Noah And The Whale consists of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Doug Fink (drums 2006-2009), Tom Hobden (fiddle), Urby Whale (bass), Fred Abbott (guitar/keys 2009- ), and Jack Hamson (drums 2009- ) and after a few singles, released their debut album, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down in August 2008. Laura Marling and Emmy The Great [...]

“The first misconception about Oh No Not Stereo,” explains vocalist and one half of this rocking duo, Sky Nielsen, “is that we don’t like stereo and we play everything in mono, or that we record in mono.” Other half, Mykul Lee, is also a multifaceted multi-instrumentalist, much like his partner in this stereophonic unit. Nielsen’s [...]

If asked, the members of Hey Ocean!, will probably tell you that they are a Canadian band, however their humble beginnings swapping songs on the beaches of Costa Rica are undeniably where the spirit of their music resides. Stemming from the minds of Vancouver songstress Ashleigh Ball and British-born singer/songwriter David Beckingham their mix of [...]

Don’t Sigh Daisy, of small-town Macclenny, Florida, seeks to break down barriers that have plagued the indie music scene for too long. Expect to hear harmonicas, and mandolins add a folk-flavored twist on the infectious pop-rock you’re used to. The band truly shines at their live shows, with dazzling lights and an electrifying stage performance [...]

Brokencyde (often typeset as brokeNCYDE) is a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. It consists of four members: Se7en, Phat J, Mikl, and Antz.
Beginning (2006–2007)
BrokeNCYDE was the brainchild of vocalists Se7en (David) and Mikl (Mike). According to them, the etymology of the band name comes from the idea of their music being fundamentally [...]

This is not a sequel. This is what happens when the sun dips down, that swollen moon comes up, the sea water ripples and cools, and the Pacific Coast Highway still feels warm on your bare feet with a little of that leftover sunlight trapped in the blacktop. This is the last hiss of the [...]

The Mad Caddies stand alone in their latest musical achievement. Combining elements of rock and roots reggae that evokes memories of the Clash, the Police and Sublime, the upcoming record Keep It Going takes the listener on a musical journey from lively Jamaican dancehalls to the underground DIY music venues of America. Keep It Going, [...]

Born in Timmins, Ontario, LIGHTS lived in the Philippines and Jamaica during her elementary school years. “My family is very get-up-and-go if we feel called to do something different,” the singer explains. “It was a really important thing to learn about as a kid, that nothing is so important that you cant leave it behind.” [...]

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 [...]

Growing up is never easy, but when you’re in a band it often seems impossible. Make the same record twice and you’re chastised for being repetitive, but if you make too large of a sonic shift your fan base will desert you. Luckily Naples, Florida’s Fake Problems have never had to deal with this dilemma [...]

“You are my song, and you are where I want to be.”
Straightforward, earnest rock music seems to be a contradiction from the path popular music has strayed as of late. The need for genuine lyrics, purposeful direction and accessible melodies has been long overdue. The Dangerous Summer have crafted a throwback to the days when [...]

Formed in 2009 and signed by Hopeless Records shortly after, this is a band that had all their dominoes poised and ready to fall in their favor in quick succession. Armed with an irresistible combo of male and female vocals, the handful of vibrant songs the group have released are only tastes of what’s on [...]

For us Nico Vega is a way of life. We are 3 people who play music together. We write as a band and help each other develop our ideas. The root of the music is the relationship between us. Nico Vega is about collaboration. We are a family and we honor each other by listening [...]

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Ayrshire, comprising Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly with the release of their fourth, Puzzle in 2007. The album went gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units. [...]

Juno-award winning Bedouin Soundclash released the much anticipated follow-up to hit record Sounding A Mosaic, August 21, 2007. Titled Street Gospels, the album features the single “1259 Lullaby” which appeared on the hit series GREY’S ANATOMY as well as the infectious first single “Walls Fall Down”.
Recorded in Toronto and New York, the band once again [...]

When brothers play rock music they are apt to make a certain magic unique unto itself. Rock’s sibling history has its Everlys, the fist-fighting Gallaghers, and Aussie brothers the Cesters. Now we have Antonio (Tony) Beliveau and Michael (Mike) Beliveau; Tony on keyboards and vocals, Mike on bass. From a long line of musicians, (dad [...]

In the winter of 2008, neighbors and former enemies Michael Desmond (guitar, vocals) and Dylan Ebrahimian (violin, piano, etc.) decided to put their differences aside and write music. They got some friends together and released a self titled demo which would be played on KRock and get them openings with bands [...]

“You are my song, and you are where I want to be.”
Straightforward, earnest rock music seems to be a contradiction from the path popular music has strayed as of late. The need for genuine lyrics, purposeful direction and accessible melodies has been long overdue. The Dangerous Summer have crafted a throwback to the days when [...]

Black Kids is an American indie pop band from Jacksonville, Florida. The band’s debut EP, Wizard of Ahhhs, was released to critical acclaim in 2007 and was followed by the Partie Traumatic album, which debuted at #5 on the UK Albums Chart in July 2008.
Black Kids, consisting of Reggie Youngblood (vocals and guitar), Owen Holmes [...]

Detox Retox is a DC-based band consisting of lead singer Michael Parker, lead guitarist Nate Frey, bassist Kevin Glass, and drummer Kabir Khanna. The members of the band performed together in various configurations for several years, eventually settling on their current lineup in late 2007. They made their live debut on WMUC-FM at the University [...]

“The first misconception about Oh No Not Stereo,” explains vocalist and one half of this rocking duo, Sky Nielsen, “is that we don’t like stereo and we play everything in mono, or that we record in mono.” Other half, Mykul Lee, is also a multifaceted multi-instrumentalist, much like his partner in this stereophonic unit. Nielsen’s [...]

Saves the Day is a Rock band from Princeton, New Jersey and formed in 1994.
They got together when its members were only 13, signed a label deal while still in high school, and went on to sell thousands of records, tour with blink-182 and Weezer, land songs on the playlist of Los Angeles’ KROQ, and [...]

Boston’s Bad Rabbits is a unique mix of power and Soul with the definite propensity to explode on stage. They are the surprising combination of New Jack Swing and late 80s/early 90s dance with a hard, hybrid edge—the combined swagger of prince with the intensity of Bad Brains.
The innovative genre is called New Crack Swing, [...]

The Triborough Odyssey Brian Bonz is only 24, but in those years, he’s seen the entire country and many parts of the world. Still, no matter where he travels, home is truly where the heart is for this Brooklyn native, which is why he has created a musical scrapbook of his life entitled The Triborough [...]

Seattle-based Amber Pacific is fueled by a desire and yearning that has been the driving force in their career since day one.
The current line up seems to be the strongest and most talented yet. Members Jesse Cottam on Vocals, Will Nutter and Davy Rispoli on Guitar, Greg Strong on Bass and Dango on Drums have [...]

This is not a sequel. This is what happens when the sun dips down, that swollen moon comes up, the sea water ripples and cools, and the Pacific Coast Highway still feels warm on your bare feet with a little of that leftover sunlight trapped in the blacktop. This is the last hiss of the [...]

The shores of Long Island, NY are known for producing some of the most influential names in rock. Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Straylight Run, and many others have been born into notoriety out of the Long Island scene. Just as it looked like all hope was lost and every band was becoming faded carbon [...]

Saves the Day is a Rock band from Princeton, New Jersey and formed in 1994.
They got together when its members were only 13, signed a label deal while still in high school, and went on to sell thousands of records, tour with blink-182 and Weezer, land songs on the playlist of Los Angeles’ KROQ, and [...]

IMA Robot is a rock band based in Los Angeles that formed in the late 1990s, after Alex Ebert’s band The Lucky 13’s broke up. But they really only came to fruition in the early 2000s after signing with Virgin Records. The band’s vocalist, Alex Ebert, originally wanted to be a rapper before becoming a [...]

When the working day is done, Menya just wants to have fun. Coming of age to the sounds of Missy Elliott and the Backstreet Boys, this trio of NYC college kids have two things on the mind- catchy melodies that get stuck in your head for days and making people shake their rumps. Coming from [...]

Stick an Englishman in a band with three true blue Texans and you’re bound to come up with something pretty damn original.
In this case, the result is Electric Touch, the type of unbridled rock band that’s been missing from the scene for sometime now— a monster of a group whose sound is big enough to [...]

Reel Big Fish was one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-’90s success of No Doubt and Sublime. Like most of their peers, the band was distinguished by their hyperkinetic stage shows, juvenile humor, ironic covers of new wave pop songs, and metallic shards of ska. [...]

The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a “pogo” element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local bands.
The four original members [...]

The Airborne Toxic Event is an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2006. The band consists of Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Anna Bulbrook (viola, keyboards), Noah Harmon (bass) and Daren Taylor (drums). The band is best known for their single “Sometime Around Midnight”, which was [...]

Shaka Ponk (sometimes abbreviated as SHKPNK) is French crossover-band, residing in Berlin, Germany since 2004. The band uses elements of different styles, such as rock, funk and hip-hop in their music, with lyrics being written mostly in a mixture of English, French and Spanish languages.
The band members left their native France in 2004, and moved [...]

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 & [...]

Led by vocalist Clare Muldaur Manchon (b. Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA), the daughter of folk singer Geoff Muldaur, the line-up of this US chamber pop outfit also features her husband Olivier Manchon (b. France; violin, keyboards). The two had met at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music, where Muldaur was studying jazz arranging and composition. [...]

Like their name, Neon Trees are a combination of slick pop hooks and sturdy organic rock, both melodic and hard-hitting, their anthems of adolescent angst, longing, love lost and found, delivered with the kind of heart-on-the-sleeve passion that only comes from hard work and commitment.
Their Mercury Records debut, Habits, produced by friend, singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta, [...]

THE GRATES: Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
For The Grates’ debut album Gravity Won’t Get You High (2006), their signature animal was the giraffe. It was a fitting match: that year, the album towered over all other beasts, made mammoth strides, and won the affection of the people, both here and abroad. Two years later, The Grates [...]

Somewhere between New York City and an unassuming Midwestern town, a van filled with high hats, guitar strings, amps and cables is twisting its way down a two lane highway. When it stops, its four occupants will pour into a small music club packed with eager followers. The band will plug in, tune up, and [...]

The Riverboat Gamblers have been rocking heads for the last decade. The band was formed in 1997 in the town of Denton, TX. The band features Mike Wiebe (the Rookie Sensation) on vocals, Fadi El-Assad(Freddy Castro ) on guitar, Ian MacDougall on guitar, and Rob Marchant on bass.
The band is known for their live shows [...]

Morningwood’s conception is a thing of Manhattan legend: a veteran musician, Pedro Yanowitz, strikes up a conversation with a spitfire 22-year-old, female, film student, Chantal Claret, at a four-in-the-morning, insider cocktail party at the iconic Dakota Building on Central Park West. By the party’s end, Pedro had talked Chantal into becoming his partner—
musically speaking.
“It’s why [...]

Noah And The Whale consists of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Doug Fink (drums 2006-2009), Tom Hobden (fiddle), Urby Whale (bass), Fred Abbott (guitar/keys 2009- ), and Jack Hamson (drums 2009- ) and after a few singles, released their debut album, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down in August 2008. Laura Marling and Emmy The Great [...]

80s to the point of excess, Unisex Salon is everything you love to love about the “Me Decade”: shameless, upbeat and heavy on the synths. Garishly tattooed, pansexual lead singer Kenyon Phillips brings to mind a modern Adam Ant, mincing, growling and crooning his way through danceable New Wave soundscapes crafted by keyboard player Brian [...]

At the beginning of all things, there was the Master, a hideous planet-sized creature floating in an endless void. And it was a boring void, so he created everything ever just to amuse himself. And as life spread through this void, The Master found the best way to amuse himself with his new toys was [...]

The artful psych-pop produced by Chicago’s Netherfriends is a swirling stew of cheap synthesizer sheen, kitchenware percussion and atmospheric vocal chants — which creates a feeling of constant motion that makes for great ear candy (especially through headphones). The moody soundscapes incorporated on the unreleased track “Worean Kar” call to mind some sort of fictional [...]

They say trees that grow the tallest are usually those with the strongest roots. If that’s true up-and-coming Phoenix, AZ pop-rock band Anarbor will likely see great heights. Guitarist Mike Kitlas and singer/bassist Slade Echeverria have been friends since kindergarten, giving the band a foundation beyond just making music and playing shows. Mike and Slade [...]

Astronautalis (born Andy Bothwell) is an American hip hop artist based out of Seattle, Washington.
After gaining some renown in local circles in Jacksonville and competing at Scribble Jam, Astronautalis self-released his debut album, You and Yer Good Ideas, in 2003. After signing with Fighting Records, it was re-released on July 12, 2005, followed by his [...]

The Action Design is a rock band from California (US) which was formed after the breakup of the former punk band Tsunami Bomb. Emily Whitehurst and Matt McKenzie came together to produce a new band, self-described as “a refreshing mix of the band’s punk rock roots infused with hard hitting dance rhythms and catchy bass [...]

IAMX is the solo project of Sneaker Pimps singer/instrumentalist Chris Corner.
The man behind IAMX, Chris Corner, has repeatedly said that the IAMX project is very different to his actual, real-life personality and is a kind of quasi “act”.
Whether an act or not, IAMX’s music is primarily concerned with subjects such as outlandish sex, death, narcotic [...]

Steel Train is an indie rock band which formed in 1999 in New Jersey, United States. They consist of Jack Antonoff (vocals, guitar), Daniel Silbert (guitar), Evan Winiker (bass, vocals), Justin Huey (keyboards, vocals) and Jon Shiffman (drums)
The band began when two friends, Jack Antonoff and Scott Irby-Ranniar, sharing a common love of music, began [...]

