rock nyc

When Julie Burchill was sixteen she was a little knockout in tight jeans, a leather jacket and a switch blade […]

Oasis broke up yesterday after Liam Gallagher busted Noel’s guitars moments before they were to go on stage. Noel said

A quick scan of the charts finds French DJ David Guerta and collaborators nestled all over the damn place, the

My friends Alix and Ali report from MSG: Dear Iman, Alix and Ali here. Taylor was simply fabulous. Once we

Top Of the Pops is no more but we are still gonna take a look at whats hot on the

In the UK three decades ago soul music returned to the dance clubs from whence they came and today it

Watching TV in the UK I was not surprised to see Iggy Pop dancing with his shirt off but I

The Miley Cyrus story is an American fable about reinvention. When the British first came to North America it was

A conversation with Hala (16), Kareema (12) and Miriam (8) tell me about music… IL: We had plans to see

I am leaving to the UK for ten days today and will have limited ability to maintain my blog till

Why Can’t I Touch It? – The Buzzcocks – One of the greatest bands of all times, I have been

Juliet warned me. Hala warned me. Haylee and Emily warned me to… love Miley or die a fool, old man,

In the shadow of Mike Nessing’s memento mori I have been listening to Judee Sill’s Heart Food and one thing

“Depression” off Dirty Projector’s 2007 Rise Above album was given a bare bones recording on daytrotter.com completely at odds with

I loved The Runaways and had a king size crush on Cherry “bomb” Currie for the longest time though the

Watching the Arthur Penn directed “Alice’s restaurant” starring Arlo Guthrie I was surprised I’d forgotten how dangerous it was to

The penultimate song of Iris Dement’s two hour concert at the Highline last night found the country singer-songwriter last night

It’s just the motion…

Is that a dulcimer I see before? Sure sounds like one and since the Roches best album Keep On Doing’s

Today in the New York Post Dan Aquilante had this to say about the Moody Blues Thursday at Radio City:

This is what happened to the States: some foreign policy wonk came up with the domino theory: if one country

Elvis Costello was making a mistake. It was years and years ago on “Late Night” with Letter man and he

Erin Muir is a singer-songwriter who left the wilds of Minneapolis (and what appears to be a vibrant music scene)

Fun, fun, fun at the Autobahn ‘till her daddy takes the T-bird away. Or how I finally discovered the passion

Four years since perpetual power punk Paramore emerged from Tennessee, two years since “Misery Business” broke em big ,one year

Take the Trans Europe Express

Going steady with the Maestra’s—

Art is life is life is art is love and all that stuff we’re so scared off. Richard and Linda

Remember the Drifters? Sure you do: tin pan alley, highly arranged first r&b and then pop vocal band. First with

Loudon Wainwright III and his children Rufus and Martha Wainwright as well as the BRILLIANT AWESOME UNSPEAKABLY WONDERFUL folk trio

The other week I wrote a post about Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps -a Minneapolis band. Marie Lynn

I.D.G.A.F – Breathe CarolinaElectronica duo from Denver come up with the goods on this addictive pop crossover mover EXCEPT who

This is the most boring brush with greatness you WILL EVER READ!!! It came to mind because I was watching

In a somewhat scathing review of Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb” back in April, I snickered “How much reassurance do young

Available on Itunes today: Elvis Costello’s singing talk show reviewed…

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby Stills & Nash – It’s a shame Steve Stills is such an arrogant dick

Elvis Costello, Richard and Linda Thompson and Bruce Springsteen wrote terrific albums about the end of their marriages. We’re gonna

Mike Nessing writes about the short, lustrously creative life of Judee Sill. Songs of faith, higher power, wisdom and love.

What confuses people about Marvin Gaye is that, despite “What’s Going On” and despite “Let’s Get It On” and despite

MILEY!!!!

There are too types of serious rock fans in this world: the progressives and the anti-progressives. Mike Nessing is the

Blowing In the Wind – Sam Cooke – From the 64 Live at the Copa album, quite as good as

Don’t know about the half million young, dirty, hungry, drugged bastards stuck in the Flanders Field of 1969 but I

I was emailing back and forth with Mike Nessing when he said “Too much music,man..not enough time. It’s a never

Work Me Lord – Janis Joplin – On this CD the difference between Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane is if

About a year ago I was at the Highline for a Martha Wainwright concert and up close she was like

One of the Cavemen throws a strike and pumps his arm until the pin changer comes down with the legend

Going Up the Country – Canned Heat – I don’t like blues boogie but I liked this on the original

I loved Brett Jensen’s take on Jesus and Jesus’ Ipod in an earlier post. If you can’t laugh at religion

Did you know Ray Price took over Hank William’s band after Hank died? Popular music sophisticate Michael Nessing did and