Artists
“Few trance artists have reached Above & Beyond’s stature in terms of integrity and respect.” IDJ “A cut above.” – Mixmag “Above & Beyond’s vault from innovative trance trio to globetrotting DJ superstars is now complete.” DJ Magazine "The UK’s new… (Read More)
Reset those clocks. It’s 2008 and much has happened in the past year. Hello there, I’m alexa. I was born in Cherry Hill, NJ though and lived there till I was 11. When I lived in NJ is when my love… (Read More)
Amanda Palmer is a performer, director, composer and musician who is best known for her role as front woman and keyboardist for internationally acclaimed punk-cabaret band The Dresden Dolls. On September 16, 2008, Amanda released Who Killed Amanda Palmer, her debut… (Read More)
An Horse used to be about procrastination. An Horse was Kate Cooper’s way of not doing things that she was meant to be doing. Like studying or assignments. But Kate finished university. She got a couple of degrees, then started law… (Read More)
Hailing from the beautiful northern beaches of Sydney, Angus & Julia Stone form two halves of a musical act with a natural gift for telling emotive, honest and beguiling stories. Their acclaimed debut album, A Book Like This, is a perfect… (Read More)
Rock and Soul, Rock and Roll “before it became a Project Runway Challenge.” That’s a pretty good way to describe the sound, the attitude and experience of Architects. Gimmick-free, raw, real and powerful is how their legion fans descibe them. From… (Read More)
Beginning before they were even “old enough to drink,” as frontman/songwriter Dan Layus puts it, the band Augustana has grown up tremendously over the past three years, touring relentlessly while supporting Epic debut All the Stars and Boulevards (which reached #1… (Read More)
For a stalwart young artist who creates different means to an end, Ben Sollee has enjoyed a whirlwind year replete with remarkable success and warm, exciting music to match. Sollee hails from Kentucky, yet sounds nothing like the colloquial music one… (Read More)
From Rock Pop, to joyful and melancholic music; to metaphoric and straightforward lyrics, this artist comes back with his new production. Beto Cuevas presents his first solo album as Singer, Composer, Musician and Producer: “Miedo Escénico”, to be released on September… (Read More)
Black Francis (aka Frank Black of The Pixies)
Frank Black (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV on April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Active since 1985, Black is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band The Pixies, where he performed under… (Read More)
Raymond “Boots” Riley is founder of hip-hop activist group The Coup and is also an active political/social organizer and speaker. He has been known to work with speakoutnow.org amongst other groups. "I think that people should have democratic control over the… (Read More)
A rock band from Orange County, CA who has toured with bands like Avenged Sevenfold, The Used, Korn, Papa Roach, and Saliva. They are currently on tour with Puddle of Mudd. When one door closes, another one opens. This couldn’t be… (Read More)
CAKE formed in Sacramento, California in 1991. The band quickly became a hot item in the downtown club and cafe scene, then went on to gain a steady following in San Francisco’s Bay Area. Lead singer John McCrea’s unwitting amalgam of… (Read More)
We live in a perpetual state of war. It’s an obvious subject, yet a dangerous one. Every songwriter owes it to themselves to confront it, either allegorically or directly. On his fifth album, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Corb Lund writes about… (Read More)
Despite its title, the new Cowboy Junkies album, At the End of Paths Taken, is as much about new beginnings as it is about endings. It is also about human connections, the struggle to sustain those connections over time, and the… (Read More)
Multiplicity can be a curse or a godsend. In the case of Dave Dresden, the constant jump between DJ and Producer, Journalist and A&R man became a blessing. At a very young age, Dresden developed his passion for music growing up… (Read More)
Millions of people around the country fell in love with rock belter David Cook while watching him make other people’s songs his own week after week on the seventh season of American Idol. Cook won the competition handily thanks to viewers… (Read More)
David Donatien has played percussion since he was 5 years old with his musical family. In the beginning, in Paris, he worked to build a band for the Sensitive music label and became with that label’s musical director. After he toured… (Read More)
“[David Ross Macdonald] is one of those few songwriters like Nick Drake, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), and Josh Ritter that can captivate his listeners armed only with a voice and guitar.” American Songwriter Magazine "David Ross MacDonald’s vocals, lyrics, and intricate… (Read More)
Although always as loud as god, it was easy to convince yourself the music of Dinosuar Jr was far more passive than aggressive. This myth exploded in a hail of flaming toads in the spring of 1989, when the band’s original… (Read More)
Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa, Dweezil Zappa’s ongoing homage and performance of his father’s music, hit the road again in 2008, after hugely successful tours in 2006 and 2007. 2008 promised material performed that DZPZ had never performed, as well as some… (Read More)
From elegant pop to balls-out rock,sweet electronics to witty swing, Erin McKeown has packed a ton of music into her young career. With 5 albums, 2 EPs, and numerous soundtracks and compilations to her credit, the 29-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hasn’t… (Read More)
Restless sonic chameleons the Fiery Furnaces revolve around the brother and sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, whose prickly childhood relationship and musical family set the stage for their playful, unpredictable music. The Friedbergers’ grandmother was a musician and choir… (Read More)
Singer/songwriter John Ondrasik (On drah sick) has spent the past decade writing deeply personal songs that include social messages, invoke the human spirit and make an emotional connection. This can be heard on the past four albums by Five For Fighting… (Read More)
Girl Talk is the stage name of music producer and mashup DJ Gregg Gillis. Gillis, who is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has released three CD albums on Illegal Art and vinyl releases on 333 and 12 Apostles. He began making music… (Read More)
How do you explain on a piece of paper the elements that make a band truly exciting and genuinely unique? Sometimes, a good starting point is simple geography. When Grand Ole Party sets the stage for their live show, the placement… (Read More)
It’s been two decades since the Indigo Girls launched their career with their independently released debut album, 1987’s Strange Fire. Now, after entertaining millions of fans with their 10 major-label studio albums (nine on Epic Records and one, 2006’s Despite Our… (Read More)
Denver, we have a rising star in our midst. After just one listen of Input’s third full-length release A Radio With Guts, it’s hard to believe this artist has been at this game called music writing for only two years, having… (Read More)
Jesse Dayton’s brand of country music has been labeled “turbo country”, a nod to his rockabilly roots with the Road Kings and the Alamo Jets. Dayton was raised on a diet of blues, cajun and punk, but graduated into full-flown rockabilly… (Read More)