Hot Chip is a Grammy-nominated British electropop band. They have released three studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, and Made in the Dark. The Warning was named Album of the Year by Mixmag and voted the fourth best album of 2006 by NME. They released their third studio album, Made in the Dark, in February [...]

Ok so we’re not actually trying to take your under-age children across state-lines to live the decadent Star Fucking Hipster lifestyle. We are a new band featuring members of mostly current, with a couple of non-active, but not broken-up bands like Choking Victim, The Degenerics, Leftover Crack, the Slackers, Nanuchka and Casa de Chihuahua with [...]

Some may know the beginning of the story:
God created the earth. Boy (Dan Kurtz) meets Girl (Martina Sorbara) . Boy marries Girl. Boy and Girl make a demo in their basement called “I Get Around.”
Some may know the next part:
Boy and Girl put together band (Enter Will Stapleton and Joel Stouffer). Band plays shows. Band [...]

Growing up is never easy, but when you’re in a band it often seems impossible. Make the same record twice and you’re chastised for being repetitive, but if you make too large of a sonic shift your fan base will desert you. Luckily Naples, Florida’s Fake Problems have never had to deal with this dilemma [...]

Boston’s Bad Rabbits is a unique mix of power and Soul with the definite propensity to explode on stage. They are the surprising combination of New Jack Swing and late 80s/early 90s dance with a hard, hybrid edge—the combined swagger of prince with the intensity of Bad Brains.
The innovative genre is called New Crack Swing, [...]

;“Every once in a while we discover a singer or a band that just makes us flip our shit. This is one of those times!” – Perez Hilton
Tremendous, incandescent British rock music is probably the last thing that comes to mind when you think of South Gate, LA. So it’s a breathtaking revelation when you [...]

The explosive, psychedelic, indie-pop band Saint Motel is, to put it best, hard to resist, and damn fun. In the world of Saint Motel, nothing bows to convention: Stages become forests and living rooms, and shows become kaleidoscopic mind explosions in 3D.This theatrically creative world is due in large part to the fact that the [...]

The Futureheads formed in 2000 in Sunderland, UK or more specifically, in Barry’s garage. The line-up of the band at that point was Jaff (Bass, Vocals), Barry Hyde (Guitar, Vocals), Ross Millard (Guitar, Vocals), and Peter Brewis (Drums, Vocals), now of cerebral pop-masterpiece-makers Field Music.
After playing countless hometown shows, the Futureheads took the show on [...]

Datarock is a Norwegian electro rock band. The band formed in 2000 as Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O’Brien and soon hired Tom Mæland. O’Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes continued the project.
Releases
The band has released three EPs and their debut album, Datarock Datarock, was released [...]

Somewhere between New York City and an unassuming Midwestern town, a van filled with high hats, guitar strings, amps and cables is twisting its way down a two lane highway. When it stops, its four occupants will pour into a small music club packed with eager followers. The band will plug in, tune up, and [...]

The Audition are a pop/rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is comprised of drummer Ryan O’Connor, lead guitarist Seth Johnson and rhythm guitarist Timmy Klepek who are from Chicago, with lead vocalist Danny Stevens who is from Detroit, Michigan.
The band’s first release was a six track EP entitled All In Your Head. In early [...]

TAB the Band is an American indie rock band from Duxbury, Massachusetts. Formed in December 2006, the group consisted of brothers Adrian Perry (lead vocals/bass) and Tony Perry (guitar), and Ben Tileston (drums). In August 2008, Lou Jannetty (rhythm guitar) joined the band. Adrian and Tony Perry are sons of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry.
TAB [...]

Morningwood’s conception is a thing of Manhattan legend: a veteran musician, Pedro Yanowitz, strikes up a conversation with a spitfire 22-year-old, female, film student, Chantal Claret, at a four-in-the-morning, insider cocktail party at the iconic Dakota Building on Central Park West. By the party’s end, Pedro had talked Chantal into becoming his partner—
musically speaking.
“It’s why [...]

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.
History
Aaron Abraham and Nicholas Largen were friends from Jacksonville, Florida. Abraham knew about Largen, aka DJ Dirtee $skeet through the Jacksonville underground rap scene [...]

Nevershoutnever is the alias of eighteen year old American acoustic pop musician, Christofer Drew. Drew began making music as NeverShoutNever! in September 2007. His 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 [...]

Making a claim of performing a countless number of shows, while on face value may seem noteworthy, does not necessarily speak to the impact a band is able to make while on the road. Seemingly, since the beginning of rock and roll a band could pack themselves in a van and stay out there as [...]

Person L is collaborative musical effort founded by Ken Vasoli (The Starting Line). Person L was started as an outlet to experiment with a variety of influences, genres and musicians. With the exception of kenny the members of this band will be constantly revolving and the sound will continually evolve and adapt. What will never [...]

Music is an art form that is meant to speak to us beyond the literal. After spending years perfecting his craft, Singer/songwriter, Joseph Michelini decided to take his music to the next plane. Cutting his teeth in coffee houses in Toms River, NJ, Joseph began to introduce different elements, from acoustic bass, to banjo and [...]

Glint is an American electronic rock band composed of chief songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jase Blankfort (guitar, piano, synthesizers, programming), Mateus Tebaldi (drums, percussion, and samples), Alon Leventon (synthesizers, programming), and Dave Johnsen (bass). The original-founding members, Blankfort and Tebaldi, met by chance in New York City in early 2003, and later moved to Boston, MA [...]

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 [...]

Imogen Heap (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering)[1] is a Grammy nominated English singer and songwriter from Romford, Essex, known for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself, which she wrote, produced and mixed. In 2006, she was nominated for two Grammy [...]

Borrowing their band name from a traditional American folk song that comes out of Western North Carolina, O’Death draws on traditional folk, bluegrass, punk, gypsy music, metal, swing and jazz stylings.
History
Originally formed in 2003 while the members attended SUNY Purchase, the band— with Jamie on guitar and vocals, Gabe Darling on banjo, David Rogers-Berry on [...]

This is not a sequel. This is what happens when the sun dips down, that swollen moon comes up, the sea water ripples and cools, and the Pacific Coast Highway still feels warm on your bare feet with a little of that leftover sunlight trapped in the blacktop. This is the last hiss of the [...]

Like their name, Neon Trees are a combination of slick pop hooks and sturdy organic rock, both melodic and hard-hitting, their anthems of adolescent angst, longing, love lost and found, delivered with the kind of heart-on-the-sleeve passion that only comes from hard work and commitment.
Their Mercury Records debut, Habits, produced by friend, singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta, [...]

Somewhere between New York City and an unassuming Midwestern town, a van filled with high hats, guitar strings, amps and cables is twisting its way down a two lane highway. When it stops, its four occupants will pour into a small music club packed with eager followers. The band will plug in, tune up, and [...]

The Click Clack Boom is a gang of Appalachian outcasts, foaming at the mouth, from the Middle of Nowhere, Pennsylvania.
In a place where cell phones, and running water are optional, you will find the birthplace of The Click Clack Boom. Despite their humble beginnings, this refreshing sextuplet of small town boys have become a fixture [...]

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 [...]

Chris Garneau is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, whose distinct musical style combines elements of folk, Americana, pop, baroque, and carnival music. Garneau cites Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Nico, and Chan Marshall, among others, as musical influences.
Garneau, a native of Boston, lived with his family in Paris during grade school, and later New Jersey [...]

You have probably heard the answer “it’s not rocket science”, but what was the question? In this case, it might offer a clue to the essence of Apoptygma Berzerk itself, to the force that drives the man who personifies the band, Stephan Groth. “If I had studied mathematics or engineering for the same amount of [...]

Poison the Well is a post-hardcore band from Miami, Florida that formed in 1997. They are currently signed to Ferret Records. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook are the only remaining members of the band who have been involved since their first album, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira has been the singer on all five [...]

Sugarcult is a pop-punk/alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, CA in 1998. The name ‘Sugarcult’ came from a group of lesbian women that used to live across from the lead singer Tim Pagnotta.
Tim met ex-drummer Ben Davis during a cigarette break at school. Ben (who then played bass) and Tim started [...]

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Ayrshire, comprising Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly with the release of their fourth, Puzzle in 2007. The album went gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units. [...]

Twenty seconds into “Let’s Go,” the opening track on CARTEL’s third full length CYCLES, singer Will Pugh declares, “I’ve got so much left to do but I’ll start with this song.” For the Atlanta, GA pop-rock quintet to be prioritizing, to have their collective gaze so firmly focused on the horizon, the future and all [...]

Brokencyde (often typeset as brokeNCYDE) is a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. It consists of four members: Se7en, Phat J, Mikl, and Antz.
Beginning (2006–2007)
BrokeNCYDE was the brainchild of vocalists Se7en (David) and Mikl (Mike). According to them, the etymology of the band name comes from the idea of their music being fundamentally [...]

Hellogoodbye is a power pop band, formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001. They are signed to Drive-Thru Records and currently have an EP, CD, and a DVD out. Their first full-length album entitled Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! was released in August 2006. They are renowned for their DIY ethic, their shrill outfits and having [...]

“Gentleman Auction House put out one of the great records of 2008 with their debut full length, Alphabet Graveyard, and as if that wasn’t enough, they have also put together the excellent 6 song Christmas In Love EP for your Holiday enjoyment. If you like ["On The Rooftop"], you’ll definitely want to pick it up, [...]

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 lay with its lead single, “I Believe”. The song popularized the band with local-area DJs and became [...]

Born in Timmins, Ontario, LIGHTS lived in the Philippines and Jamaica during her elementary school years. “My family is very get-up-and-go if we feel called to do something different,” the singer explains. “It was a really important thing to learn about as a kid, that nothing is so important that you cant leave it behind.” [...]

Mike Del Rio is a 22 year old singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist from New York City. He has been critically acclaimed for his eclectic take on pop due to the independent 2007 release of “Blooming Under Pressure”. Currently, Del Rio is working on the creation of his full length debut album.

New York City’s power trio, Tiny Animals, is releasing their debut full-length album Sweet Sweetness (North Street Records) on May 12, 2009. Sweet Sweetness, recorded in New York in the fall of 2008 and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (who’s worked with Rich Costey on Interpol, Brand New, Franz Ferdinand, Foo Fighters, and Muse), offers twelve [...]

Sometimes, boredom takes us great places. At 20, a musician named Michael, who had amassed some fairly significant musical experience playing in a “crappy punk band” in high school, was living at home with his mom in Cabot, Arkansas, just a little perplexed about what to do with his life. Driven by boredom, armed with [...]

80s to the point of excess, Unisex Salon is everything you love to love about the “Me Decade”: shameless, upbeat and heavy on the synths. Garishly tattooed, pansexual lead singer Kenyon Phillips brings to mind a modern Adam Ant, mincing, growling and crooning his way through danceable New Wave soundscapes crafted by keyboard player Brian [...]

Midnight Juggernauts is an electronica/synth pop band which formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2004, They consist of Vincent Vendetta (vocals, keyboards), Andy Juggernaut, (bass, vocals) and Daniel Stricker (drums). They have been described by the American magazine “Rolling Stone” as “David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration with Kraftwerk and Faust”.
They play dirty-organ-rock, [...]

The Riverboat Gamblers have been rocking heads for the last decade. The band was formed in 1997 in the town of Denton, TX. The band features Mike Wiebe (the Rookie Sensation) on vocals, Fadi El-Assad(Freddy Castro ) on guitar, Ian MacDougall on guitar, and Rob Marchant on bass.
The band is known for their live shows [...]

Yellowcard is a pop punk band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1997, and based in Los Angeles, California since 2000. Their music features the use of a violin, unusual for the genre. They are best-known for their songs “Ocean Avenue”, “Only One”, and “Lights and Sounds”.
The band is on a self-described “hiatus”.
Early years
The band released [...]

In the winter of 2008, neighbors and former enemies Michael Desmond (guitar, vocals) and Dylan Ebrahimian (violin, piano, etc.) decided to put their differences aside and write music. They got some friends together and released a self titled demo which would be played on KRock and get them openings with bands [...]

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 & [...]

THE MAIN DRAG use music production as an instrument in and of itself–cleverly stacking harmonies, synthesizers, guitars, keyboards, drums, strings and horns within insanely fun and accessible songs. The Boston collective make self-recorded and self-released sophisticated and infectious indie-pop that sneaks its way into your heart and have just released their latest album, YOU ARE [...]

The States’s razor-edged rock has the uncanny ability to evoke Radiohead-like dreamscapes, Zeppelin-inspired bombast, and an Orwellian political sensibility…often in the same song. Their forthcoming new album, produced by Chris Grainger (Wilco, Switchfoot), is both intimate and grandiose, at home equally in an echoing arena and in your own headphones.
The band’s inventive songwriting has earned [...]

Somewhere between New York City and an unassuming Midwestern town, a van filled with high hats, guitar strings, amps and cables is twisting its way down a two lane highway. When it stops, its four occupants will pour into a small music club packed with eager followers. The band will plug in, tune up, and [...]

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 [...]

Tally Hall is an American rock band formed in December 2002 based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Now under the Atlantic Records recording label, Tally Hall was previously signed to indie label Quack! Media who helped finance and nationally distribute their studio debut album, Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum. They are known for their upbeat melodies and [...]

The Airborne Toxic Event is an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2006. The band consists of Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Anna Bulbrook (viola, keyboards), Noah Harmon (bass) and Daren Taylor (drums). The band is best known for their single “Sometime Around Midnight”, which was [...]

Reel Big Fish was one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-’90s success of No Doubt and Sublime. Like most of their peers, the band was distinguished by their hyperkinetic stage shows, juvenile humor, ironic covers of new wave pop songs, and metallic shards of ska. [...]

“The first misconception about Oh No Not Stereo,” explains vocalist and one half of this rocking duo, Sky Nielsen, “is that we don’t like stereo and we play everything in mono, or that we record in mono.” Other half, Mykul Lee, is also a multifaceted multi-instrumentalist, much like his partner in this stereophonic unit. Nielsen’s [...]

