import/export...and everything in between

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Lily Allen Really Thinks Paris Hilton Sucks

Lily Allen really hates Paris Hilton...just another reason to love Lily and celebrate about Paris' piece of shit music career dying.

Lily said recently: “Five years ago Paris Hilton’s album would have done really well [in the UK], because we didn’t have things like the internet; we didn’t have bands like myself or the Arctic Monkeys.”

“Now people can see [Paris] for what she is, and think, ‘Go away! What makes you think you have a life?’”

“Paris Hilton’s album did really badly over here and I just think it’s so boring and pathetic and it shouldn’t happen. It’s the f**king record companies that sign things like that, and you think, ‘What are you doing? Why are you ruining your own job?’

“It’s just laziness. People cheesy enough to buy albums like that should be killed.”

Three cheers for LILY!

NY Broad x

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Mick Jones Performs With The Libertines - Old school on YouTube

Check out an old school clip of Mick Jones with Carl and Pete when they loved each other and were in the Libertines. Here is "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"



NY Broad x

Lily Allen's Dog Is Stolen

While taking a vacation in Jamaica Lily's dog Maggie May was stolen in a friend's van and has not returned. On Lily's MySpace page she posted the following:

I am beside myself with worry because someone has stolen my dog Maggie May this morning.
I am in Jamacia, while i am here Maggie has been looked after by a friend she was stolen out of his van. outside his house, Capel road, Forest gate, London. E7
and no one has seen her since.
Not only am i devastated that my dog has been taken away, but i am also concerned for her wellbeing. She needs an operation on her stomach and is having medical treatment.
there is a reward.
please anyone help.
no one will be angry - me and my family just want Maggie home.

Help Lily...come on! Besides, what would anyone want with a dog?!

NY Broad x



Lily and her dog Maggie May

Time Warner Is Evil

My apologies for the lack of posting. During my lovely vacaton some asshole at Time Warner Cable decided it would be fun to disconnect me from the internet for 3 days. It truly sucked and left me unable to update the site. Thanks for your patience and let the fun begin!

NY Broad x

Monday, December 25, 2006

Green Day Steals From Oasis?

Noel Gallagher...as much as I adore him he just keeps on finding new people to pick on! His lastest victims...GREEN DAY. According to Noel, Wonderwall sounds a little *too* much like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

Noel states, "If you listen, you'll find it is exactly the same arrangement as Wonderwall. They should have the decency to wait until I am dead (before stealing my songs). I, at least, pay the people I steal from that courtesy. They consider themselves to be - and I quote - 'a kick-ass rock 'n' roll band'. They could not be less kick-ass if they tried."

Well, listen for yourself. To be honest, I don't really hear it all that much.

NY Broad x

Merry Christmas From Wham...

...and the likely broads

For your enjoyment (and cheesy dancing purposes) here is the video for "Last Christmas":



NY Broad x

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Peter, Bjorn and John Come To New York!

Swedish favorites Peter, Bjorn and John are coming stateside for two shows in NYC on January 29th and 30th. Originally, both shows were planned for Mercury Lounge but due to such high demand the second show was moved over to Bowery Ballroom. You can purchase tickets HERE for the Bowery show (its not sold out!).

NY Broad x

Razorlight Comes In The UK Charts At #17

Rock and roll couldn't hold off the joy of a good po song this week for the Xmas #1. Heading straight to the top of the charts was X Factor winner Leona Lewis with her cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This". Just a side note, yu cant fuck with Leona Lewis because she really does HAVE TALENT!

Here is the Top 10 UK Singles:

1. Leona Lewis - 'A Moment Like This'
2. Take That - 'Patience'
3. McFly - 'Sorry's Not Good Enough'
4. Girls Aloud - 'I Think We're Alone Now'
5. Cascada - 'Truly Madly Deeply'
6. The Pogues - 'Fairytale Of New York'
7. Cliff Richard - '21st Century Christmas'
8. Booty Luv - 'Boogie 2nite'
9. Akon ft Eminem - 'Smack That'
10. Chris Cornell - 'You Know My Name'


Razorlight came in at #17 with "Before I Fall To Pieces"

NY Broad x

Metric and FIELDS to Support Bloc Party

Support has been announced for the Bloc Party UK coming up in late January.

Support is as folows:
METRIC
January
Sat 27 Southampton Guildhall
Sun 28 Norwich UEA

February
Thu 1 London Astoria
Sat 3 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Mon 5 Reading Hexagon
Tue 6 Cardiff University
Wed 7 Bristol Academy
Fri 9 Exeter Great Hall (University)
Sat 10 Birmingham Academy

FIELDS
January
Wed 31 London Astoria

February
Sun 11 Nottingham Rock City
Tue 13 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wed 14 Manchester Academy
Fri 16 Dublin The Ambassador Theatre
Sat 17 Glasgow Barrowlands
Sun 18 Aberdeen Music Hall
Tue 20 Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Wed 21 Newcastle Academy
Thu 22 Sheffield Octagon

ABSENTEE
February
Fri 2 London Astoria

Its going to be real...you might see me at one of the Astoria gigs!

NY Broad x

Friday, December 22, 2006

Damon Albarn and Liam Gallagher Are Now Friends

Apparently Liam Gallaghr and Damon Albarn have decided to make nice since their feud in the 90's. Speaking to NME, Damon said "The weird thing is I get on famously with Liam, but me and Noel never talk. For some reason the chances of me and him having a normal conversation are off limits."

Maybe we'll see a duet coming soon?

NY Broad x

The Original Sebadoh Reunites and Plays SXSW

The original Sebadoh lineup are back together and will be touring the US. Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney and Jason Loewenstein are reunited and doing a 33 date tour.


Here are the dates:

San Diego, CA, Casbah (February 26)
Costa Mesa, CA, Detroit Bar (27)
San Francisco, CA - GAMH/Noisepop (28)
Portland, OR, Berbatis Pan (March 2)
Vancouver, BC, Richards (3)
Seattle, WA, Neumos (4)
Eugene, OR, WOW Hall (6)
Santa Cruz, CA, The Attic (8)
Los Angeles, CA, Troubadour (9)
Los Angeles, CA, Spaceland (10)
Phoenix, AZ, Clubhouse (15)
Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad (16)
Boulder, CO, Fox Theater (17)
Minneapolis, MN, 400 Bar (19)
Milwaukee, WI, Shank Hall (20)
Chicago, IL, Metro (2 1)
Detroit, MI, Magic Stick (22)
Toronto Lees Palace (23)
Montreal La Sala Rossa (24)
Northampton, MA, Pearl St (29)
Boston, MA, Paradise (30)
New York, NY, Webster Hall (31)
Washington DC, 9:30 Club (3)
Carrboro, NC, Cats Cradle (4)
Louisville, KY, Headliners (6)
Nashville, TN, Exit In (7)
Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse (8)
Tallahassee, FL, Beta Bar (9)
Orlando, FL, The Social (10)
New Orleans, LA, TBA (12)
Houston, TX, Walters On Washington (13)
Austin, TX, Emos (14)
Tucson, AZ, Club Congress (16)

NY Broad x

Arcade Fire Announce 5 NYC shows

After the mad scramble for the tickets in Montreal, the Arcade Fire have decided to play 5 nights in NYC as well. The shows will be taking place at New York City's Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village Feb. 13-17.

Tickets go on sale January 5th at 9AM SHARP at bowerypresents.com and will probably sell out at 9:01.

Except to hear lots of material from their second album, "Neon Bible" which is "done and mastered" according to singer/songwriter Win Butler.

These shows are going to be brilliant...

NY Broad x

My Xmas Gift Came Early - Paris Hilton "Retires" From Music

The #1 asshole herself has decided she sucks so much that she is retiring from music. A source told the Daily Star: "You don't need to worry about listening to any more music from Paris - there won't be any.

"Her career as a singer is going to be allowed to quietly go away."

Thank god...I just couldn't deal with it.

NY Broad x

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let It Waste Your Time

This video is absolutely genius



If you don't have the album "Jarvis" yet you can purchase it HERE

NY Broad x

The View Comes To The States

The View are on fire! First, they link up with Columbia Records and now they come Stateside to play a few dates that are pretty much unmissable

Here are the US dates:
JANUARY
02 New York - Mercury Lounge
03 New York - Mercury Lounge
04 San Francisco - Popscene
05 Los Angeles - Viper Room
06 Los Angeles - Silverlake Spaceland

For more info you can check out their official site or their MySpace page

See you at the NYC gigs!

NY Broad x

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Albert Hammond Jr Signs to New Line Records

Congrats to New Line for acquiring the rights to release the Albert Hammond Jr record "Yours To Keep" on March 6th 2007. Rumour has it he is also playing SXSW. To check out some of the tracks if you haven't yet or were too poor to buy the import then go to his MySpace page

Catch him on tour with Incubus as well (I still stand by that this is a very odd tour...)

