Lazy Bitches

Buried in the PR materials for Moscow trio Kerosin is a modest claim that no other band in Russia is more imbued with the spirit of rock and roll.  In their eyes this means the ensemble consists of three individuals "who really live for the music.  They're ready to die for it, even!  There's...

Beginning in 1974, The Ramones spent more than twenty yours in endless touring, all in the name of short, melodic, and noisy pop classics that would mark a rapid flight from prog bombast.  Any band that adopts "Hey, Ho!  Let's Go!" as its motto is clearly more interested in motion than monumen...

Earlier this year, the Moscow club IKRA held a small festival entitled "Back to the CBGB" in honor of the NY club (below) that ran from 1973 until 2006.  During that time it gave birth to a spectacular generation of musicians, including - among the more famous - The Ramones, Talking Heads, Patt...