Shaka Ponk (sometimes abbreviated as SHKPNK) is French crossover-band, residing in Berlin, Germany since 2004. The band uses elements of different styles, such as rock, funk and hip-hop in their music, with lyrics being written mostly in a mixture of English, French and Spanish languages.
The band members left their native France in 2004, and moved [...]

Good Old War is a band featuring former members of Days Away.
Biography
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 [...]

The Giraffes is a Brooklyn-based punk/metal band formed in 1998. The group’s current lineup features guitarist Damien Paris, drummer Andrew Totolos, lead vocalist Aaron Lazar and bassist John Rosenthal, who replaced original bassist Tim Kent in 2002.
The Giraffes are known for rowdy live performances and their gnarly back story. In 2002, Paris was shot in [...]

Electric Tickle Machine was born in Manhattan’s East Village in the summer 2008. What began as the home recording project of founding member, Tom Laplaige (guitar and vocals), blossomed into a live show with a devoted following as he recruited key members Ryan Renn (synthesizers and organ), and Clark “After Dark” Phillips (percussion and hype) [...]

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 [...]

While their friendships stretch back to their childhood years, the origins of Sparta as a band go back at least to 1994. The family tree begins with Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar playing in At the Drive-in, which Ward co-founded in 1994, and intersects with bassist Matt Miller’s former band Belknap. Following the [...]

Dear and the Headlights is a Rock / Indie / Pop band from Tempe/Chandler, Arizona. After being signed to Equal Vision Records in 2006, they have released their first full-length record “Small Steps, Heavy Hooves” (February 2007), produced by Bob Hoag. They have previously toured with the likes of Circa Survive, Fear Before the March [...]

When brothers play rock music they are apt to make a certain magic unique unto itself. Rock’s sibling history has its Everlys, the fist-fighting Gallaghers, and Aussie brothers the Cesters. Now we have Antonio (Tony) Beliveau and Michael (Mike) Beliveau; Tony on keyboards and vocals, Mike on bass. From a long line of musicians, (dad [...]

The Maccabees are an English indie band, based in Brighton and originally from south London. They have released two albums so far, Colour It In, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms, released on 4th May 2009.
Their debut single, “X-Ray”, was released on Promise records on 28 November 2005, and received some evening play on London [...]

Steel Train is an indie rock band which formed in 1999 in New Jersey, United States. They consist of Jack Antonoff (vocals, guitar), Daniel Silbert (guitar), Evan Winiker (bass, vocals), Justin Huey (keyboards, vocals) and Jon Shiffman (drums)
The band began when two friends, Jack Antonoff and Scott Irby-Ranniar, sharing a common love of music, began [...]

In the 1960s, after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones began to take the world by storm, there was a term in Denmark used to describe this new loud and ragged brand of rock and roll: pigtraad. Loosely translated, it means barbed wire.
Four decades later, the term works as well as any to describe the [...]

Warship is a rock band formed in Long Island in 2008. Former From Autumn to Ashes members Francis Mark (vocals, drums) and Rob Lauritsen (guitar, bass) formed the band following the From Autumn to Ashes’ announced indefinite hiatus on June 9, 2008. Mark chose the name Warship, which came from an instance in 2007 when [...]

APACHE BEAT are five piece New York band formed in late 2006
They have toured in the US, UK and Europe playing with or supporting acts such as School of Seven Bells, Gossip, Chairlift, Deerhunter, Crystal Castles, The Long Blondes, These New Puritans, Les Savy Fav and We Are Scientists.
They have released two 7″:
October 2007 with [...]

For us Nico Vega is a way of life. We are 3 people who play music together. We write as a band and help each other develop our ideas. The root of the music is the relationship between us. Nico Vega is about collaboration. We are a family and we honor each other by listening [...]

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 [...]

Epic. Can it be a genre? Fans of In Fear and Faith certainly believe so. Calling beautiful San Diego their home, In Fear and Faith is one of the most explosive and intense bands to burst onto the scene. Combining powerful guitars, dynamic keys and electronics with the perfect blend of harmonious singing and brutal [...]

STARFUCKER (STRFKR) founded in 2006 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Made up of multi-instrumentalists Joshua Hodges (vocals, keyboards, guitar, drums), Ryan Biornstad (guitar, keyboard, vocals, turntables) Shawn Glassford (bass, keyboards, drums) Keil Corcoran (drums, keyboards, vocals).
Starting as a solo project for Joshua Hodges, Starfucker quickly became a three piece with the addition of former Sexton [...]

Shiny Toy Guns is an alternative/electronic band which formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2002. The band currently consists of Sisely Treasure (vocals), Gregori Chad Petree (vocals, guitar), Jeremy Dawson (synths, bass) and Mikey Martin (drums). Former vocalist Carah Faye Charnow left the band under unknown circumstances in 2008 to be replaced by [...]

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 [...]

Detox Retox is a DC-based band consisting of lead singer Michael Parker, lead guitarist Nate Frey, bassist Kevin Glass, and drummer Kabir Khanna. The members of the band performed together in various configurations for several years, eventually settling on their current lineup in late 2007. They made their live debut on WMUC-FM at the University [...]

Stick an Englishman in a band with three true blue Texans and you’re bound to come up with something pretty damn original.
In this case, the result is Electric Touch, the type of unbridled rock band that’s been missing from the scene for sometime now— a monster of a group whose sound is big enough to [...]

Twenty seconds into “Let’s Go,” the opening track on CARTEL’s third full length CYCLES, singer Will Pugh declares, “I’ve got so much left to do but I’ll start with this song.” For the Atlanta, GA pop-rock quintet to be prioritizing, to have their collective gaze so firmly focused on the horizon, the future and all [...]

Midnight Juggernauts is an electronica/synth pop band which formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2004, They consist of Vincent Vendetta (vocals, keyboards), Andy Juggernaut, (bass, vocals) and Daniel Stricker (drums). They have been described by the American magazine “Rolling Stone” as “David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration with Kraftwerk and Faust”.
They play dirty-organ-rock, [...]

The Mad Caddies stand alone in their latest musical achievement. Combining elements of rock and roots reggae that evokes memories of the Clash, the Police and Sublime, the upcoming record Keep It Going takes the listener on a musical journey from lively Jamaican dancehalls to the underground DIY music venues of America. Keep It Going, [...]

The Loved Ones is a punk rock band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in late 2003, the band currently consists of Dave Hause (lead vocals, guitar), David Walsh (guitar), Chris Gonzalez (bass), and Mike Sneeringer (drums). They are presently signed to Fat Wreck Chords.
History
In 2003 after leaving the band Paint It Black, Dave Hause [...]

The Audition are a pop/rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is comprised of drummer Ryan O’Connor, lead guitarist Seth Johnson and rhythm guitarist Timmy Klepek who are from Chicago, with lead vocalist Danny Stevens who is from Detroit, Michigan.
The band’s first release was a six track EP entitled All In Your Head. In early [...]

THE GRATES: Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
For The Grates’ debut album Gravity Won’t Get You High (2006), their signature animal was the giraffe. It was a fitting match: that year, the album towered over all other beasts, made mammoth strides, and won the affection of the people, both here and abroad. Two years later, The Grates [...]

Since their formation in 2004, the members of Foxy are looking to be the Evel Knievel of rock n roll. Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, the members of FOXY ShazamEric Nally (vocals), Loren Turner (guitar), Daisy (bass), Sky White (piano), and Joe Halberstadt (drums)will release Introducing FOXY, their second album since the independent release of The [...]

Before the so-called “New Wave of American Heavy Metal” was even a ripple, Shadows Fall were there. Emerging from Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995, this D.I.Y. band ultimately found legions of fans, worldwide fame, two Grammy nominations, and even a song on Guitar Hero. Of course, none of this came from luck. Instead, hard work and [...]

Astronautalis (born Andy Bothwell) is an American hip hop artist based out of Seattle, Washington.
After gaining some renown in local circles in Jacksonville and competing at Scribble Jam, Astronautalis self-released his debut album, You and Yer Good Ideas, in 2003. After signing with Fighting Records, it was re-released on July 12, 2005, followed by his [...]

Asa Ransom is a band of five members living in New York City. Jacob Bills (vocal/guitar), Daniel Boivin (drums) and Darryl Specht (bass/vocal) met at college in Marion, Indiana in 2001. An unlikely group; the sons of preachers, professors, postal workers and housewives, found in each other a shared love of music and the mystery [...]

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.
History
Aaron Abraham and Nicholas Largen were friends from Jacksonville, Florida. Abraham knew about Largen, aka DJ Dirtee $skeet through the Jacksonville underground rap scene [...]

A year and a half after it’s inception, My Dear Disco has already earned a permanent place in the incredible lineage of bands that have emerged from the Ann Arbor music scene; bands like Funktell, Cloud 9, Tally Hall, Nomo, and the Macpodz.
Known for their distinctive, “DanceThink Music,” their debut has been meet with critical [...]

They say trees that grow the tallest are usually those with the strongest roots. If that’s true up-and-coming Phoenix, AZ pop-rock band Anarbor will likely see great heights. Guitarist Mike Kitlas and singer/bassist Slade Echeverria have been friends since kindergarten, giving the band a foundation beyond just making music and playing shows. Mike and Slade [...]

Good Old War is a band featuring former members of Days Away.
Biography
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 [...]

Wanting to bring something new to the Dallas music scene, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme create their own modern blend of folk, pop and rock in Smile Smile.  Their songs range from heart wrenching ballads to foot stomping sing alongs. Jencey’s classical piano background teamed with Ryan’s self-taught guitar style combine [...]

Boston’s Bad Rabbits is a unique mix of power and Soul with the definite propensity to explode on stage. They are the surprising combination of New Jack Swing and late 80s/early 90s dance with a hard, hybrid edge—the combined swagger of prince with the intensity of Bad Brains.
The innovative genre is called New Crack Swing, [...]

Music is an art form that is meant to speak to us beyond the literal. After spending years perfecting his craft, Singer/songwriter, Joseph Michelini decided to take his music to the next plane. Cutting his teeth in coffee houses in Toms River, NJ, Joseph began to introduce different elements, from acoustic bass, to banjo and [...]

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. [...]

Seattle-based Amber Pacific is fueled by a desire and yearning that has been the driving force in their career since day one.
The current line up seems to be the strongest and most talented yet. Members Jesse Cottam on Vocals, Will Nutter and Davy Rispoli on Guitar, Greg Strong on Bass and Dango on Drums have [...]

Born in Timmins, Ontario, LIGHTS lived in the Philippines and Jamaica during her elementary school years. “My family is very get-up-and-go if we feel called to do something different,” the singer explains. “It was a really important thing to learn about as a kid, that nothing is so important that you cant leave it behind.” [...]

Like their name, Neon Trees are a combination of slick pop hooks and sturdy organic rock, both melodic and hard-hitting, their anthems of adolescent angst, longing, love lost and found, delivered with the kind of heart-on-the-sleeve passion that only comes from hard work and commitment.
Their Mercury Records debut, Habits, produced by friend, singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta, [...]

On their riveting and keenly-anticipated fourth album, Leaving Wonderland… in a fit of rage, Marcy Playground return to action in triumphant fashion. Armed with songs born of an intense and turbulent period in his life, MP’s main man, singer/guitarist John Wozniak, has fashioned a record that digs deep, taking the listener on an exhilarating and [...]

Person L is collaborative musical effort founded by Ken Vasoli (The Starting Line). Person L was started as an outlet to experiment with a variety of influences, genres and musicians. With the exception of kenny the members of this band will be constantly revolving and the sound will continually evolve and adapt. What will never [...]

Shinobi Ninja is ready to burst out of the NYC underground and into the mainstream. Packing enough studio talent to start a major label and enough rap-rock energy to incite a riot, these children of the ‘80s love metal, grunge, hip-hop, punk rock, and partying. It’s only natural that their music has bombastic drums, tons [...]

The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a “pogo” element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local bands.
The four original members [...]

With a sound that derives itself from composers and songwriters across the board, Emanuel & the Fear is an extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition.
Drawing from romantic and modern composers like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Glass; and then fusing a modern rock sound like [...]

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Ayrshire, comprising Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly with the release of their fourth, Puzzle in 2007. The album went gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units. [...]

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 [...]

This is not a sequel. This is what happens when the sun dips down, that swollen moon comes up, the sea water ripples and cools, and the Pacific Coast Highway still feels warm on your bare feet with a little of that leftover sunlight trapped in the blacktop. This is the last hiss of the [...]

Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an Oscar nominated American actress and musician. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is actor Geoffrey Lewis and her mother, Glenis Duggan, is a graphic designer. She wanted to act since she was six years old, and got her start in TV at the [...]

The Constellations could have called their debut album After Hours. Sure, Martin Scorsese already used that name for his 1985 black comedy, but the two works share much in common. Both are wide screen spectacles rife with seedy scenes and eccentric personalities, propelled by a manic energy that hustles the audience deeper into the unexpected. [...]

America, get ready for pop music’s newest sensation: Amanda Warner aka MNDR. A project dreamed up by Warner and producer/collaborator Peter Wade, the debut four-song EP, entitled E.P.E. is up on iTunes now. It’s an amazing introduction to an artist whose name we’re pretty sure you’ll be hearing all year long, if you haven’t already. [...]

Since their formation in 2004, the members of Foxy are looking to be the Evel Knievel of rock n roll. Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, the members of FOXY ShazamEric Nally (vocals), Loren Turner (guitar), Daisy (bass), Sky White (piano), and Joe Halberstadt (drums)will release Introducing FOXY, their second album since the independent release of The [...]

“You are my song, and you are where I want to be.”
Straightforward, earnest rock music seems to be a contradiction from the path popular music has strayed as of late. The need for genuine lyrics, purposeful direction and accessible melodies has been long overdue. The Dangerous Summer have crafted a throwback to the days when [...]