NY Broad x

Gomez and Ben Kweller Tour Together

The lovely Gomez and Ben Kweller will be doing a co-headling tour together in early 2007. For the first part, Gomez is opening for O.A.R., the dreadful jam band that all college kids are obsessed with. Here are the dates:


The US tour dates are:

Cincinnati U.S. Bank Theatre (January 18)
Chicago UIC Pavilion (19)
Pittsburg AJ Palumbo Theatre (20)
State College Pennsylvania Bryce Jordan Center (21)
Charlottesville Virginia Starr Hill Music Hall (23)* GOMEZ HEADLINES
Camden New Jersey Tweeter Center (24)
Fairfax Virginia Patriot Center (26)
New York Madison Square Garden (27)
Seattle Showbox (February 15)
Vancouver Commodore Ballroom (16)
Portland Roseland Theatre (17)
Petaluma California Mystic Theatre (19)
San Diego House of Blues (20)
Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre (21)
Park City Suede (23)
Aspen Belly Up (24)

NY Broad x

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Last night I was lucky enough to catch Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam at Jazz at Lincoln Center for what proved to be one of the most incredible performances I had ever seen. Chatting for a bit with Nic Harcourt from KCRW and then performing a set of old favorites and new gems was just mind blowing.

I don't remember the whole set but I do know that the old tracks like "The Wind" and "Peace Train" sounded exactly the way I wanted them to live. I couldn't imagine that he had ever retired from playing live for almost two decades.

Coming out for an unexpected encore and playing "Father and Son" I actually fucking cried. I couldn't deal with how emotional the whole night was, the performance and the fact that Cat Stevens Yusuf whatever has been blessed with an ability to really tell a story through music and reach a part of a person that most artists can't even fathom.

If you have never listened to Cat Stevens I would highly recommend my two favorite albums, Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat but hearing new songs off of An Other Cup got me equally as excited to really sit down and fall in love with it.

I can't expess how wonderful this performance was. To hear it in full go HERE

NY Broad x

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Brett Anderson Channels His Inner Christina Aguilera

Sitting at the piano and belting out his version of Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" was probably the last thing I would ever think I would see on YouTube. Then again...they do have pretty much EVERYTHING!

Here is the clip:


I sort of like it. Then again I sort of like some Xtina songs...shhh.

NY Broad x

Monday, December 18, 2006

And We Thought Pete Doherty Had The Best Drug Connections?!

Apparently NOT! The only thing Pete misses about his old band, The Libertines is his ex-band mate Carl Barat and his drugs contacts. Restarting the old feud with Carl, Pete states, "Do I miss him? He used to get me good crack. That'll do, 'innit? He's still really pisted off. But I know he's not like that. He's someone who likes drinking. That's the hypocrisy of it."

On his views about his old band and drugs he says, "I paid the price. I got kicked out of the band. And with nothing, no sweat from anyone, we got it together with Babyshambles. We really got it. All he's got is the fact that he was in the best band and now he's in the worst band. And he needs to sort that out."

Well...let round 1657 begin! FYI Pete...Dirty Pretty Things are pretty fucking awesome and at least were sober enough to tour and show up to their gigs.

NY Broad x

Sunday, December 17, 2006

The Verve Makes Sad Songs (Tell Us Something We Didn't Know)

According to British research, The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" is the saddest song to listen to. Surprised? I'm not. Topping the sad songs list is also Robbie Williams' "Angels", Sir Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" and Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U".

Dr. Harry Witchel from the University of Bristol Medical School monitored volunteers' heart rates to see which tracks made people feel happy, sad or exhilarated.

In the happy department, Lily Allen's "LDN" is #1 making it the happiest song of the bunch. It beat out Beyonce Knowles' Crazy In Love, Britney Spears' Hit Me Baby... One More Time and Kylie Minogue's Spinning Around.

Blur's anthem Song 2 exhilarates listeners, as well as The Rolling Stones' Start Me Up and U2's Beautiful Day.

Now we know how to get people in a certain mood...thanks Dr. Harry

NY Broad x

Saturday, December 16, 2006

The Rakes! New Album...New Tour

The Rakes are back with their 2nd album Ten New Messages which will be out in Marck 2007 in the UK. Not sure on a US release date yet but my guess is that it will be coming shortly after. That means...TOUR! Here are the UK dates

UK Tour is in March 2007:

Mon 19th Nottingham Rock City
Tues 20th Dublin Vicar Street
Wed 21st Glasgow Barrowlands
Thur 22nd Sheffield Octagon
Fri 23rd Norwich UEA
Sun 25th Manchester Ritz
Mon 26th Newcastle Academy
Wed 28th Birmingham Academy
Thur 29th Bristol Academy


US Tour is...? My guess would be SXSW.

NY Broad x

Friday, December 15, 2006

We Are Scientists Rock Ruff Club

We Are Scientists are going to tear up Ruff Club tonight at the Annex. The band goes on at 11:30PM and its probably going to be a madhouse. Get ready for the craziness!

NY Broad x

Noel Gallagher Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag...

Oasis had their glory years in the 1990's (and they will always have their glory years to me) but this week Noel exposed a dark secret about the band that isn't all that shocking; the band was all fucked on crystal meth. On Noel's breif departure from the band he states, "The reason why I left is because crystal meth is like cheap speed, and I was into far more exotic drugs at that point. "I was quite upset my band members had become punks when I was busy reaching for the stars."

Oasis...always surprising the public. As long as they don't die let's keep it that way.

Kaiser Chiefs Help Break NME Into The US

In NME's attempt to take over the world they have set their sites on the US of A with an NME sponsored tour featuring the Kaiser Chiefs. Other UK acts will be on the tour as well and have yet to be announced.

"NME is the first place any new band wants to see their name in print...the influence it has on the British music scene is immense and it's time to spread that to the U.S.", says singer Ricky Wilson.

The tour begins in NYC at the Roseland Ballroom and hits all the major US pit stops. Expect a massive presence at SXSW this year as well. Thank god...hopefully NME can spark some life into the lifeless music scene thats been consumed by people saying Ra Ra Riot is actually a good band. Ra Ra Refund!

NY Broad x

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Begin The Lily Allen Blacklash

British pop stars Girls Aloud want in on the slagging game and have gone on to their next victim...Lily Allen. Kimberley from Girls Aloud told MTV UK: "Her first single was really good. It seemed she was really different - a female, but I don't know anymore. I don't really like her as a person." Then Nicola let rip saying: "Lily was saying she liked me because I was moody and not that pretty...I really appreciated her when she first came out - she was a breath of fresh air...But now I think f*** her."

Its feud time! Shame that people can actually ADMIT to loving Lily and most people who liked credible music have trouble admitting they even find one Girls Aloud song catchy and dig it (shit...I'm caught...).

Can't wait for the Lily rebuttle!

NY Broad x

Karen O Has A Good Sense Of Humour

"Shit happens..." says Karen O of the leaked demos. Disccusing the leak on her message board she said the following: "(I) can't say I don't feel a little grossed out by someone taking a liberty with music that was mine and Dave's. Shit happens nonetheless.

"All I can do at this point is offer up a recommendation... if you happen to get your mits on one of those old demos floating around MY personal favorites and the ONLY ONES I would have released for anyone to enjoy is 'Pumpkin' and 'Snakes and Worms'. The rest I probably would have pitched or buried for while longer. No use bitching about something that's out of my control.

Chin up,
ko"

Now thats sort of awesome...a good outlook on things and the proper position to take. Leaks suck but at the end of the day once someone has them there isn't much you can do.

Here is one of the tracks:
Karen O - Beside Me

Thanks to Dreams of Horses for the track.

NY Broad x

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Everyone's Talking About...MIKA!

So here's the deal...he's a singer/songwriter that is sort of the lost Scissor Sister. He's cute, has an insanely high yet incredible voice and makes damn fun indie pop music. Don't lie...you are all suckers for a good pop song but you hide it.

Anyway, back to Mika...London based and born in Beirut he's created a huge buzz in the UK and its slowly creeping over Stateside. I automatically fell in love with his track "Relax...Take It Easy" from his debut album "Life In Cartoon Motion" which is being released on March 27th, 2007 in the US. Now you can fall in love yourselves:

Mika - Relax, Take It Easy

Its totally infectious and you'll catch yourself singing it in your head every now and again (sorry!).

...relax take it eaaaaaaaaaaasy!

Also, for more tracks head over to Mika's MySpace and dig in

NY Broad x

Scissor Sisters Can't Get Enough of the US of A

After playing 3 incredibly sold out nights at Wembley Arena (with Miss Lily Allen supporting!) the Scissor Sisters are back for another mini US trek that sends them to their hometown of NYC one more time.

