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Well, now, this really sucks. Todd Rundgren, the Nazz with god given ass himself, will not be playing the East Coast on his upcoming tour. Rundgren will be playing his […]

The old man stands center stage, his large cowboy hat shadowing his cragged face like Mount Rushmore on a sunny day. Dylan bends a little at the knees, throws his

Mike Nessing and Iman Lababedi take on Bobby Zee two hours  before one of them go to see Zim at Unnited Palace. Mike imagines a perfect gig deatling with the first

I’ve listened to John Adam’s twenty-five minute composition, it was requested by the New York Philharmonic as the opening work of its 2002-3 season and to commemorate the lives of

You can’t really trust the reviews of the concerts on bobdylan.com “i was there” but if half of what they say is true tonight (when I am going) should be

I gotta feeling that Ms Magpie and Bach are gonna be a lot more upset about this one than I am but Fall Out Boy have decided to disband indefinitely.

Kurt Cobain’s favorite band the Meat Puppets are the latest Ticketweb band do be performing special promotions to help sell tickets. This info comes from Ticketweb.com: “Sat 11/21 8:00 PM

Here we go ago again!! Rock NYC reported the Who were playing the Superbowl half time show on November 13th, 2009. Rolling Stone? November 17th, 2009.Cmon big guy, bring on

Gucci Mane released this statement yesterday from jail. The rapper is in for a year for probation violation (he didn’t do his community service. “I have accepted full responsibility for

Rolf Harris is a British institution care of Australia and with his thick Aussie accent, way with a sketch (he could draw one in a matter of moments) and children’s

Hmmm -from the mixed blessings file, the Faces are planning on going on tour next year with original members Ronnie Wood, Kenny Jones and Ian McClagen but no Ronnie Lane

On December 8th at the New york Public Library Lou Reed, drummer Maureen Tucker and bassist Doug Yule of the Velvet Underground will be discussing thir legacy. Sterling Morrison and

The new seven-track EP, The Weekend: Friday,  by sextet Forever The Sickest Kids, came out yesterday, so I bought it expecting the same exact sounding band that I fell in love with.

NPR’s most important album does not preclude classical music apparently. Composer John Adams takes top honors but lovely music disturbing music (I’ll eview it at some point) written in memory

Email from Robert Nevin to me: Iman, this is not formatted as a post, so I don’t expect you to use it. I just wanted you to see the kind

Mike Nessing reviews Australian Band Middle East’s EP, Recordings Of the Middle East: I don’t know much about this band and they certainly aren’t willing to tell us a lot.

Now bourbon I could understand.Fellow Srones fan Sherry Davis sent me this one… The Rolling Stones have gone into business with a disteller to produce a Stones wine. According to

Bjork has a new song, “The Comet Song” from the upcoming kiddie movie based upon the 80s kid program “The Moomins”. Apparently, and not even vaguely surprisingly, Bjork is a

Worst Enemy -Gucci Mane To put it mildly! As Mane readies himself for a year in the hoosegow he falls into his epitaph with a first rate sample -a sorta

As Promised, the NME top fifty albums of the decade. Me? I don’t really get it. Calling Is This It the album of the decade defies any logic I can

Member of Bright eyes and Commander Venus and co-owner of Saddle Creek Records, the blokes behind the aforementioned bands and Cursive, Maria Taylor, early Rilo on and on Robb Nansel,

The new decade is looming before us and so we arrive at the another turn of the screws, writers like me are left to access our memory banks. New Musical

If ever a band needed to prove it live on stage it is Vampire Weekend. No one doubts Contra isn’t gonna be a killer album, everything I’ve heard off it

CONTEST ALERT! Want to meet Joshua Radin? He’s playing Webster Hall on Thursday. All you have to do is purchase your ticket for the show ONLINE through Ticketmaster.com, and you’ll

Following in Mick Jones footsteps, Mike Nessing reports that former Strangler Hugh Cornwell is giving away his new album. Here is the link: http://www.hooverdamdownload.com/

