song with Timbaland couldn’t have been recorded two years ago:

Well, “DOA” was a dog on arrival, I can’t hear “My Girls” at all and Grizzly Bear should hibernate but not the worst list of the year: 25. Black Eyed

Funny how certain songs will remind people of certain events in their lives. English folk band Steelye Span remind me of a particularly virulent hangover one Christmas on the Isle

More on the new Mark Ronson. Rose Elinor Dougall of ambient moody girl group the Pipettes is singing on it along with many, many other people. This is looking like

“Shine a light in the darkness” appears to be on a lot of young bands minds and that is the theme on “Mkele Mbembe” off Americans In France’s excellent first

The new Portishead single “Chase the Tear” is available thru 7 Digital right this second and it is not only in aid of Amnesty International it also spots the best

Mariah Carey is a strange case indeed. The superstar diva as very nice girl. Married to Tommy Motolla ofColumbia at the start of her career, Tommy pushed the hell out

My music files on random part 1 Hypnotized-Fleetwood Mac-Pretty sure that’s Bob Welch on vocals. His vocal track is amazing here. The real lure of this track for me is

R. Kelly has signed up to write his memoirs, a tell all which will include the inside dope on the child porn charges that were dismissed. A somewhat loathsome guy

KID A is Rolling Stones album of the decade. It is surely Radioheads best album absolutely no doubt. In my opinion a vastly superior set to OK Computer but album

James Richards travelled to an alternative universe where the Beatles never broke up and returned to ours with their latest album, Everyday Chemistry. It is downloadable for free on Mr.

Not much happening as everybody readies for the holidays. I really can’t understand “Empire State Of Mind” being Jay-Z’s biggest hit.otherwise same old same old… 1. Empire State Of Mind

I’ve been putting off writing about Vampire Weekend and it’s not because I don’t love it. I do. It is the album that finally brought in the 2000s. Indie rock

It was a rainy Saturday evening when I arrived at Santo’s Party House. The doors were scheduled to open at 7pm but I arrived early with Iman since we were

32 million albums sold and counting, Eminem is the best selling artist of the 2000s. Here are the single album sales…1. The Beatles, 1,11,499,000 units sold2. ‘NSYNC, No Strings Attached, 11,112,000

If you’re good and buy lotsa copies of their two solo albums next year Outkasts will reward you with a new Outkasts albums according to the always loquacious Big Boi!!

Daddy G of Massive Attack has met with Tricky and hopes are high!. Daddy G told BBC “”It’s not that well, but things have changed. Things have softened up. We

In a think piece for the Guardian, music critic Simon Reynolds claims that the 00s were about the loss of concensus music because there was so much and it was

Top 5 releases of 2009 1- Approaching Normal-Blue OctoberTHE album of the year. You don’t have to be a Blue October fan to find something on this release that strikes

I specifically remember last year’s American Idol season finale in which a commercial for a new television show caught my attention. Glee? It looked cool, but I doubted I would