Here are the tour dates:

Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (March 2)
New York, NY The Theatre at Madison Square (3)
Washington, DC 9:30 Club (4)
Montreal, QC Metropolis (6)
Detroit, MI State Theater (8)
Maplewood, MN Myth (11)
St. Louis, MO The Pageant (12)
Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater (13)
Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom (15)
Houston TX Verizon Wireless Theatre (16)

Maybe this time I will finally catch them!

NY Broad x

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

The Making Of: Bloc Party - The Prayer

Yes...as you all know I am not *thrilled* with the new Bloc Party video but that doesn't mean I'd ever pass up a documentary of the making of the video.

Right now you can click here to watch it.

Enjoy!

NY Broad x

Paul Weller Adds Los Angeles Dates!

NYC still has the 3 nights of different eras of Weller but LA gets the option of checking out the Modfather for 2 nights at the Avalon. On February 3rd and 4th you can catch Paul Weller in LA...and judging how fast the NYC tickets sold out I would get them the day they go on sale (December 15th). Its going to be fucking brilliant.

NY Broad x

Monday, December 11, 2006

Tahita Bulmer From New Young Pony Cub Is My New Hero

Playing their first ever gig in New York on Saturday, New Young Pony Club apparently tore down the house and rocked Brooklyn hard. Playing to guests like Nick Zinner and James Iha, the band played a nice 30 minute set for the Brooklyn hipsters at The White Room for the Modular Xmas Party

The setlist is as follows:
'Get Lucky'
'The Bomb'
'Hiding On The Stair Case'
'Ice Cream'
'Chaos'
'Get-Go'

Now, why she's my hero you ask? Check out this quote from Tahita about the show: "It went relatively well considering I had a sore throat," she explained. "There were clearly plenty of people who were digging it -especially at the front - but there were also a lot of hipsters who might as well have been looking at pictures of elephant dung. It would have been nicer if some of those people had responded."

Fucking genius...

Thanks to NME.com for the info and the quote. I couldn't be there because I had a big Xmas party to go to...but from what I heard it was packed and awesome.

Get Ready For The Weirdness

Make your calenders...because March 20, 2007 is a day that will be remembered in rock and roll history. The Stooges will be releasing "The Weirdness", their first studio album since Raw Power! 33 years...we've all waited 33 years (or whatever year you were born under 33 years of age) for this album and it better be fucking awesome.

The Stooges still contain 3 out of the 4 original members (of course Mr Iggy Pop and the Asheton brothers) and Mike Watt will be covering the bass duties.

This should (hopefully!) be insane...

Fingers crossed for a tour!

NY Broad x

New Version Of Lily Allen - Smile...Courtesy of Mark Ronson

Make sure to head over to Mark's Ronson MySpace page for a fantastic new version of "Smile" by the lovely Miss Lily Allen. If an MP3 comes my way I will be sure to share!

NY Broad x

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Scissor Sisters + The Feeling = New Material

Dinner parties are always a good thing...you eat, chat and then sometimes decide to record together. In the case of Scissor Sisters and The Feeling a nice dinner date the was hosted by Kylie Minogue proceeded into the agreement that both bands record material together.

I wonder what this stuff is going to sound like...The Feeling are lovely but I can't really see a Scissor Sisters touch being added as of now. Dan Gillespie in a gold suit...hmm???

NY Broad x

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Muse Adds A Second Date At Wembley Stadium

70,000 fans bought tickets in 45 minutes. 45 MINUTES! Muse is massive and theyve added a second date at Wembley Stadium to meet high demands. On June 16th and 17th make sure to catch Muse in what will be their biggest shows to date. Congrats to them as this is a pretty fucking awesome achievement on their part...

NY Broad x

The View - Wasted Little DJs

Babyshambles loves them...now you have to love them! Here is the first video from 1965 recording artists The View.



For more on The View check out their MySpace page and prepare to fall in love

NY Broad x

Friday, December 08, 2006

The Rapture Launch Throne Of Blood

The "dance punk prophets" known as The Rapture have started their own label called Throne Of Blood. Planning to release vinyl singles and remixes of tracks from their critically acclaimed album "Pieces Of The People We Love" the label will be run by the band themselves and overseen by James Friedman.

Throne of Blood...scary name but a great idea.

If you don't own "Pieces Of The People We Love" there is no excuse because its one of the best records of the year. Here is your chance to redeem yourself and go HERE to purchase it.

NY Broad x

New Young Pony Club Canceled Tonight

Ugh! For everyone *thinking* they were going to head over to the Annex tonight to catch New Young Pony Club need to change their plans! According to their MySpace page they have canceled the gig tonight.

NY Broad x

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Babyshambles Actually Play a Scheduled Gig!

At 1:50 PM today in the parking lot of Selfridges in London, Babyshambles played a 4 song set for new Manchester fashion label Gio-Goi.

The setlist is as follows:

'The Blinding'
'Killamangiro'
'Delivery'
'Albion'



NY Broad x

*image courtesy of The Sharpe on Flickr

Lily Allen Does Jimmy Kimmel

Miss Lily Allen did her first late night talk show last night and she looks (and sounds!) absolutely lovely! Performing the first single "Smile", she sounds a bit nervous...but how refreshing as ANYONE doing that would be nervous.

Here is the performance:


"Alright, Still" drops January 30th...but buy the import because you really shouldn't wait that long!

NY Broad x

Radiohead Get Adventurous!

Radiohead have ditched Nigel Goodrich this time around for Mark "Spike" Stent.

1-Woohoo Radiohead recording...can't wait for a new album

2-Let's see how much the sound changes? Even though they always evolve...

NY Broad x

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Amy Winehouse and Charlotte Church Cover The King Of Pop

Ever since the lovely Popbytes made me an Amy Winehouse fanatic, "Back To Black" has slowly crept up to being one of my most listened to albums of the year. Check out this clip of Amy and Charlotte Church doing a duet to "beat It" by Michael Jackson. Char SLAUGHTERS Amy voice wise but its still nice to see Amy try her hardest.

What do you think?



NY Broad x

All I Want For Xmas Is...U2 by U2

Has anyone seen this book? I saw it last night snooping around Barnes and Noble and its absolutely gorgeous. This is one for the coffee table along with my Andy Warhol book...

Just a bit obsessed...and I REALLY want this for Xmas!

Here is the promo teaser clip for the book:



You can purchase it HERE

Happy Holidays!

NY Broad x

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Video For Bloc Party's First Single "The PRayer"

Great song. Shit video.

View it HERE

NY Broad x

Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty To Duet Together?

Considering Amy's first single was titled "Rehab" from her album "Back To Black" its quite appropriate that she would want to duet with none other than Mr. Junkie himself, Pete Doherty.

Pete wants to do a cover of a Billie Holiday track BUT Amy is adamant about actually writing a track with him. Who knows if that will ever happen but for now here is something to hold you over...

Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Hot Chip Remix)

Its coming out on March 20th in the States but you can be an import freak like me and buy that one. For the benefit of Universal Records hold your horses and wait till the drop date.

Also, here is a clip of all the odd things you ever wanted to know about Amy Winehouse:



She is like the indie rock Elvira...I kind of dig it.

NY Broad x

Monday, December 04, 2006

Something's Getting Trilly In Seattle...

A little birdy told me that the next MySpace secret show is in Seattle and featuring one of WBOTLB favorites. Enjoy and be ready for the announcement!

NY Broad x

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Eagles Of Death Metal vs Axl Rose

Axl Rose has once again proved he's out of his mind. First he get into a fight with Tommy Hilfiger and then he calls the Eagles of Death Metal "The Pigeons of Shit Metal" on stage after they played a set opening up for Guns N Roses in Cleveland. Jesse Hughes sets the record straight saying, ""Axl Rose is fucking out of his mind," raged Hughes. "He wasn't even there when we played. He got there about 30 minutes after we got done playing. He waltzed on to the stage and went nuts."

Surprise surprise...

And after Axl's apology Hughes still stood his ground stating, "When my manager told me that, I just said, 'You can tell that motherfucker to go and fuck himself because I will never go through that again'."

Kudos to the Eagles of Death Metal saying fuck off to Axl and not contunuing the tour even after he apologized.

NY Broad x

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Chantelle From Celebrity Big Brother Looks Scary

After going through the photos from the Ordinary Boys performance on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge series I found this great one of Preston's wife Chantelle



Is she now trying to be Britney Spears? Does she want to be Paris Hilton?

I was a bit afraid of this photo and I am still shocked that Preston and Chantelle are

A-Still married
B-Still married
C-Still married and met on Celebrity Big Brother

Ok...back to the music

NY Broad x

Lily Allen On The BBC 1 Live Lounge Tour

Lily Allen was the first to do an exclusive performance for BBC Radio 1 on their Live Lounge Tour. Here is the video of Lily performing LDN and Littlest Things and her father's boat



To check out the other gigs go HERE

Enjoy!