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 [...]

Seattle-based Amber Pacific is fueled by a desire and yearning that has been the driving force in their career since day one.
The current line up seems to be the strongest and most talented yet. Members Jesse Cottam on Vocals, Will Nutter and Davy Rispoli on Guitar, Greg Strong on Bass and Dango on Drums have [...]

Be Your Own Pet (also known as BYOP) was a four-piece garage rock group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Biography
The band formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Sex, which was the project of drummer Jamin Orrall and his bassist brother Jake. The pair practiced in their basement and also ran the label Infinity Cat; [...]

They say trees that grow the tallest are usually those with the strongest roots. If that’s true up-and-coming Phoenix, AZ pop-rock band Anarbor will likely see great heights. Guitarist Mike Kitlas and singer/bassist Slade Echeverria have been friends since kindergarten, giving the band a foundation beyond just making music and playing shows. Mike and Slade [...]

Hellogoodbye is a power pop band, formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001. They are signed to Drive-Thru Records and currently have an EP, CD, and a DVD out. Their first full-length album entitled Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! was released in August 2006. They are renowned for their DIY ethic, their shrill outfits and having [...]

Ok so we’re not actually trying to take your under-age children across state-lines to live the decadent Star Fucking Hipster lifestyle. We are a new band featuring members of mostly current, with a couple of non-active, but not broken-up bands like Choking Victim, The Degenerics, Leftover Crack, the Slackers, Nanuchka and Casa de Chihuahua with [...]

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 [...]

Mean Creek is a genuinely unique rock band from Boston Massachusetts. They combine the energy and edge of rock music with the earnestness and sincerity of folk music to create a passionate and intense sound. Their songs leave a lasting impression that is sure to rattle even the most jaded of music fans. Mean Creek’s [...]

For Los Amigos Invisibles, it has been over 60 countries visited, 1 Latin Grammy + 2 Latin Grammy nominations, 2 Grammy (NARAS) nominations, 6 studio albums, 1 live DVD+2CD, 1 record label, 18 years in the music business, and with high hopes to continue to do what they love to do.
2009 On June 9th, their [...]

Bear Hands formed in Aug 2006. They’re doing the best they can.
“This band is the fucking tits!!!” – The New Yorker
“Part of the homosexual agenda…” – Wall Street Journal
“I was always the first in the gym and the last one to leave…” – Larry Bird
“Pop monsters…” – NME
Band Members:
Dylan Rau – vocals/guitar
Ted Feldman – guitar/percussion
Val [...]

The Futureheads formed in 2000 in Sunderland, UK or more specifically, in Barry’s garage. The line-up of the band at that point was Jaff (Bass, Vocals), Barry Hyde (Guitar, Vocals), Ross Millard (Guitar, Vocals), and Peter Brewis (Drums, Vocals), now of cerebral pop-masterpiece-makers Field Music.
After playing countless hometown shows, the Futureheads took the show on [...]

When brothers play rock music they are apt to make a certain magic unique unto itself. Rock’s sibling history has its Everlys, the fist-fighting Gallaghers, and Aussie brothers the Cesters. Now we have Antonio (Tony) Beliveau and Michael (Mike) Beliveau; Tony on keyboards and vocals, Mike on bass. From a long line of musicians, (dad [...]

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 [...]

Red Wire Black Wire is a Brooklyn based 6-piece that creates music with the immediacy of a DJ and the subtlety of film score. The band’s recordings combine dense but precise layers of synthesizers, guitars, strings, horns, and pounding drums. Eschewing irony, singer Doug Walters focuses on the melancholy; critics have compared him to Robert [...]

The shores of Long Island, NY are known for producing some of the most influential names in rock. Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Straylight Run, and many others have been born into notoriety out of the Long Island scene. Just as it looked like all hope was lost and every band was becoming faded carbon [...]

Formed in 2009 and signed by Hopeless Records shortly after, this is a band that had all their dominoes poised and ready to fall in their favor in quick succession. Armed with an irresistible combo of male and female vocals, the handful of vibrant songs the group have released are only tastes of what’s on [...]

Chris Garneau is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, whose distinct musical style combines elements of folk, Americana, pop, baroque, and carnival music. Garneau cites Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Nico, and Chan Marshall, among others, as musical influences.
Garneau, a native of Boston, lived with his family in Paris during grade school, and later New Jersey [...]

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 [...]

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Ayrshire, comprising Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly with the release of their fourth, Puzzle in 2007. The album went gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units. [...]

Beautiful Small Machines may be synthetic, but they’re not stupid. Caught somewhere between the 70’s, 80’s and deep space, this electro-pop duo (Bree Sharp, Don DiLego) learned about comedy from adult swim and heartache from Philip K. Dick and they’re spewing it all back out at you like a bunch of mandroids on whiskey and [...]

As Paramore embark on the most successful year of their career, there seems to be no limit as to what they can accomplish. The band’s last 2007 album RIOT! has sold over two million copies worldwide, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008 for “Best New Artist” and even their live CD/DVD [...]

Like their name, Neon Trees are a combination of slick pop hooks and sturdy organic rock, both melodic and hard-hitting, their anthems of adolescent angst, longing, love lost and found, delivered with the kind of heart-on-the-sleeve passion that only comes from hard work and commitment.
Their Mercury Records debut, Habits, produced by friend, singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta, [...]

Midnight Juggernauts is an electronica/synth pop band which formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2004. They consist of Vincent Vendetta (vocals, keyboards), Andy Juggernaut, (bass, vocals) and Daniel Stricker (drums). They have been described by the American magazine “Rolling Stone” as “David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration with Kraftwerk and Faust”
They play dirty-organ-rock, [...]

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are an alternative dance band from Copenhagen, Denmark which formed in 2006. They consist of Mette Lindberg (vocals), Lars Iversen (bass, keyboards), Miloud Carl Sabri (trumpet), Sven Meinild (sax), Mads Brinch Nielsen (guitar, keyboards), Jesper Elnegaard (drums).
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are musicians on a mission. The band and their unique style [...]

Supergrass are an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz (guitar and lead vocals) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Danny Goffey (drums and backing vocals), and Mick Quinn (bass and backing vocals).
The main trio formed in 1993 in Oxford with Gaz’s brother Rob Coombes occasionally brought in as keyboard player on [...]

Some may know the beginning of the story:
God created the earth. Boy (Dan Kurtz) meets Girl (Martina Sorbara) . Boy marries Girl. Boy and Girl make a demo in their basement called “I Get Around.”
Some may know the next part:
Boy and Girl put together band (Enter Will Stapleton and Joel Stouffer). Band plays shows. Band [...]

Maxïmo Park are an English Indie Rock band, signed to Warp Records, who formed in 2003. Drawing comparisons to Pulp and Franz Ferdinand, Maxïmo Park were, along with cohorts The Futureheads, North-East England’s response to the post-punk revival of the 2000s.
The five-piece Maxïmo Park formed in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear in April 2003, their name [...]

Head Automatica is a powerpop band, formed by Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo.
History
The beginnings of the band stemmed from singer Daryl Palumbo’s interests in the hip hop and Britpop genres. Palumbo felt that the material that was inspired by these genres did not fit into Glassjaw’s spectrum and so Head Automatica was created to showcase this.
The [...]

The Little Death is Laura Dawn (lead vocals), Moby (bass, guitar), Daron Murphy (guitar, bass, & harmonica) , and Aaron A. Brooks (drums). Formed in 2008, their sound is like a drunken bar fight between John Lee Hooker and Kurt Weill or the desperate love-child of Big Mama Thornton and Robert Mitchum. Old blues, soul, [...]

“This record rocks ten times harder than anything The 69 Eyes have previously done” – Matt Hyde (producer)
Sharpen your fangs, The Helsinki Vampires are back. And this time, they’re ‘Back In Blood’.

The 69 Eyes return with their ninth studio album, which has been hailed a latter-day ‘Appetite For Destruction’. With blood on their hands and [...]

It should come as no surprise that one of rock’s most democratic bands would come up with a most democratic album. For Release (Aug. 18, Rock Ridge Music), their seventh disc of original material, Sister Hazel (vocalist/guitarist Ken Block, guitarist/vocalist Drew Copeland, lead guitarist Ryan Newell, bassist Jett Beres and drummer Mark Trojanowski) decided to [...]

Shiny Toy Guns is an alternative/electronic band which formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2002. The band currently consists of Sisely Treasure (vocals), Gregori Chad Petree (vocals, guitar), Jeremy Dawson (synths, bass) and Mikey Martin (drums). Former vocalist Carah Faye Charnow left the band under unknown circumstances in 2008 to be replaced by [...]

If asked, the members of Hey Ocean!, will probably tell you that they are a Canadian band, however their humble beginnings swapping songs on the beaches of Costa Rica are undeniably where the spirit of their music resides. Stemming from the minds of Vancouver songstress Ashleigh Ball and British-born singer/songwriter David Beckingham their mix of [...]

Streetlight Manifesto is a ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey under the creative leadership of Tomas Kalnoky.
They released their first album, Everything Goes Numb, which was distributed by Victory Records, on August 26, 2003. The band headlined and sold out their first concert at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey on [...]

The Maccabees are an English indie band, based in Brighton and originally from south London. They have released two albums so far, Colour It In, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms, released on 4th May 2009.
Their debut single, “X-Ray”, was released on Promise records on 28 November 2005, and received some evening play on London [...]

Anti-Flag is a punk band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 1988. Despite relatively modest beginnings and a back catalog of independent labels, the band has risen to steady popularity, having performed tours on four continents and signed to a major label. The current lineup includes Justin Sane (vocals/guitar), Chris #2 (vocals/bass), Chris Head (guitar), and [...]

This is not a sequel. This is what happens when the sun dips down, that swollen moon comes up, the sea water ripples and cools, and the Pacific Coast Highway still feels warm on your bare feet with a little of that leftover sunlight trapped in the blacktop. This is the last hiss of the [...]

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.
Biography
When he was still a member [...]

Anybody can have their “rock,” “punk” or “folk” phase—real artists transcend boundaries and genres so gracefully that their fans hardly blink an eye. Aimee Allen is that type of songwriter. The explosive, outspoken voice behind modern rock monsters “Revolution” and “If It Feels Right” (not to mention contributions to the Grammy-nominated Hairspray soundtrack and multiple [...]

The Living End formed in 1994 after lead singer/guitarist Chris Cheney and bassist Scott Owen were introduced to each other by their older sisters at Wheelers Hill Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. Cheney, obsessed with 80s rockabilly group the Stray Cats, convinced Owen to learn the double bass instead of the piano and they started [...]

“There are a few instances where punk can get its energy from harnessing the human urge to simply dance and have a good time. This is where Totally Michael comes in.” – Punknews.org
Sometimes, boredom takes us great places. At 20 a musician named Michael, who had amassed some fairly significant musical experience playing in a [...]

Noah And The Whale consists of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Doug Fink (drums 2006-2009), Tom Hobden (fiddle), Urby Whale (bass), Fred Abbott (guitar/keys 2009- ), and Jack Hamson (drums 2009- ) and after a few singles, released their debut album, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down in August 2008. Laura Marling and Emmy The Great [...]

The Mad Caddies stand alone in their latest musical achievement. Combining elements of rock and roots reggae that evokes memories of the Clash, the Police and Sublime, the upcoming record Keep It Going takes the listener on a musical journey from lively Jamaican dancehalls to the underground DIY music venues of America. Keep It Going, [...]

Born in Timmins, Ontario, LIGHTS lived in the Philippines and Jamaica during her elementary school years. “My family is very get-up-and-go if we feel called to do something different,” the singer explains. “It was a really important thing to learn about as a kid, that nothing is so important that you cant leave it behind.” [...]

Twenty seconds into “Let’s Go,” the opening track on CARTEL’s third full length CYCLES, singer Will Pugh declares, “I’ve got so much left to do but I’ll start with this song.” For the Atlanta, GA pop-rock quintet to be prioritizing, to have their collective gaze so firmly focused on the horizon, the future and all [...]

Silversun Pickups is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California, comprising Brian Aubert (lead vocals, guitar), Nikki Monninger (bass, vocals), Christopher Guanlao (drums) and Joe Lester (keyboards).
The band released their debut EP, Pikul, in July 2005, and their debut full-length album, Carnavas, on July 26, 2006. Their second full length album, Swoon, was [...]

TAB the Band is an American indie rock band from Duxbury, Massachusetts. Formed in December 2006, the group consisted of brothers Adrian Perry (lead vocals/bass) and Tony Perry (guitar), and Ben Tileston (drums). In August 2008, Lou Jannetty (rhythm guitar) joined the band. Adrian and Tony Perry are sons of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry.
TAB [...]

With roots in five different bands, the (International) Noise Conspiracy formed during the latter half of 1998 in Umeå, Sweden. The quintet set out to use its music as an attack against capitalist culture at large by taking the universal idea of popular culture and molding the basis of its phenomenon into statements of resistance. [...]

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are an alternative dance band from Copenhagen, Denmark which formed in 2006. They consist of Mette Lindberg (vocals), Lars Iversen (bass, keyboards), Miloud Carl Sabri (trumpet), Sven Meinild (sax), Mads Brinch Nielsen (guitar, keyboards), Jesper Elnegaard (drums).
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are musicians on a mission. The band and their unique style [...]

Klaxons are a indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch vinyls on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles “Magick” and “Golden Skans”, the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on January 29, 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury [...]

Hellogoodbye is a power pop band, formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001. They are signed to Drive-Thru Records and currently have an EP, CD, and a DVD out. Their first full-length album entitled Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! was released in August 2006. They are renowned for their DIY ethic, their shrill outfits and having [...]

