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Artist: Ooze
Ooze is a new ambient/downbeat project led by Sebastian Mullaert, also a member of the percussion-based Swedish outfit Son Kite. Ooze's debut recording, 2001's Where the Fields Never End (on the Spirit Zone label) collects eight laid back psychedelic tunes, combining elements from lounge, trip-hop, and dancehall. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Wizards Of Ooze
Artist: Tree
Tree is a hardcore punk/alternative metal band from Westwood, MA (near Boston) consisting of vocalist River, guitarist Ooze (aka Uzi), bassist Jake, and drummer Billy Beck (aka Billy Fever). The group recorded three albums for Cherrydisc -- Lot to Fear, 1994's Plant a Tree or Die, and 1996's Downsizing the American Dream -- before the label went... [+] Read More
Artist: The Mad Scientists
The Mad Scientists' strange concoction of experimental psychedelia has created an explosion in Denton, Texas' eclectic artistic community. Initially playing clubs as a two piece band without a drummer their live shows made cynical scenesters stop talking and start listening. After adding a drummer it was decided their experimentations needed... [+] Read More
Artist: Malcolm Middleton
In 2003, Malcolm Middleton, the member of Arab Strap regularly credited with "most things musical," released the cumbersomely titled solo album 5:14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine, issued through Chemikal Underground. Two years later, he followed it up with the more focused Into the Woods, put out by the same label. Neither album was a... [+] Read More
Artist: Lauren Crane
In an industry saturated by new and upcoming artists it takes exceptional skills and someone with that extra edge to stand out from the rest. Lauren Crane is clearly in the class with the best of them! Her music oozes quality with first class writing all the way, and with the ability to captivate her audience and hold them, she delivers a... [+] Read More
Artist: Tina Turner
The most dynamic female soul singer in the history of the music, Tina Turner oozed sexuality from every pore in a performing career that began the moment she stepped onstage as lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the late '50s. Her gritty and growling performances beat down doors everywhere, looking back to the double-barreled attack... [+] Read More
Artist: Knights Bridge
Made up of sophomores from high school in Odessa, Texas, Knights Bridge was an astonishingly adept and hard-edged garage band. They were signed to Sea Ell Records of Houston in 1967 and cut a debut single, "Make Me Some Love" b/w "CJ Smith," that oozed punk defiance on a level that would've been more appropriate to a group five years older. The... [+] Read More
Artist: O.V. Wright
A truly incendiary deep soul performer. O. V. Wright's melismatic vocals and Willie Mitchell's vaunted Hi Rhythm Section combined to make classic Memphis soul during the early '70s. Overton Vertis Wright learned his trade on the gospel circuit with the Sunset Travelers before going secular in 1964 with the passionate ballad "That's How Strong My... [+] Read More
Artist: Melvins
The Melvins were the first post-punk band to revel in the slow, sludgy sounds of Black Sabbath. Their music is oppressively slow and heavy, only without any of the silly mystical lyrics or the indulgent guitar solos -- it's just one massive, oozing pile of dark slime. The Melvins' first record was released in 1987; they've released several... [+] Read More
Artist: Lauran
Lauran "Gangbangs" Gangl is a woman who aspires to march to the beat of a different drummer. Along with her innovative "percussion orchestra" band the Gangbangs UK, she has spent the latter part of the '90s and the early part of the '00s traveling around the word, attempting to spread the message about her refreshing conception of pop music.... [+] Read More
Artist: Buttersprites
Buttersprites are the brainchild of guitarist Elizabeth Jameson, who is internationally recognized as a visual artist; vocalist Haruko Nishimura is a Butoh dancer and a longstanding member of Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble. Bassist Lunarre Omura is also a member of the nouveau cocktail lounge group Lushy, and Buttersprites are rounded out by... [+] Read More
Artist: semi-normal
Australian indie/brit rock quartet Semi-Normal first formed in late 2002 when long time friends Ben Downing, Dave McMahon and Chris Johnson began jamming together. Nothing more than something to keep them entertained, the trio decided to form a band proper in late 2003 as Downing (guitar/vocals), Johnson (guitar), and McMahon (drums) aimed to be... [+] Read More
