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On stage, they are Cincedrella on A Saturday night, a rave up without the prurient kick of Scissor Sisters but with plenty of strobe lights and dancers, mirrorballs and disco balance. A fun evening.

Take a look at this list, notice anything? Three rock albums, how about that then? Indeed, this is a pretty good chart by any standard. maybe nothing jumps out and blows you away, still FOB, Phoenix, Fantasia -these are very good albums all and if nothing is gonna change your life for the better, nothing here is all that bad either.

Two from Timberlake, two from M&L, Pink on top , RiRi, Bruno and Pitbull bring the pop power and what is that? My gal Charlie XVX with Icona Pop –who will be at Gov’s Ball I think.

The two Sinatra’s are in general excitement for the 6-11 gig at Summerstag and this is Reprise Sinatra which is consistently better than you remember it being. The VGM is a new discovery and one I am finding very thrilling and original, and the Melvins album is astoudingly good fun. Finally? Don’t we dislike Streetlight Manifesto? Maybe not.

Their hits “Our House” and “Baggy Trousers” were a couple videos that were on constant repeat for the music network, when it played music. See MTV had limited videos in its infancy so you would see the same ones over and over each day (and you were happy to do so!), now of course, there are no music videos

Daniel Johnston is back with a project called ‘Space Ducks – an Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness’, consisting of an album, a comic book and an iOS app

Well, a conversation over Twitter with none other than Alternative Press Editor Jason Pettigrew sparked my interest. He had a grocery list poised for the big day, but since he is a die hard record collector I found that curious. What the hell you can buy records any day its not as if they self destruct. But that’s the hype

Once again, Vampire Weekend debuted two new songs on Sunday night at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom, and they were recorded since the show was live streamed online and directed by Steve Buscemi.

Fleetwood Mac – Madison Square Garden – April 8th, 2013 – The Buckingham Nicks love affair with each other and with us has lead them to this place: where Fleet Mac are again what they once were: a guitar art band with an excellent rhythm section.

.Side Effects Of You – Fantasia – She has gone through a lot to get here, a nigh on perfect soul record, mixing dance and ballads to equal effect and sounding very much like the woman who has survived the life she has, indeed survived.

Get Lucky – Daft Punk – There isn’t enough words for the greatnest of Niles Rodgers guitar on this song. It is a great slice of disco any way, but that guitar man, Daft Punk ride the lick all the way to the finish line

The Dark Magus track comes to mind because I was discussing best live albums. It is great because of Favis, but it is one of the best with the addition of two electric guitars. Meanwhile… Laura Stevenson makes a mockery of Pitchfork’s tepid review, and Big Sean has a lot to live up to and on this first song off the newbie he manages.

Unfortunately the ‘Dont You Want Me Baby” singers The Human League want ‘math’ more than audience. They have pulled out of the tour and now the stage needs a replacement. Already on board are Howard Jones and Andy Bell of Erasure. Yeah, I cant see that filling my lawn let alone a venue of any size.

“To think that our surname would be indelibly linked with London through the naming of a street after Amy is remarkable. “We’re a London family through and through and it would be a tremendous honor if we do become a literal part of the fabric of this great city.”

“I’m so happy that so many people have connected with the stories and the songs on the record, this really is our version of events now”

The Stone Roses are a legendary Madchester dance band, the sound of ecstasy with a rock and roll back beat and the 1990s game changer who, in the UK, pulled the country out of the 1970s more thoroughly than grunge ever did. Liam is a nob.

Daughter’s eagerly anticipated debut album is upon us and I am very excited over a new Hanni El Khattib but unless you are in the market for LL Cool J, not much else going on here. Did I ever mention that I take this list off Metacritic? Seven years ago I tried to put together a website that collated reviews of new albums from everywhere and was half way thru the process when somebody mentioned Metacritic. rock nyc is the grandchild of that idea.

Did you read Steve Crawford’s excellent “The Essential Songs Of George Jones”? “The Old Rugged Cross” is the song he choose off my fave Jones album. # 1 is from a phenomenal album Tomas Doncker turned me on to, part of Red+ Hot charity albums, this one is from Red+ Hot + Riot. A superb, like mind bending album I may actually review though it is years old.

The low light of the week is Iggy and The Stooges on Colbert. Steve Colbert is going to eat him alive. We all saw how he interacted with Morrissey so his chat with Iggy should be epic. Oh, and I have lost all respect for Mr Pop since his god awful cameo in the John Varvatos edition of luxury car commercial. How un-punk rock.

Sure, the album was the definition of a disappointment and sure, yet again, Morrissey wipes Marrs clock BUT he is one of the greatest guitarists of his generation and he was born to do it live on stage so stop whining and check him out at Music Hall Of Williamsburg on a Friday no less.

OK, so They’ve been on the charts long enough I figured I’d give Bastille another shot People get things wrong, you know. But this album is completely horrible and I overestimate it with a “C+”.

Daft Punk’s single would be good any way but Niles Rodgers guitar lick is so good it overwhelms everything else it is perfect. Britain’s Got Talent runners up sound like Olly Murs only less so.

Both Dylan and the Band roar through this version off Before The Flood, he snarls, it spits, it feels political (Nixon is the mark). The entire album is not punk but gangsta rap in its lack of subtlety. He never stops. It never stops. I am thinking of writing some more about George Jones, I have written about him many times through the years, but every time I saw it feels as though I am rattling off cliches.

Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of English courses, revealed that 86% of ESL teachers play music during class to enhance lessons and help students improve their understanding of the English language.

Think about it, you’ll be the only one of your friends to see the Rolling Stones in such a small venue and when they ask you how you pulled it off, you can show them my bloody, decaying wrist.

This is what Scott does: he pounds order on to chaos, he changes the random chance of evil into the bordered form of art. It says, life is bad but through our abilities we can take Children’s Crusades and hurricanes and terrorists attacks and we can place order through art and through love

Side Effects Of You – Fantasia – In the battle for American Idol diva supremacy, Fantasia always played suicidal kid sister to Jennifer Hudson’s late flowering superstar. But this is a terrific album, with three sure shots and handfuls of groove filled post-disco movers. Fantasia wins. ALBUM OF THE WEEK – Grade: A-

This is Fantasia’s week, here excellent new album has dominated my work all week. But as far as singles go, Talib’s single is closer to Motown than anything featured play Miguel has managed before. Makes em both worth taking seriously immediately, even the rap is excellent.

Half of these tracks were listened to in celebration of George Jones life, the other half a mix of Pusha T and Fabolous in celebration of the BB King gig. Fabolous’ “Into You” I had forgotten about but it sure sounds great a decade later. Jones I am getting a little obscure on but “The Gospel Collection” is awesome. He really wasn’t much of an album artist, was he?

Every single tune on this album is special and fun and holds a special place in my heart- there’s not one song I ever skip. The rarity of that is something I don’t think I’ll ever find again any time soon. They’re just such a talented band and everything they do, I fall in love with.