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Monday, October 26, 2020

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, 2020May 4, 2020 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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Wake Up and Smell the Indie Pop with Jeanines

September 17, 2019September 19, 2019 Jack Rabid 0 Comments Alicia Jeanine, BandCamp, Jack Rabid, Jeanines, Jed Smith, My Teenage Stride, New York City, Slumberland Records, Small Factory, Spotify, The Ailsers Set, The Big Takeover, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Velocity Girl, Veronica Falls, Youtube

An exclusive RNR Globe chat between The Big Takeover’s Jack Rabid and New York’s buzziest buzz band

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CONCERTS: Les Chats Noir

July 26, 2019July 30, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Australia, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, Cutie, Eamon Sandwith, Get this in ya, Gnarcissists, New York City, Nirvana, Oi, Queensland, Smoko, The Chats, The Hives

Queensland, Australia’s The Chats arrive in The Big Apple, declare New York “a piece of shit” at first ever show at the Brooklyn Bowl

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Hard Rock Punk Rock

Binky Philips and The Planets: A Debut 47 Years In The Making

June 26, 2019June 27, 2019 Chloe Orwell 0 Comments Binky Phillips and The Planets, CBGB, New York City, Punk

Manhattan punk survivors finally deliver their first studio LP with Established 1972 NYC

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Hopes, Dreams & Guitars

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, New York City, The Bottom Line

Springsteen on Broadway

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