NY Broad x

Meet...Ripchord

The joy of geting a $200 subscription to NME as an American is when the once in a blue moon time comes along that you get a free disc and you find something you REALLY like. After getting the 1965 sampler from the November 25th issue of NME I automatically fell in love with Ripchord and their single "Lock Up Your Daughters." Its a fantastic mix of The Coral (if they were a little more rugged on the edges), The Libertines and basically everything good abut recent music I've loved.

See for yourself...here is the video of the single "Lock Up Your Daughters":


Beware...the track WILL get stuck in your head.

For more music check out thir MySpace page HERE

Sorry I got you hooked...keep coming around for more suggestions

NY Broad x

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Live!

If you are in the UK (or you love here) these shows are not to be missed:


Here are the dates:

JANUARY

21 – GLASGOW ABC
23 – LONDON SCALA
24 – BRIGHTON KOMEDIA
25 – BRISTOL ST.GEORGES

Anyone want to get me a ticket to London? I want to gooooo

NY Broad x

Friday, December 01, 2006

The Zutons MP3 Download for Valerie

Woohoo! Here is an MP3 to download "Valerie", the second single from their album "Tired Of Hanging Around". Yes, I know its been out for ages but that doesn't mean its not GOOD.

Here it is:

The Zutons - Valerie

This album is definitely making my Top 10 of the year along with Dirty Pretty Things and Lily Allen. I am stuck on the rest...

If you haven't heard The Zutons yet, check them out at their MySpace page

NY Broad x

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Oasis To Release "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" As A Single

Everyone mark your calendars! February 14th Oasis will be releasing their new single "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" with 2 additional tracks! The release comes a week before the Brit Awards where they will be receiving a lifetime acheivement award as well.

Noel Gallagher will also be playing 4 acoustic shows in Australia next month where Stop The Clocks went to #34 on the charts.

To hold us all over before the single, here is a video of Noel doing "Married With Children" at London's Union Chapel



NY Broad x

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

New Young Pony Club Come Stateside

"When in doubt...clap!" New Young Pony Club are arriving! After a brief tour with Miss Lily Allen, the Modular Records act is coming to shake up a dancefloor in the following cities:

NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB TOUR DATES

* Dec 6 Stone Bar - Los Angeles, CA
* Dec 7 Popscene - San Francisco, CA
* Dec 8 Anthem Mag Party at the Annex - NewY ork NY
* Dec 9 Modular Xmas Party at the White Room - Brooklyn, NY

If you haven't checked out New Young Pony Club yet go to their MySpace Page

Here is the video for Ice Cream:



Thanks to ProductShopNYC for the info!

NY Broad x

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Bloc Party - Artwork for "A Weekend In The City" Revealed

Here it is...and it looks beautiful



The Prayer comes out on the 29th of January in the UK. If you haven't heard the song you can check it out HERE

Check out their MoBlog HERE which has exclusive photos of the band and its quite fun to comment and check out.

A Weekend In The City come out on February 5th in the UK. You can pre order the limited edition CD and DVD HERE (remember all US fans...the DVD will not play in our systems UGH!)

I'll say it loud and clear...this could be THE album of 2007. Yes, I cheated and I listened to this record already but its an absolute masterpiece.

Woohoo for A Weekend In The City and rumour has it a US tour is in the works so sit tight!

NY Broad x

Monday, November 27, 2006

Lily Allen and Camp Freddy Do Los Angeles

Indie 103.1 is hosting their Xmas show "Wreck The Halls" with Los Angeles' favorite super group Camp Freddy and...Lily Allen?! On December 7th at the Avalon Lily and Camp Freddy will be taking the stage together to raise funds for MusiCares.

Can't wait to see the YouTube video of this...

NY Broad x

Ed Larrikin Gets Beat Up

Ha ha! Apparently some guy punched Ed in the face at a bar in London for being a twat. Whoever did that, even though I like Larrikin Love quite a bit, just gave me a good laugh for the day.

NY Broad x

Albert Hammond Jr Is Opening For Who...?

Yes, Albert Hammond Jr is opening for Incubus on their upcoming American tour. What a weird combination but it could work (I guess?!...I'm just trying to be nice on this one). Good thing for Albert is its a completely different audience to be exposed to.

If you have a dying urge to see Incubus and Albert Hammond Jr together then here are the dates:

Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Jan 5)
Seattle Paramount Theater (6)
Portland Roseland Theatre (7)
San Francisco Warfield (9)
San Diego Soma (12)
Las Vegas The Joint Hard Rock Hotel (13)
Phoenix Marquee (15)
Dallas Gypsy Tea Room (17)
Austin La Zona Rosa (18)
Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre (19)
New Orleans venue TBA(21)
Orlando Hard Rock Cafe (22)
Atlanta Tabernacle (23)
Myrtle Beach House Of Blues (25)
Washington DC 9:30 Club (26)
Philadelphia Electric Factory (29)
Boston Avalon (30)
New York Hammerstein Ballroom (31)
Detroit State Theatre (February 2)
Cleveland Agora Ballroom (3)
Toronto Koolhaus (4)
Chicago Riviera (6)
Kansas City Uptown Theatre (7)
Denver Fillmore Auditorium (8)
Los Angeles Wiltern Theater (11)

(thanks NME.com for the dates)

Speaking of which...who even heard about Incubus having a new album out?!

NY Broad x

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Lily Allen Takes on the NME

Girl don't give a fuck...

Straight from her MySpace blog:


Wrong end of the Glowstick . NME rant
Current mood: aggravated

I probably shouldn't be writing this , but I have to get it off my chest . I am not a big fan of the NME , as they sold me down the river when I last talked to them , I did and interview and made a sarcastic joke using the word "gak" which is slang for cocaine . They glorified my joke and used it out of context , then their public relations dept , contacted the tabloids in a shameful attempt to sell more copies . And , I have ever since been known as " Lily Allen , Pint sized potty mouth popstar who once admitted she would celebrate her no 1 single by taking cocaine ! " .
Thanks NME . Now , I have read many articles in the NME , where male band members freely admit to, or associate themselves with the taking of drugs , and I havent seen many of them ending up in the tabloids . Take Klaxons for example, and the ongoing MDMA references. " MDMAZING " I believe was the title of a recent article ( how responsible! ) .
The only reason I can think of , for recieving such a different form of treatment , is because I am a woman . I did recieve a written apology from Conor Mcnicholas ( the editor) . But i vowed never to work with the NME agian . As I thought, if there was one publication I could trust and be frank with , it would be the theirs .

Anyway , I was aproached by them again , with regards to the "Cool List Issue 2006" , five women had made it into the top 10 and , subsequently we (the women) were asked to pose for photos to be the main feature for the cover . As I said before , I vowed not to work with them again , but as the context was so important ie; a a strong female presence in music . I thought i might aswell put aside my differences and do it . Now i don't care for " the cool list " , and I said this to them in the interview , which is probably why they didn't print it . I don't really think the NME are in any position to tell us who is cool and who isn't , personally I don't think a bunch of people sitting in an office drinking tea , inventing musical genres , and watching Nathan Barley DVD's are leading any kind of cool brigade , do you ?
But i did find it interesting that they wanted to put five women on the cover , and wanted to name 2006 , our year .

I went to get a copy yesterday , and this is what we ( the women ) got . Another fuckin MUSE cover . I like Muse , infact , Black Holes and Revelations , is one of my favourite albums of this year . But the NME have covered them so much this year already



Now usually you might expect a call , just out of courtousy telling us we had been pulled off the cover , but we recieved nothing .

This is Conors ( the editors) comments on this issue , He has obviusly put out some press release , stating how supportive the NME is to women in music

Conor McNicholas, the editor of NME, said he was pleased that the Cool List was full of women who had brought "new energy" to the music world.

"This year's Cool List is a testament to the raft of hugely talented women who have taken hold of the music scene in 2006," he said. "From Beth to Lily to Karen, they've brought new energy to a scene dominated by men. They're also living proof that you can still rock a crowd when you're wearing stilettos."

I mean how fucking patronising " you can still rock a crowd wearing stilletos "
Is that all we are , stilleto wearing people , is that all he could say ,that we brought a " new energy" to the music scene . Don't make me sick , wev'e always been here you arrogant prick , this was your chance to actually show you meant it . And instead you put Muse on the cover . Cause you thought that your readers might not buy a magazine with an overweight lesbian and a not particularly attractive looking me , on the front . Wankers .

You should take your heads out of you New Rave arses , and actually think about your responsibilities to youth culture , and to women in general .