Artist: All Over Jimmy
All Over Jimmy, the band, the legend, is a powerful blend of funk, blues, soul, rock, and magic pixie dust that tastes like Bourbon. Nate, the lead singer and dashing front man, brings a loud and powerful voice some would say was reminicent of The Black Crowes, or a tone def twelve year old who thinks he's alone in his room while he is jammin... [+] Read More
Artist: Jim Cuddy
Blue Rodeo singer/guitarist Jim Cuddy represents half of one of Canada's most celebrated songwriting partnerships. The frontman for that juggernaut of a country rock band (with '60s psychedelic pop oozing out of its pores) is also one of the finest vocalists of his generation, with perfect pitch and a high clear tone that can swing from... [+] Read More
Artist: Sleepy's Theme
Organized Noize was the primary architect behind virtually the entire "Hotlanta" sound of the 1990s. As the mainstay of the production group, Pat "Sleepy" Brown (whose father was a member of '70s funk band Brick) could lay claim to being one of the most influential behind-the-boards men in music. Along with fellow multi-instrumentalists Rico... [+] Read More
Artist: Almost James
"Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing. I wanta get into it, man, you know. Like a, like a sex machine, man. Movin' and doin' it, you know Can I count it off?." We have won Rock Hard Entertainment's Battle of the Bands, we have won Heineken's "Battle of the Bands". Next we shall win the Miss America Pageant coming up in Vegas and complete... [+] Read More
Artist: Eric Lives Here
A little Luck and Playfulness mixed with Brilliance and Passion. A joke on your best friend right before he or she hits rock bottom and another joke right after to cheer that same friend back up. A punch against the wall, a kiss good night, a high five, and a wave goodbye. In this deep ocean of emotions and realism erupts Eric Lives Here, a... [+] Read More
Artist: Cock Robin
During the early '80s, the American charts were subjected to what was known as the British invasion. Bands such as Duran Duran and Culture Club seemed to dominate. From this a new breed of US new wave act emerged among others: the Motels, Cyndi Lauper, 'Til Tuesday and Cock Robin. Led by singer/songwriter Peter Kingsbery, who also played bass... [+] Read More
Artist: Wolf Eyes
Drawing from such disparate sources as Throbbing Gristle, Black Flag, and King Tubby, the Michigan trio Wolf Eyes create harsh and hypnotic electronic landscapes that merge the frenzied energy of hardcore with the nihilistic menace of early industrial and noise. Constant touring in the early 2000s brought the group a strong cult fan base and... [+] Read More
Artist: Lamonte McLemore
It may surprise some that 5th Dimension member Lamonte McLemore's main passions as a kid were playing baseball and "running the streets." These activities seem at odds with the timbre of the 5th Dimension, whose sound a mixture of cool jazz, R&B, and pop was once described as "champagne soul" and whose look oozed middle-class American appeal.... [+] Read More
Artist: down MF
Forging a union of post-punk noisemaking and soul-baring angst, down MF starts with a voice that oozes melancholy, contempt, and mordant wit all at once. Combine the voice with the sound of a jagged electric guitar that prefers to avoid the low end and lay it over a steaming bed of stark, pounding rhythms. The result is a singularly powerful... [+] Read More
Artist: Killing Joke
Heavy and slow, Killing Joke (at least early in their career) was a quasi-metal band dancing to a tune of doom and gloom. They eventually became less heavy and more arty (the latter seems almost impossible) -- more danceable even -- but early on they made some urgent slabs of molten dynamite that oozed with the power of thick guitars, thudding... [+] Read More
Artist: Horace Heidt
Horace Heidt would have been the last man to make grand claims about his musical abilities. What he did have as a band leader was an ear for talent and the knack for recruiting it, which led to his becoming one of the most successful band leaders of the late '30s and early '40s. From 1937 until 1945, Heidt and his orchestra enjoyed more than 50... [+] Read More
Artist: Ron Collier
This talented Canadian trombonist, composer, and arranger is best-known for his collaborations with Duke Ellington in the '70s, but was also part of a tiny Canadian third stream jazz scene in the late '50s, backed up visiting jazz dignitaries such as Billie Holiday, and worked with iconoclastic bandleaders such as George Russell and Charles... [+] Read More
