rock nyc

What if it is as great as, let’s not go crazy here, Heroes? How about a “Somebody Up There Likes Me” or a “Boys Keep Swinging” or, nah it will never happen but, “Modern Love”?

I’ve heard huge arguments about who is better Morrissey or Marr but this ends the argument completely. Marr is no Morrissey and this albums flies when Marr plays, the way the new Wayne Shorter works when he plays, but otherwise it crashes and burns. A major major crash and burn disast

The Major Lazer album looks like fun but who is kidding who? This is Nick Cave’s week and the Bad Seeds is one of the biggest of, at least, the season. I was listening to Dig Lazarus Dig earlier today and I simply prefer Bad Seeds to Grinderman and I’ve listened to the new one a few times and it is gonna be a biggie.

Young Adult Friction – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Shoegaze? I dunno, the vocals are way way up and the jingle jangle is resembles Belle And Sebastian circa “Seeing Other People”. Maybe the band didn’t want this, but that’s a shame because this was the sound they should’ve pursued – Grade: A

The Foals album isn’t very good… . indeed, most of this list is not very good, Mumford is OK, and I haven’t heard Biffy, but everything else is whatever.

One killer song here, the new Avicii is really hot and smart house pop (if you see what I mean) and gives Calvin Harris a run for his money. And Alpin’s singer songwriter song is pretty catchy stuff. Emili has ANOTHER hit off her album?

Sixteen – Buzzcocks – Best ending of a song ever, an on the dime conclusion as Shelley begs for silence, also holds an axiomatic concept: everything you do remains the same but is less fun as you grow older – Grade: A+

“And though I know that my actions are impossible to justify, they seem adequate to fill up my time. But if I could talk to myself like I was someone else, well then maybe I could take your advice and I wouldn’t act like such an asshole all the time”

Yes, I did have a ticket to the Lady Gaga concert at MSG next Friday, and yes, I was very disappointed at her cancelling (the third time she has cancelled a gig on me pop pickers) but more alarmed at the reason for her cancelling her ENTIRE TOUR, for a hip replacement. At the age of 26 years old, for a singer who does so much dancing to have hip replacement surgery? That isn’t a positive sign. Though, glass half full Stef?, nothing else would have slowed her down after years of touring and, it is not as though she lost her voice

Nearly two decades later, it holds up very strong as possibly his most consistent piece of work to date. New R&B shoul;d be sampoling it night and day.

Songs For Imaginative People – Darwin Deez – Brooklyn indie band lead by wildcat Darwin Smith, they are much better than the tag approaches. The first three songs on the album mixes indie pop with quirky rhythms, wonky vocals, and great great songs. Then it heads South for a coupla tracks. But much better than you might think – Grade: B+

I haven’t seen Tomas Doncker on stage since last summer but I have heard the rough mixes of Power Of The Trinitty… A Slight Return, a powerful consolidation of his Global Soul and am very excited to have the opportunity to catch him opening for Teddy Afro -an Ethiopian superstar, who doesn’t sound like you think he might,, but rather he plays out with jams and repetitions. Tomas hits the stage at 1115pm. so get to BB Kings early (or is that late?) Friday night.

Good Times – Matt Costa – A hand clapping, sax swinging, folkie singalong giving new meaning to the happy songs about sad things ruse. One of the most fun and apocalyptic songs you’ll ever hear – Grade: A

Perversely, it’s all in accordance with doctor’s orders: to have myself re-integrated with the call of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd; the flash of light and the full thrust of mosh-pit sound. Illness turns the body into a complete stranger, and I’ll be testing the capabilities of my strides at the most unlikely music shows this week. The will to get on with it runs strong

That was my last cell, on the top floor, where I could look out and see where I took this picture from. I used to stare at the apartment building i took this picture from and wonder what was happening in there. Most of the time I was in the basement though

If you believe, as Noel Gallagher of Oasis once claimed, that all the best rock and roll songs have already been written and the only thing to do is re-write them, then you’ll probably dig Dig

‘WOLF. APRIL 2nd. ALOT OF GAY JOKES BIKE REFERENCES AND CHORDS STOLEN FROM STUFF I DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT I YELL ALOT TOO’

The songs have a cling factor to them and his voice is impressive to the degree it is declarative. He is so small and the stage is so large, you get the feeling Este Haim could beat him in an arm wrestling contest.

Sure, he charges fans $2,000 for a folding chair and the opportunity to shake hands with a roadie BUT he goes on stage at a reasonable time, doesn’t overdo the new album,

I am stlll waiting for Tyler to perform a real solo set, I am still waiting for him to dip deep into Goblin and really give a serious, all out show

The Normal Living did themselves nothing but favors with a terrific show at Fontana last week, Modern Hut don’t have a release date for their long awaited album so “History”, as important as Regina’s “Ink Stains”, will have to wait to be heard, Tomas’ “Rise Above” is completed and the album should be out soon.

Daylight – Maroon 5 – Sure, I’m psyched to be seeing em tonight. Wouldn’t you be? And this is their third off the latest album, and to my mind just about in the midle between the others. It is also a song where you can hear the song making by committe at work, that’s what all the oh hoos at the end are about – Grade: B+

She needs a gimmick to get attention so here you go- chuggin pee. Her brother filmed it and it will be part of the MTV horror ‘Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life’. MtV the perfect vehicle for the monstrosity. Well done!

The song just got the video treatment, with a buffalo-headed girl running through a series of doors opening on nothing but a desolated road in the desert, while some go-go dancers jump behind Jim James almost the whole time.

Haim is the Bangles of the 21st Century, three cute Jewish girls and a drummer from the Valley with better beats and worse songs than the Bangles

It is rare I see a tour where every band on the bill makes me nauseous, this is a vision of end of times, it is the music the devil will be playing when he comes back as fire.

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Heaven’s Just A Sin Away – Kelly Willis – The Kendalls, a father and daughter duo had a hit with this, so, as Bruce Robison put it wednesday night, “Country right?” Early 1990s Kelly version doesn’t have the edge to her tone she does now but it is pretty awesome in an early Rosanne Cash way – Grade: A-

Let’s see my perfect wedding would involve Morrissey as the officiant, perhaps Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone as my ushers my maid of Honor would be Chrissie Hynde, of course

Steve married Beth in 1990 and this Valentine Day’s he shares the essential songs in the year of his wedding.

The band’s even more annoying than I remembered. William’s voice in the opening couple seconds left a bad taste in my mouth and actually made me sick to my stomach.