Category Archives: General

Essay: How To Succeed In Music Without Really Trying

“How To Succeed In Music Without Really Trying”

There’s always a generic “uplifting clumsy best friend” character in popular romantic comedies. If you don’t know her, she’s the sidekick to the uptight and logical, yet socially oblivious woman in the role of the protagonist (paging Katherine Heigl). Said clumsy best friend’s sole responsibility in these films is to remind the main character not to “lower her expectations for a man”. My burning question is this: Where is the clumsy best friend to an entire generation of music fans? I’ve got a few minutes to kill here, so lets lay down some lessons in love, sister. You seem like lately you’ve been desperate for any band that comes along, but you’re better than that. He doesn’t care about you like The Who used to.  Continue reading

Playlist: “Christmas Music For People Who Hate Christmas Music”

Listen, whoever started that whole B101 bullshit needs to be sterilized. Christmas music just isn’t good. If you’re not Chuck Berry or The Kinks, chances are you aren’t doing it right at all. Every Christmas song you hear on the radio or your mother’s “Holiday Compilation” CD is either obnoxious, depressing, annoying, terribly written/executed, or all of the above. Basically, if you haven’t figured it out already… it’s not my favorite thing. Continue reading

Essay: “The Band About Nothing – A Conspiracy-less Punk Rock Conspiracy Theory”

What do The Ramones and Seinfeld have in common? If you guessed “nothing”, you’re right. But not literally nothing… I mean, “nothing”. Get it? When The Ramones sang, “I don’t care about this world”, Jerry and George would have surely replied, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that”.  Continue reading

Essay: Cut The Crap (And By Crap I Mean The Grammys)

I almost spit out my V8 juice when I read the list of Grammy Nominations this morning. Sum 41 is nominated, Katy “William Hung” Perry is nominated for her worst song, dubstep is considered music in the “Best New Artist” category (in other news, the US Government also says that Pizza is now considered a vegetable), Eddie Vedder is nominated in the Folk Music category, the already questionable “Remix” category is literally mind-numbingly atrocious, and though The Rolling Stones have only received three Grammy Awards over a fifty-year career, the song “Moves Like Jagger” is nominated in just a few months. Johnny Cash knows what I’m talking about… Continue reading

5 Reasons To Go To The NEW Magic Monday

If you read our site often, you are already thoroughly annoyed by my love for a little party called Magic Monday. I believe I’ve covered it three times before, while it was running at my favorite Lower East Side bar,  St Jerome’s, so you might know a bit about it already. What you might not know, though, is that Magic Monday has been reincarnated. New York City club owner, writer, and overall leather-jacket-wearing-beer-drinking-LES-roaming-guy Luc Carl, has helped rebirth this party at his new decadent club, The Casino. For those of you that are nervous to make the switch from the St. Jerome’s Magic Monday to the new space, let me give you a little push. Dip your toes, my friends, the water feels real nice (No, really, there’s an indoor fountain/waterfall in the new club…). Continue reading

Playlist: Fourth Of July!

If Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA” made it onto your Fourth Of July Playlist this year, you hate America. But don’t worry, we’re here to help. Turn off the radio, because no one wants to hear that godawful Katy Perry song about her firework boobs anymore (If you’re looking for a pop music fix, though, let me direct you to Marina & the Diamonds’ “Hollywood” as the only acceptable choice). So, here it is, your new favorite Patriotic Playlist, accompanied by the image of The Boss’s nice tight jeans: Continue reading

News: Former Belle drops debut EP

One of our favorite bands, Philadelphia’s Former Belle, have officially dropped their new debut EP, Sounds From The Ground. Former Belle has recently played at New York City venues such as Rockwood Music Hall and have three upcoming shows in the city. Listen to, buy, and download the 6 tracks of folk bliss on the group’s BandCamp profile.

Former Belle NYC Schedule:
Wednesday, July 2nd – Fat Baby NYC, 8pm
Saturday, July 23rd – Bowery Poetry Club, 8pm
Tuesday, August 2nd – Knitting Factory, 8pm

Click here for more info on Former Belle

Guest Blog: Ash Fox talks Scott Weiland


Scott Weiland

Gramercy Theater
May 18th
By Ash Fox

Our favorite fashion maven/nightlife photographer/blogger, Ash Fox, is now also our newest writer. Check back for more from Ash on rock n’ roll style and New York experiences. Below is Ash’s first blog on Scott Weiland’s May show at the Gramercy Theater: Continue reading

Event: Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger plays R2R Festival

Last night, Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, experimental folk band formed by Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl, played at River To River Festival’s South Street Seaport stage. The group, who previously released an acoustic album, adapted their songs into full-band form for the show, evoking spirits of 60′s psychedelic folk rock with Lennon’s long, soaring guitar solos and Kemp Muhl’s soft, haunting harmonies.

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News: Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62

The world of music and poetry has lost another brilliant artist. Gil Scott-Heron passed away yesterday, May 27th, at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City. A major poetic force, known for his political and radical writings, especially his legendary spoken word piece ‘The Revolution Will Not be Televised’. Heron was also a musician, thought of as the staple of funk and soul music through the 70s, and his work would become one of the major influences in the creation of the rap genre. Always controversial and out spoken, he was a man truly committed to his beliefs and the idea of standing up for what you believe in. His latest album, I’m New Here, showed that his musical prowess was incredible and constantly changing with the times. He will be truly missed and has inspired and influence not only myself but countless others.
Adam Murray