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30 Pack Jack is a metal phenomenon from Long Island New York. Their break through style stems from a diverse range of influences built up over many years of musical training and appreciation. "30 Pack" strives to master a new sound of Metal using gen... [more] |
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New York City based rocker Alex Nackman is climbing to the top of the proverbial singer-songwriter music scene with his personal blend of acoustic rock fare that critics have described as insightful and introspective, yet also melancholy and inquisit... [more] |
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Singer/Songwriter Amy Gerhartz is a raw talent that blends Acoustic Pop, Rock, Folk and Soul. Traveling up and down the east coast, playing exclusive venues in New York City, Atlanta and Virginia, Amy is beginning to spread her music to a larger audi... [more] |
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It's a modern love story.
Boy meets girl. They fall in love and buy laptops. They travel the world, sleep on floors and make a groundbreaking record.
In 1998, Filipino-Australian Dana Diaz-Tutaan was performing in New York with a crew o... [more] |
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Audio Fiction delivers pop/rock at its best, blending melodic hooks and shrewd lyrics with dynamic solid rock to create their catchy songs. They've been compared to Garbage and No Doubt, but they're more like the resulting bastard stepchild of both. ... [more] |
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Cake Bake Betty is a pianist/guitarist/vocalist of sorts hailing from New Jersey. Her style is complex, her lyrics whimsical; while listening you may find yourself being carried off into a world of bones, babies, monsters and mountains. Her style, ... [more] |
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Singer, songwriter, producer, actor, Carlton J. Smith is often referred to as “Soul Brother Number New” for his hard-charging R&B act. His widely acclaimed R&B/Soul Revue shows are true crowd-pleasers.
Carlton is a very dynamic and exciting perf... [more] |
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Keepers of the flame D I R T Y , L O U D ROCK N ROLL" & cowpunk honkytonk! Dreamy power pop with a touch of everything post western paranoia "the pulsetc . Founding member of Nyc's The Honeymoon Killers guitarist singer Michael O'Neill barrels down t... [more] |
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Chris Dukes is an exciting and gifted multi-talented singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from Albany, New York, who has opened for Third Eye Blind, Marcy Playground, Antigone Rising, Keller Williams, among others, and comedians Colin Quinn and Ni... [more] |
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Following a string of self-produced albums through the '90s, virtuoso violinist and Columbus, Ohio native Christian Howes stepped into a larger arena by moving to New York, where he soon became an in-demand figure on the scene. A classically-trained... [more] |
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Hell Hath No Fury is the Hellcat Records debut from Civet, the hottest all-girl rock n' roll band (both literally and figuratively) to erupt from the Los Angeles rock scene since Joan Jett and Lita Ford formed The Runaways.
And to update a... [more] |
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The History
Back in the '50s, 169 was home to so many fights that it was nicknamed the "Bloody Bucket." By the '90s, this tough joint became known for religious altars, the Chinese mafia and a Doberman chained to the bar. Now, with young c... [more] |
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They are not out to shock, break boundaries or draw attention in any way other than by creating powerful music and hoping to find others who can feel it. Even still, five years ago Time Out New York wrote that Dimestore Scenario “sometimes reinvents... [more] |
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Durtneck is a rock trio located out of Staten Island, NY. Influenced by heavy rock, 50s and 60s rock n' roll, old-punk, grunge, some new garage-rock, and other things that each member has brought to the table, the music that Alex Kong, Chris Li, and ... [more] |
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Eminemmylou has been recording her
own unique mix of Hip-Hop and Country
Music, or Hip-Hopry as she calls it, for
three years.
Not many artists have had the
confidence to mix the two very different
music genres, but Eminemmylou has, and
has do... [more] |
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Food Will Win the War is the Charlie Kaufman of Indie Rock. Their slightly quirky songs employ irregular meters, indefinite silences, and full four part vocal harmonies. The melodies, carried by frontman Rob Ward in the depths of the bass range (a la... [more] |
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Gary Wilson emerged from New York's DIY movement with 1977's proto-New Wave masterpiece You Think You Really Know Me, an extraordinary record which has been known to suck unprepared new listeners in like a drug and never let go. Shortly after its lim... [more] |
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visionary guitarist and bandleader, Gil T formed GERM FACTORY with powerhouse drummer Rod Cassavale during the summer of 2003. The band played in the NYC underground scene before meeting its revolutionary lead singer Donsky in late 2005.
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Balancing evocative songs and expressive improvisation, Gov’t Mule is a band rooted in both the personal and musical chemistry between its members. “It’s not one of those groups that can make a change overnight,” explains founding guitarist/vocalist ... [more] |
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What happens when you take four highly opinionated, strong-willed and creative composer/musicians and put them in a band together? You might have a volatile problem on your hands…or else you have Gutbucket. The twelve year-old Brooklyn-based quartet ... [more] |
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?We put the ?amp? back in anthem.?
