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Still The Queen: The Cramps’ Poison Ivy Turns 70

February 20, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Boston, Lux Interior, New York City, Poison Ivy, Punk, Rockabilly, The Cramps, The Rat

Celebrating the career of punk guitar icon

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Punk Rock 

Ivan Julian Swings Again

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments CBGB, Dead Milkmen, Fugazi, Girls Against Boys, Ivan Julian, New York City, Pravda Records, Richard Hell, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Robert Quine, Shudder To Think, Swing Your Lanterns, Ted Niceley

With cancer in the rearview, the legendary guitarist unleashes his best solo album yet

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Garage Rock Punk Rock 

WATCH: NYC’s Skull Practitioners Share Video for “LEAP”

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Alex Baker, In The Red Records, Jason Victor, Kenneth Levine, Negative Stars, New York City, Skull Practitioners, The Dream Syndicate

The band’s debut album, Negative Stars, out now on In The Red Records

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Alternative Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

Guiding Light: Remembering Tom Verlaine

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Billy Ficca, CBGB, Fred Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Marquee Moon, New York City, Patti Smith, Richard Lloyd, RIP, Television, Tom Verlaine

The legendary Television guitarist never stopped looking for adventure

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Indie Rock 

Sleepyhead Explore a New Kind of Alchemy 

December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Chris O'Rourke, Michael Galinsky, New Alchemy, New York City, New York University, Rachael McNally, Sleepyhead, Yo La Tengo

The indie rock lifers pile on noise-free hooks on their sixth album

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Experimental Rock 

How Ivan Nahem Captures Cathartic, Yoga-centric Soundscapes

October 26, 2022November 11, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Crawling Through Grass, ex->tension, Ivan Nahem, Live Skull, Marc C, New York City, Norman Westberg, Ritual Tension, Swans, The Cucumbers, Yoga

The ex->tension mastermind, NYC noise-rock pioneer and one-time Swans drummer talks Crawling Through Grass

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Indie Rock 

WATCH: Mad Meg Shares “Beyond Repair”

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Beyond Repair, Firewater, Gogol Bordello, Ilya Popenko, New York City, Who Deserves Balloons and Medals?

The new album from the band, Who Deserves Balloons and Medals?, comes out November 4th

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Folk Indie Rock Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Sean Ono Lennon Presents “Circles” by Zack Rosen

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Ron Hart 2 Comments Chimera Music, Circles, EP, New York City, Sean Lennon, Singles, Tongues Unknown, Zack Rosen

New single from the late NYC songwriter/musician drops ahead of posthumous EP release

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Punk Rock 

The Sweet Things Give Us A Wink

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Brown Leather, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Lower East Side, Manitoba’s, New York City, New York Dolls, Sam Hariss, The Black Crowes, The Georgia Satellites, The Sweet Things

The soul of New York City sleaze is alive and well in this rockin’ young band

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Music Journalism 

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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Folk Rock 

The Art of Garfunkel

November 5, 2021November 9, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 80th birthday, Art Garfunkel, folk, New York City, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate, The Sounds of Silence

The taller half of the iconic NYC folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel at 80

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Art Pop New Wave Post-Punk Remembrance 

New York Musicians Pay Homage To Dee Pop

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bush Tetras, CBGB, Cynthia Sley, Dee Pop, James Keepnews, Michael Imperioli, Mike Edison, Mike Pride, New York City, Pat Place, William Parker

Several friends and collaborators from the the city’s punk and jazz scenes took to social media to bid farewell to the influential Bush Tetras drummer

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Folk Indie Rock 

LISTEN: Former Longwave Drummer Channels T-Bone Burnett On Rustic New Project

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Leonard Cohen, Longwave, Mikey James, Neil Young, New York City, Pale Saints, Singing River, Song Premiere, The Strokes

“Easy To Remember” finds Mikey James bringing some more of that “Northern Folk” vibe to his new outfit with longtime collaborator Anthony Kuhn as Singing River

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Art Pop Rock 

Eszter Balint: Memory Almost Full

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Basquiat, Eszter Balint, I Hate Memory!, Jim Jarmusch, New York City, Shadows and Fog, Squat Theatre, Steve Buscemi, Stranger Than Paradise, the Lounge Lizards, Trees Lounge, Woody Allen

The acclaimed singer, musician, actress and New York City original speaks with Rock & Roll Globe about her new theatre project premiering this Thursday in her hometown

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jazz 

ALBUMS: Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller and the Beauty of Harmony

July 26, 2021March 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, In Harmony, Jazz, Merkin Hall, Mulgrew Miller, New York City, Roy Hargrove, vinyl reissue, Zev Feldman

A classic performance from two departed masters of modern jazz preserve their talents for the ages

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