Oh and by the way , theres not enough RAVE in New Rave .


Nice one Lily...you truly dont give a fuck and you take on the biggest music publication in the UK. They can't ignore you...and tey can't ignore this.

Viva Lily!

Ny Broad x

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

youcodenameis:milo ...

YCNIM +.
11 bands.
11 tracks.
11 days.
1 album.

11 weeks.



Get ready.


I'm totally fucking ready. yourcodenameis:milo has come out with the most insane idea for an album ever! Get a bunch of UKs current indie heroes, throw them in a room for a day (one at a time of course!) and form a band and break up in one day. The outcome you ask?...Print Is Dead! Featuring Ross from the Futureheads, Gordon from Bloc Party, Lukas from Maximo Park and a bunch of other favorites this record is NOT to be missed.

Check out the video for the first single "Wait A Minute" here:


if you want to purchase the tracks you have to live in the UK but you can get some here.

Enjoy and check out all the tracks from the album on their Myspace page

NY Broad x

Monday, November 20, 2006

The Futureheads Get Dropped from 679 Records

One question...who drops the fucking Futureheads?! They've put out one of the most worthy Kate Bush covers ever (Hounds of Love)! Even so, the band is excited to be dropped from 679 Records after 2 albums.

Frontman Barry Hyde told BBC6 "I'm over the moon about it to be honest with you, 'cos I feel like we're free now. We weren't happy as a band on that label."

Hopefully this doesn't jeoparize their contract in the States...that would suck


NY Broad x

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Factory Girl December 29th!

Finally a movie trailer for Factory Girl...the movie that made Tom Cruise officially look like a freak (he apparently told Katie Holmes not to take the role because it would be bad for her image) and officially made Sienna Miller a certified star.

Fun facts about Factoriy Girl:

Lou Reed's thoughts on the film... "I read that script. It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen - by any illiterate retard - in a long time. There's no limit to how low some people will go to write something to make money", as well as "They're all a bunch of whores."

...Can we just mention that this comes from the man that had a shitting on people fetish (and ho knows if he still does)?

Brian Bell and Pat Wilson from Weezer play Lou Reed and John Cale...and they also do a cover of "Heroin" for the soundtrack.

Its Mary-Kate Olsen's first role ever without her sister.

For fucks sakes skip the facts, here's the trailer:



NICE BOWIE TOUCH might I add! Also, if you want to play catch up before the movie gets released on December 29th read Please Kill Me and it has a bit of Edie and Warhol background info

NY Broad x

Footage From The Sugarcubes Reunion Gig!

Here it is...a video of "Birthday" from the first Sugarcubes gig in 14 years



Enjoy!

NY Broad x

Illinois at The Syrup Room!

I can't say enough good things about Illinois, the little band that could straight out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Seeing them for the second time at the Syrup Room in Bushwick solidified the fact that they are fucking awesome and are pretty much the next big thing. Playing a short set with songs from their EP "The Revenge of Some Kid" which you can purchase HERE it just never fails that they are nothing short of fantastic to watch. I screamed "one more song" repeatedly like a fucking nerd after they cut their set short.

Whatever you do...go see Illinois at Pianos on Demcember 13th and 14th. If you are going to SXSW they are playing down there as well!

LISTEN TO ILLINOIS at thir MYSPACE PAGE

NY Broad x!

Lily Allen Gets Trilly In Her Dino Suit

Lily gets trilly at the Japanese airport in her new dino suit



I guess walking around in a dinosaur suit is standard at the Japanese airport?

NY Broad x

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Shirley Manson Solo Record and Garbage Greatest Hits

How did I let this slip...sorry guys. Shirley Manson will be releasing a solo record and working with none other than Jack White and Billy Corgan. I guess Billy is returning the favor of fucking up their whole tour together in 1996. Now I must say that this could be my most anticipated album of 2007 considering Garbage is an all time favorite of mine. Garbage said they would never tour again...

Also, there will be a Garbage greatest hits album titled "Absolute Garbage"
...but could this mean another tour?????


Absolute Garbage tracklisting, according to NME:

"Vow"
"Queer"
"Only Happy When It Rains"
"Stupid Girl"
"Milk"
"#1 Crush"
"Push It"
"I Think I"m Paranoid"
"Special"
"When I Grow Up"
"You Look So Fine"
"The World Is Not Enough"
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)"
"Shut Your Mouth"
"Why Do You Love Me"
"Bleed Like Me"
"It"s All Over But the Crying"
"New track (untitled)"

Here is the She Wants Revenge clip "These Things" with Shirley looking like an absolute goddess. Shit band. Great cameo.



NY Broad x

New Amy Winehouse Video!

The lovely Popbytes filled me in that the new Amy Winehouse video was out on YouTube. If you havent listened to Amy Winehouse then start! Here is the new video for her second single "You Know I'm No Good"



If you have the urge to pick up an imported copy of the record "Back To Black" buy it HERE.

NY Broad x

Friday, November 17, 2006

Air and Jarvis Cocker Make Beautiful Music Together

...could it be my wish come true? Jarvis Cocker is set to feature on Air's new album. Here is the tracklisting:

'Space Maker'
'Once Upon a Time'
'Hell Of A Party'
'Napalm Love'
'Mayfair Song'
'Left Bank'
'Photograph'
'Mer du Japon'
'Lost Message'
'Somewhere Between Walking and Sleeping'
'Redhead Girl'
'Night Sight'

NY Broad x

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Paul Weller Plays 3 Nights In NYC

Did Paul Weller just feel like making my wish come true one day with these dates:

* January 30th will focus on the music of the Jam
* January 31st will focus on the music of the Style Council.
* February 1st will focus on Weller's solo career and his personal favorites songs from throughout his career.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (November 17th). I am guessing these will all sell out immediately...

NY Broad x

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The Enemy!

Thanks to my friend Julia I have fallen in love with The Enemy. They are 3 boys with Liam Gallagher swagger and a bit of Arctic Monkeys inside them that write some damn good tunes. You can go to their MySpace Page and check out this rad feature that was just on about them on Spin.com here.

Here is a live performance of their first single "40 Days and 40 Nights"


The video is on their MySpace...

Enjoy!

NY Broad x

Monday, November 13, 2006

New Gwen Stefani...

As Gwen gets older and her music gets younger (sorry but Wind It Up...maybe it will grow on me but right now I can't get into it) she has cranked out another record due on December 5th. As much as I don't love this single I have a major soft spot for Gwen and I figured you would all want to see some new studio footage

New Gwen Stefani Video Footage

Here is the video for Wind It Up:


NY Broad x

Bloc Party Cancel Tour With Panic! At The Disco

Poor Bloc Party...first Matt has a collapsed lung, then their album leaks (go buy it...don't be a fuck head and listen to it and not support the band) and now they have to cancel the remainder of their tour dates with P!ATD. They'll be back and it will blow your fucking mind.

I felt so bad that today I bought an additional copy of Silent Alarm (geek to the max!)

Venues Announced for the Shiny Toy Guns/The Sounds Tour

As announced earlier on What Became of The Likely Broads, The Sounds are teaming up with Shiny Toy Guns to embark on a mini tour throughout the US.

Here are the tour dates:
11/22/06 Boston, MA || Axis
11/23/06 Philadelphia, PA || Northstar
11/24/06 New York City, NY || Webster Hall
11/25/06 Washington, DC || Rock & Roll Hotel
11/26/06 Chicago, IL || Metro
11/28/06 Denver, CO || The Gothic Theater
11/29/06 Salt Lake City, UT || The Avalon Theatre
12/01/06 San Diego, CA || TBD
12/02/06 Los Angeles, CA || The Wiltern
12/03/06 San Francisco, CA || The Fillmore

If you haven't checked out Shiny Toy Guns (its a guilty pleasure of mine...I'll admit it) then here is the Boys Noize remix of Le Disko:
Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko (Boys Noize Remix)

NY Broad x

Sunday, November 12, 2006

The Almighty Kanye West Apologizes

After his stupid outburst and the MTV European Music Awards he aplogized and said the following to MTV: "It was just out of raw emotion. I had a couple of drinks but I was more drunk with adrenaline. I was drinking at the awards show because I feel so at home at awards shows.

"On one hand, I felt like I should have won. But if anybody watches the show, I was laughing. People don't understand my dry sense of humour. I went up there and said, 'Hell nah, I should have won'."

Kanye, that is not a dry sense of humour...that is just dumb. You can't win everything and having Pamela Anderson in your video means nothing these days...its not like she's NEVER been in a music video before.