Wax Tailor, aka JC Le Saout, made a remarkable impact worldwide with his debut “Tales of the Forgotten Melodies”. A sweeping, cinematic hip-hop album that had critics citing similarities to DJ Shadow, RJD2 and Portishead, “Tales” propelled this Frenchman to stardom in his home country and his debut was heralded as Radio Nova’s album of [...]

How does a band from a little town outside of Leeds end up going by the name Your Vegas?
“It was one of our first songs,” says the band’s singer Coyle Girelli. “Your Vegas seemed to sum us up. It’s about escaping to a different place, wherever that is.”
Escape, along with brotherhood, is at the core [...]

Imogen Heap (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering)[1] is a Grammy nominated English singer and songwriter from Romford, Essex, known for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself, which she wrote, produced and mixed. In 2006, she was nominated for two Grammy [...]

The Fratellis are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland who took their name from the villains in the film “The Goonies” (although, by coincidence, Barry’s mother’s maiden name is in fact Fratelli). The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli (real name John Lawler), bass guitarist Barry Fratelli (real name Barry Wallace), [...]

Elbow are an English alternative rock band. Members of the band first played together in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1990, and they currently retain their original line-up of lead vocalist and lyricist Guy Garvey, guitarist Mark Potter, keyboardist Craig Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp. Over the band’s 12 year career they have [...]

The Audition are a pop/rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is comprised of drummer Ryan O’Connor, lead guitarist Seth Johnson and rhythm guitarist Timmy Klepek who are from Chicago, with lead vocalist Danny Stevens who is from Detroit, Michigan.
The band’s first release was a six track EP entitled All In Your Head. In early [...]

Shaka Ponk (sometimes abbreviated as SHKPNK) is French crossover-band, residing in Berlin, Germany since 2004. The band uses elements of different styles, such as rock, funk and hip-hop in their music, with lyrics being written mostly in a mixture of English, French and Spanish languages.
The band members left their native France in 2004, and moved [...]

Fujiya & Miyagi are an English band formed in Brighton in 2000. They are currently signed to Full Time Hobby Records in the United Kingdom. They are self-described as being heavily influenced by 70’s Krautrock bands such as Can and Neu! as well as early-90’s electronic music artists like Aphex Twin. The origins of the [...]

At the beginning of all things, there was the Master, a hideous planet-sized creature floating in an endless void. And it was a boring void, so he created everything ever just to amuse himself. And as life spread through this void, The Master found the best way to amuse himself with his new toys was [...]

Starting out in the Swedish town of Jönköping in 2000, the Mary Onettes have since been on a long journey containing a few downhill slopes and a lot of brick walls. The band was drawn together much by their common interest for 80s and 90s music, with bands such as the Stone Roses and the [...]

The Ark is a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Ola Salo, Mikael Jepson, and Lasse ”Leari” Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2006, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member. [...]

They say trees that grow the tallest are usually those with the strongest roots. If that’s true up-and-coming Phoenix, AZ pop-rock band Anarbor will likely see great heights. Guitarist Mike Kitlas and singer/bassist Slade Echeverria have been friends since kindergarten, giving the band a foundation beyond just making music and playing shows. Mike and Slade [...]

In the 1960s, after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones began to take the world by storm, there was a term in Denmark used to describe this new loud and ragged brand of rock and roll: pigtraad. Loosely translated, it means barbed wire.
Four decades later, the term works as well as any to describe the [...]

Hot Chip is a Grammy-nominated British electropop band. They have released three studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, and Made in the Dark. The Warning was named Album of the Year by Mixmag and voted the fourth best album of 2006 by NME. They released their third studio album, Made in the Dark, in February [...]

For us Nico Vega is a way of life. We are 3 people who play music together. We write as a band and help each other develop our ideas. The root of the music is the relationship between us. Nico Vega is about collaboration. We are a family and we honor each other by listening [...]

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 [...]

Shiny Toy Guns is an alternative/electronic band which formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2002. The band currently consists of Sisely Treasure (vocals), Gregori Chad Petree (vocals, guitar), Jeremy Dawson (synths, bass) and Mikey Martin (drums). Former vocalist Carah Faye Charnow left the band under unknown circumstances in 2008 to be replaced by [...]

Kate Victoria “KT” Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 in St Andrews, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a live solo performance of her song “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” on Later… with Jools Holland. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations [...]

Nevershoutnever is the alias of eighteen year old American acoustic pop musician, Christofer Drew. Drew began making music as NeverShoutNever! in September 2007. His 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 [...]

The Ark is a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Ola Salo, Mikael Jepson, and Lasse ”Leari” Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2006, Jens Andersson joined The Ark [...]

“Together as Good Old War the trio have mastered the art of three part vocal harmonies and their lively and intricate songs are a throwback to the days when Crosby, Stills, & Nash ruled the Rock world” – Alternative Press
Seldom do band members rebound gracefully after their main musical effort falls apart, but Keith Goodwin [...]

Morningwood’s conception is a thing of Manhattan legend: a veteran musician, Pedro Yanowitz, strikes up a conversation with a spitfire 22-year-old, female, film student, Chantal Claret, at a four-in-the-morning, insider cocktail party at the iconic Dakota Building on Central Park West. By the party’s end, Pedro had talked Chantal into becoming his partner—
musically speaking.
“It’s why [...]

“The first misconception about Oh No Not Stereo,” explains vocalist and one half of this rocking duo, Sky Nielsen, “is that we don’t like stereo and we play everything in mono, or that we record in mono.” Other half, Mykul Lee, is also a multifaceted multi-instrumentalist, much like his partner in this stereophonic unit. Nielsen’s [...]

Ben Lee (born on September 11, 1978) is an Australian musician. He began as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band, Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up, around when he turned 18. He is also an actor, having starred in the 2003 Australian film [...]

Jason Hill (vocals/guitars/piano), Brian Karscig (vocals/guitars/piano),
Mark Maigaard (drums), James Armbrust (bass)
Most artists are content to stick with the formula they’re known for, changing as much (or as little) as they think they can get away with — but Louis XIV are not most artists.  In fact, on their new album, Slick Dogs and Ponies, the [...]

The greatest threat to half-assed New York Americana is a quartet called HYMNS, who had a residency at Pianos in the Lower East Side and released an EP entitled Appaloosa. The record boldly presents sundry musical terrains over which the band deftly maneuvers. On one end there’s the post disco bouncer ‘Wedding Day’ on the [...]

The Slackers are a New York City band, formed in Brooklyn in 1991. The band’s sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers’ notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label [...]

Borrowing their band name from a traditional American folk song that comes out of Western North Carolina, O’Death draws on traditional folk, bluegrass, punk, gypsy music, metal, swing and jazz stylings.
History
Originally formed in 2003 while the members attended SUNY Purchase, the band— with Jamie on guitar and vocals, Gabe Darling on banjo, David Rogers-Berry on [...]

Dear and the Headlights is a Rock / Indie / Pop band from Tempe/Chandler, Arizona. After being signed to Equal Vision Records in 2006, they have released their first full-length record “Small Steps, Heavy Hooves” (February 2007), produced by Bob Hoag. They have previously toured with the likes of Circa Survive, Fear Before the March [...]

Black Kids is an American indie pop band from Jacksonville, Florida. The band’s debut EP, Wizard of Ahhhs, was released to critical acclaim in 2007 and was followed by the Partie Traumatic album, which debuted at #5 on the UK Albums Chart in July 2008.
Black Kids, consisting of Reggie Youngblood (vocals and guitar), Owen Holmes [...]

Astronautalis (born Andy Bothwell) is an American hip hop artist based out of Seattle, Washington.
After gaining some renown in local circles in Jacksonville and competing at Scribble Jam, Astronautalis self-released his debut album, You and Yer Good Ideas, in 2003. After signing with Fighting Records, it was re-released on July 12, 2005, followed by his [...]

The Dillinger Escape Plan (sometimes abbreviated DEP or TDEP) is an American experimental mathcore band from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The band originated in 1997 after the disbanding of Arcane, a hardcore punk trio consisting of Ben Weinman, Dimitri Minakakis, and Chris Pennie. The band’s current line-up consists of Ben Weinman (lead guitar, backing vocals), [...]

Hit the Lights is a pop punk band from Lima, Ohio, signed to Triple Crown Records.
Early years
Hit the Lights formed in 2003, taking their name from the Metallica song on the album Kill ‘Em All. Band members Colin Ross and Omar Zehery performed first as Headliner, then The Goodbye Session with then-drummer Reymundo Ortiz. Nick [...]

Be Your Own Pet (also known as BYOP) was a four-piece garage rock group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Biography
The band formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Sex, which was the project of drummer Jamin Orrall and his bassist brother Jake. The pair practiced in their basement and also ran the label Infinity Cat; [...]

Kasabian are an English rock band from Leicester, formed by Tom Meighan (vocals), Sergio Pizzorno (guitar and vocals), Chris Edwards (bass), Chris Karloff (Keyboards and Guitar) and Ash Hannis (drums) who left shortly before the release of the first album. During the recording of the band’s second album, the drummer Ian Matthews became a permanent [...]

Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Tally Hall feature vocalist/guitarist Rob Cantor, guitarist Joe Hawley, bassist Zubin Sedghi, keyboardist Andrew Horowitz, and drummer Ross Federman. Most will know them by the color of their ties; however, their infectious blend of ’60s pop harmonies, garage rock work ethic, playful sense of humor, and indie rock sensibilities make Tally Hall [...]

Protest the Hero (often abbreviated as PTH or simply Protest) is an award winning Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. The Protest line-up has stayed the same since the band formed in 1999, when they were just 12 years old. They originally used the name Happy Go Lucky, but changed their name before releasing [...]

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. [...]

Elbow are an English alternative rock band. Members of the band first played together in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1990, and they currently retain their original line-up of lead vocalist and lyricist Guy Garvey, guitarist Mark Potter, keyboardist Craig Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp. Over the band’s 12 year career they have [...]

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 [...]

Klaxons are a indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch vinyls on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles “Magick” and “Golden Skans”, the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on January 29, 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury [...]

Silversun Pickups is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California, comprising Brian Aubert (lead vocals, guitar), Nikki Monninger (bass, vocals), Christopher Guanlao (drums) and Joe Lester (keyboards).
The band released their debut EP, Pikul, in July 2005, and their debut full-length album, Carnavas, on July 26, 2006. Their second full length album, Swoon, was [...]

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 [...]

Smoke or Fire is back after a tour of the world, a lineup change and months spent working on their sophomore full-length, This Sinking Ship. The band has always kept their fans alert over the years, but things are more concrete than ever for Smoke or Fire and their sound remains true. Clearly influenced by [...]

Aiden is an American post-hardcore band from Seattle, Washington and that formed in the spring of 2003 by former high schoolers. The current members are WiL Francis (Vocals & Guitar), Jake Davison (Drums), Nick Wiggins (Bass), and Angel Ibarra (Guitar). wiL originally played bass but took over lead vocals when their previous vocalist left due [...]

Juno-award winning Bedouin Soundclash released the much anticipated follow-up to hit record Sounding A Mosaic, August 21, 2007. Titled Street Gospels, the album features the single “1259 Lullaby” which appeared on the hit series GREY’S ANATOMY as well as the infectious first single “Walls Fall Down”.
Recorded in Toronto and New York, the band once again [...]

When you ask someone what type of music they listen to, the answer is most often, “I listen to everything”. You then go over to their apartment or peruse their IPOD to find a bland collection that deviates little from a single genre. When you ask a band what type of music they play, you [...]

As Paramore embark on the most successful year of their career, there seems to be no limit as to what they can accomplish. The band’s last 2007 album RIOT! has sold over two million copies worldwide, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008 for “Best New Artist” and even their live CD/DVD [...]

Maxïmo Park are an English Indie Rock band, signed to Warp Records, who formed in 2003. Drawing comparisons to Pulp and Franz Ferdinand, Maxïmo Park were, along with cohorts The Futureheads, North-East England’s response to the post-punk revival of the 2000s.
The five-piece Maxïmo Park formed in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear in April 2003, their name [...]

“We are the Raveonettes,” the band’s bassist/vocalist/co-conspirator Sharin Foo drolly announces between songs to a sold-out roomful of New York cognoscenti at the Mercury Lounge in November 2002. “And you are not.”
So, who then, are the Raveonettes? The Raveonettes are Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner, a Danish duo who, bound by a mutual disenchantment [...]

Nevershoutnever is the alias of eighteen year old American acoustic pop musician, Christofer Drew. Drew began making music as NeverShoutNever! in September 2007. His 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 [...]

Somewhere between New York City and an unassuming Midwestern town, a van filled with high hats, guitar strings, amps and cables is twisting its way down a two lane highway. When it stops, its four occupants will pour into a small music club packed with eager followers. The band will plug in, tune up, and [...]

Lucy Woodward (born October 27, 1977) is a singer/songwriter commonly known for the Top 40 hit “Dumb Girls”, released in February 2003. After the single’s release, Woodward toured around the world in support of her debut album ‘While You Can’ (2003). Soon after, Atlantic Records merged and dropped many mid-level artists from their label, including [...]

Somewhere between New York City and an unassuming Midwestern town, a van filled with high hats, guitar strings, amps and cables is twisting its way down a two lane highway. When it stops, its four occupants will pour into a small music club packed with eager followers. The band will plug in, tune up, and [...]

Detox Retox is a DC-based band consisting of lead singer Michael Parker, lead guitarist Nate Frey, bassist Kevin Glass, and drummer Kabir Khanna. The members of the band performed together in various configurations for several years, eventually settling on their current lineup in late 2007. They made their live debut on WMUC-FM at the University [...]

“This record rocks ten times harder than anything The 69 Eyes have previously done” – Matt Hyde (producer)
Sharpen your fangs, The Helsinki Vampires are back. And this time, they’re ‘Back In Blood’.
The 69 Eyes return with their ninth studio album, which has been hailed a latter-day ‘Appetite For Destruction’. With blood on their hands and [...]

