Although New York is a large city with some 8 million souls pushing, fighting, dreaming and scheming, there are actually countless times in which it feels extremely small – especially if you roll in a […]
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2014 marks the both the 15 anniversary of one of The Roots’ seminal and beloved albums Things Fall Apart (best known for the Grammy Award single “You Got Me”) and the release of a new full-length album …And […]
Most companies begin with rather humble beginnings — in fact, Amazon, Apple, Google, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard and even Mattel all started in garages. Although now based in Newport, KY just outside of Cincinnati, OH, Powerhouse Factories, best known for being the one of the preeminent print […]
Electronic music outfit The Acid are something of an electronic music All-Star group as they consist of Grammy nominated DJ and Producer Adam Freeland, best know for the crossover hit “We Want Your Soul” and […]
The Portland, OR-based Morning Ritual is a collaboration between composer Ben Darwish, twin sisters and vocalists Katelyn and Laurie Shook, multi-instrumentalist William Seiji Marsh and drummer Russ Kleiner. The quintet’s debut effort, The Clear Blue Pearl, which was […]
With the release of their first two albums, and several singles through a variety of indie labels, the Vancouver, BC-based White Lung has received quite a bit of love and attention across the blogosphere for a sound that’s […]
Before the 2013 release of their debut effort, Midcity, the Los Angeles, CA-based hip-hop trio of clipping, which consists of Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson never expected to find much of an audience for their sound. […]
The Harrow can trace their origins back to 2008 when multi-instrumentalist, blogger and DJ Frank Deserto (formerly the bassist for Revel Hotel, Dream Affair, The Funeral Crashers, and the Mark Burgess 2010 touring version of […]
The Brooklyn-based quartet of Lucius has received quite a bit of love and praise from the blogosphere and from publications such as Rolling Stone (who had named them a “Band to Watch”), and Time for their impeccably harmonies, stomping rhythms and […]
The Parisian electronica duo of SomethingALaMode have developed a reputation for fusing their passion for the classical compositions of Stravinsky with that of Daft Punk. In fact, the duo’s 2009 debut was released to critical […]
There’s something about the rhythms of salsa that automatically brings summer to mind – or more precisely the sounds of the streets of Corona, Queens during the summer, as you’d hear salsa being played from […]
Jef Barbara’s English language debut, Soft to the touch quickly became one of my favorite albums of the past year or so, as the material manages a sly, winking wit backed by a slickly produced, shimmering glam […]
Turning Rocks, the latest effort from the husband and wife duo of Erika and Simon Angell, better known as Thus Owls is heavily inspired and informed both by Erika Angell’s childhood memories of her tiny village on Orust-an […]
Going back to his days as a member of the Grammy-winning Digable Planets. Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler has had reputation for being exceedingly different; after all, Digable Planets were one of the more unique and forward-thinking acts of […]
I receive a number of emails from bands, PR firms, labels, artists and band managers from all over the world but recently I received an interesting email from a fan of the Joy of Violent […]