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Writing about pop music isn’t as hard as deciding whether to send troops to  Afghanistan but it isn’t quite as easy as it might look. I have been wondering how to […]

In anticipation of interviewing multi-media LA titans Saint Motel I went back to the videos. I didn’t have to go back to the songs because I’ve had them on my

By Monday Rock NYC will have reviewed the following concerts!! Ian McLagen – The legendary (Small) Faces keyboardist.Travis – Or at least two of themRadio City Christmas Spectacular – Through

Bon Jovi’s The Circle or if Amazon can rename albums, “The $3.99 Album” Well, I can honestly say that I wasn’t going to purchase this album just because I think

What gives at Brooklyn Vegan? Just a month ago they were the gold standard of music blogs. They knew everything, they knew everyone, they were a step ahead of the

This is a big one for Lady Gaga. Assuredly a sell out she needs to prove it all with this tour or Madonna comparisons will disappear faster than you can

After sucking up to every dead or dead tired mogul in the music business, Dan Aquilante finally found someone he doesn’t like, the very good Peter Bjorn and John. In

I have had a love hate relationship with radio for years. I recall creeping out of bed to listen to late night college radio as a kid and screaming when

Rolling Stone reported “Steven Tyler: I’m Not Leaving Aerosmith; Joins Joe Perry Project at New York Concert 11/11/09, 9:53 am EST Rock NYC reported the story 11/11/09. 7:01 am EST.

My Morning Jacket on the November 22nd episode of American Dad -they will be playing six songs which doesn’t seem to leave much room for anything else.I read about this

Alan Moore, the creator of the greatest comic book of all time, Watchmen, and Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the creators of the second greatest comic book rock  band of

New York Magazine cover boys and Rock NYC Top five album of the years (probably 2nd best after Black Eyed Peas) Dirty Projectors will be following up the previously reported

At a recent lunch my friend Liam Murphy  and I are got onto the subject of music so while everybody rolled their eyes and tossed their salad we discussed best

My discussion with Art Alexakis got me thinking. Why do we idolize or look up to people who can clank things together or speak in melody (which is all singing

Steve Tyler is NOT LEAVING AERSOMITH , Rocker NYC’s Todd Leibowitz reports. Tyler walked on stage last night while the Joe Perry Project to perform “Walk This Way” At the

Brooklyn Indie drummer Jerry Fuchs died Sunday morning attempting to jump from a stalled elevator to the shock of the entire scene. A blog has been started at holyghostnyc.blogspot.com with

Art Alexakis is a punk rock dad. Tonight, Art took a break from the filming of a documentary spotlighting punk rock dads in which he sings ‘Father of Mine’, to

What is the hard part in making it big Last week we told you how Baria Qureshi, the XX guitarist quit due to exhaustion. Now comes word that English rapper Chipmunk,

I thought for sure Phish would be bringing in 2010 at MSG but Mariah Carey got the short straw and now comes word the jamalama boys will be at Miami’s

Hint? It doesn’t rhyme with MARIJUANA but they shoe horn it in!! Written by Sonic Youth as Ciccone Youth it is an extended metaphor (according to the folks at songmeanings.com)

Paul Erol Finn is the man behind Odessa records, an independent label whose aim is to “release awesome music on CD, Vinyl, and Digital formats, with a focus on (but

Joe Jackson, a reptile who wanders the earth in human form, is accusing the executors of his son Michael Jackson’s estate of fraud. I think Joe overplayed his hand. If

I don’t always agree with New York Daily News Chief Music Critic Jim farber but I always trust he has an informed opinion. Farber’s review on Bon Jovi’s “The Circle”

“Let’s face it, sonically and lyrically, Aerosmith was always much better high than sober.” A page before Dan Aquilante’s pathetic Bon Jovi review in today’s Post, writer Peter Lauria nails

Prodigal Son (Live) – The Rolling Stones – “Are you sure you can you dig it?” Mr. Jagger inquires on this newly released song from their November 1969 concert at

Wow, I can’t seem to get away from posting about these guys. This in from Todd Leibowitz… Bon Jovi’s new album, The Circle, is out today! Get it for $3.99

I wouldn’t pick on dan Aquitane if he wasn’t so damn high profile and if he didn’t make me wake every morning to some new piece of profoundly stupid bullshit.