Wax Tailor, aka JC Le Saout, made a remarkable impact worldwide with his debut “Tales of the Forgotten Melodies”. A sweeping, cinematic hip-hop album that had critics citing similarities to DJ Shadow, RJD2 and Portishead, “Tales” propelled this Frenchman to stardom in his home country and his debut was heralded as Radio Nova’s album of [...]

The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a “pogo” element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local bands.
The four original members [...]

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.
Biography
When he was still a member [...]

Hot Chelle Rae announce themselves as a force to be reckoned with on their debut album Lovesick Electric. How can you argue with bold, swaggering vocals, monster sing-along choruses, crunching rock guitar, and a propulsive rhythm section that just won’t quit?
“We wanted the music to sound larger than life,” says guitarist Nash Overstreet of the [...]

Kicking Daisies is an authentic, original rock band that resonates across a broad swath of tweens and teens for its honesty and intense musicianship. It is a sound that combines modern rock rhythms with hook laden melodies and flavors it all with virtuoso guitar and drum flourishes.
Their music sounds great in the studio; but you [...]

At the beginning of all things, there was the Master, a hideous planet-sized creature floating in an endless void. And it was a boring void, so he created everything ever just to amuse himself. And as life spread through this void, The Master found the best way to amuse himself with his new toys was [...]

Written by: Chrstina Morelli : www.nycartscene.com
2009
On Friday, March 13 at 9pm, an aura of respect hovered over the record release party at The Living Room, carefully slithering through the audience’s anticipation of the next striking note. Promoting “Dan Torres: Live,” an acoustic mix of both previously recorded and brand new songs, Dan commanded the jam-packed [...]

Some may know the beginning of the story:
God created the earth. Boy (Dan Kurtz) meets Girl (Martina Sorbara) . Boy marries Girl. Boy and Girl make a demo in their basement called “I Get Around.”
Some may know the next part:
Boy and Girl put together band (Enter Will Stapleton and Joel Stouffer). Band plays shows. Band [...]

Kicking Daisies is an authentic, original rock band that resonates across a broad swath of tweens and teens for its honesty and intense musicianship. It is a sound that combines modern rock rhythms with hook laden melodies and flavors it all with virtuoso guitar and drum flourishes.
Their music sounds great in the studio; but you [...]

80s to the point of excess, Unisex Salon is everything you love to love about the “Me Decade”: shameless, upbeat and heavy on the synths. Garishly tattooed, pansexual lead singer Kenyon Phillips brings to mind a modern Adam Ant, mincing, growling and crooning his way through danceable New Wave soundscapes crafted by keyboard player Brian [...]

How does a band from a little town outside of Leeds end up going by the name Your Vegas?
“It was one of our first songs,” says the band’s singer Coyle Girelli. “Your Vegas seemed to sum us up. It’s about escaping to a different place, wherever that is.”
Escape, along with brotherhood, is at the core [...]

Leading a new generation of artists is a group that appropriately calls itself THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! Fusing together influences drawn from playing in punk and heavy rock bands and listening to an eclectic range of music from gospel to R&B to hip-hop to underground dance music, THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! has created its own [...]

Leading a new generation of artists is a group that appropriately calls itself THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! Fusing together influences drawn from playing in punk and heavy rock bands and listening to an eclectic range of music from gospel to R&B to hip-hop to underground dance music, THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! has created its own [...]

Hot Chelle Rae announce themselves as a force to be reckoned with on their debut album Lovesick Electric. How can you argue with bold, swaggering vocals, monster sing-along choruses, crunching rock guitar, and a propulsive rhythm section that just won’t quit?
“We wanted the music to sound larger than life,” says guitarist Nash Overstreet of the [...]

Closure In Moscow is a progressive rock band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006, comprising of lead vocalist Chris De Cinque, drummer Beau McKee, guitarist and backup vocalist Manny Zennelli, guitarist Michael Barrett, and bassist Bradley Kimber. Only 18 months after first forming, they signed to Taperjean Records and released [...]

For us Nico Vega is a way of life. We are 3 people who play music together. We write as a band and help each other develop our ideas. The root of the music is the relationship between us. Nico Vega is about collaboration. We are a family and we honor each other by listening [...]

Lucero’s sixth studio album and major label debut, 1372 Overton Park, was released October 6th, 2009 on Universal Republic Records. Produced by Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem) and featuring horn arrangements by legendary Memphis session player Jim Spake (Al Green, John Hiatt, Solomon Burke, Cat Power), the record marks a decided turn toward the Memphis [...]

Chris Garneau is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, whose distinct musical style combines elements of folk, Americana, pop, baroque, and carnival music. Garneau cites Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Nico, and Chan Marshall, among others, as musical influences.
Garneau, a native of Boston, lived with his family in Paris during grade school, and later New Jersey [...]

Shinobi Ninja is ready to burst out of the NYC underground and into the mainstream. Packing enough studio talent to start a major label and enough rap-rock energy to incite a riot, these children of the ‘80s love metal, grunge, hip-hop, punk rock, and partying. It’s only natural that their music has bombastic drums, tons [...]

Kate Victoria “KT” Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 in St Andrews, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a live solo performance of her song “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” on Later… with Jools Holland. She has enjoyed commercial and critical success since, picking up three nominations [...]

As Paramore embark on the most successful year of their career, there seems to be no limit as to what they can accomplish. The band’s last 2007 album RIOT! has sold over two million copies worldwide, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008 for “Best New Artist” and even their live CD/DVD [...]

Silversun Pickups is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California, comprising Brian Aubert (lead vocals, guitar), Nikki Monninger (bass, vocals), Christopher Guanlao (drums) and Joe Lester (keyboards).
The band released their debut EP, Pikul, in July 2005, and their debut full-length album, Carnavas, on July 26, 2006. Their second full length album, Swoon, was [...]

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 [...]

Imogen Heap (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering)[1] is a Grammy nominated English singer and songwriter from Romford, Essex, known for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself, which she wrote, produced and mixed. In 2006, she was nominated for two Grammy [...]

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 [...]

After his girlfriend sent a cassette of songs to a magazine unbeknownst to him, singer/songwriter and guitarist Nic Armstrong suddenly found himself with a record deal. But to record a proper album and play the subsequent gigs, Armstrong needed a band, so he gathered up some guys from around his base in Nottingham, England — [...]

The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. At the center of it is Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand who, after years of searching and contemplation, through live performance and the manipulation of recorded music, have finally succeeded in assembling the personification of their holy vision: [...]

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 [...]

The explosive, psychedelic, indie-pop band Saint Motel is, to put it best, hard to resist, and damn fun. In the world of Saint Motel, nothing bows to convention: Stages become forests and living rooms, and shows become kaleidoscopic mind explosions in 3D.This theatrically creative world is due in large part to the fact that the [...]

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are an alternative dance band from Copenhagen, Denmark which formed in 2006. They consist of Mette Lindberg (vocals), Lars Iversen (bass, keyboards), Miloud Carl Sabri (trumpet), Sven Meinild (sax), Mads Brinch Nielsen (guitar, keyboards), Jesper Elnegaard (drums).
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are musicians on a mission. The band and their unique style [...]

Some may know the beginning of the story:
God created the earth. Boy (Dan Kurtz) meets Girl (Martina Sorbara) . Boy marries Girl. Boy and Girl make a demo in their basement called “I Get Around.”
Some may know the next part:
Boy and Girl put together band (Enter Will Stapleton and Joel Stouffer). Band plays shows. Band [...]

“You are my song, and you are where I want to be.”
Straightforward, earnest rock music seems to be a contradiction from the path popular music has strayed as of late. The need for genuine lyrics, purposeful direction and accessible melodies has been long overdue. The Dangerous Summer have crafted a throwback to the days when [...]

Commanding the stage with melodies, and reaching for the stars with poetry, Electric Black has listened carefully to the history of music. Out of the sentiments of Howlin Wolf, Jimmie Rodgers, and Woody Guthrie, in conjunction with the poetic license of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Bukowski, and Pablo Neruda comes the new blues-rock sound of American [...]

Wax Tailor, aka JC Le Saout, made a remarkable impact worldwide with his debut “Tales of the Forgotten Melodies”. A sweeping, cinematic hip-hop album that had critics citing similarities to DJ Shadow, RJD2 and Portishead, “Tales” propelled this Frenchman to stardom in his home country and his debut was heralded as Radio Nova’s album of [...]

With a sound that derives itself from composers and songwriters across the board, Emanuel & the Fear is an extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition.
Drawing from romantic and modern composers like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Glass; and then fusing a modern rock sound like [...]

TAB the Band are a rock power trio from Duxbury, Massachusetts formed in 2006. They were formed by Tony Perry (guitar), Adrian Perry (bass, vocals), and Ben Tileston (drums), and have since added guitarist Lou Jannetty. They have released two EPs (The Xmass EP, The 34% Louder EP) and two full-length albums. (Pulling Out Just [...]

Rusted Root released Stereo Rodeo, their first studio album in 7 years, on May 5, 2009. On March 13, 2009 the album became available online. “We named our record Stereo Rodeo after a song that I started writing back when we were recording our last studio record. It’s really just a great name,” [...]

Poison the Well is a post-hardcore band from Miami, Florida that formed in 1997. They are currently signed to Ferret Records. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook are the only remaining members of the band who have been involved since their first album, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira has been the singer on all five [...]

If asked, the members of Hey Ocean!, will probably tell you that they are a Canadian band, however their humble beginnings swapping songs on the beaches of Costa Rica are undeniably where the spirit of their music resides. Stemming from the minds of Vancouver songstress Ashleigh Ball and British-born singer/songwriter David Beckingham their mix of [...]

“This record rocks ten times harder than anything The 69 Eyes have previously done” – Matt Hyde (producer)
Sharpen your fangs, The Helsinki Vampires are back. And this time, they’re ‘Back In Blood’.
The 69 Eyes return with their ninth studio album, which has been hailed a latter-day ‘Appetite For Destruction’. With blood on their hands and [...]

Shaka Ponk (sometimes abbreviated as SHKPNK) is French crossover-band, residing in Berlin, Germany since 2004. The band uses elements of different styles, such as rock, funk and hip-hop in their music, with lyrics being written mostly in a mixture of English, French and Spanish languages.
The band members left their native France in 2004, and moved [...]

Caught in the aether between fantasy and nightmare, Brooklyn’s The Bleeding Bombshells capture New York City shoegaze and deliver it with extraordinary grit, glamour, and soul. Combining the sonic reaches of psychedelic music with the edgy street-smarts of punk and classic rock, The Bleeding Bombshells do nothing to hide their raw attitude. Their New York [...]

The States’s razor-edged rock has the uncanny ability to evoke Radiohead-like dreamscapes, Zeppelin-inspired bombast, and an Orwellian political sensibility…often in the same song. Their forthcoming new album, produced by Chris Grainger (Wilco, Switchfoot), is both intimate and grandiose, at home equally in an echoing arena and in your own headphones.
The band’s inventive songwriting has earned [...]

Hank & Cupcakes are one of the hottest emerging Indie pop duos in NYC’s music scene. Their catchy pop tunes, wrapped in an explosive live show with a raw edgy twist and a sizzling sexy performance will definitely get your ass shakin’ with just drums, bass and vocals. You must see this.

With a sound that derives itself from composers and songwriters across the board, Emanuel & the Fear is an extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition.
Drawing from romantic and modern composers like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Glass; and then fusing a modern rock sound like [...]

The Jonas Brothers are an American pop boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children’s television network. From Wyckoff, New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. In the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock. The band [...]

Ane Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist originally from Norway. Since 2000 she has lived in Stockholm, Sweden, where she started her own independent record label DetErMine Records together with The Tiny´s leadsinger Ellekari Larsson in 2002.
Her debutalbum “Spending time with morgan” was the first to be released on their label, and it got [...]

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 [...]

Kamtin Mohager is a one man band from Denver, Colorado. Steadily building a fan base over the last two years and known for playing high energy sets, TCG’74 is a gritty and emotional take on electronic music. Luke Osbourne and Brandon Anamier are also contributing members for the live shows.
After spending fall 2008 on the [...]

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 [...]

Formed in a frigid Brooklyn basement in 2006, Action Painters are a scraggly band of misfits who practiced hard and won the big game. They play intoxicating power-pop-new-wave-soul that will make you shake your ass and pinch your girlfriend’s skittles.
Action Painters have been a Spin.com Band of the Day, a Deli Magazine band of the [...]

New York City’s The Dig have played music together in one incarnation or another since they were twelve years old.
In 2007 they released their acclaimed debet EP, Good Luck and Games. The release of their EP was combined with steady touring during the spring/summer of 2008–including two four-wek residencies at Piano’s in the Lower East [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Villa Vina hails from Brooklyn and continues to punish audiences with their unique brand of indie/prog-rock that seems to be pushing the envelope and creating a lot of buzz in the underground community.

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 [...]

Shall Noise Upon, released on September 2nd, 2008 on the Headless Heroes label, is the third full-length album from Apollo Sunshine. Recorded during the summer of 2007 in the Catskill Mountains, in a house inhabited by spirits (and next door to the home of the original Uncle Sam), the album sees multi-instrumentalists Jesse Gallagher, Sam [...]

Von Iva creates their own brand of music by combining breakbeat cool with a dance punk attitude. Imagine Tina Turner singing over hammering dance beats and layers of synths. These ladies are turning out new and exciting music for people that aren’t afraid to put Donna Summer, Joy Division and Jay Z back to back [...]

Up and coming singer/songwriter Hensley, has been gaining attention. The ones who have heard of him know his music and talk about it, and those who haven’t soon will.
Hensley started writing music in 1993 at the age of 15. His first instrument was the piano which led him to the guitar. “I feel personally that [...]

