"(Golden Bear) avoids the power-pop trap, moving through forests of fuzz with wild, often makeshift instrumentation... Bear with this record and the fruit shall appear."- MAGNET MAGAZINE "Golden Bear take their grizzly moniker seriously."- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ONLINE "Endless Potential... Simply Genius."- TINY MIX TAPES

John is enthusiastic but passive-aggressive, Jared is open-minded but dismissive, Jupiter is interested but distant, Jake is sentimental but condescending.

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In a perfect world, bios would be unnecessary. Instead of those often peculiar, occasionally vaguely helpful written pieces purporting to tell a band's story, a clear sense of the way things actually happened, which often doesn't fit into neat story-size chunks, might emerge. My Morning Jacket, for example, lost in their line-up a while back: their life-long friends Johnny Quaid and Danny Cash. The two original members just decided the...read more

"Oliver Future is what the (Bristish) 80's often wished they could be.  They have all the intense, sexy pomp of glam, with heavy but melodicguitars that feel composed rather than merely played. Combine these driving passions with impossibly hooky lyrics and rich production and you've got pure guitar gold."  -Mike Meginnis, Splendid Ezine"Best New Band in Austin"-Matt Dentler, Austin ChronicleFormerly from ...read more

With music ranging from blues to hard country to 60's influenced rock & roll, Robert Earl Keen is a powerful artist and engaging live performer. Keen, like Willie Nelson, is an inveterate "road dog", doing over 130 live dates a year from sold out shows at Irving Plaza in New York to appearing in front of 25,000 die-hard fans at his Texas Uprisings. Keen is a sharp observer of society. His wit, wisdom and honesty in his songwr...read more

After releasing two EPs in Los Angeles, songwriter Paul Waclawsky left the haze for the heat of Austin, Texas, where he found a new line up and new inspirations. Jaylinn Davidson and Jake Mitchell share the exact same birthday and an affinity for synths, sampling and old records. Jaylinn's Moog bass and leads connect with Jake's explosive evolving rhythms to form a hybrid rhythm section. Part organic. Part Electronic. Part Outer Fuckin...read more

As if simply being the latest musical adventure of Jack White wasn't enough to ensure a certain degree of white-hot buzz around the Raconteurs, they also scored famed film director Jim Jarmusch to direct their debut video, Steady, As She Goes. On top of that, the song itself is a doozy -- arguably one of the coolest rock singles of the year. That bodes well for the May 16 release of the Raconteur's full-length debut, Broken Boy Soldier...read more

Before forging the blade, the swordsmiths underwent fasting and ritual purification. They then worked at their anvils in white clothes, like the robes of the priests. Their efforts were well rewarded. The final result was a blade of unparalleled craftsmanship. Its edge is made of metal so hard that it holds a razor sharpness even after repeated use in battle.

A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called "the loudest band in New York". This may very well be the case, but unlike much so-called "loud" rock and roll that's out there, APTBS is not loud simply for the sake of it. The sonically overdriven sound they've accomplished is no clumsy accident, but a carefully cultivated and well-maintained entity all its own, fostered by an unbridled passion that's clearly ev...read more

Frontman Casey McPherson’s gripping, emotional songwriting dares others to search out hope in the bleakest of circumstances and the unique instrumentation pays homage to the classical music that gave him his love for the art. While McPherson’s songwriting and rock-inspired vocals form the core of Alpha Rev’s music, he is supported by a unique cast of musicians that fill Alpha Rev’s songs with as much classical beauty as...read more

2 DJs, 4 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Remixes, ReFixes, Tracks, Beats holla at cha boys..

Ambient / Shoegaze / PopReviews from the UK "there’s no denying that the song is just a fantastic way to clean out the post weekend blues." @ I Really Love Music"It's such a joy to listen to. It will annoy the hell out of some people, divide friends, cause frictions between couples. And quite possibly split ageing indie kids down the middle in the 'OK who's side are you on? 'cos you're now working for a...read more

The current band lineup consists of Brian Aubert (lead vocals/guitar), Nikki Monninger (vocals/bass), Christopher Guanlao (drums), and Joe Lester (keyboards). The band members are friends who had played together previously or in mutual friends' bands. They got their start in many of the most important L.A. clubs and began to draw a strong following upon the release of the Pikul EP.The band originated in L.A.'s much-vaunted Silver Lake ...read more

Hailed by Rolling Stone as one of 'The 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time' and honored as one of the first 200 albums chosen by the Library of Congress to be included in the National Recording Registry for their historic, cultural or aesthetic importance, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation is now available on CD + LP Deluxe Edition with bonus tracks, new liner notes, and unseen band photos as a 2xCD or on a super-special 4-disc vinyl box s...read more

With Tegan and Sara you can never really be sure what is going to come out of their mouths. Their first word as babies was a four letter one according to family legend, and since then the only thing that’s changed is that now people pay to hear what they have to say.“My Day at Coachella”by Tegan QuinThe day had finally arrived – we were headed to the Coachella festival in Indio, California. If our managers had really wa...read more

The Breeders are an American rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. Tthe current line-up consists of Kim Deal (vocals and guitar), her twin sister Kelley Deal (vocals and guitar), José Medeles (drums) and Mando Lopez (bass).

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The Secret Machines may hail from Dallas, Texas, but there's not a mean J.R. Ewing-styled bone about them. This three-piece bash out their aggressions into trippy, blissed-out rock numbers that are so dreamy, even the ravers are fans. Fronted by singer/bassist/keyboard player Brandon Curtis, strummed by his brother Benjamin and completed by drummer Josh Garza, the trio came together after participating in a host of local ensembles they dec...read more

After forming in America during 1999, the ever-changing personnel of The Warlocks meant that the band had already featured nineteen different members before it was slimmed to the seven-piece outfit that they are today. Consisting of Bobby Hecksher (Vocals/Guitar), JC Rees (Guitar), Corey Lee Granet (Guitar), Bobby Martinez (Bass), Laura Grigsby (Tambourine/Keys), Danny Hole (Drums) and Jason Anchondo (Drums) - their two drummers with four guit...read more

It’s been 18 months since the release of Zykos’ debut Comedy Horn was named one of the best albums of 2003 by the Austin Chronicle. In addition to touring with a diverse group of bands (from Explosions in the Sky to Cursive to TV on the Radio to Okkervil River), chief songwriter Michael Booher holed up in a variety of Texas locales crafting the skeleton of the album that has become their self-titled sophmore release.

To us as a band, seppuku--whether ordered as punishment or chosen in preference to a dishonorable death at the hands of an enemy--was unquestionable demonstration of our honor, courage, loyalty, and moral character through devotion to the music. The ritua

Islands sprouted out of the kindred x-ray vision of Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambeur, two rag-tag youths from the weird side of the tracks. Previously, they'd worked together in sludge-crust band The Unicorns. This time they'd be exploring a music best catalogued as other, in what seems a tribute to the timeless sound of great pop music. The album combines rhythms and sounds of cultures in the southern and eastern hemispheres, as w...read more

MGMT (pronounced Management) are a synthpop duo from Brooklyn, who gained a quite a bit of buzz when they released their Time to Pretend EP and got themselves signed to Columbia Records late last year. Now touring with OF Montreal this fall, the full length is on the way!