This one is gonna make you choke on your Weetabix. Dan McGee’s band Spider Bags current album Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World is (and this figure is about as

Mike Nessing was raving about Fleet Foxes the other day, now comes word their drummer and back up singer J. Tillman is releasing his new album (his sixth -who knew)

I’ve  loved Jon Pareles ever since he edited me in the Voice when christgau was on vacation  and has been nothing but polite to me on the occasions I’ve run

Yesterday I wastrying to figure out what Matt Ward was singing about on his great song “One Life Away” and so I went where I always go when I’m in

I’ve been worrying on metacritic.com’s approval algorythm on Rock NYC  for months now, they never seem quite accurate and while I appreciate that rock critics can be an obtuse lot,

The Rocket SummerYou Gotta Believe EPOctober 27th, 2009Island Records The second I purchased the four song EP from The Rocket Summer, I plugged it in and put it on a

I caught Tigercity at Mercury Lounge back in September and thought they were really good in a blue eyed soul kinda way. And loved their Pretend Not To Love EP

Neil Young smiling, somebody call the gloomy gus police I didnt have the jack to splurge on it, but all accounts ive read say his “Archives” volume 1 is drop

Friday night at Downtown LA’s Palace Julian Casablancas played a short set including interval of the eight songs on his new solo album Phrazes For the Young and a coupla

Whatever happened to Neil Young: the most boring bastard who ever wandered on stage at MSG around 10pm on a weeknight, plugged in his guitar, and jammed to songs nobody

Once Kanye pulled I would bet the rent we were gonna get Phish but no, a year after My Morning Jacket changed my life we’re getting My Evening Carey. Mariah

My friend Steve Diamond went to the show Sunday night and has promised to post a review but while we wait… “Best Springsteen show ever”, “Never seen anyone work MSG

I’ve admired New York Post writer Phil Mushnick’s Equal Time Sports in the media column for years; nobody gets it righter fo the most part. But he lost the plot

“Long White Desert Rose” off Spider Bag’s Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World, is how it all comes together. This is the song the Black Crowes haven’t come within a

I’ve done nothing but run into Elvis Costello all year long and with the exception of a great opening song at Beacon cover of “My Resistance Is Low” and a

Bob Jovi,  “The Circle” (Island)Tori Amos, Midwinter Graces (Universal)AC/DC, Backtrack (Sony)Switchfoot, “Hello Hurricane” (Atlantic)The Killers, “Live At The Albert Hall” (Island)Anthrax, “Among the Living” (Island)Brian Culbertson, “Live from the Inside”

As reported in Rock NYC November 6th and ending any speculation, Steve Tyler has quit Aerosmith after forty years. Guitarist Joe Perry claims Tyler just got up and left. “He

Jerry Fuchs, just back from playing drums with psychedelic indie band Masarati, died Sunday morning, trying to jump out of a stalled elevator in downtown Brooklyn. He was thirty-four years

When not helping Lil Wayne record the worst rap of his career, Rivers Cuomo is hawking Wuggies, which are snuggies with the Weezer logo, those blankets with holes for your

I finally got around to downloading Charlotte Gainsbourg ‘s mp3 single off her January release with Beck.Tribal drums meets disconnected Gainsbourg vocals and a ringing telephone. This is what they

Albums released this week:Biffy Clyro – ‘Only Revolutions’Githead – ‘Landing’Lupe Fiasco – ‘Super Fiasco Bros’Robbie Williams – ‘Reality Killed The Video Star’Shirley Bassey – ‘Performance’Snow Patrol – ‘Up To Now’Singles

Jon Bon Jovi to appear on the the season Premiere of James Liptons popular interview show Inside The Actors Show, November 16th, 2009. Jon Bon Jovi is yo action what

Between canxd shows, fainting episodes, and stints in hospital, Morrissey’s 2009 UK has been hardly the adventure of a lifetime and on Saturday night in Liverpool it reached a quick