NickCasey is Casey Spindler and Nicholas Webber.
Their recent work includes: scoring the independent short film Goldstar, Ohio (Bill Irwin, Mercedes Ruehl, Michael Stuhlbarg and Alison Pill); licensing their song Man Of Obstacles to the upcoming CinemaLab/Mega/IFC film Falling Awake; and appearing on Fox Network’s Fearless Music.
NickCasey recently finished tracking their first full length studio record [...]

Paige Wood’s sound recalls the intoxicating eras of 60’s rock and classic British funk. Her vocals have a sultry, velvet tone and a staggering range, while feeling and looking like a female James Bond! Difficult to classify, easy to fall for, she is the new millenniums sexy, psychedelic fix!

New York City’s The Dig have played music together in one incarnation or another since they were twelve years old.
In 2007 they released their acclaimed debet EP, Good Luck and Games. The release of their EP was combined with steady touring during the spring/summer of 2008–including two four-wek residencies at Piano’s in the Lower East [...]

To call Jeff Taylor quirky may be The Understatement Of The Year. The 6’5” sinewy-strong entertainer is a handsome devil known for his Gumby-like flexibility on stage and unorthodox
time signatures, beat boxes, and esoteric lyrics. While performing, Jeff’s freakish mannerisms and piercing stare often make him appear like a man possessed.
If forced to draw comparisons, [...]

Dr. Dog has been creating music in various incarnations for a good four years now. Beginning with The Psychedelic Swamp, a concept album realized in the damp ruin of a flooded basement with waterlogged guitars and a digital delay pedal, the band has simmered on the back burner of our musical lives for most of [...]

Ann Courtney has an entrancing voice, suited equally to textured numbers evoking PJ Harvey and Nick Cave and uptempo kiss-offs recalling Chrissie Hynde and Kristin Hersh. Her presence is equally enthralling, as she takes the stage alongside with her NYC-based rock band The Late Bloomers, staring out into venues filled to capacity, long gazes drawing [...]

Hank & Cupcakes are one of the hottest emerging Indie pop duos in NYC’s music scene. Their catchy pop tunes, wrapped in an explosive live show with a raw edgy twist and a sizzling sexy performance will definitely get your ass shakin’ with just drums, bass and vocals. You must see this.

The adage of too many cooks spoiling the broth can be universally applied on a number of levels, particularly in artistic relationships, where, for example, too many musicians’ egos clash during the writing and recording of an album. But in the case of New York-based indie rock outfit Via Audio, having three-fourths of the band [...]

Born in Liverpool, England, Michael moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1970, and at the age of 18 began boxing professionally. Known as Silk, Michael’s boxing record was 28 wins and 4 losses. He became the No. 1 ranked middleweight contender in the world. In 1991, Michael became legally blind in his right eye, hence ending [...]

The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a “pogo” element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local bands.
History
The four original members [...]

How does a band from a little town outside of Leeds end up going by the name Your Vegas?
“It was one of our first songs,” says the band’s singer Coyle Girelli. “Your Vegas seemed to sum us up. It’s about escaping to a different place, wherever that is.”
Escape, along with brotherhood, is at the core [...]

Primarily a duo — MC Ra Lamotta and his wife, vocalist Dana Diaz-Tutaan — but aided by a pair of DJs (DJ Big Wiz, DJ Boo) and a percussionist (Guy Licata), Apsci (short for Applied Science) released their first album, Get It Twisted, on the Australian Elefant Tracks label. Quannum eventually snapped up the group; [...]

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 & [...]

Shinobi Ninja is ready to burst out of the NYC underground and into the mainstream. Packing enough studio talent to start a major label and enough rap-rock energy to incite a riot, these children of the ‘80s love metal, grunge, hip-hop, punk rock, and partying. It’s only natural that their music has bombastic drums, tons [...]

Previously On Lost is a band of dreamers. Raised in Washington DC and the Boston suburbs respectively, Jeff Curtin and Adam Schatz met in New York City on simple musical terms, but soon felt it was time to up the ante. From the ashes of their fiery collaborations birthed the new pop genre “Recapitulation Rock” [...]

San Francisco’s MIKE RELM is known for live performances which feature a series of audio mash-ups with video images, manipulated in real-time. It’s all captured the critically acclaimed video turntablist’s new DVD Clown Alley, set for release this July via his Radio Fried Films. Relm decided to push the DVD’s release back–it was originally due [...]

Beta.Beta was formed in the summer of 2007 out of pure coincidence when Parixit walked into the teashop that Adelin was working at, and asked if she’d like to sing. She’d never been in a band before, and Parixit was at that point without a project.
A pow-wow over ice cream and monster mix later led [...]

At the beginning of all things, there was the Master, a hideous planet-sized creature floating in an endless void. And it was a boring void, so he created everything ever just to amuse himself. And as life spread through this void, The Master found the best way to amuse himself with his new toys was [...]

One part theatrical pop, one part post-punk revival, New York’s electro-rock outfit Heloise & the Savior Faire are fronted by charismatic peroxide-blonde singer Heloise Williams. Ever the showboat, she grew up in a small town in Minnesota with a penchant for performing, starting when she was just a child singing in the mirror while watching [...]

They made their mark with their eccentric electro-pop and mind-twisting live shows that included a cast of puppets that wouldn’t be out of place in a Meet the Feebles remake. Now, THE SPORES are back with Doom Pop, an album that harnesses years of professional experiences and the energy that, until now, could only be [...]

NEW DAY DAWN represents a new chapter for dynamic songstress, Dawn Botti and her husband/ drummer Gary Szczecina. The pair was the core for the NJ based hard-rock band, Slushpuppy – a band that racked up a list of accolades including TV & film credits, Asbury Music Award nominations, a coveted JAGERMEISTER sponsorship and airplay [...]

Sounding like a Tarantino film in stereo, BLACK TAXI seduces with the seediness of a pulp fiction novel; a decaying sideshow that’s as sexy as it is punk rock. Lyrics paint woozy pictures of Kerouac-ian misadventures, featuring a rotating cast of transvestites, bible-thumpers and corrupt cops. A cavalier concoction of carnival trumpets, swaggering bass lines [...]

With a slightly punky perspective on vintage American blues, The Devil Makes Three is a breath of fresh musical air on its eponymous Milan debut. Laced with elements of ragtime, country, folk and rockabilly, the critically praised, drummer-less trio – consisting of guitarist/frontman Pete Bernhard, stand-up bassist Lucia Turino and guitarist Cooper McBean – brings [...]

New York City’s The Dig have played music together in one incarnation or another since they were twelve years old.
In 2007 they released their acclaimed debet EP, Good Luck and Games. The release of their EP was combined with steady touring during the spring/summer of 2008–including two four-wek residencies at Piano’s in the Lower East [...]

On their riveting and keenly-anticipated fourth album, Leaving Wonderland… in a fit of rage, Marcy Playground return to action in triumphant fashion. Armed with songs born of an intense and turbulent period in his life, MP’s main man, singer/guitarist John Wozniak, has fashioned a record that digs deep, taking the listener on an exhilarating and [...]

With a sound that derives itself from composers and songwriters across the board, Emanuel & the Fear is an extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition.
Drawing from romantic and modern composers like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Glass; and then fusing a modern rock sound like [...]

Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Tally Hall feature vocalist/guitarist Rob Cantor, guitarist Joe Hawley, bassist Zubin Sedghi, keyboardist Andrew Horowitz, and drummer Ross Federman. Most will know them by the color of their ties; however, their infectious blend of ’60s pop harmonies, garage rock work ethic, playful sense of humor, and indie rock sensibilities make Tally Hall [...]

Hank & Cupcakes are one of the hottest emerging Indie pop duos in NYC’s music scene. Their catchy pop tunes, wrapped in an explosive live show with a raw edgy twist and a sizzling sexy performance will definitely get your ass shakin’ with just drums, bass and vocals. You must see this.

The Loved Ones is a punk rock band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in late 2003, the band currently consists of Dave Hause (lead vocals, guitar), David Walsh (guitar), Chris Gonzalez (bass), and Mike Sneeringer (drums). They are presently signed to Fat Wreck Chords.
History
In 2003 after leaving the band Paint It Black, Dave Hause [...]

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 [...]

Before the so-called “New Wave of American Heavy Metal” was even a ripple, Shadows Fall were there. Emerging from Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995, this D.I.Y. band ultimately found legions of fans, worldwide fame, two Grammy nominations, and even a song on Guitar Hero. Of course, none of this came from luck. Instead, hard work and [...]

Fritz Helder & The Phantoms began from a love of dance. Having made original songs with choreographed dance routines lead singer, Fritz Helder, conceived a project which soon became a live dance act intended to enhance the experience of going out and letting loose. Future bassist, Fierce caught Fritz, Pastel and Diego’s dance act and [...]

The Alarm is an alternative rock band which formed in 1978 in Rhyl, Wales. For most of their career the band consisted of Mike Peters (vocals, guitar), Dave Sharp (guitar), Eddie Macdonald (bass) and Nigel Twist (drums). The band split in 1991, but reunited in 2001.
The band began in 1978 in the North-Wales town of [...]

Hotspur, hailing from Washington D.C., is proud to release their second full-length album titled, “You Should Know Better By Now.” The album was produced by Bryan Russell (Envy On The Coast, Straylight Run) and mixed by Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Senses Fail).
Trailblazing indie magazine Alternative Press featured Hotspur in its August 2009 issue, informing [...]

Hypernova is an Iranian indie-rock band based in Tehran. The band is made up of Raam, Kami, Kodi, Jam and Poya. Raam is the lead vocalist, Kodi is the lead guitarist, Kami is the drummer, Jam plays bass and Poya plays the rhythm guitar/Synths.
Like many other Iranian rock bands, the group was formed in the [...]

Sounding like a Tarantino film in stereo, BLACK TAXI seduces with the seediness of a pulp fiction novel; a decaying sideshow that’s as sexy as it is punk rock. Lyrics paint woozy pictures of Kerouac-ian misadventures, featuring a rotating cast of transvestites, bible-thumpers and corrupt cops. A cavalier concoction of carnival trumpets, swaggering bass lines [...]

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 [...]

Hush Now… is like a stress ball. You come home from a long day of torching the Raffelesia arnoldii in your garden and all you want is something to calm yourself down after the disappointment of finding out that such an ugly thing existed. Well, in this case, the quirky, dissonant jazz riffs of KID:NAP:KIN’s [...]

In the 1960s, after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones began to take the world by storm, there was a term in Denmark used to describe this new loud and ragged brand of rock and roll: pigtraad. Loosely translated, it means barbed wire.
Four decades later, the term works as well as any to describe the [...]

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 [...]

The Alarm is an alternative rock band which formed in 1978 in Rhyl, Wales. For most of their career the band consisted of Mike Peters (vocals, guitar), Dave Sharp (guitar), Eddie Macdonald (bass) and Nigel Twist (drums). The band split in 1991, but reunited in 2001.
The band began in 1978 in the North-Wales town of [...]

Asa Ransom is a band of five members living in New York City. Jacob Bills (vocal/guitar), Daniel Boivin (drums) and Darryl Specht (bass/vocal) met at college in Marion, Indiana in 2001. An unlikely group; the sons of preachers, professors, postal workers and housewives, found in each other a shared love of music and the mystery [...]

Rhodes is a 4-piece indie rock band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their music blends a variety of sounds inspired by such genres as 90’s Brit-Rock, Alternative, and Modern Rock, all predicated upon classic rock fundamentals, which result in driving modern rock anthems with a melodic core.
To date Rhodes has released a self-titled 7 song debut [...]

As Paramore embark on the most successful year of their career, there seems to be no limit as to what they can accomplish. The band’s last 2007 album RIOT! has sold over two million copies worldwide, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008 for “Best New Artist” and even their live CD/DVD [...]

Hush Now… is like a stress ball. You come home from a long day of torching the Raffelesia arnoldii in your garden and all you want is something to calm yourself down after the disappointment of finding out that such an ugly thing existed. Well, in this case, the quirky, dissonant jazz riffs of KID:NAP:KIN’s [...]

From the infectious analog synth strut of “Detroit” to the soaring, alluring charge of “Run,” New York City’s Black Gold have crafted what may be … (more) the warmest and most charming indie pop offerings in recent memory with Rush, their debut album due out February 2009. At the helm of this duo are [...]

With roots in five different bands, the (International) Noise Conspiracy formed during the latter half of 1998 in Umeå, Sweden. The quintet set out to use its music as an attack against capitalist culture at large by taking the universal idea of popular culture and molding the basis of its phenomenon into statements of resistance. [...]

VNV Nation is an electronic music group formed in London in 1990, now based in Hamburg, Germany, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM) into what they call futurepop. VNV Nation began as a one man project from Ronan Harris. In 1995 Mark Jackson joined the band permanently as a live [...]

New York City’s The Dig have played music together in one incarnation or another since they were twelve years old.
In 2007 they released their acclaimed debet EP, Good Luck and Games. The release of their EP was combined with steady touring during the spring/summer of 2008–including two four-wek residencies at Piano’s in the Lower East [...]

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 [...]

The title of Elizabeth and the Catapult’s Verve Forecast debut album Taller Children reflects the unique blend of pop playfulness and grown-up introspection that defines Ziman’s distinctive songwriting.  Such memorable originals as “Rainiest Day of Summer,” “Apathy,” “The Hang Up” and “Hit the Wall” embody a vibrant mix of open-hearted wonder, whimsical humor and forthright [...]

Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar tunes. He cites his influences as Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Brother Paramo and Nirvana, among others. He grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, and has spent significant time in [...]

Since their formation in 2004, the members of Foxy are looking to be the Evel Knievel of rock n roll. Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, the members of FOXY ShazamEric Nally (vocals), Loren Turner (guitar), Daisy (bass), Sky White (piano), and Joe Halberstadt (drums)will release Introducing FOXY, their second album since the independent release of The [...]

