Music news, reviews, interviews and notes

• U2: Croke Park, Ireland
• Ozzfest
• Tragically Hip
• Morrissey
• The Pixes: Live at DAR
• Electric Eel Shock at SXSW 2005
• Gogol Bordello SXSW 2005
• The Messies at The Whisky (LA)
• Bloc Party at the Black Cat (DC)
• Hot Hot Heat: Live at The Troc (Philly)
• Benevento Duo, Bowery Ballroom NYC
• Dave Matthews Randall's Island NY
• David Gray, Merriam Theater Philly
• Living Colour, CBGB NYC
• White Stripes, Coney Island NY
• Keller Williams, Nokia Theater (NYC)
• Liz Phair at Irving Plaza (NYC)
• DMB: Tweeter Center Camden NJ
• John Hiatt & North Mississippi Allstars (NYC)
• Big Summer Classic (Brooklyn)
• Meatloaf (NYC)
• Ray LaMontagne (Philly)
• Coldplay (MSG/NYC)
• Bloc Party (Philly)
• Particle
• Steve Winwood
• Cream (MSG/NYC)
• Broken Social Scene (Philly)
• Trey Anastasio: Roseland Ballroom (NYC)
• U-Melt, Lions Den & moe., Roseland (NYC)
• Umphrey's McGee, Irving Plaza & NMAs, Bowery Ballroom (NYC)
• Ray LaMontagne (NYC)
• Marco Benevento, Marc Friedman & Andrew Barr (NYC)
• Assembly of Dust, Irving Plaza(NYC)
• Licorice, Blue Note (NYC)
• Of a Revolution (OAR) (MSG/NYC)
• Broken Social Scene, Webster Hall (NYC)
• Big Head Todd, Irving Plaza (NYC)
• Billy Joel (MSG/NYC)
• Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Canal Room (NYC)
• The Strokes, Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
• Tea Leaf Green, Knitting Factory (NYC)
• Lynryd Skynrd, Nokia Theater (NYC)
• Allman Brothers Band, Beacon Theatre (NYC)
• Animal Collective, Webster Hall(NYC)
• Seven Eleven Project, Lions Den (NYC)
• The Cult, Nokia Theatre(NYC)
• 2006 Green Apple Music Festival (NYC)
• 2006 Jammys (NYC)
• Kid Rock, Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
• Richard Ashcroft, Webster Hall (NYC)
• Shooter Jennings, Irving Plaza (NYC)
• Benevento Russo Duo, Bowery Ballroom (NYC)
• Secret Machines, Hiro Ballroom (NYC)
• Seu Jorge, Irving Plaza (NYC)
• Willy Porter, Canal Room (NYC)
• Landon Pigg, Pianos (NYC)
• Bill Deasy, Pianos (NYC)
• Licorice,Coda (NYC)
• Radiohead, Tower Theater (Philly)
• Pearl Jam, Continental Airlines Arena (NJ)
• Wolfmother, Webster Hall (NYC)
• Ramble Dove/Grace Potter, Irving Plaza (NYC)
• Tapes 'n Tapes/Cold War Kids
• Vernon Reid, Canal Room (NYC)
• Arctic Monkeys, Roseland Ballroom (NYC)
• Nathan Asher & The Infantry (NYC)
• Tom Petty, Madison Square Garden

• Elliott Smith
• John Lennon
• Best of 2004
• U2: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
• Radiohead: The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time (DVD)
• Beck: Guero
• Ray Lamontagne: Trouble
• David Gray: A Century Ends
• Dave Matthews: Stand Up
• Pearl Jam: No Code
• Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: Cold Roses
• Wallflowers: Rebel, Sweetheart
• Son Volt: Okemah and the Melody of Riot
• Boris: Akuma No Uta
• Coldplay: X & Y
• Langhorne Slim: When the Sun's Gone Down
• Frank Black: Honeycomb
• Bill Deasy: Chasing Down a Spark
• Steve Kimock Band: Eudemonic
• James McMurty: Childish Things
• Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better
• Death Cab for Cutie: Plans
• Amos Lee: Amos Lee
• Grubspoon: Happy Accidents
• Seu Jorge: The Life Aquatic
• The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth
• High School Reunion: A Tribute to those Great 80s Films
• Wes Tucker: Beauty & The Broken
• Van Morrison: Pay the Devil
• Willie Nelson: The Songs of Cindy Walker
• People In Planes: As Far As The Eye Can See
• Rob Zombie: Educated Horses
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones
• MC Lars: The Graduate
• What I Like About Jew: Unorthodox
• Flaming Lips: At War With The Mystics
• Bubba Sparxxx: The Charm
• Dresden Dolls: Yes Virginia
• Luna Coil: Karmacode
• The States: Multiply Not Divide
• Buckcherry: 15
• Rock Kills Kid: Are You Nervous?
• Secret Machines: Ten Silver Drops
• Thursday: A City By The Light Divided
• Drive By Truckers: A Blessing And A Curse
• Sick of It All: Death to Tyrants
• Neil Peart: Anatomy of a Drum Solo
• Witch: Witch
• Eagles of Death Metal: Death by Sexy
• 5th of July: No Surprise
• New Riders of the Purple Sage: Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72
• Damone: Out Here All Night
• The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers
• Def Leppard: Yeah
• Wolfmother: Wolfmother
• Def Leppard: Yeah
• Zero 7: Garden
• Katherine Whalen: Dirty Little Secret
• Bouncing Souls: The Gold Record
• Angels & Airwaves: We Don't Need To Whisper
• Various Artists: The Sounds of Superman
• Depeche Mode: Remastered
• The Futureheads: News and Tributes
• Paramore: All We Know is Falling
• Big City Rock: Big City Rock
• Dirty Pretty Things: Waterloo to Anywhere
• Foundry Field Recordings: prompts/miscues
• The Who: Tommy Live (DVD)
• All That Remains: The Fall of Ideals

• Best Rock Cover Songs
• Worst Cover Songs of All Time
• 20 Most Underrated Rock Albums
• Jerry Garcia: Has it really been 10 years?
• Free-Form Radio or Die
• Top Ten Comebacks
• David Lee Roth: Sirius Marketing Tool
• Are you ready for some new Hank Williams music?
• New Orleans Still A Mess Nine Months After Katrina