...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Excellently named emo band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was formed in late 1994 by singers/guitarists/drummers Jason Reece and Conrad Keely, long-time friends who originally met in Hawaii before both settled in the perennial indie hotbed… (Read More)
16 Horsepower is a Denver-based alternative country band revolving around the unique songwriting and singing of David Eugene Edwards. The band made its name with music that combines rural, backwoods kitsch with edgey, off-kilter country-rock. First teaming with drummer Jean-Yves Tola… (Read More)
To some people, 1997 may recall a memory of good things past. For one particular Victory Records group, 1997 will be the harbinger of great music to come. From the suburbs of Chicago comes this young quintet, who creates an effervescent… (Read More)
In the early 1980’s, punk rock was still an independent musical entity—underground and not yet tainted by commercialism. Also, heavy metal hadn’t yet had the regretful one-night-stand with rap music—creating the bastard offspring genre known as nü-metal. Since then, the musical… (Read More)
A Fine Frenzy is the music of 22 year-old Alison Sudol. Born in Seattle to dramatic-arts teacher parents, Alison moved to Los Angeles at the age five. With her newly single mother, Alison moved frequently around the city. She developed a… (Read More)
A Special 25th Anniversary Show With The Legendary Pink Dots
A Legendary Pink Dots show can be as much a voyage as a performance, oddly appropriate for a band whose 20+ years have taken them around the world too many times to count, through more music styles than most people ever… (Read More)
In 2001, the four members of Aberdeen City met while smoking outside of a lecture series about unfulfilled childhood potential entitled “Young Hopes, Dead Dreams”. They quickly learned how much they had in common. Each was lauded as a “boy genius… (Read More)
Jason Vena 1. What gear do you use? I use a Shure Pcm400 in-ear monitor system so I can hear my voice while I sing into an Audix Om4 that is sitting on a straight black mic stand. 2. Musical influences… (Read More)
A swirling, dark fusion of sonic grandeur and stripped down pop skeletons, Action Action are the result of a sea change—a chemical reaction in which synthy dark wave collides with guitar-driven indie rock. Killer guitar riffs, feedback walls, dance beats and… (Read More)
ActionReaction is the new band from former Further Seems Forever front man, Jason Gleason, and former Element 101 members Bella and Salvatore. Their 11-song debut album, 3 Is The Magic Number in stores now on Hope Divison/Equal Vision Records. (Read More)
Welcome to the world of ACUTE. We’ve just finished recording with producer extraordinaire Dave Trumfio (Grandaddy, My Morning Jacket, Wilco). It’s our first full-length and it’s due out in early 2007 on Help Records. In the meantime, we plan to release… (Read More)
Zack Proffitt – Vocals, Keys, Venomous Raptor Nick Larsen – Guitar, Vocals, Home Bound Josh Brown – Drums, Vocals, Iz Word Ryan Gilbert – Bass, Vocals, The Bigger Venomous Raptor Brian Venn Manager-Booking, Dorito Stealer (Read More)
Richmond, Virginia’s Agents of Good Roots, an uncommonly talented and determined collective, have given themselves enough time to let good things happen. Trained on the east coast club scene, the quartet realized their unique sound was gaining them a serious following… (Read More)
In a key song on her eagerly awaited new album, Aimee Mann poses the eternal $64,000 question: “How Am I Different?” To which besotted fans, admiring critics and her felicitous fellow musicians might all be inclined to answer: Let us count… (Read More)
Imaad Wasif was touring with Lowercase when he met Russell Pollard in 1999. Pollard was playing with Sebadoh at the time, and the two became fast friends. Within a year, Pollard and Wasif left their respective bands and recovened in San… (Read More)
All At Once is a fresh sound with a high energy live performance that is targeted towards high school and college age audiences. The variety in the band’s music is a direct result of the differing styles of the band’s three… (Read More)
Brooklyn, New York’s Ambulance Ltd resurrect the British shoegazing movement of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, employing swirling, dreamy guitars in a indie-rock landscape cluttered by emo purists and punk opportunists. Formed by Marcus Congleton (vocals, guitar), Benji Lysaght (guitar)... (Read More)
Anadivine hails from Kingston, NY. Their upcoming record, ZOO, can be described as a collage of rock, metal, and jazz (among other things) and humbly attempts to give homage to some of their favorite bands such as The Police, U2, Pink… (Read More)
“I’m trying to make the most exciting music possible.”—Andrew W.K. Age 4 Born in California and raised in Michigan, Andrew W.K. begins classical piano lessons. Encouraged by his parents, he continues to play piano throughout his young life, eventually taking up… (Read More)
The Tale starts (in 1994) when Jon & Derek met in 9th grade. They became best friends immediately due to their then unknown common goals in life. They spent months and months jamming, writing songs, recording, playing in bands, and searching… (Read More)
The Apes emerged from the wet, heavy jungle of Washington DC in 1999 to command the rock subculture. Their modus: uniting great warlords, absorbing rogue factions, and educating red-handed guerilla bands with a passionately wayward rock signal. Propelled by Erick Jackson’s… (Read More)
“While both the mainstream and underground music media has been frantically scouring the scene in search of this generations definitive band, The Appleseed Cast has fit the mold for the majority of its existence without much pomp or circumstance.” Skyscraper “Peregrine….. (Read More)
The Scottish post-folk duo Arab Strap was formed in mid-1995 by vocalist Aidan Moffett and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton, longtime friends who after years of exchanging cassettes of their respective bands decided to finally begin collaborating together. Upon signing to the hip… (Read More)
It all began at the end of the ‘90s in a small Australian country town with a teen funk-grunge band called The Pixel Mittens, which featured core Architecture In Helsinki members and longtime friends Cameron Bird, Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry… (Read More)
