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Musicians who want to make a difference in a community that is not their own and selflessly give is a wonderful thing, regardless of whether or not you assume they’re doing it for the press. What Blink 182 has done was recognise that they could make a serious difference, which this auction will do.

The good news is that Alice’s greatest hits filled setlist could’ve come at just about any post- Welcome To My Nightmare period, the bad news is so could the special effects and the good news is that the cheesiness of Cooper’s special effects are part of the charm

I know Jack Phillips pretty well and so have been privy to the arrangements leading up to his performance Tuesday night at Don’t Tell Mamas, and it has been exhaustive. But this is a major concert and Phillips will have a band accompany his performance of songs off Cafe Nights In New York as well as songs from the American Standards songbook. Let’s hope he decides to give us “I Remember You And Paris.

“Don’t sell your soul for the beans of this world,” the last Dancehall master standing advises on “One Life”. He shoulda told that to his contemporary Buju but maybe he did as this is Sizzla’s 70th (as in SEVENTY) album. More of the same, smooth calypso like reggae rhythms and throaty vocals while the Bobo Shanti subscribers preaches. Amazingly enough, this is near perfect reggae – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A-

Begun and ended with songs from the Alkaline Trio, the Lawrence Arms tracks is completely new to me but added to “Crawl” Friday night, it rocked my world. Aaron and Jack both have concerts next week. And in between the deep album cuts which are a gift for writing a weekly album review column.

There is nothing wrong with mankind’s ADHD when it comes to injustice. We’re just trying to pay our bills and not kill our bosses to really spend too much time worrying about rebellious entertainers and their antics. I mean c’mon this week we had terror slashings and tornadoes, some freak Russian broad falls of the radar pretty quick.

Vampire Weekend actually have three songs that could appear on this list at any given time, “Unbelievers” is the third. As for The National, I only got it Thursday morning so it is bubbling somewhere in the back of my pleasure zone but hasn’t worked its way all the way there. Holy Ghost! tonight as part of the all night DFA Records celebrations by the by.

While casually charming us to death here at rock nyc central, the MTV reality star proceeded to advise she had signed for another season of “Ridiculousness” and would be spending the summer on the Lil Wayne tour. All of which is well and good but to go home schooled at fifteen and manage to network yourself into a career by nineteen. And be lovely and not and all a diva. A winner in my book.

I am seriously looking forward to seeing Neville live. I think I’ve seen him before doing a couple of songs with Linda Ronstadt but otherwise this is the first time ever and I really love his voice. But this is really all about Petty and the return of the rock and roll star knocking the Beacon on its collective keister.

Ty is all over the damn place, you can’t throw a brick without hitting one of the bands he plays for, everyone from Fuzz to Perverts and many times, if you can concentrate hard enough on him, he is pretty damn good but far too often he is as slippery as his songs

If it was just Kelly I would go with Aaron if only because I already have a ticket for Aaron. But The-Dream is the closest thing we have to Babyface in 2013 and I really really want to check him out

I will have conducted my interview with Chanel West Coast by the time you read this, but as of now, I just have the videos of these two songs. She raps pretty I’ve seen a video of Chanel straight up rapping over beats and she was excellent. On the other hand, the last two tracks are songs my Mom, who died in 2010, used to sing to me . Florrie Ford is British Dancehall, I don’t know whpo the other guy is.

Can you believe it? People have barely emerged from the torpor of last month festival and hipsters still have their 2013 Coachella bands around their wrists, that we are thinking about next year! And all this without a lineup in view before almost a year!

Despite the terrible movie name, this Star Trek does no more and no less than it sets out to, keep the franchises alive while letting us giggle over the Muppet Babies

I cannot tell you what it is like to look into the eyes of a mother whose son is dead as result of attending a concert by your group, his favorite band. I cannot tell you what it is like to hold her tiny hands as she weeps for her dead boy; to hold those hands in your large hands, the same hands accused of killing her son. I cannot tell you in any words what it’s like to feel that grief for her lost only child

All you need to do is rustle up funds for charity in the most flamboyant way. Earn enough and you win big with all proceeds going to the ‘Unite The United” foundation. The Unite the United Foundation is a nonprofit organization, which was launched by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman, and donates funds directly to grassroots charities.

Remember, this is the 25-member group that regularly gives us a capella covers of famous songs, coming from all over the indie spectrum in beyond, with choral arrangements and layered vocals. They can go from Beck to Muse, from Regina Spektor to Phoenix with the same conviction and have been described as the hipster answer to Glee,

In the midst of a disappointing movie, he consistently made me smile. The face of his generation? Although a child of privilege, Ezra is a super everyman. His next movie is Madame Bovary so it might have to wait a year.

Christgau gave the Vamps an A+, so you gotta think, right? But congratulate them for me if you don’t mind. And George is in at # 2 and he deserves it. Husband and wife team for the last two and you might notice that some acts have worst grades this week than least. That’s how it goes in 2013

So 20 years after daft Punk changed the face of dance they get their first # 1? How? By goign back to 1979 and riding a Niles Rodgers lick for six minutes and more power to them. That’s how we do it and it makes as much sense to me as the sound of the click on a Moroder song

With the exception of the Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short duet which makes Paul Simon swinged not stoned in 1968, the two big surprises are the brackets, Jay-Z’s excellent rap on an average The-Dream track and the Weeknd full on soul in French Montana’s average rap track.

Of course, some avid fan did a recording of some of the new ones and you can watch ‘Sorry’ and ‘Heaven’s Ladder’ below, filmed by someone who must have been just below Beck’s nose. ‘Sorry’ is rather upbeat with a catchy chorus ‘Used to be happy/ Used to be laughing’ and a very-Beck bridge, but nothing really memorable lyrics-wise

The Heartbreakers are such a great band that I might very well be wrong , hearing these old pros jam together could well be a revelation, it could well be a Southern Crazy Horse. Or it could be a tremendous bore.

Riot Fest 2013 has a lineup that is almost surreal. Brand New, Fall Out Boy……Selector? Bayside, All Time Low..Blondie? Its as if they planned the mother and child reunion right there. Three days at a fair price

Two upcoming concerts are must sees in my books. Michael Buble at the Prudential on September 28th and Tony Bennett at Radio City at Radio City on October 11th.

Strait is great despite being ornery cuss, he has that rare ability to be always always very good and when you are very good that often it is a form of greatness

Personally, I’m disappointed in the Daft Punk album. Both Casablancas and Williams have written superior songs than these, Williams obviously, but the Julian track is as good as a lesser number on his solo album. As for the Doors, still in mourning. B.o>B. is pretty good, minor stuff but it does the job And finally, who though Darius Rucker would beat out Keith Urban?