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The Music/Kasabian Thurs. Feb. 18th 2005 Irving Plaza, NYC Despite my intense desire to “Leave Them All behind”, the 90’s are still alive and well as evidenced by Thurs. night’s show at Irving Plaza where Kasabian and The Music did their best to recr
Still here...returning to post again soon
Sorry I've been negelectful, just busy...lotsa good stuff out tho. Here's what's been hot... New Wilco PJ Harvey The Streets Graham Coxon Just a bit
2003: Volume Volume Volume!!!!
Odd year for rock and roll all summed up in 3 words: Volume, volume, volume!!!! As I sit to cull my 10 best records of 2003, I find myself wading through a considerable amount of music!!! More than I can reasonably remember in recent years. A signif
Rainer Maria, Irving Plaza Sat. May 24
Rainer Maria’s latest full-length “Long Knives Drawn” is a departure from the band they once were due in no small part to the dramatically improved vocals of singer Caithlin De Marrais. The weak and frankly whiney voice she once used to compete with guita
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In Heavy Rotation British Sea Power - All the singles/EPs before the release of “The Decline of British Sea Power”: “FEAR OF DROWNING”, “REMEMBER ME”, “THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS”, and “CHILDHOOD MEMORIES” (all mp3’s, but I live in NYC and can’t actually pu
The Libertines, Club Luxx, Brooklyn, Fri. May 2 2003
I have seen rock’s present and it is the Libertines!!! When I first heard this band in the late fall of last year I was instantly impressed. Struck me as a London Strokes, (which is the way everyone describes them now) but at the time it sounded to me
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In Heavy Rotation… Athlete- “Vehicles and Animals” LP Fell in love with “You Got The Style” the minute I heard it. I don’t get the Pavement connection that most journos seem to get from this band. There’s a song or 2 that remind me of “Cut You Hair”,
Did I ever tell you about the time....
Mark E. Smith and The Fall It was a rather chilly morning in 1991 as I recall, that I queued up in front of Kim’s Records on Bleeker St. to meet my hero face to face. The in-store appearance was scheduled for noon, and I arrived somewhere around 8:30 a
Primal Scream 4/21/2003 Irving Plaza NYC
It may be time to hang it up Bobby. I hate to be disrespectful, I mean, you are indie rock royalty, you have had some amazing bright spots in your 18 some odd years in pop. I still bow in deference to "Imperial", I have the lyrics to "Higher Than the S