Ugh on Kanye

NY Broad x

Friday, November 10, 2006

Oasis Does Los Angeles

Holy shit LOOK at this set list:

'(It's Good) To Be Free'
'Talk Tonight'
'Fade Away'
'Cast No Shadow'
'The Importance of Being Idle'
'Listen Up'
'Half the World Away'
'Wonderwall'
'Whatever'
'Slide Away'
'Strawberry Fields Forever'
'Don't Look Back in Anger'
'Married With Children'

Noel Gallagher and Gem played the acoustic set after the LA screening of "Lord, Don't Slow Me Down" and made sure to pull out some of their best b-sides and songs EVER! Fucking brilliant...!!!!!!! Set list from NME.com

NY Broad x

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Placebo Live At Nokia Theater

First of all, let's start with the Nokia Theater sucks. Its not loud enough and its just weird. Now to the actual show...I missed She Wants a Refund for a reason, I didn't want to hang myself with my own t shirt before Placebo went on.

Placebo were good but not great. Brian now looks like a football hooligan with a shaved head and shirt and tie. I like the androgynous Brian WAY more. Plus, they had 3 extra guys on stage playing guitar, keyboard, backing vocal BLAH BLAH. It was better when they did it themselves.

They played a ton of new stuff...which was good but I would have liked to have heard some of the more classic tunes. Opening with Infra Red and going straight into Meds was awesome and got the crowd buzzing a bit. Throughout the night they did two encores even though the crowd was a bit boring except for the few cool ones in the front row going mental. The highlights were Special K where Brian encouraged the crowd to sing along to the ba ba ba ba ba ba dah dah part, Every Me Every You and Taste In Men.

The weird thing is they are a BETTER live band now but I'll take the Without You I'm Nothing tour over this one. Still, the band are fucking brilliant...



NY Broad x

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Johnny Cash Brings Out The Stars For "God's Gonna Cut You Down"

Holy shit...this cameo list is fucking insane for the new Johnny Cash video. It premieres on MTV tomorrow (11/9) at 11PM! The video is in black and white and features the following people:

Bono

Justin Timberlake

Kanye West

Jay-Z

Johnny Depp

Iggy Pop

Chris Martin

Kate Moss

Rick Rubin

Anthony Kiedis

Flea

Chris Rock

Patty Smith

Sharon Stone

Terrence Howard

Q-Tip

Adam Levine (Maroon 5)

Sir Peter Blake

Sheryl Crow

Dennis Hopper

Woody Harrelson

Amy Lee (Evanescence)

Tommy Lee

Dixie Chicks

Mick Jones

Shelby Lynne

Travis Barker

Lisa Marie Presley

Kid Rock

Keith Richards

Kris Kristofferson

Billy Gibbons

Corinne Bailey Rae

Graham Nash

Brian Wilson

Owen Wilson

Talk about a star studded piece! For more info go to MTV

NY Broad x

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Don't Believe The Truth

So Noel said at the CMJ screeining of Lord, Don't Slow Me Down that there were no future plans for a new Oasis record.

Of course Liam says the exact opoosite. He told Uncut Magazine "I reckon we're going to start doing something this month, go to our studio. It's the bollocks. Fuckin' old Tudor ranch in High Wycombe, fucking stay there and get it done. Just got to wait for Noel to finish his tunes I suppose."

Liam said of the band's greatest hits collection, Stop The Clocks, due out on November 20: "I want to get [it] out of the fucking way, it's doing my head in."

News from drowned in sound

NY Broad x

Noel Gallagher Plays A Set To Die For At KOKO

Well, ironically Noel Gallagher played a set for *gasp* recovering drug addicts but holy shit LOOK at this set list! The set was played acoustically and had special guest Paul Weller playing on two tracks with him

Here is the set list:

'(It's Good) To Be Free'
'Talk Tonight'
'Fade Away'
'Cast No Shadow'
'The Importance Of Being Idle'
'Come On/Let's Go' (with Paul Weller)
'Thick As Thieves' (with Paul Weller)
'Wonderwall'
'Half The World Away'
'Slide Away'
'Strawberry Fields Forever'
'Don't Look Back In Anger'
'Married With Children'
'Listen Up'


Here is a video of Noel performing Cast No Shadow:



What I wouldn't do to have been at this gig! Thanks to Information Leafblower for the info

Also, if anyone has a copy of this set I need it!

NY Broad x

Sunday, November 05, 2006

I Am So In Love With...

Illinois! Last night +1, Spin Magazine, Wiredset, Coors Light and Barfly turned out an awesome NY2LON party at North Six with some great bands for the last (technically) night of CMJ. I caught The Little Ones, a bit of Silversun Pickups and Illnois who I think were the best damn thing about CMJ. I love them. Should I say it again...I LOVE THEM!

So, back to Illinois. Currently they have an EP out titled The Revenge of Some Kid and I don't have it YET but I could care less...I love this band.

Illinois - Nosebleed

Also, you can check out their MySpace page and purchase the EP here.

NY Broad x

P.S. - Thanks to yr dirty boots for the Illinois MP3

Saturday, November 04, 2006

The Horrors Are Well...HORRIBLE

I have to hand it to ProductShop NYC for a fantastic show last night at Studio B. The Thermals were amazing and people were going absolutely nuts for them! It was refreshing to see a crowd that excited...and unfortunately it didn't stay that way. The fucking Horrors took an hour to go on because they thought they were the Rolling Stones. The unfortunate part is that NO ONE CARES ABOUT THEM anhd over half the crowd left before the band even got on. When they got on it was just loud noise and stupid cliche image shit. I thought I was going to enjoy them but I was quite wrong.

One highlight though is the single "Sheena Is A Parasite" and the video is amazing but not enough to impress me. I thought it was shit and I think a lot of people agree with me.

Question of the day...How the FUCK did this band make the cover of NME? Is the magazine that desperate?

If you haven't seen the video for "Sheena Is A Parasite" then here it is:


NY Broad x

Oasis Screening for CMJ

Lord Dont Slow Me Down is fucking amazing...the band is totally uncensored and it was absolutely phenomenal. GO BUY IT ! If you don't like it I will buy it off of you at full price :)

Also, Noel did a Q and A with Matt Pinfield and the questions these geeks asked were retarded. No one asked anything of worth and I am sure Noel was thinking "stupid Americans" the whole time.

Marcus Russell was there...I wanted to go up to him and ask him for a job HA!

Anyway, go buy Stop The Clocks and Lord Don't Slow Me Down when they come out. I'll make it easier for you...

Buy Stop The Clocks HERE

Watch the trailer also for a full 1 minute clip of the new song "Lord Don't Slow Me Down"



NY Broad x

Friday, November 03, 2006

CMJ CMJ CMJ with ProductshopNYC

Alright kids...this is the place to be in NYC tonight!



Also, make The Horrors STOP PLAYING! They have played so much its almost weird if anyone in NYC hasn't seen them then has...ugh

NY Broad x

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Blur Back Together??!!

Well...maybe. According to Alex James, "I've got high hopes that Blur will have a happy four-piece ending...I think it would be a shame if it didn't, really. I think we'd all like to make another record. We'd all like to do it with Graham. I've been talking to Graham a bit and hopefully I can persuade him. I'm going to have to beg him, though."

He also made sure to say that there will be an album with or without Coxon (with pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!). Alex has currently been chatting away with Graham and I think we are ALL hoping for a happy ending!

NY Broad x

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Babyshambles Score US Deal

Welcome Petey Doherty back to the US...hopefully. In December, the band will be releasing their The Blinding in December EP through Capitol Records. Hopefully a tour comes along but don't necessarily think that Pete will show up to play the dates!

Rough Trade...first The Libertines leave you and now Babyshambles? Whats happening?

NY Broad x

Monday, October 30, 2006

BBC's Electric Proms!

The BBC has been gracious enough to have all the performances from Electric Proms online available to listen or watch for a few days. Check out the performances from The Good The Bad and the Queen, The Who, Guillemots and some other fantastic acts ready to watch.

There is also a nice gallery of pretty pictures.

Make sure to go SOON as a lot of them are coming down in the first couple of days in November.

Its all HERE

NY Broad x

Saturday, October 28, 2006

The Empire Strikes Back...and Fails

If only Kasabian would go away the world would be a better place. While in the process of listening to this BBC Electric Proms gig don't get me wrong...it sounds good but ANYTHING can sound good with a fucking 70 PIECE ORCHESTRA.

AND IN THE PROCESS OF LISTENING THEIR TRACK SKIPPED!!!!!!! Nice job on the Doberman boys...Kasabian are going on to be the next Milli Vanilli.

This band is shit...will always be shit and Empire is so far from the title that this band should have on their albums its not even funny.

Kasabian=total shit. Let the comments fly but after Electric Proms they proved it.

NY Broad x

Bigmouth Strikes Again...

