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Liam Gallagher, Webster Hall, NYC (photo: Paul Bachmann) If you’re reading this, you’re probably already familiar with the story behind the formation of Beady Eye. If you’re not, here’s the short, short version: in the Fall of 2009 the Oasis brothers, Noel and Liam Gallagher, get into a heated argument,…

If you were at Live4ever’s Two Fingered Salute during Austin’s SXSW Music Festival this past March, you know just how powerful the live show put on by Twin Atlantic can be. Touring in support of their 2009 debut album ‘Vivarium’ (RedBull Records), the Glaswegian alt-rock quartet has been thrilling audiences…

… or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Hipsters and Their Skinny Jeans Late December… the days are short (but getting longer) and cold as the year draws to an end. What better time than now to look back upon the past year and reminisce over some of…

In my not so humble opinion, Jack White is responsible for creating some of the most inspired music of the 21st century. He also happens to be one of the hardest working musicians in rock n roll at the moment. Whether he’s playing under the guise of the White Stripes,…

I’ve downloaded a ton of apps on my phone, and aside from stuff like my RSS reader and Tetris (I spend a lot of time on the subway) most of them never get used. Every once in a while, though, these seldom used apps idly occupying space on my phone’s…

The Boxer Rebellion are currently riding high, touring in support of their 2009 release, Union, which hit number 1 on the iTunes Alternative Album chart after being downloaded over 550’000 times and was only kept off the British magazine charts because it was disqualified for being an internet-only release (although…

MGMT (photo © live4ever) (08/17/2010) – Hey Hipsters …There’s a fucking Rock n Roll Show Going On! I’m not going to whine about the sorry state of rock n’ roll or anything like that. Record sales are down, concert ticket sales are down. radio sucks, MTV hasn’t aired a video…

(8/3) Too often these days when you go see a band play live, what you wind up getting is pretty much a note for note rendering of the band’s recorded material. In and of itself there’s nothing necessarily wrong with this, but sometimes I feel like I might as well…

It goes without saying that the blues has had a tremendous impact on the development of pop music over the last 80 years and is responsible for spawning such genres as r&b, rock n roll, funk, disco and, well, even hip-hop. But before the psychedelic generation of rock gods got…

Muse @ MSG I’ve never been a big Muse fan. Let me get that out of the way first. Now, it’s not that I don’t like the band. I mean, when I hear a Muse song on the radio, I don’t change the station or experience a visceral reaction like…

As music fans (and if you’re reading this, you’re probably one of them), I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all had the experience of hanging out with friends, and fellow music fans, in our childhood bedrooms, our college dorm rooms, or in our apartments, and having a drink…

Arctic Monkeys , T5 (photo:CLme) Arctic Monkeys–Terminal 5 (12/11/2009) The two constants in the stylistic metamorphosis of the Arctic Monkeys that fans have witnessed over the course of the band’s first three albums have been the sophisticated lyrical craftsmanship of frontman Alex Turner and the virtuoso musicianship of drummer Matt…

Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth Steve Conte is a veteran of the music scene who over the years has fronted his own bands and also served as a sideman for an illustrious list of well established artists. If you’re a fan of anime, you may also recognize his singing…

Them Crooked Vultures , in studio Them Crooked Vultures, Roseland Ballroom, Thursday October 15, 2009 It’s turning out to be the year of the supergroup. Earlier this year Jack White and Allison Mosshart of the Kills debuted the Dead Weather, and the summertime brought us Chicken Foot, an unlikely collaboration…

Lenny Kravitz, Irving Plaza, Sunday October 11, 2009  It’s hard to believe that 2009 represents the 20th anniversary of Lenny Kravitz’s debut album Let Love Rule.  Has it really been that long since the erstwhile dread-locked one shed the moniker Romeo Blue and first graced the musical world with…

Mad Valentines, Brooklyn-based Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears’ follow-up EP to their 2008 full length release Flight of the Knife, defies categorization. From a stylistic standpoint Mad Valentines flirts with a variety of genres and never really settles down on any particular one. But this is far from a…