concertfornewyork

10th Anniversary of the Concert for New York City

10th Anniver­sary of the Con­cert for New York City  Music has the power to heal. Shortly after the tragic events of 9/11, some of the best musi­cians in Rock gath­ered at Madi­son Square Gar­den to com­mem­o­rate the souls lost on this infa­mous day. Today, we piece together that setlist using the Vault to honor those who …

Kristen’s Friday Picks — the Damned Things, Screeching Weasel, Travis Barker feat. Swizz Beatz, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross, Smith Westerns, and Toro Y Moi

Here are Kristen’s Picks For The Week from WNHU: We’ve Got a Sit­u­a­tion Here — the Damned Things This band is a new project from Scott Ian of Anthrax and mem­bers of Fall­out Boy. Franken­girl– Screech­ing Weasel Can a Drum­mer Get Some– Travis Barker feat. Swizz Beatz, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross Week­end– Smith West­erns My favorite …

Rain Playlist

WHY NOW, BROWN COW? A Rain Playlist is a must-do/ must-have for a music blog­ger, music lover, some­one who loves playlists, etc. I’m all three, so let’s just say I’m over­due. But you have no idea how over­due. I started work­ing on this con­cept eight years ago. It’s had many incar­na­tions before today. But I’ve always …

I’ll Be Doggone — Marvin Gaye + My Marvin Gaye Playlist

SONG OF THE DAY “I’ll Be Dog­gone” by Mar­vin Gaye (Moods of Mar­vin Gaye, Tamla Records, 1965). Writ­ten by William “Smokey” Robin­son, War­ren Moore & Mar­vin Tarplin. MY MARVIN GAYE PLAYLIST “Funky Space Rein­car­na­tion” (Here, My Dear, 1978) “I Want You (Vocal Ver­sion)” (I Want You, 1976) “Got To Give It Up, Part 1″ (Live At …

Kristen’s Weekly Selections feat. Grouplove, TV on the Radio, The World Is A Beautiful Place…, Radiohead, & The Strokes

Kris­ten Bayusik at WNHU con­tin­ues to impress me every week with the great new music she’s find­ing out there, but this week is an espe­cially good week because it includes a track from the new Radio­head album. Ch-ch-ch-check it out!: Colours– Grou­plove Will Do– TV on the Radio Gor­don Paul– The World is A Beau­ti­ful Place and …

WNHU’s Adds For The Week — Devotchka, Foster The People, Five O Clock Heroes, Bright Eyes, Adele

Ooooh, girl done good this week (I am watch­ing waaay to much of RuPaul’s Drag Race and am start­ing to talk like Ru now.…and call her “Ru”)! ANY­how.… Kris­ten over at WNHU really picked some great new tracks this week.… 100 Other Lovers– Devotchka Pumped Up Kicks– Fos­ter the Peo­ple Rough Boys– Five O Clock Heroes …

Knocks Me Off My Feet — Stevie Wonder

SONG OF THE DAY “Knocks Me Off My Feet” by Ste­vie Won­der (Songs In The Keys Of Life, Tamla, 1976). Writ­ten by Ste­vie Won­der. MY TAKE Though I don’t gen­er­ally cel­e­brate the com­mer­cial hol­i­day known as Valentine’s Day, I do cel­e­brate and honor the loves in my life. My hus­band and I share this song as …