The Brothers
* Paul Kevin Jonas (II) Nickname: K2 (born November 5, 1987) – Lead guitar (usually a Gibson Les Paul), backing vocals, and Piano in the song “Turn Right”. He’s the eldest of the band, goes by Kevin rather than Paul. Kevin helped produce the band’s self-titled CD Jonas Brothers.
* Joseph Adam Jonas Nickname: DJ [...]

Gogol Bordello
A multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows. Much of the band’s sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as its core members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle (and on [...]

With any new band, you can pretty much use their personal background as a guide to their sound. Knowing that the members grew up in, say, Vermont, or cut their musical teeth in Brooklyn, should clue in you on their musical path; if some of the group ended up studying music in college, that’s another [...]

Like a burning gem fallen from the bosom of a rotting Tyrannosaurus, The Prigs, HAVE charged forward to create a world of unbridled fun, sportsmanship, and revelry into which all are welcome.
You may already know some Prigs as members of other bands such as St. Vincent, Via Audio, Tiger City, Kaki King, Elizabeth and the [...]

Erik Schrody (born August 18, 1969, in Valley Stream, New York), better known by his stage name Everlast, is an Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, best known for his hit “What It’s Like”, and for his unique genre-crossing mix of hip-hop and acoustic-based rock music.
He was the frontman for rap group House of Pain until 1996. [...]

Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, “Breathe (2 AM),” was released on April 19, 2005. Nalick’s second album has been recorded, but no release date has been set as of March 17, 2009.
She says in [...]

It begins here. Right now. Ready? GO! You are now embarking on a whirlwind 180-word novella of Jason “JBlynn” Blynn and Peter “Pete” Harper. The paths of “Pete” and “J” (who will henceforth be referred to without “quotations”) crossed when the outdoorsy, semi-crunchy, straight-out-of-a-Phish-rip-off-jam-band J, a collegiate sophomore at Amherst College, led Pete and a [...]

The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2001, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano, harmonica, ukelele) and Brian Viglione (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals). The two describe their style as “Brechtian punk cabaret”, a phrase invented by Palmer because she was “terrified” that the press would invent a [...]

It’s difficult to put Kristoffer Ragnstam simply. He is a Swedish rock musician who is at home in most parts of the world and within any musical genre, a drummer who was a born frontman. He’s a singer-songwriter in the most literal sense of the designation: he writes the songs he sings, but the similarities [...]

Who is Bang Camaro?
“We are not a retro band,” insists guitarist Bryn Bennett after Bang Camaro’s third show on a short east coast tour, “we are an evolution.”
“You see,” agrees guitarist and co-founder Alex Necochea, “we took the important parts of pop metal and distilled it. We came up with a purer type of music [...]

The Red Romance is a critically lauded, independently released act, that has earned critical praise for their unique blend of Motown-oriented grooves and a literate and lyrical moodiness.
Formerly of New York based indie-rock group Ambulance LTD, Matthew Dublin and Darren Beckett formed The Red Romance using a song catalog Dublin had assembled while one tour [...]

The Rumble Strips are an English band from Tavistock, Devon. The band take their name from Rumble Strips, which are small, continuous lines of bumps along the edge of a road. Having known each other since childhood, a precise conception date for the band doesn’t really exist. The current line-up has been together since 2004 [...]

It’s difficult to put Kristoffer Ragnstam simply. He is a Swedish rock musician who is at home in most parts of the world and within any musical genre, a drummer who was a born frontman. He’s a singer-songwriter in the most literal sense of the designation: he writes the songs he sings, but the similarities [...]

Cobra Starship is an American pop punk band created by former Midtown bassist/lead vocalist Gabe Saporta. The members consist of lead vocalist Saporta, guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, Nate Novarro on drums and Victoria Asher on keytar, all of whom provide backing vocals. The band is classed generally as pop punk with the electronic/synth [...]

Semi Precious Weapons are a glam-rock band from New York City originally consisting of Justin Tranter on vocals, Aaron Lee Tasjan on guitar, Cole Whittle on bass and Dan Crean on drums. As of November 2008, Stevy Pyne replaced Tasjan on guitar.
In March 2008 the band signed a worldwide recording agreement with Razor & Tie. [...]

Glint was conceived by Jase Blankfort (NYC) and Mateus Tebaldi (Brazil) in New
York City, quickly deemed an irresistible live act in the electronic art rock scene by
Billboard Magazine. This acclaim was given when the project was in its early stages,
as a duo consisting of Blankfort and drummer Tebaldi. Shortly after the release of
Sound in Silence, [...]

Morning Fuzz is a Brooklyn, NY based melodic rock outfit exploiting the talent and showmanship garnered by Frank Fussa and Chris Johanidesz, both former members of Ultra High Frequency. After extensively touring the East Coast with fellow Long Island rockers Brand New, the band launched a successful cross-country tour that resulted in a year long [...]

White Lies (formed 2005)
White Lies are an English alternative rock band from London. The lineup of the band consists of Harry McVeigh on vocals and rhythm guitar, Jack Lawrence-Brown on drums and Charles Cave on bass guitar and backing vocals.
White Lies: Starting Out
Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown met at North Ealing Primary School, where they [...]