Let?s face it: Rock ?n? Roll is in a pretty sad state at the moment. The scene is dominated by overly emotional indie tripe that is so weighed down by its mixed metaphors that it can barely breathe. Guyz Nite is ... [more] |
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"The Life We Chose"
ISWHAT?! returns to New York City to celebrate the
release of "The Life We Chose", a gritty, live Hip-hop album that slings
you around the universe of Jazz, Rock and Blues before sitting you down
with your head spinni... [more] |
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Perelman, who is celebrating his 20 year career with eight new releases, prepares a new project- the Ivo Perelman Quartet- featuring pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver. The group will record in September, followed by... [more] |
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At the age of 13, he started playing in punk rock garage bands in Staten Island, NY. After finishing college, he was living in Long Beach NY, just steps from the Atlantic. Perhaps it was the psychedelics, perhaps the tide, but something began to take... [more] |
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Kenny Garrett began his career in 1978 when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra, then led by Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. Three years later, he played in the Mel Lewis Orchestra (playing the music of Thad Jones) and also the Dannie Richmond Quart... [more] |
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Lauren Kinhan has been - and is - many things in her life: vocalist, songwriter, producer, musician, mother and wife. For most of her career, she's been best known as a member of the highly acclaimed jazz vocal group, The New York Voices. As if to ... [more] |
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Marco Esu is an European composer and artist, his genre is contemporary classical, jazz, world, new age, progressive.... [more] |
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"With soulful lyrics combined with strong bass lines, a driving beat and a brass background, Soul and R&B come to mind, especially with MaryLeigh Roohan’s easy command of Jazz standards, such as Fever, to modern rap favorites like Kanye West’s Gold D... [more] |
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brooklyn twosome that is a dance trash dance party smash up of r&b punk & club music... [more] |
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"We never take anything for granted," says Nickelback's Chad Kroeger. But this is one band that certainly could.
Since it rolled out of Alberta some 13 years ago, Nickelback has been hit-making, multi-platinum concern whose last album,... [more] |
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Paradox surrounds Nozomi Phoenix. Sophisticated yet raw, unconventional while still accessible, alternately atmospheric and hard-hitting: the band is adept at lending congruity where there should be none, and in this rectification of duality sits the... [more] |
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The NYC Blues Devils are an eclectic group of musicians who've banded together to reinvent old-time American music. Mixing old Vaudeville songs with Chicago blues and show tunes, the music and instrumentation of NYC Blues Devils declares a new era in... [more] |
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Pistolera is a NYC-based band that plays an original brand of latin pop-folklorico. Drawing from traditional styles of Mexican music the electrifying quartet features the Spanish lyric songs of vocalist and guitarist Sandra Lilia Vel?squez, the dri... [more] |
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New York City's own Retrograde Perversion is a musical force to be reckoned with. Formed September 2006 and armed with sexy, sassy lyrics and masterfully powerful rhythms this 3-piece pop rock/punk outfit delivers the goods with a style and brand of ... [more] |
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SHtS spawned on the concrete streets of NYC. The members, already being accomplished in the classical & jazz worlds, came together to write music which is a blend of their different tastes. Incorporating elements of jazz, classical, funk, ambience, &... [more] |
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Starting in 2004, Shadow Of Demise set out to play an extreme style of
metal, sticking to the mainstays of traditional thrash and death metal
but adding a modern feel to the music. Founding members; vocalist
Stephen Graves and guitarist Dan Bel... [more] |
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Since their inception 7 years ago, the Sim Redmond Band has been quickly on the rise, forging new ground in roots music. Traveling around the world, playing with the likes of moe., the Neville Brothers, the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, and Habib Koite, in s... [more] |
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If Jesus had an electric guitar, and wasn't dead, he would have started Sin Destroyers 2000 years ago. In the absence of his corporeality, God created a suitable vessel for his message. They were the Sin Destroyers, and they wail so hard they make S... [more] |
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Sleeprunner is a Boston based original band, born in the late summer
of 2005 by four friends, half of which related by blood, 3/4ths of
which have played in four different bands with one of the others, from
three areas in Massachusetts. Each membe... [more] |
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In 2006, Soulfractured reaffirms the power and urgency of hard rock music in an age dominated by 'Idol'-ized wannabes and pop-punk trend-spotters. While lesser groups rely on the shortcuts of modern recording technology, Soulfractured delivers honest... [more] |
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STS9 thrives on friction. This may be surprising coming from five musicians who think of themselves as a collective as much as a band. But consider the title of the California-based outfit’s long-awaited fourth album: Peaceblaster. The two words rub ... [more] |
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In November 2004, the minds of two inventive but equally weird people
came together to form Superman?s Guest List. They have pushed the
boundaries of their equipment as well as the boundaries of genre. Due
to the lack of an existing way to describ... [more] |
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“The four hard blues boys know their business well with an assault that was delivered with smart writing and true-believers swagger. It’s a robust calling card for their live vibe and for the second album,” wrote legendary rock critic David Fricke ... [more] |
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Maximum rock n' roll performed by six local eccentrics. With an intense live show and clever, catchy material, The Brooklyn What are bringing heart, soul and rebellious fun back to contemporary music and fighting the good fight against the hip compla... [more] |
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The Crevulators got together in late 2003 through mutual friends and newfangled technology. United by an interest in all-American music, 3-part harmony, energetic rhythm, and a show that's as much fun to watch as it is to listen to, The Crevulators ... [more] |
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4 Guys from New York giving Rock the kick in the a$$ it so badly needs.