Liam Galagher can do no wrong in my book...and I always find him to be rather funny. Latest Liam victims are Pete Doherty and Tom Chaplin of Keane being called "posh lightweights". According to NME.com: Liam told The Sun, "None of us have ever been in The Priory, like all these little idiots today. They have one little line, they have one burn and they're all in rehab...That Pete Doherty is cabbaged already. And it's like, 'How old are you? Priory at 27 years of age? You idiot.' Posh boys can't take."

There you have it folks - Liam Gallagher's words of wisdom for the day. Just pray you aren't his next victim...

NY Broad x

And The Secret Special Guest Is...

THE SOUNDS
1 AM at CMJ...this is going to be fucking awesome

Make sure you text "WIRED" to 33992



NY Broad x

Friday, October 27, 2006

Recover Part 2

If you don't like the other version here is the first version of The Automatic's "Recover"...I like the whole red, white and black thing but I didn't laugh from this video



NY Broad x

Recover!

The Automatic are slowly making their way into LOVE grounds...I adore this band and the video is quite funny.



WATCH!

NY Broad x

Dance Sister Dance!

I have to give it up to the Scissor Sisters for creating this genius mini website to promote their new album Ta-Dah

Go to Dancesisterdance.com and you'll get to see moves you never knew you had


NY Broad x

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Oasis in Los Angeles!

Straight from MySpace:

Noel and Gem will be performing a special invitation only acoustic show to
celebrate the release of Oasis’ Stop the Clocks best of album in Los Angeles
on Thursday November 9th. The performance will be preceded by an advance
screening of the Oasis road movie “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down”.

We have 50 pairs of tickets for this unique invitation only night to give away
to lucky myspace.oasis friends. For your chance to receive a pair of tickets
please email your name and address including ZIP code to
competitions@oasisinet.com before midnight Sunday October 29 PCT putting Oasis
Myspace LA as subject of the email. Lucky recipients will be notified by email
within 48 hours. Important: recipients MUST collect their tickets in person by presenting valid ID at
the El Rey Theater box office, 5515 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA. Box office hours are between 10.00am and 6.00pm Monday October 30th thru to Saturday November 4th . Failure to pick up tickets by 6.00pm
Saturday the 4th November will result in loss of entitlement.

Doors open 7.00 pm, due to special nature of the event strictly no admission
after 7.45 pm


Stop the Clocks is released on SonyBMG on the 21st November

If they don't come to NYC I'll die. They are also doing the same thing in Toronto

NY Broad x

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The Sounds Come Back To The US

Alright everyone...some good news coming along from one of my favorite live bands. The Sounds are setting on a tour with Shiny Toy Guns in November which is bound to be a dance-a-thon all night long.

Here are the dates so far:
Nov 22 - Boston
Nov 24 - NYC
Nov 25 - Philadephia
Nov 26 - Chicago
Nov 28 - Denver
Nov 29 - Salt Lake City
Dec 1 - Los Angeles
Dec 2 - San Diego
Dec 3 - San Francisco

Venues will come soon!

Also, to see the new video for The Sounds - Painted By Numbers

Add to My Profile | More Videos

NY Broad x

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger

If this song doesn't make you dance then well...I can't help you.



The Fratellis Do have a US deal with Universal and the album will hopefully be released soon. Now I have one word...TOUR!

NY Broad x

Bring On The Bloc Party

Bloc Party is back with their sophomore album "A Weekend In The City" being release in the UK on February 5th, 2007 (not sure if the same date is for the US as well).

Here is the track listing:
"Song For Clay (Disappear Here)"
"Hunting For Witches"
"Waiting For the 7.18"
"The Prayer"
"Uniform"
"On"
"Where Is Home?"
"Kreuzberg"
"I Still Remember"
"Sunday"
"SRXT"

Also, the band is embarking on a tour of the UK after their dates with Panic! At The Disco in the US.

Here at the UK dates:
January

27 Southampton, Guildhall
28 Norwich, UEA
31 London, Astoria

February

1 London, Astoria
2 London, Astoria
3 Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
5 Reading, Hexagon
6 Cardiff, University
7 Bristol, Academy
9 Exeter Great Hall
10 Birmingham, Academy
11 Nottingham, Rock City
13 Cambridge, Corn Exchange
14 Manchester, Academy
15 Dublin, Ambassador
17 Glasgow, Barrowland
18 Aberdeen, Music Hall
20 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
21 Newcastle, Academy
22 Sheffield, Octagon

jealous jealous jealous! These will be fantastic.

NY Broad x

Monday, October 23, 2006

Lily Allen's New Video For "Littlest Things"

Here is darling Lily with her 3rd UK single



Quite sweet...and she looks fantastic

NY Broad x

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Do You Wanna Die?

The Paddingtons are fucking brilliant. Now you can watch AND listen to them

Here is the video for Panic Attack



Please do yourself a favor and go buy their album First Comes First here

NY Broad x

The Good, The Band and The Queen Play First Gig

Lucky for the people in Devon and the Pig's Nose! Last night they got the lucky chance of seeing The Good, The Bad and The Queen at their first gig ever warming up before BBC's Electric Proms.

The band is basically the most insane line up since who knows BUT its Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon (The Clash), Simon Tong (The Verve) and Tny Allen. So what they did was say "Hey let's put together al of my favorite bands and make a super group". Amazing!

The band played:

'History Song'
'80s Life'
'Northern Whale'
'Kingdom Of Doom'
'Herculean'
'Behind The Sun'
'The Bunting Song'
'Nature Springs
'Soldier's Tale'
'Three Changes'
'Green Fields'
'The Good, The Bad & The Queen'

If you haven't heard them yet..well I've just chaged that.
The Good, The Bad and The Queen - Herculean

Thanks to Girlpants for the MP3

For the first interview with the band I would suggest you pay the import price and buy NME or you can be a nerd like me and buy a subscription.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Jamie T Ditches His Track With Lily Allen

Mr. Jamie T has ditched out on a collaboration with Lily Allen because he was unhappy with the production.

According to Gigwise, he said: "I asked Lily to sing on the track and she sounded fantastic - her voice is so pure. But the drum beat is so awful so I've chosen not to use it on the album.

"We had about three of four working titles for the track but I don't think it will ever see the light of day now, so it doesn't matter."

When asked if he would work with Lily Allen again Jamie reportedly remarked, "Maybe. Although not for this album."

Information from Digital Spy

NY Broad x

Celebrate Halloween With The Rapture

New York's finest will be playing a special gig at Bowery Ballrom the night after their show at Webster Hall on the previous night. Costumes are encouraged!

Should be great as the band is a fantastic live band and Bowery is a pretty fucking awesome venue

You can still buy tickets to the Webster Hall show here

Oh and if you were just curious...Kevin Federline isn't sold out yet...HAHAH

NY Broad x

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Polly Jean Presents The Peel Sessions

Miss Polly Jean Harvey...a goddess in her own right is releasing PJ Harvey - The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 on October 31st.

The track listing is as follows:
01 Oh My Lover [Peel session, October 29, 1991]
02 Victory [Peel session, October 29, 1991]
03 Sheela-Na-Gig [Peel session, October 29, 1991]
04 Water [Peel session, October 29, 1991]
05 Naked Cousin [Peel session, March 3, 1993]
06 Wang Dang Doodle [Peel session, March 3, 1993]
07 Losing Ground [Peel session, September 5, 1996]
08 Snake [Peel session, September 5, 1996]
09 That Was My Veil [Peel session, September 5, 1996]
10 This Wicked Tongue [Peel session, November 10, 2000]
11 Beautiful Feeling [Peel session, November 10, 2000]
12 You Come Through [John Peel tribute, December 16, 2004]

Now for all you PJ nerds out there (me!) you probably have most of this stuff but its going to be nice to have it all on one CD. Now the next question is...will she TOUR (fingers crossed!)

NY Broad x

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

New York Dolls To What...???

I might be a little late in the game, but I am currently re-reading Please Kill Me and realized the following...how did David Johansen of the New York Dolls go from this:



to this:



I can't believe that the singer of the New York Dolls also sang the song that everyone danced/limboed to at bat/bar mitzvahs when I was a kid. Its also sort of amazing that he didn't lose his cred but maybe there is a deeper story to this that I don't know?

Weird

NY Broad x

Yoko's Still At It

I know everyone rips on Yoko Ono about her breaking up the Beatles and blah blah BUT I think she pushes things a little too far. Yoko is suing EMI for $10 million claiming John Lennon was cheated out of royalties.

Yoko...come on...I know labels suck sometimes and they do fuck musicians over but leave shit alone.

NY Broad x



OH and Thanks to the lovely Popbytes for the tip

Klaxons Hate The US

Well...not really but they have postponed their mini tour of the States to finish recording their debut album.

