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Just one year after opening, the New York City annex to Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will close its doors on January 3, according to one of the corporate partners in the venture.

B52's live in Melbourne at the Forum Theatre. Photo: Daniela Rodriguez Patrick Donovan December 4, 2009 - 12:13PM Forum Theatre December 3 The B52s brought its hyperreal and surreal pop circus to Melbourne for the first time in almost 20 years to celebrate the start of summer.

Being the child or spouse of a famous musician is at least as difficult as being the sibling of one, especially one working in the same field.

Went to a mosh pit and an Agnostic Front show broke out. The Bowery gave birth to New York City punk; 10 years later, a pack of street kids bloodied it up a few blocks east.

Every day The Oregonian Music Blog will post a song of the day for you to enjoy.

She's Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore's protege ; she collaborated with Iggy Pop on her SPIN-praised solo debut ; and she recently dropped by SPIN HQ to perform acoustic versions of four new songs.

Local 506 - Joe Queer, a New England lover of pop and punk, might be a case study in Peter Pan syndrome.

The Action Where: Dominion Tavern When: Saturday, 10 p.m.; Sunday, 4 p.m. Neil Young said it best when he sang of the Sex Pistols' notorious frontman Johnny Rotten, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." It's with that attitude in mind that seminal Ottawa punks The Action - billed as perhaps Canada's first true punk band - return to the stage ...

In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album ... With a "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" the Ramones yank on a lever and send the rock 'n' roll train speeding down a new track.

THIS Friday night in the Square Bar sees punk come to life in Portlaoise as local rockers Rapunzel's Wig take to the stage in the newly renovated venue.

When the definitive history of rock-and-roll is written - give me time; my other job keeps me pretty busy - the chapter on punk rock will necessarily focus on bands from London and New York City .

On a Wednesday afternoon, Maggi Jane and Pierce Ternay hang out at an RV camp in Malibu with Diver, their 2-year-old daughter, and Pokey, their 10-year-old black lab.

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.