Artists
Anyone who has paid any attention to the Seattle music scene in the last few years has noticed a changing of the guard. The grunge beast is long since extinct and is currently wasting away in its pathetic heroin-induced grave. The… (Read More)
“With one hand deep in roots rock and roll and live performances that lift you up and leave you ragged, The Dig are building a reputation as one of the best young bands in New York. The songs on their new… (Read More)
“Lord you know I’ve been so many places/At least I know I have a longer view”, sings Leftover Salmon lead singer and mandolin player Drew Emmitt over a rollicking mandolin lick on the title track of his third solo effort, Long… (Read More)
Right from their very first gig, a sold-out performance at local showcase club The Basement, The Dynamites began generating Super Soul Excitement with the funkiest band of players imaginable and a front man with the voice and experience to blow the… (Read More)
Take a group of Kansas City musicians with a passion for Celtic music, an Irishman with a love of all things American, and you get a cross-pollination of elements that is high octane and progressive, yet rooted in tradition. What they… (Read More)
The Beat were all about inclusion, rather than exclusion, and this showed in their personnel and their music influences. The six member band consisted of Dave Wakeling on vocals and guitar, Andy Cox on guitar, David Steele on bass, Everett Morton… (Read More)
It’s probably safe to say that the most commonly asked question for a band is, “what do you sound like?” But after four years, The Epilogues still struggle to find an answer, but it’s not for lack of trying. The four… (Read More)
Since forming in Santa Cruz, California in 1997 The Expendables have been touring the country winning fans over. Their unique blend of reggae, ska, rock and punk is anything but expendable. The Expendables have released three full-length albums to date: "No… (Read More)
The Fabulous Rudies may have members from all over the country and a female lead singer from Germany, but the band is a San Diego original through and through. They have been bringing their eclectic mix of rock, ska, and politically… (Read More)
Simone, Ian and James Felice are the three eldest boys from a family of seven, born carpenter’s sons in the wilds of New York’s Catskill … (more) Mountains. Less than a year ago, the Brothers adopted a runaway dice-thrower and chancer… (Read More)
Stockholm’s own, Axel Willner aka THE FIELD joined the KOMPAKT family back in 2005 with the release of his cherished 12" debut “Things Keep Falling Down”. His adoration for KOMPAKT co-owner Wolfgang Voigt’s GAS and M:I:5 projects from the ‘90’s and… (Read More)
The Flutie Brothers Band began over a decade ago as a way to blow off steam in the off-season for football stars Doug and Darren Flutie. Music has always been a part of their lives since they were kids. Their father… (Read More)
Formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade (vocals, piano) and Joe King (guitar, vocals), The Fray earned a loyal grassroots following through impressive area gigs and the support of local radio which led a listener-driven campaign to get the band a record… (Read More)
Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979) better known by his stage name The Game, is an American rapper signed to Geffen Records. He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album, The Documentary, and his two… (Read More)
The Gift of Gab of Blackalicious
Gift of Gab made his name as the technically adept MC in the vaunted underground rap duo Blackalicious, in partnership with producer/DJ Chief Xcel. Born Tim Parker, he grew up mostly in Pacoima, part of L.A.’s San Fernando Valley region, but… (Read More)
When four friends and respected innovators in the West Coast electronic underground came together with a shared creative vision, a crowd-slaying juggernaut was born. Ooah, edIT, Boreta & Kraddy are The Glitch Mob. Call their unique musical hybrid Lazer Bass (as… (Read More)
The Good Shepherd is an incredibly complex work and one of the finest films of a quality ripe 2006. Oscar winner Eric Roth continues his brilliant work with this original screenplay, named one of the best unproduced scripts in Hollywood in… (Read More)
Austin, Texas’ The Gourds have never been much on sentiment. Since the band started defining Gourds Music, as it has come to be known, with Dem’s Good Beeble in 1997 and the quirky Stadium Blitzer in 1998, they have chugged through… (Read More)
On the heels of highly successful reunion tour last year, The Greyboy Allstars met in the studio for the first time in a decade to make What Happened to Television?, which is also the group’s first collaboration with DJ Greyboy since… (Read More)
Not just your average funk band, Greyhounds infuse some much needed levity into the proceedings with a dynamic presence that goes far beyond mere musicianship. They enjoy what they’re doing, and it’s more than evident in their highly energetic shows. As… (Read More)
The Grouch always wanted to make beats since he first heard about this music called hip-hop. His dad played keys and Grouch felt music was inside him also, but he hadn’t planned on being an MC. Being from Oakland, Grouch grew… (Read More)
The growlers are a rock and pop group formed in long beach California in 2006 who are yet to became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. During their years of stardom… (Read More)
Over the past three years Mick Lynch and Kevin May of pop/folk act The Guggenheim Grotto have touched U.S. and U.K. audiences in a way the duo couldn’t have imagined. From setting out as Dublin songwriter circuit to building a devoted… (Read More)
The Hangmen have been kicking around the L.A. scene for a decade and a half or so, yet still remain the best of the bunch. What started as a good time at Raji’s mutated into a major label funded, drug fueled… (Read More)
“We’re a gang of pirate gypsy crackhead smart-mouthed snot-nosed rock & roll misfits,” snaps Chase, lead singer for The Heart Attacks, Atlanta’s eminent scuzz rock quintet. Confident, energetic and downright bonkers, the men behind the Lars (Rancid, Bastards) Frederiksen-produced Hellbound And… (Read More)
This is dazzlingly executed “pop” with more hooks n’ sleeved-tricks than a 1000 midwestern Replacements ripoff bands combined, that may at times disguise itself as transatlantic moody alternative radio rock but ultimately transcends that and far surpasses it through sheer force… (Read More)
Based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the band has spent the last three years touring nationally behind their double-disc debut album “Whale”, and their newest release, the EP “Slow Motion Conductor”. Backed by these critically revered recordings, the Pets have found a… (Read More)
