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Andrew Bird
In a profile of Andrew Bird coinciding with last month’s release of Noble Beast, VANITY FAIR remarked that his sold out Carnegie Hall show would likely be the “last chance to catch this Bird up close.” VF has already been proven correct: Having so... read more
Art Brut
Art Brut will be releasing its third studio album, Art Brut vs Satan, Out May 12th On Downtown Records. “We recorded the album in a punk-as-f@*k two weeks in Salem, Oregon,” explains lead singer Eddie Argos. “I don't always enjoy the recording proce... read more
Baby Bash
Baby Bash cooks up feel-good hip hop peppered with classy R&B bravado, soaring pop melodies and saucy grooves. His alchemy of rap, reggae and Latin styles has made Bash one of the most sought-out producers and writers in the game, leading to collabor... read more
Bad Flirt
Armed with an acoustic guitar, some drum loops and a Greyhound bus pass, Bad Flirt was once just a touring solo project for singer/songwriter Jasamine White Gluz. She dove into the burgeoning Montreal scene in 2002 quickly, a then small but vibrant c... read more
Blaq Poet
Blaq Poet, a Queensbridge, NY native, first made a name for himself in 1987, entering his name into the legendary battle of Queens vs. The Bronx with his song "Beat You Down," a scathing attack on KRS-One. Later, honoring a dead friend and namesake, ... read more
Charm City Devils
Check out Charm City Devils, the first signing from Eleven Seven Music's President, Nikki Sixx. “When I first heard Charm City Devils, my initial thought, along with everyone at Eleven Seven, was this is a real rock band! When I listen to their musi... read more
Dave Matthews Band
The Dave Matthews Band have announced an exhaustive North American this summer in support of their seventh studio album "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King", out June 2nd. The 63-date jaunt kicks off April 14th at New York City's Madison Square Gar... read more
Doman & Gooding
Doman & Gooding’s ‘Runnin’ is the first single for Positiva from dance music’s newest pairing, receiving its debut play five months ago from Radio 1’s Pete Tong. Further plays have followed thick and fast with major plays on TV dance channels like MT... read more
Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner is an art pop performance project created and helmed by Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner that makes music, dance, fashion, film and photography. Their work fuses fine art and pop culture, as in their renowned outsider pop shows burstin... read more
Gavin DeGraw
On March 31st, 2009, J Records’ platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw will release a new collection of songs, entitled FREE — a raw, organic-sounding recording that showcases DeGraw’s earthy charm and ever-evolving songwriting talent. In keeping ... read more
Headless Heroes
The Silence of Love is a beautiful themed album of covers, dreamt up by a chap named Eddie Bezalel, helped and produced by Hugo Nicolson, who pulled together the songs and a bunch of great musicians (Josh Klinghoffer, Woody Jackson, Joey Waronker, Le... read more
Isaac Hayes
In Memphis, his five-hour nightly radio shift on WRBO Soul Classics 103.5 FM is still the #1-rated show in town in its third year on the air. The city has taken to a new slogan: "Memphis: Home of the Blues, Birthplace Of Rock 'n Roll," underscored by... read more
Karima Francis
There are debut singers whose tender years and inexperience clearly inform their early recordings – you can almost hear the tentativeness and reserve in their vocal performances. And then there are those who clear this hurdle in one bound, who hurl t... read more
Leo Abrahams
At the age of 18 Leo Abrahams went to the Royal Academy of Music to study classical composition. A year later, disillusioned with his course, he left to become a guitarist touring with Imogen Heap. His career as an in-demand guitarist and arranger ha... read more
MarQ Spekt
MarQ Spekt’s Guilty Party LP is all set to drop and so is his single "Jetlag". Like the rest of the album, “Jetlag” is produced by the incomparable Lex Boogie from da Bronx. Backwoodz Studioz is proud to release Guilty Party, the next project from Sp... read more
Molly Jenson
Award-winning singer/songwriter Molly Jenson's much-anticipated debut CD "Maybe Tomorrow" is released TODAY March 3rd, during a flurry of activity surrounding the release of her CD including being nominated for best pop artist by the Orange County Mu... read more
Operahouse
They really only need to let their music do the talking, but critics seem to say it just as passionately: Operahouse are, by all accounts, phenomenal. There is something inherently special about discovering stunning new music - you need to savour ... read more
PJ Harvey & John Parish
The bare facts, to start with. A Woman A Man Walked By is the second album co-written and jointly performed by Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish, and comes over 12 years after 1996’s Dance Hall At Louse Point. It was initially recorded at Parish and ... read more