“Troubadour Reunion”FRIDAY MAY 14 American Express® Cardmembers can get advance tickets to Carole King & James Taylor performing at the Hollywood Bowl. Advance tickets are available Sunday, November 15 at

Monday, January 25 Cheap TrickThe Fillmore New York at Irving PlazaPresale starts: Tue, Nov 17 at 10amPresale ends: Fri, Nov 20 at 10pm Use Password: record Public Onsale: Sat, Nov

I have a few things to add on the topic of Forever The Sickest Kids showat Boston’s House Of Bluess last night (see previous post).First off, I didn’t cause ‘traffic’

Mary Magpie, with Mom playing chaueffer but in the back seat, takes you with her to see Down With Webster, My Favorite Highway, My Favorite Highway, Sing It Loud,  The

Spinner quotes Miley Cyrus as saying: “I’ve never heard a Jay-Z song. I don’t listen to pop music, and it’s not even my style of music”. So is she a

Return to form for Lady Gaga after the average “Bad Romance”. “Telephone” starts off easy with a harpsicord and just Lady Gaga’s voice but the B&D soon breaks in with

This is a gorgeous cover and there are some more beauts on flavorpill.com. Ahhh, viny. I miss the art work so much. A dying art form…

I have seen Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds perform together precisely once thirty years ago opening for Elvis Costello, 1978, maybe 1979 at the latest. The late great Willy deVille

How hot are the Cribs? Johnny Marr plays guitar for them when he can tear himself away from Modest Mouse. Once the new Libertines, now just about the collest band

After a coupla months self-imposed exile, including cancelling his tour with Lady Gaga, Kanye West showed up at the Beyonce Knowles gig at the London 02 Theatre. He rapped to

Finally!!! Alison Krauss, half of Sleigh Bells, this months it band, pictured… I’ve reviewed and loved Sleigh Bells songs but will quote Jon Caraminica who calls their sound “…it sounds

Really, I mean, really, can she be any worse than Melanie Griffith. Griffith could act but not for the stage and Ashlee Simpson prolly can’t act but she can sing

I saw Earle last year at Joe’s Pub and was more than impressed with the country rocker with the famous pa. Funny, charming, a best buddy in tow, and a

Bob Dylan Revisited is a book in which some of the top artists  in the world illustrate Dylan songs comic book style. here a couple of examples off Flavorpill Here are the songs

This LP works on a couple of levels. For one, I read at least one blog review online where the writer always wanted to sample Ray’s material, but found the

Here’s a little cheesecake for all you girls, gays, and folks with no taste in human beauty whatsoever. And here is this weeks releases for all you girls, gays and

Gucci Mane is behind the new single “Spotlight” -something of a favorite of mine, as well as rapping on songs by Mariah Carey (that is Mariah $100 for seats behind

Offered a tix to see Dylan this Wednesday at the United  Palace? and my friend Steve Diamond offering me a tix to see Dirty Projectors on Saturday in Brooklyn. This despite

Everybody loved the Sugarhill Gang, right? “Rapper’s delight” might have been a novelty hit but it was a novelty hit that opened the floodgates for rap and hip hop. The

Sometimes famous siblings work against you. Destiny’s child was my impression of an also ran TLC without a true auteur to steer them the way Dallas Austin steered TLC. Not

Over months of writing rock nyc I have been surprised how much of my own life leaks into the reviews. Perhaps it’s inevitable that when you spend so much of

Around a year and a half ago I saw Chicago Hip Hop band band Kid Sister perform a truncated but still fun set at summerstage. Around this time wthere was

Mick Jones band, Carbon SIlicon, is giving away their new album The Carbon Bubble on their website. Or so they claim. I just wasted ten minutes of my life trying

Putting the lie to the Simpsons “the French can’t rock” is all girl Paris Quartet The Plastiscenes the girls formed during High School and played concerts as a way of

On Thursdays episode on Fast Forward the drama answered its critics complaining they were using naff cover versions when they bought popular songs for the soundtrack. They used the original