The Ramones News

After hearing some rumblings earlier this year that there might not be an Anti*Pop Music Festival, I want to say that I'm happy that it happened again for the fifth year.

Mickey Leigh is not the only one who has slept with Joey Ramone. But Leigh, brother of the late Ramones frontman, has more to offer than some rock groupie eager to cash in on a bedroom tell-all. Leigh's frank portrait hits like one of the singer's songs; it doesn't try to be cute or pretty but is honest and forthright with an awkward attitude ...

Mike TV is a pop-punk act from England. Their bio reads like it might have been written by members of Monty Python: In the summer they encountered a major bummer as drummer Riff Reynolds left the band to pursue a career as a sous-chef. He was replaced by a Welsh school-girl from Stoke called Glyn Mellor.

Relatively few people went to the uplifting, warm, wickedly funny and poignant documentary Young@Heart . Sure, it was a smash at film festivals , but how do you market a movie about VERY senior senior citizens singing modern rock and pop and punk in a choir? You can't sell it to seniors.

Tegan and Sara - Sainthood Rating: 8 Tegan and Sara return with more songs about jealousy and martyrdom.

Bran Van 3000 - 'Drinkin' In LA' The Chakras - 'Build Me A Swan' Ramones - 'Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio?' Tegan & Sara - 'Red Belt' Oasis - 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' Oliver Cole - 'What Will You Do?' Friendly Fires - 'Kiss Of Life' The Duckworth Lewis Method - 'Meeting Mr Miandad' Daft Punk - 'Robot Rock' Seasick Steve - 'Diddley Bo' Marina & ...

Punk rock and Minnesota don't usually go hand and hand, but Minneapolis garage rockers The No-No's prove that punk can thrive just about anywhere.

Did you know that national kid-rock sensation The Sippy Cups got their start at the fundraiser for Moss Beach Park? See the new show, based on music from new CD The Time Machine, at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco on Sunday.

London's punk had its angular, spiky, plaid thing going on, and New York had its black-leather-jacketed Ramones-y vibe.

When I think of the passing of a decade, I always think of "Do You Remember Rock n' Roll Radio" by the Ramones: "It's the end, the end of the '70s / It's the end, the end of the century," they sang.

Live-Metal.net 's Jeff Maki recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera . A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

RockabillyBabe.com , the same promoter behind the Rockabilly BBQ, is bringing its latest production to Snug Harbor.

"Only so many songs can be sung with two lips, two lungs and one tongue." Vancouver-based punk trio Nomeansno sang those words 20 years ago, but fortunately for fans, the band still hasn't run out of things to say.

Jef UK, front man and lead singer for Americans UK, has never had an album reviewed in Pitchfork, and he hasn't established an indie following in Williamsburg.

Referred to as the Seattle sound, the distorted, electric guitar-driven sound of early grunge bands like The Melvins, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam opened up a whole new era of music.

Spend a little quiet time with the SF threesome's bracing, brief, brand-spanking Introducing , and let the Ramones-y distortion rumble and tumble till you're completely prepped for the sweet-tart twee revolution in full effect with labelmates like the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Mantles, and Summer Cats.

This night of music, dance and film, headlined by Japanese rock band Shonen Knife, sounds wild.

So for all the loyal NowPublic readers, contributors, et al. I wanted to provide an alternative playlist for Halloween 2009 .

Legendary horror-ska band The Independents return to haunted Alton, this time in the Temple Banquet Center in Spirits Lounge.

Last night, Uncle Monk -- the bluegrass project featuring Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone -- performed at Off Broadway.