I don’t pretend to be pretty/Sometimes I tend to talk dirty/I can be country or city/Welcome to my world – Josh Hoge, “Take It Or Leave It” Much like his hometown Nashville, singer Josh Hoge represents Music City’s competing spirits of… (Read More)
Gothic Theatre
Artists
The Juleps represent a collaboration among members of various Chicago bands that has grown into a project of far greater depth than the original “side project” label might have indicated working within a rather loose freewheeling concept of roots-rock/country and Americana-meets… (Read More)
When k.d. lang released her first major labe album in 1987, she caused considerable controversy within the traditional world of country music. With her vaguely campy approach, androgynous appearance, and edgy, rock-inflected music, very few observers knew what to make of… (Read More)
Katy Rose grew up quick in Los Angeles, the daughter of session keyboardist Kim Bullard and a backup singer mother. She began to write songs in her early teens, blending traditional adolescent angst over boys and social drama with a fashionably… (Read More)
No other band is this confused about their musical heritage. Some say “Are they rock?” While others say “They’re kinda jazzy but funky too!” Well the truth is they are all that and more. Somewhere between The Grateful Dead and Ozzy… (Read More)
Over the past several years, Laura Love has become quite acclaimed in the Northwest music scene as an unparalleled vocalist, bassist, and songwriter. Love’s style is a synthesis of inner-city funk and folk-ish sensibility. One of the most difficult tasks for… (Read More)
Asked what kind of music can be found on Lifehouse’s third album (simply titled Lifehouse), Jason Wade pauses and says, "the kind of music I like to write. That’s one of the great things about having done a couple of records… (Read More)
THE THIRD CD IS THE CHARM Singer/songwriter Linda Storey is releasing her third CD accompanied by her daughter Jessica and the ‘Alleluia Blues’. Her writing is flavored with rhythm, blues and rock and features tight, vocal harmonies . ’Don’t Let It… (Read More)
Lisa Marie Presley figured it out. It wasn’t easy. It involved a lot of learning and growth. It encompassed personal turmoil and deep loss. But in the end it boiled down to a key epiphany that ultimately provides the answer posed… (Read More)
Modern rockers Lit formed in Orange County, CA in 1990 around frontman A. Jay Popoff, his guitarist brother Jeremy, bassist Kevin Baldes and drummer Allen Shellenberger. After years of sellout gigs at local venues like the noted club 369 in Fullerton… (Read More)
Already something of a veteran at 22, Liz Clark has been performing live regularly since she was 14. A dynamic entertainer utilizing acoustic and electric rhythm guitars and a brilliant piano style, Liz has worked venues ranging from coffee shops and… (Read More)
Liza will capture your attention with her guitar skills, enchant you with her ethereal voice, penetrate you with meaningful lyrics, and ignite you with her incendiary stage presence. Her sound includes hip-hop beats, rootsy rockin’ guitar, soulful melodies, and sultry vocals… (Read More)
‘We make music for music’s sake,’ says Llama who describe their sound as ‘pop with heavy improvisational influences; an entwined blend of rock, pop, jazz, psychedelic, and funk.’ Recording at five Nashville studios over a two-year period, the band, along with… (Read More)
When John Balicanta decided to attend NYU, he not only had to move from his native California to New York City but he also had to leave his high-school band behind. Vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Balicanta had formed Lola Corin (translated from Filipino, it… (Read More)
Lorene drive is more than just a band. Lorene drive is a lifestyle,an idea, a movement!! <embed name=“RAOCXplayer” src=“http://lobsterrecords.com/mike/letitgo.mov” width=“400” height=“310” ShowC.“0” ShowStatusBar=“0” AutoSize=“true” EnableC.“0” DisplaySize=“300” autostart="false"> (Read More)
powerful lyrics: “What’s it like, killing time, in this dream called life”, describing how singer Pierrick Berube watched his younger sister’s life fall between the cracks and his efforts to get her to see what was happening. "I write about how… (Read More)
In a world of Eighties revivalists, bling-bling hip-hop and weepy indie folk singers, there aren’t many bands left that know how to make flat-out, high energy rock, let alone with a classic sense of melody and song. But Aron and Robert… (Read More)
Marc Copely has already beaten the odds several times. With the release of Limited Lifetime Guarantee, he just may do it again. He’s a survivor, who’s learned how to chase down his dreams and make them happen. His album tells the… (Read More)
Adam Levine—Vocals, Guitar James Valentine—Guitar Jesse Carmichael—Keyboards Mickey Madden—Bass Ryan Dusick—Drums Take one listen to Maroon 5’s “Songs About Jane” (Octone Records) and you’ll instantly hear what a little bit of soul can do to the heart of alternative rock. Fronted… (Read More)
Armed with little more than a guitar, a suitcase full of heartfelt songs, and one of music’s most truly stunning voices, Martin Sexton has spent the Nineties wining over fans across the land and doing it the old-fashioned way. His breathtaking… (Read More)
Armed with an acoustic guitar, a mix of autobiographical and storytelling songs, and an inquisitive voice, the Chicago bred L.A. transplant Marty Lloyd is clearly the antithesis to all of the corporately-crafted pop music that has been infiltrating the mainstream over… (Read More)
It hurts so good! Raw, melodic songwriting that slaps you in the face and leaves you begging for more. Mary Beth Abella has been described by her fans as a female Jeff Buckley. Her music is a mix of dark, intense… (Read More)
Matt Pond was born in the state of New Hampshire where the state tree is the white birch, the bird is a purple finch, and the motto is “live free or die.” While he never hunted, he was quite skilled with… (Read More)
Matt Sharp is probably best known as Weezer’s original bass guitarist, but has also issued albums as part of another project, the Rentals. Born on September 20, 1969, in Arlington, Virginia, Sharp helped form Weezer along with members Rivers Cuomo (vocals/guitar)… (Read More)
Matthew Moon was born in Staten Island, New York, but spent the better part of his childhood growing up in Colorado. He began playing music when he was three years old, figuring out songs by ear and playing them on piano… (Read More)
After spending the ’80s as an unappreciated jangle-pop guitarist with Oh-OK and Lloyd Cole, as well as a solo artist, Matthew Sweet emerged in 1991 as the leading figure of the American power-pop revival. Like his British counterparts Teenage Fanclub, Sweet… (Read More)
Mayday is the brainchild of Omaha mainstay Ted Stevens, and while he has put in time in a number of influential acts, this is the one that sees him presenting all his own material in the most personal manner he’s ever… (Read More)
Melanie Susuras has been playing guitar since she was 9 years old. Her mother forced her to attend lessons despite her pleas to the contrary. Once she discovered that she truly had a love and talent for music, it was embraced… (Read More)
Coming out of Puerto Rico in the 1970s, MENUDO was the first, and the greatest, of a wave of talented singing and dancing groups that’s still relevant 30 years later. The legendary group has sold over 40 million records worldwide, broke… (Read More)