The dates that are postponed are:
New York, NY Cake Shop (Vice CMJ Party) (November 1)
Philadelphia, PA Pure (3)
Brooklyn, NY Galapagos (with Shitdisco) (4)
Hollywood, CA Cinespace (7)
San Francisco, CA Popscene (9)

It will be MDMA-mazing when they come back!

Info from NME.com

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Lily Allen Virtual Tour - Last Stop

Lily rocked Chicago last night playing TWO MORE tracks than LA making the set approximately 50 minutes long. No suits...all fans so it must have been a fucking incredible show. Hopefully the set list will turn up and I will have it for all of you lovely lovely readers!

Here is a video of Knock Em Out from last nights show at the Double Door:



And let's back track to Lily's first show at Lee's Palace in Toronto on October 8th:



Also, if you are curious here is the Chicago show review from Something Glorious


NY Broad x

Monday, October 16, 2006

The Virtual Lily Allen Tour Part 3 - Los Angeles

Welcome to The Likely Broads virtual Lily Allen tour. Here are 3 live videos from Lily's show on Saturday at the Troubador. From what Popbytes said it seemed like a show to not be missed:

Here is the set list from the show:

• ldn
• nan, you're a window shopper
• shame for you
• knock em out
• littlest things
• not big
• friday night
• smile
• everything's just wonderful
• alfie










Thanks mysugarspun for the videos!

NY Broad x

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Lily Allen's Virtual Tour

I had to do it...I just had to. Here is a video of LDN from Popscene in San Francisco. Next up, Los Angeles and Chicago! Now you can see Lily on every stop of her US tour (even if you weren't there!).

Update! Lily sang two extra songs in LA...Not Big and Everything's Just Wonderful. The celebrities were out in full force too. Popbytes went and I will be linking to his full report.



NY Broad x

Shake Your Rudebox

Ok...now you can all make fun of me but I sort of don't give a shit. I love Robbie Williams a little too much. Fell in love with his first album, Life Thru A Lens and then saw his first ever US show. Years later I still make sure I buy all his imported albums and have this insanely guilty pleasure for everything he puts out.

This time around, Robbie releases Rudebox on October 23rd in the UK. Of course, no US release so I pre ordered it on ARTISTDirect and when it arrives the rest is history.

For now, watch the new video Lovelight!



Fun fact, Lily Allen did backing vocals on a couple of tracks. When I get the liner notes I'll fill you in on what they are!

NY Broad x

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Lily In The Mix!

In celebration of Lily's date at the Troubador tonight (and if you have a spare ticket EMAIL us because the lovely Popbytes NEEDS to see Lily tonight!) here is an MP3 of her Mini Mix made especially for BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac. Can you believe Lily did this with vinyl? She is so good she scares me...

Here is the MP3 so you can hear for yourself!
Lily Allen Mini Mix from BBC Radio 1

(mp3 from iPop)

Here is the tracklisting:
Frankie Cutlass - Puerto Rico (Hoody)
Lily Allen - LDN (Parlophone)
Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up Look Sharp (XL Recordings)
Dandy Livingston - A Message To You Rudy (White Label)
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil (Charmax)
Leviticus - The Burial (Philly Blunt)
Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My (Remix) (J Records)
Fugees - Ready Or Not (Zinc Remix) (White Label)

She kills it so make sure to listen!!!! Also, if you missed Lily this time around rumour has it our favorite brit songstress is coming back in December to knock every city in America off their feet!

By the way, has anyone noticed how beautiful Lily has been looking lately...talent and class!

Much love

NY Broad x

The Maccabees Video For "First Love"

How many times do I have to express my love for this band? The video is fantastic as well



NY Broad x

Listen to Jonny Greenwood's Song!

In true Radiohead fashion, Jonny Greenwood's song called "Popcorn Superhet Receiver" (which is almost 20 minutes long!) is available to listen to now. You can find the track on BBC Radio 3.

NY Broad x

Friday, October 13, 2006

The Borat Movie Channel

This channel has been providing endless entertainment at work for the past hour. Check out all these deleted scenes and beware...you will laugh very very loud and disturb your co workers

Borat Movie Channel on YouTube

NY Broad x

Thursday, October 12, 2006

I'm So I'm So DISTRACTED

I adore Blood Red Shoes...a two piece from Brighton, UK that in my eyes are absolutely fantastic. Check out their video for ADHD and if you don't fall in love with them then there are some problems.



To check out more on the band go to their MySpace page

NY Broad x

The Shits Hit The Disco

How much does this suck? Darren Cullen, drummer of ShitDisco broke his wrist and cannot play any dates opn the Club NME tour coming up for the band. Cullen was dancing on the top of his tour van when he fell off and broke the important body part needed for drumming (well ONE of them!).

From NME.com

He explained: "The house engineer broke his fall slightly but he still suffered a broken wrist. He went to hospital and had metal plate put in after surgery.

"He will be unable to drum for the rest of the tour but Darren is in good spirits and he can't wait to get back."

Session drummer Mark Heaney has been drafted in to replace the Shitdisco sticksman for the remainder of the tour, which continues in Northampton Soundhaus tonight (October 11).

To check out SHITDISCO here is an MP3 for your listening pleasure:
SHITDISCO - I Know Kung Fu

(mp3 courtesy of So Much Silence)

NY Broad x

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Lily Allen - Caught on Tape!

Here's some Lily footage from Hiro last night(more coming!):



NY Broad x

Lily Allen at Hiro!

Here's the scoop on Lily last night...which was absolutely fantastic. Being pretty much the most important show of her life, Lily breezed through an 8 song set that left people wanting more (a lot more to be honest!).

The setlist was as follows:

"LDN"
"Nan, You're a Window Shopper"
"Shame For You"
"Knock Em Out"
"Littlest Things"
"Friday Night"
"Smile"
"Alfie"

Lily was quite nervous and it was visible to everyone in the crowd. It make her though, more likeable and the vibe easy going and fun. Alex Kapranos, some guy from Maroon 5 and a ton of Brits made up the crowd as well as a bunch of suits and dorks like me who sang along and danced to the whole set. I can't wait for a proper tour and for everyone that doesn't own Alright, Still yet...you are mental.

Video coming soon! Also, check out this shot of Lily from last night coutesy of Mediaeater



NY Broad x

Justin Hawkins Leaves The Darkness

Now this one is a killer...Justin Hawkins leaves The Darkness for drug addiction and says the band is still going to go on? Come on...not going to work.

Hawkins tell The Sun, "I feel bad for the others (in the band), It will be an upheaval. But it's time for me to move on. It would be damaging to my recovery to stay on. I'm not blaming the band for my problem - I am an addict. There are people who can be in bands and stay clean, but I'm not one of them."

At his worst, he was spending £1,000 on blow a week! I mean I know being in a band is rough and going on tour can be boring but thats a lot of drugs...hopefuly he saves some cash and gets sober.

NY Broad x

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

For the Funny Factor

I almost fell off my chair at this:

Kevin Federline club tour:

11/4 - NYC:
WEBSTER HALL

11/8 - CHICAGO:
HOUSE OF BLUES

11/10 - ATLANTIC CITY:
HOUSE OF BLUES

11/12 - VIRGINIA BEACH:
THE NORVA


HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

NY Broad x

Oh No! Oh My! In LA Tonight!

Okay, say what you will about punctuation. That it's so %&$#! unescessary, BUT I have to let everyone know of my love for yet another educated band: Oh No! Oh My!. Oh yes!



Meet Greg Barkley, Joel Calvin and Daniel Hoxmeier. The songwriting nucleus of ON! OM!

These kids were picked up by the blogger train almost a year ago, specifically by I Guess I'm Floating and a few others. They're originally from Austin, TX and reloacted to Nashville so Greg (vox/guitar) and Daniel (guitar) could go to engineering/recording school. Out there they picked up a few more members Tim Regan (formerly of Snowglobe) and Will McDonald (bass).

Without ever having played a live show, the band recorded their self-titled debut which is equal parts The Shins, Modest Mouse and unabashed wide-eyed romance and awkward quirks. Their lyrics read like a childrens book on acid, "so, let's ride bikes into the sea / and catch a bus outside the reef" but ends in a quaintly morbid realisation of loss that brings it back to 20-something woes "but if i die / i guess that you'll die, too"...

Basically, these guys have something. They're still unsigned, but it's in the works, and you should expect BIG things from them very soon. This year they've already played Lollapalooza and opened for The Flaming Lips and Gnarls Barkley. But, for those of you in LA it is your chance to see them in a great, intimate venue, and consequently, party yr ass off. They play tonight @ Dim Mak + Filter's Cinespace party:



Also, check out these select track (thanks to CYSTSFTS and i Guess I'm Floating):

Oh No! Oh My! - Walk In The Park
Oh No! Oh My! - I Love You All The Time
Oh No! Oh My! - The Party Punch

x, LA Broad