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A Funny Thing Happened En Route To Seeing The Clash At Bond International Casino….

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Billy Sternberg 1 Comment 1981, 40th Anniversary, Bonds International Casino, Joe Strummer, London Calling, Mick Jones, New York City, Paul Simonon, The Clash, Times Square, Topper Headon

One fan’s unique remembrance of catching the British punk godfathers on Broadway 40 years ago this month

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LISTEN: New York’s Own Imaginary People Speak Out Against Gun Violence On Latest Single

June 3, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2021, Alibi, ANOHNI, Dylan Von Wagner, Imaginary People, Liquid Liquid, New York City

“It’s Simple” is the latest single from the band’s forthcoming third LP Alibi

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Blues Dub/Reggae Hip Hop Pop

Mike Doughty Vrooms Back Into The Room

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ghost of Vroom, Ghost of Vroom I, Irresistible Bliss, Mike Doughty, New York City, Soul Coughing

Originally conspired as a Soul Coughing dub project, Ghost of Vroom echoes the feel of the beloved New York City band

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Diane Gentile Is An Optimist

May 26, 2021June 2, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Diane and the Gentle Men, Diane Gentile, Jesse Malin, New York City, The Bowery Electric, The World Is A Goner, Velvet Elk

The NYC singer talks about the Motown-inspired song she wrote in the wake of COVID-19

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Music Journalism Punk Rock

Jesse Malin: Back On The Bowery

March 30, 2021April 1, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Derek Cruz, Jesse Malin, New York City, The Fine Art of Self-Distancing, The Way We Used To Roll

As Jesse Malin prepares for one last livestreamed show on April 2, Rock & Roll Globe goes behind-the-scenes with him to watch how he’s pulled off the pandemic’s most ambitious concert series

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Catch North Jersey’s Best Rock Band Live This Week!

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Drew Eckmann, Ecks' Men, Jesse Malin, New Jersey, New York City, Rick Norman, Ringwood, The Feelies, Titus Andronicus, Tommy Stinson

Tickets are still available to see Ringwood’s Eck’s Men in their barn-burning concert at Bowery Electric, performing songs off their Tommy Stinson-produced debut LP

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Indie Rock Remembrance Retail

A Dreamworld of Esoterica

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments Amazon Prime, Brian Chase, Depeche Mode, Documentaries, Ezra Koenig, Google Play, iTunes, Martin Gore, New York City, Other Music, Regina Spektor, Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields, Tunde Adebimpe, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Remembering Other Music 25 years after its opening

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Forty Years Ago, Young Marble Giants Exploded A Graceful Bomb Over Manhattan

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 1980, Allison Statton, Colossal Youth, Hurrah, New York City, Philip Moxham, Stuart Moxham, Tim Sommer, Young Marble Giants

Tim Sommer recalls a show that changed his life

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jazz Rock Zappa

Frank Zappa’s Halloween Happenstance

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Frank Zappa, Halloween, Halloween 81, New York City, Palladium, Ray White, Robert Martin, Scott Thunes, Steve Vai, Tommy Mars, Universal Music Enterprises, Zappa Family Trust

New six CD set from 1981 guarantees a ghoulish good time

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Punk Remembrance Rock

Walter Lure: April 22, 1949 – August 22, 2020

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Binky Phillips, Bob Dylan, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Dexter Romweber, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Johnny Thunders, Lemmy, Lux Interior, Mark E. Smith, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Poison Ivy, Randy Pratt, The Waldos, Walter Lure

Tim Sommer salutes the Holy Ghost of New York City Punk Rock

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Whatever Happened to the Eddie Criss Group?

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Eric Davidson 5 Comments 1980, Abby Hoffman, CBGB, David Peel, Eddie Criss, Eddie Criss Group, Gang War, GG Allin, HoZac Books, HoZac Records, John Voight, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Undertaker, Wayne Kramer

Wherein a NYC kid befriends notorious yippie, David Peel, and records a chintzy glam record with Wayne Kramer that stays lost for 40 years

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WATCH: “Back Wall” By Yuzima Philip

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Back Wall, Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Lower East Side, New York City, Yuzima Philip

Longtime Lower East Side scene survivor celebrates Black Lives Matter and George Floyd in new music video

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Willie Nile’s New York State Of Mind

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2020, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hal Willner, Jim Jarmusch, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, New York At Night, New York City, Pete Townsend, Willie Nile

On his 13th album, the singer-songwriter pays homage to the city that staged his rebirth

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ALBUMS: Do The Strokes Define The New Abnormal?

May 4, 2020March 15, 2021 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 2020, Albert Hammond Jr., Devs, Fabrizio Moretti, Is This It, Joe Rogan, Julian Casablancas, New York City, Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, RCA, The Strokes The New Abnormal

Just one of several questions we ponder about the band’s long-awaited new album

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Hip Hop Remembrance

Rest In Peace, Fred The Godson

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Cardi B, Fred The Godson, Joell Ortiz, Joey Bada$$, New York City, RIP, South Bronx

Beloved South Bronx MC died from COVID-19 complications at age 35

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