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There’s a reason that you should listen to this album with an open mind. There’s a reason you should set aside everything you might know about the person who made it and pretend you have no idea who he is. Adam Green might just surprise you with this... read more
Get Awkward is the sophomore full-length from Nashville foursome Be Your Own Pet. Making it presented new challenges for Jonas, Jemina, Nathan, and John, and yielded some surprises. The songs remain fast and loud, totally wired and tantalizingly brie... read more
The story of Big Linda is the story of rock ‘n’ roll itself. It involves circumstance and intrigue. It involves an extraordinary trip to Antigua and a very real person called Big Linda. And it also involves four ever-more real characters who met unde... read more
Armed with little more than his father’s extensive record collection of jazz, soul, psychedelic rock, folk, comedy and a Kurzweil 2000 keyboard - Black Spade’s music is a melting pot of sounds hailing from St. Louis by way of New York, Detroit, LA, a... read more
Joan As Police Woman’s debut album, Real Life, was universally acclaimed. A year since this critical and commercial success comes the much anticipated follow-up, To Survive. The album will be preceded by a single, To Be Loved. read more
Jon Peter Lewis called for “a little less conversation, a little more action,” on his star-making 2004 American Idol turn, and today, he’s heeding that advice. JPL is primed for a major pop breakthrough courtesy of sophomore album Break the Silence, ... read more
‘A Songwriters Tale’ comprises 16 tracks representing some of the key songs of his life as a performer and writer. Batt sold hundreds of thousands of albums around the world in the 70s, 80s and 90s as a signed artist to Epic, for which label he made ... read more
One of the most anticipated albums of the year and we won’t be able to enjoy it all at once. Over the past decade the music business has been in a downward spiral and continues to follow an out of date model to sell music. Away with the archaic forms... read more
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn will release her Blue Note Records debut A Good Day on June 10, a collection of 11 gorgeous folk-pop songs, all but two of which are self-penned originals. Produced by Joey Waronker, who has performed... read more
East Coast bred Rev Theory play loud, anthemic, hook-laden rock with an homage to all good things grunge. The second LP, Light it Up, from the Rev Theory brethren with split production by Brian Howes (Hinder, Puddle of Mudd) and Josh Abraham (Velvet ... read more
Rattling guitars and striding bass lines are spliced with synths to make every song a space disco favourite (should such a thing exist). Understand... Rosalita's debut EP is teeth chatteringly good. Not content with capturing their magic on record, t... read more
THE FORWARD has arrived. Formed in the shadows of Hollywood's diverse musical terrain, vocalist/guitarist Leonard Jackson, bassist/vocalist Ian Schaeffer, and drummer Tom DuPree III surface with edge and energy that combines the city's broad musical ... read more
The original goal of this Sheffield 5-piece, was to form a fantasy pop group: Nico, Nancy Sinatra, Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor. Sexy and literate, flippant and heartbreaking all at once. With this in mind, the Long Blondes went falling and laughing h... read more
South Wales band The Storys release their much anticipated second album, ‘Town Beyond The Trees’, in March 2008. This follows the acclaimed 2006 eponymous debut and some high profile live performances, including with Elton John and Katie Melua. The ... read more
Ways Not To Lose, the 2006 debut from the Wood Brothers had, in a sense, been a lifetime in the making—the first public collaboration between vocalist and guitarist Oliver Wood, who fronts Atlanta-based blues band King Johnson, and upright bassist Ch... read more
Tiffany Evans enjoys life. Whether she's doing the hottest new dance moves in front of the mirror, hanging out with her friends or pouring over fashion. Tiffany radiates the joy of a teenager having fun and making the most of what the world has to of... read more