Formed over a bottle of scotch in 2000, the Diesel Street Kings emphasis on songs, sound and attitude and make music that reminds you of the days when Rock & Roll stil... [more] |
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Thirteen years after playing their first note together in Philadelphia, PA, The Disco Biscuits continue to make mind bending, genre defying music. With their fifth studio album on the way, the band's first since 2002, the Biscuits once again look to ... [more] |
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RECENTLY BANNED FROM "SINE" in New Yorks east village, DO TO THE AXING
OF AN
OLD DRUM KIT AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY, we try to live up to the stage
antic
myths that keep circling back to us. The Others Ran rooted in Brooklyn
in
July 2005, Two... [more] |
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Moving to New York City from the UK in the dead of winter, with little or no money, and only a few tracks laid down is not the typical route a rock band wants to start their rise from obscurity.
But it was these circumstances that provid... [more] |
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Good luck pinning down The Problems. One spin of the New York-based band's latest album, Powder Blue Bone, offers a rich and engaging blend of roots rock, pop, country, alternative and even a splash of punk. That's the way lead singer and songwriter ... [more] |
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Spreading garage punk fear, this hi-octane combo hails from Rockland
County, NY, where their rollicking originals combine equal parts
trash, bubblegum, and fuzz, resulting in a caterwauling toxic stew
that will make you smirk with delight. B... [more] |
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The Sanskrit word t?rtha (THEER-tha) literally means a ford, or a shallow place in a river that can be easily crossed over. Within a spiritual context, tirtha denotes a holy place near a body of water —somewhere where everyday struggles fall away, ... [more] |
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Hard rocking and heartfelt, TRiM is tailoring its own brand of rock n? roll. TRiM?s sound is stylistically diverse, stretching beyond the boundaries of genre with each song and making music that is often aggressive, at times soulful, but always rocki... [more] |
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For THE VON BONDIES, the most important reason to make music isn’t a complicated one. “We’re here to entertain people so they forget that they have a 9 to 5 job to go to in the morning,” says Jason Stollsteimer, the Michigan-based band’s singer-songw... [more] |
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"Anthemic post-U2 guitar rock with Coldplay-worthy pop hooks." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan 2006
"The band's self-titled five-song EP kicks off with a rocker fueled by an Edge-y guitar lead. But later tracks are more dramatic with the sense... [more] |
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Warren Kimmel always gives us something to think about. His music
offers
us a unique, intimate look into the heart and mind of a thoughtful,
intelligent soul able to find the wisdom in our lighter moments and the
humor in our darker ones.
<... [more] |
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Sometimes we wonder what it would be like to drop an anvil on one's
foot.
Would the pain be too immence to describe? Would our breath stop? Would
this be happening if someone hadn't created an anvil and got someone
else
to build it for them wh... [more] |
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Retro is theft, current is kitsch, so we reside in the future. Sure we listen to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Love, Donovan, and the 13th Floor Elevators a lot, but our idea is that the frontier of music lies in outer/inner space and the pro... [more] |
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Once upon a while ago, William Rozar was inspired to write songs about things Halloween, witch and horror-related. They remained unperformed and unrecorded until Fall 2004 when he was inspired to breathe new life into them.
?Witches In Bikinis? was... [more] |
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With Follow the white Rabbit, Yaron Herman’s exuberant ACT debut, the 29-year old Israeli pianist takes a cue from Lewis Carroll, bringing his penchant for mischief to an array of genre- bending original compositions and covers, leading the listene... [more] |
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Bringing dance style classic Afro-Boricua music from the barrios, Aurora & Zon del Barrio bring its foot stomping, funk based classic salsa, plena, merengue, bomba & boogalu to the corners of the Barrios where Latinos live, work and play. Creative, m... [more] |
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