I am never happier than insulting the egocentric asshole, rock star cocksucking Rolling Stone. Unfortunately, sometimes their writers are brilliant. Here is Rob Sheffield on 808s & Heartbreak: ” … the […]
In an interview I saw on Spin.com Kristen Stewart namechecked two songs she has had on heavy rotation. One Sia, the Australian ambient chanteuse and the other Joy Divisions “Shadowplay”.
The video for Massive Attacks first song off their, how you say, eagerly anticipated new album Heligoland to be released Febrary 9th , is available on Stereogram. It is called “Paradise
Marie Lynn was hounding me to download this Mieka Pauley’s song off daytrotter for a week. Harvard graduate Pauley is a smarty pants folkie though this song has a clunky rhyme
Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream is well on its way to being the best selling album of the calender year and it was released November 23rd. This is beyond
I missed these guys on stage a coupla years ago and I am still kicking myself. Cold War Kids daytrotter.com session is a must delight (maybe the wrong word, that)
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
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
