Artists
Since those long ago days in 1962, The Persuasions have gone on to sing in concert halls, clubs and perform the world over. They have release eighteen albums, with a nineteenth due in mid-2003. Over the years, The Persuasions have opened… (Read More)
At last, The Pharcyde has returned to the masses with yet another gem. The groups new album, Humboldt Beginnings, delivers all the creativity and talent from their Bizarre Ride days plus much more. It is the culmination of over ten years… (Read More)
“One of twenty-two best underground bands that likely won’t stay underground for long.” Alternative Press “The Photo Atlas sports an aggressive indie punk sound… a frenetic Brit rock dance punk amalgam, a blazing cross between Fugazi and Gang of Four.” … (Read More)
Ride the PJT Subway line straight on through from Brooklyn to San Francisco via New Orleans. This train may make a lot of stops, but that’s just to pick up more funk. This multi-ethnic group hits all the marks and crosses… (Read More)
On Pirate Signal’s 2004 debut, Norma(l) Hugh Manchild’s American Revolution(s), the band placed much of its focus on production and penning impressive lyrics, and not enough time working on its cadence and flow. Subsequently, the album made for a tough listen… (Read More)
With The Polyphonic Spree, simple things have a way of turning grand. Take the happenstance that was the piano on which frontman Tim DeLaughter composed the backbone of the groups new disc, Together Were Heavy. A friend of ours was living… (Read More)
The Presidents of the United States of America
Since The Presidents of the United States of America split in December of 1997 fans have been sending letters and e-mails urging the band to reunite and asking why they broke up in the first place. Truth be told, their decision… (Read More)
Chrissie Hynde – one of the boys or femme fatale? Provocateur or force of nature? Tremulous alto or ultimate rock & roll chick? Woman of the world or bandleader? How about all of them? Since forming the Pretenders three decades ago… (Read More)
The Puppini Sisters are a musical trio specializing in 1940s-style close harmony vocal music. The members are Italian Marcella Puppini and English Stephanie O’Brien and Kate Mullins. Although the three are not related, they chose their name in tribute to The… (Read More)
Rachel’s hits the road at the end of October to play shows in a bunch of new cities. We’re excited that the band is going to into uncharted territory: Austin, Tucson, San Diego, Sacramento, Eugene, Vancouver, Salt Lake City, Denver, Aspen… (Read More)
When The Raconteurs announced news of their debut album in early 2006 they described themselves as “a new band made up of old friends.” The four members, Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler, Jack “LJ” Lawrence and Jack White, were all established… (Read More)
The Radiators got started on January 28, 1978 during a rehearsal in the garage of one of the band members; by the late ‘80s, they had become one of New Orleans’ most popular rock & roll bands, serving up a smorgasbord… (Read More)
This Denver, Colorado band plays unabashed, straight-no-chaser music that pulls no punches and offers no apologies for the love of some of the finer things in life: whiskey, women, song, and good timin’ friends. While their songs are soaked in traditional… (Read More)
The Rapture was formed in early 1998 by drummer Vito Roccoforte and guitarist/vocalist Luke Jenner. The whimsical indie group had extensive touring behind them by the time they recorded 1999’s Mirror for Gravity. More touring ensued — with the likes of… (Read More)
The Redtones are the Aspen area’s hottest new band! After bursting onto the scene in early 2008, this 5-piece band recently had the Carbondale crowd dancing up a storm during their performance on the main stage at Mountain Fair. The main… (Read More)
Jim Heath (aka The Rev): guitar, vocals Jimbo Wallace: upright bass Paul Simmons: drums Undeniably, The Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, is the biggest, baddest, grittiest, greasiest, greatest rocker that ever piled his hair up and pounded the drinks down… (Read More)
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND actually isn’t that big. It’s kinda like your husky pal everyone calls “Tiny.” The young, modest three-piece from Indianapolis makes up for its size deficiency with a high-energy sound steeped in classic Blues tradition. With… (Read More)
The Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue
Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Review is the apex of Colorado’s vast cadre of uniquely talented and “Deadicated” musicians. Over the years, many regional bands have offered up their best efforts toward keeping alive the unparalleled music and party spirit of the… (Read More)
The Roots are an influential Grammy Award-winning American band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for a having a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip-hop which includes live instrumentation. Their debut album was released in 1993 and they have collaborated with a… (Read More)
The Rouge, from Denver was started by old friends Joshua Vaught and Jack Egan with the loving additions of Steve Voss and Adam Call and finally Jason Escandell. They have set out to play great shows, record great songs with indie… (Read More)
The Wu-Tang Clan’s chief producer, RZA (aka the Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector, and Bobby Steels) was born Robert Diggs; he first surfaced during the early ’90s as a member of the rap unit All in Together Now, a group that… (Read More)
Music being one of the most abstract of the popular arts, it is hard to know exactly why some bands succeed and others fail. This much we do know: The Samples was once a band teetering toward failures. It was the… (Read More)
It all started in a converted Chinese laundry on Chicago’s north side in 1959. No one could know that by the next century, The Second City would have established itself as the premier comedy institution in the world. With theatres in… (Read More)
When the Jamaican Military Band traveled to New Foundland in 1961, three years prior to the formation of The Skatalites, Lester Sterling was a member of the band. He was surprised to find the audience requesting Island music. In spite of… (Read More)
After nine years of touring and self producing records, The Slip has whittled down their musical prowess into a powerful sound that combines pictorial songwriting and instrumental ingenuity. This music is an unusually lucid blend of the abstract with the familiar… (Read More)
The Southern Troubadours is a raw up-close and personal look into the songs and songwriting of three prolific musicians. This July, Grammy winning songwriter Anders Osborne, along with two Rounder Records recording Artist Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, and Clarence Bucaro together will… (Read More)
Los Angeles-base collective the Southland cite influences as diverse as Jane’s Addiction and Randy Newman, but their brand of breezy and infectious pop/rock is all their own. Comprised of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jed Whedon, lead guitarist/co-writer Nick Guiskoff, drummer Andy Crosby, keyboardist Danny… (Read More)
FICTION: In the spring of 1983, physics professor Kevin Stigwood of Alta Dena High in Thousand Oaks California, lost a debate over String Theory to an upstart pupil in front of the entire student body and faculty. As agreed to by… (Read More)
The Still City began in a basement apartment that smelled constantly of Ramen noodles and mold. With a duct taped Epiphone Les Paul, an electric drum set constructed circa 1989, and two sets of headphones, we played to the cart pushers… (Read More)
“If everything old is new again, the Strange Boys are way ahead of the curve. Beneath the clamor of Ryan Sambol’s fierce nasality and herky-jerky riffs, urged on by brother Philip’s bass and drummer Matt Hammer’s powerhouse thump, plus the newly… (Read More)