It’s not easy to carve out a niche for yourself and attract a loyal following in the ever-crowded music scene of New York City. Less than a year after formation, that’s exactly what BM LINX has managed to do with their infectious style of beat-driven electro rock.
The idea for the group, started by Tony [...]

Of all the various compliments Streetlight Manifesto have received from fans over the years, there is one in particular that seems to resonate most with the members of the band.
After a show, a kid in torn jeans and a Pantera shirt, sporting ridiculous facial hair, will find one of the Streetlighters outside of the club [...]

VNV Nation is an electronic music group formed in London in 1990, now based in Hamburg, Germany, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM) into what they call futurepop. VNV Nation began as a one man project from Ronan Harris. In 1995 Mark Jackson joined the band permanently as a live [...]

If you want to hear that MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK is made up of ex-members of some formerly famous groups, forget it. Unless the names of their high school bands mean anything to you, who they are and where they came from will ring no familiar tones, until now.
“My childhood was basically spent riding ramps and [...]

Bearing an identifiably deep baritone voice, Chali 2na (born Charles Stewart, Jr.) became the unofficial point man for West Coast underground favorite Jurassic 5. Originally from southside Chicago, Stewart first gained an interest in graffiti writing before getting into music. Both activities were his way of steering clear of drugs and gang life, and also [...]

Conditions came together in the fall of 2006 after these Richmond, VA natives moved on from their previous projects. “All of us had been playing in bands around Richmond, and we used to play shows together all the time. So, when we were all band-less we decided to do something together,” said guitarist Alex Howard. [...]

Hotspur, hailing from Washington D.C., is proud to release their second full-length album titled, “You Should Know Better By Now.” The album was produced by Bryan Russell (Envy On The Coast, Straylight Run) and mixed by Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Senses Fail).
Trailblazing indie magazine Alternative Press featured Hotspur in its August 2009 issue, informing [...]

Nightmare of You is an indie rock band which formed in Long Island, New York, United States in 2004. They consist of Brandon Reilly (vocals, guitar), Joseph McCaffrey (guitar), Brandon Meyer (bass) and Michael Fleischmann (drums). Reilly is the former guitarist for the melodic hardcore band The Movielife. The group is heavily influenced by bands [...]

In the years since their inception, The London Souls have garnered a reputation for their high-energy shows, as evidenced on their Youtube channel. Their lively and spirited music is the result of a combination of rock, blues, funk and soul. Also, being a three piece band, it is inevitable to compare them to other power [...]

Fritz Helder & The Phantoms began from a love of dance. Having made original songs with choreographed dance routines lead singer, Fritz Helder, conceived a project which soon became a live dance act intended to enhance the experience of going out and letting loose. Future bassist, Fierce caught Fritz, Pastel and Diego’s dance act and [...]

Nightmare of You is an indie rock band which formed in Long Island, New York, United States in 2004. They consist of Brandon Reilly (vocals, guitar), Joseph McCaffrey (guitar), Brandon Meyer (bass) and Michael Fleischmann (drums). Reilly is the former guitarist for the melodic hardcore band The Movielife. The group is heavily influenced by bands [...]

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 [...]

Jus’s childhood friends in Far Rockaway thought he was strange for listening to Rock music. As a young rapper, his penchant for rhyming over live instrumentals confused A&Rs. P. Diddy confessed he dug his style, but would playfully describe him as a “weird dude.” Others have called him “different,” “odd,” “eccentric,” but never has [...]

Bang Camaro is a hard rock band from Boston, Massachusetts founded by guitarists Bryn Bennett and Alex Necochea and composed of members of various indie rock bands from around the area. They are currently signed with Black Sword Records.
The band is composed of a bassist, a drummer, three guitarists, and anywhere from ten to twenty [...]

The Freedom Glory Project, a band performing in NYC made up of five musicians born in Iran and a fifth raised there, was formed in the wake of the protests against the June 12, 2009 election in Iran. The group quickly composed and recorded a music video, “Freedom, Glory, Be Our Name,” an American-style folk [...]

Singer-songwriter Diane Birch took half her lifetime, and traveled across the globe, to get to America, where she literally found her voice and made her remarkable debut, Bible Belt. Though only in her mid-twenties, Birch likes to think of herself as an “old soul,” and indeed there is a startling maturity in her singing and [...]

Elbow are an English alternative rock band. Members of the band first played together in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1990, and they currently retain their original line-up of lead vocalist and lyricist Guy Garvey, guitarist Mark Potter, keyboardist Craig Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp. Over the band’s 12 year career they have [...]

Person L is collaborative musical effort founded by Ken Vasoli (The Starting Line). Person L was started as an outlet to experiment with a variety of influences, genres and musicians. With the exception of kenny the members of this band will be constantly revolving and the sound will continually evolve and adapt. What will never [...]

The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat in order to avoid confusion with Paul Collins’ band of the same name, was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1978, The Beat disbanded in 1983, but has reformed in the early 2000s [...]

The Ark is a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Ola Salo, Mikael Jepson, and Lasse “Leari” Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2006, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member. [...]

Hypernova is an Iranian indie-rock band based in Tehran. The band is made up of Raam, Kami, Kodi, Jam and Poya. Raam is the lead vocalist, Kodi is the lead guitarist, Kami is the drummer, Jam plays bass and Poya plays the rhythm guitar/Synths.
Like many other Iranian rock bands, the group was formed in the [...]

The World/Inferno Friendship Society can best be described as a gang rather than an actual band. The group is a rotating cabaret of punk/ska/gospel featuring horns, piano, punk rock guitar, a number of percussionists, and a mayhem-inducing live presence.
The Brooklyn, NY, collective started in the late ’90s and has seen over 30 members move through [...]

American instrumental crossover group Break of Reality consists of three cellists and a percussionist. Formed at the Eastman School of Music in 2003, the band is filling concert venues around the country with fans eager to hear “cello rock”.
Break of Reality’s sound is cinematic, subdued and heavy all at once. Their live audiences are equally [...]

Sugarcult is a pop-punk/alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, CA in 1998. The name ‘Sugarcult’ came from a group of lesbian women that used to live across from the lead singer Tim Pagnotta.
Tim met ex-drummer Ben Davis during a cigarette break at school. Ben (who then played bass) and Tim started to play together [...]

Black Kids are an indie rock band who formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States in 2006. Rolling Stone called them one of ten “Artists to Watch” in 2008 and they were also included in the BBC Top 10 Sound of 2008 poll. Their debut album, Partie Traumatic, was released in July 2008 and debuted at [...]

Formerly in rival bands on the Chicago local scene, guitarist Mike Carden and vocalist William Beckett came together in 2002 to mark the beginning of emo-pop outfit the Academy Is… (originally named “the Academy”). Naming influences from U2 to Weezer to Pink Floyd, the duo added bassist Adam Siska (Beckett’s classmate from high school), along [...]

The Fratellis are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland who took their name from the villains in the film “The Goonies” (although, by coincidence, Barry’s mother’s maiden name is in fact Fratelli). The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli (real name John Lawler), bass guitarist Barry Fratelli (real name Barry Wallace), [...]

American instrumental crossover group Break of Reality consists of three cellists and a percussionist. Formed at the Eastman School of Music in 2003, the band is filling concert venues around the country with fans eager to hear “cello rock”.
Break of Reality’s sound is cinematic, subdued and heavy all at once. Their live audiences are equally [...]

The Futureheads formed in 2000 in Sunderland, UK or more specifically, in Barry’s garage. The line-up of the band at that point was Jaff (Bass, Vocals), Barry Hyde (Guitar, Vocals), Ross Millard (Guitar, Vocals), and Peter Brewis (Drums, Vocals), now of cerebral pop-masterpiece-makers Field Music.
After playing countless hometown shows, the Futureheads took the show on [...]

Formerly in rival bands on the Chicago local scene, guitarist Mike Carden and vocalist William Beckett came together in 2002 to mark the beginning of emo-pop outfit the Academy Is… (originally named “the Academy”). Naming influences from U2 to Weezer to Pink Floyd, the duo added bassist Adam Siska (Beckett’s classmate from high school), along [...]

Can a song change the world? Who can say for sure, but thankfully, there will always be a handful of bands that recognize that power. Driven by a desire to create honest and influential music, Midtown formed in the fall of ‘98 while freshman at Rutgers University, and have since enjoyed an unexpected and exceptionally [...]

Wild Light is an indie rock band which formed in 2005 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. The band consists of Seth Pitman (vocals, multiple instruments), Timothy Kile (vocals, multiple instruments), Jordan Alexander (guitar) and Seth Kaspar (drums). Kile was an early member of Arcade Fire, who were formed by Alexander’s friend Win Butler.
Founded in High [...]

The gypsy-tinged quartet Devotchka was formed in Denver, CO, by multi-instrumentalists Nick Urata (vocals, guitar, trumpet), Tom Hagerman (violin, accordion), Jeanie Schroder (sousaphone, bass), and percussionist Shawn King. Supporting musicians rotated in and out of the eclectic group’s lineup, contributing such diverse sounds as strings and bazoukis.
While some described Devotchka’s sound as polka-rock or circus [...]

Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York’s immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz’s taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the Birthday Party and Einstürzande Neubauten in his native Ukraine. After being evacuated to Western [...]

Lights Resolve is a 3-piece alternative rock band from New York. As an experience-oriented group, the band delivers a sonically diverse and cinematic performance.
After touring Asia as a former band and touring clubs to arenas throughout the US with their current ensemble, Lights Resolve has perked the ears of fans and industry alike. As an [...]

“We are the Raveonettes,” the band’s bassist/vocalist/co-conspirator Sharin Foo drolly announces between songs to a sold-out roomful of New York cognoscenti at the Mercury Lounge in November 2002. “And you are not.”
So, who then, are the Raveonettes? The Raveonettes are Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner, a Danish duo who, bound by a mutual disenchantment [...]

Irish indie rock four-piece Bell X1 call to mind pre-electronic Radiohead and the more sedate side of Coldplay, crafting tight, melodic pop with introspective and witty lyrics. Having recorded albums with the likes of Nick Seymour (Crowded House) and Roger Birichiam (Elvis Costello), the band is best known for its ability to craft infectious yet [...]

Can a song change the world? Who can say for sure, but thankfully, there will always be a handful of bands that recognize that power. Driven by a desire to create honest and influential music, Midtown formed in the fall of ‘98 while freshman at Rutgers University, and have since enjoyed an unexpected and exceptionally [...]

Maxïmo Park are an English Indie Rock band, signed to Warp Records, who formed in 2003. Drawing comparisons to Pulp and Franz Ferdinand, Maxïmo Park were, along with cohorts The Futureheads, North-East England’s response to the post-punk revival of the 2000s.
The five-piece Maxïmo Park formed in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear in April 2003, their name [...]

It’s often said that the true test of an artist’s worth arrives on their second album, when they have to prove that their first was no fluke. By that measure, Natalie Walker has succeeded wildly with her sophomore effort With You, a startling maturation from the former lead singer of Daughter Darling.
Expanding the strengths of [...]

Mansions is a rock band based out of Louisville, KY. On record it has consisted solely of Christopher Browder, but live he is joined by Sal Cassato on drums and Ryan Davis on bass.
Mansions plays indie-pop-rock sometimes described as The Get Up Kids meets Ryan Adams meets Dinosaur Jr.
A full-length album entitled New Best Friends [...]

Cut Copy is a synthpop band from Melbourne, Australia made up of Dan Whitford (lead vocals/keys/guitar), Tim Hoey (bass/guitar) and Mitchell Scott (drums), Bennett Foddy being a former member.
Their sound is much in the vein of contemporaries such as Daft Punk, drawing considerable influence from older bands such as New Order, Electric Light Orchestra and [...]

Many bands get all uppity about how they hate labels and comparisons and all that, but Brooklyn’s Goes Cube don’t really care what you call them. They’re just unpretentious like that – no fancy gear, no fancy clothes or haircuts. They’re simply three friends who are obsessed with making each song heavier, more intense, more [...]

Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Tally Hall feature vocalist/guitarist Rob Cantor, guitarist Joe Hawley, bassist Zubin Sedghi, keyboardist Andrew Horowitz, and drummer Ross Federman. Most will know them by the color of their ties; however, their infectious blend of ’60s pop harmonies, garage rock work ethic, playful sense of humor, and indie rock sensibilities make Tally Hall [...]

Lights Resolve is a 3-piece alternative rock band from New York. As an experience-oriented group, the band delivers a sonically diverse and cinematic performance.
After touring Asia as a former band and touring clubs to arenas throughout the US with their current ensemble, Lights Resolve has perked the ears of fans and industry alike. As an [...]

IAMX is the solo project of Sneaker Pimps singer/instrumentalist Chris Corner.
The man behind IAMX, Chris Corner, has repeatedly said that the IAMX project is very different to his actual, real-life personality and is a kind of quasi “act”.
Whether an act or not, IAMX’s music is primarily concerned with subjects such as outlandish sex, death, narcotic [...]

Peephole is a Brooklyn-based project founded in the Spring of ‘07 by Kent Odessa, its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. It initially began as an electro-pop collaboration between Odessa and producer Jeremy Jonas Cox, the results of which are included on the recently released “Strawberry Told Me” EP.
In the Summer of ‘08, Odessa began [...]

Based in New York City’s various boroughs, IONIA is a hard-rock/ metal-pop band that has been compared to Thrice and Rise Against, or to a lesser degree, My Chemical Romance. The band quotes a wide range of early influences from NIN, Marilyn Manson, to Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. IONIA’s songs are passionate, driving, [...]

Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Tally Hall feature vocalist/guitarist Rob Cantor, guitarist Joe Hawley, bassist Zubin Sedghi, keyboardist Andrew Horowitz, and drummer Ross Federman. Most will know them by the color of their ties; however, their infectious blend of ̵