Neimo is an indie rock band from France. The band pairs guitar with electronic elements to create a Euro-rock and 1980s sound. Neimo is influenced by David Bowie, Blondie, New Order, Velvet Underground and the Stooges.
The band has not been as widely accepted in France as the songs are all sung in English. According to [...]

Metric is a Canadian New Wave/indie rock band. Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, Los Angeles, California and Brooklyn, New York.
The band consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer) and guitar, guitarist James Shaw (who also plays the theremin), bassist Josh [...]

Good Old War is made up of Keith Goodwin, Daniel Schwartz, and Tim Arnold. The band was started after Days Away (former band of Keith and Tim) went on hiatus; Schwartz previously played in Unlikely Cowboy. They recorded some demos for free in a late night session at a recording studio. They have played with [...]

Super Furry Animals were one of the first post-alternative bands, fusing together a number of disparate musical genres — including power pop, punk rock, techno, and progressive rock — creating a shimmering, melodic, irreverent, and willfully artsy rock & roll. As one of the leading bands of the mid-’90s Welsh movement, they were already tagged [...]

William Braunstein (born 1972), better known as Ill Bill, is an American rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. Having gained notoriety in the underground hip hop group Non Phixion, Ill Bill is known for his politically-themed lyrics and as the producer, founder and CEO of Uncle Howie Records. His brother Necro is also [...]

Val Emmich (born 1979) is a pop rock singer-songwriter and actor from New Jersey.
Val Matthew Emmich was born in Manalapan Township, New Jersey. He is of Italian, Russian, and German ancestry. He attended Manalapan High School where he played soccer. At age 15, he was diagnosed with Lyme Disease and had to give up all [...]

Blessid Union of Souls (sometimes abbreviated to Blessid Union) is an American rock band from Morrow, Ohio that was formed in 1990 by friends Jeff Pence and Eliot Sloan.
The band’s first studio album, Home, had some success which lied with its lead single, “I Believe”. The song popularized the band with local-area DJs and became [...]

Straylight Run is an indie rock band based in Baldwin, Nassau County, Long Island, New York. They are currently unsigned after being dropped from Universal Republic Records East. Their latest releases are the EPs About Time and Un Mas Dos, preceded by the full-length album entitled The Needles The Space.
When he was still a member [...]

Singer/guitarist Lucas Field, drummer Howie Diamond, and keyboardist Tad Moore were undergrads at the University of Colorado at Boulder [disambiguation needed] in 2001 when they began to play together in a jam band. Outside of typical jam band influences such as Dave Matthews and Phish, the group were influenced by a diversity of artists, including [...]

 NeverShoutNever! is the alias of eighteen year old acoustic/pop artist, Christofer Ingle. He began making music as NeverShoutNever! in September 2007. Ingle’s first exposure came through the internet, where he achieved success on MySpace before issuing the Yippee! EP on July 29, 2008. On July 30, 2008, he was featured on TRL, where he performed [...]

Tim Pagnotta met ex-drummer Ben Davis during a cigarette break at school. Davis (who then played bass) and Pagnotta started to play together on a regular basis. Pagnotta met Airin Older in a music class where Pagnotta was copying Older’s work. They became good friends and Pagnotta invited Older to join his band. Davis moved [...]

Founding members Chuck Robertson, Sascha Lazor, Todd Rosenberg, Carter Benson and James Malis started the group in high school but the band’s membership has changed frequently since its inception. Drummer Todd Rosenberg left the band in 1999, Benson left the band in 2002, and bassist Mark Iversen left the band in 2006. The current lineup [...]

In the years between Valencia’s 2005 debut, This Could Be A Possibility [I Surrender Records], and their forthcoming release, We All Need A Reason To Believe, the much beloved pop-punk quintet – singer Shane Henderson, drummer Max Soria, bassist George Ciukurescu and guitarists JD Perry and Brendan Walter — have kept the kind of positive [...]

MxPx is a pop punk band that officially formed in Bremerton, Washington, United States as teenagers. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and released 20 singles.
The original lineup included Mike Herrera on bass, vocals Andy Husted on guitar (later to be [...]

Whole Wheat Bread is a punk band from Jacksonville, Florida. They formed in 2003 and have so far released two albums and one EP, under the Orlando based record label Fighting Records.
Aaron Abraham and Nicholas Largen were friends from Jacksonville, Florida. Abraham knew about Largen, aka DJ Dirtee $skeet through the Jacksonville underground rap scene [...]

The combination of musical energy between brothers and Hayley’s bold charisma earned them instant attention, particularly from Florida indie Fueled by Ramen, who signed the band and put them to work recording their debut. Says Hayley, “Some of our favorite bands are on Fueled by Ramen. We knew that they would know exactly how to [...]

THE ‘59 SOUND could only start out one way: with the sound of a record player needle set down on a scratched-up record. Although New Brunswick, New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem have only technically been a band for two-and-a-half years, in that short amount of time they’ve managed to become one of the punk underground’s [...]

Gym Class Heroes is an American band from Geneva, New York. The group formed when Travis “Schleprok” McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley and decided to form a band. After the addition of guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo and bassist Eric Roberts, they were signed to Decaydance Records, on which they released the gold-selling album As Cruel as [...]