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Artist: Pointless Orchestra
Formed in Kent, OH, in 1994 with fellow Kent State University students Mike Hovancsek, Mike Foster, and Dave Badagnani, Pointless Orchestra has emerged as a unique ensemble even among its peers. Initially adopting a working-class "go-to-hell"-type attitude incorporating samplers and electronics, Pointless Orchestra has melded into an acoustic... [+] Read More
Artist: Boy from Brazil
Before venturing out on his own, Boy from Brazil (aka Razi) played bass in the European avant-pop group Stereo Total and fronted several hardcore bands. Inspired in equal parts by '60s European cinema soundtracks, punk rock, surf music, and disco, he presented his debut release, Pointless Shoes, on the Tigerbeat6 imprint in 2005. ~ Rob... [+] Read More
Artist: Disgruntled Postal Employees
Disgruntled Postal Employees referred to themselves as an avant-garde Syrian/Irish psychedelic blues band. With Syrian vocalist Ahman (who sang only in Arabic), guitarist Dave Knott, and multi-instrumentalists Mike Hovancsek and Mike Fowler, this group was working on their first recording when the vocalist was deported back to Syria, one member... [+] Read More
Artist: STRESS06
In an industry that has evolved so drastically over the years. In an industry that has been overridden by sampled beats and pointless beefs. Where artists are forgetting the art of being lyrical to become one hit miracles. Where talent no longer gets you in the door but a reputation far precedes me. Where people judge the artist we are before... [+] Read More
Artist: Nick Notis
I've been making electro acoustic recordings on my PCs and Macs for nine years, always striving to further develop the crafts of synthesis, electro acoustic instrumentation, and composition. I don't perform. My songs were designed to be recordings. Even when they sound acoustic they're very artificial. The only obvious manner in which I could... [+] Read More
Artist: Prolapse
The group Prolapse formed in Leisester, England. Members are: vocalists "Scottish Mick" Derrick and Linda Steelyard, keyboardist Donald Ross, guitarists Pat Marsden and David Jeffreys, drummer Tim Pattison, and bassist Mick Harrison. The band's intense musical style is loud, raw, and furious, comparable to that of groups like the Birthday Party,... [+] Read More
Artist: Jamie Cullum
British pianist/vocalist Jamie Cullum mixes jazz with melodic pop and rock into a crossover style that calls to mind such artists as Harry Connick, Jr. and Norah Jones. In that vein, Cullum will just as often cover a swinging jazz standard as a modern rock song, and his original compositions deftly move from earnest ballads to songs of sardonic... [+] Read More
Artist: Trinh Cong Son
Once called the Bob Dylan of Vietnam by renowned folk singer Joan Baez, Trinh Cong Son penned more than 600 songs during his long and illustrious career, becoming one of Vietnam's most beloved singer/songwriters in the process. Born in the Central Highland province of Daklak, Son grew up in the ancient imperial capital of Hue and by the late... [+] Read More
Artist: The Other Four
The Other Four were a San Diego garage band that released three singles in 1965 and 1966, the last of them appearing on the Decca label. Most of the group had played in the Man-Dells who put out an unimpressive single in the winter of 1964/1965. The Other Four's 45s were better but still rather unexceptional efforts that were pretty typical of... [+] Read More
Artist: Hans J. Salter
Hans J. Salter (1896-1996) was never as well known as Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, or Miklos Rozsa, but he was a composer or orchestrator on more than 150 movies in a 30-year career. Viennese born and a graduate of that city's Academy of Music, he was music director of Vienna's Volksoper and later with the Berlin State Opera,... [+] Read More
Artist: The Monkees
Formed primarily for the purpose of starring in a television series, the Monkees were on one hand a cynically manufactured group, devised to cash in on the early Beatles' success by applying the most superficial aspects of the British Invasion formula to capture a preteen audience. On the other hand, they weren't devoid of musical talent, and at... [+] Read More
Artist: Bailiff
Bailiff iswell, first, let me just say: the band didnt write this bio. I did. Im Evan Sult, drummer in the bands Bound Stems and Harvey Danger. I know about Bailiff because I heard them through the walls of a practice space I was visiting. They were working on a new song, and I ended up outside the door of their room, listening to them... [+] Read More
Artist: The Judybats
Although Knoxville, TN's Judybats managed a few minor college radio hits, their brand of genial, folk-inflected college rock was rendered passé around the time Nevermind came out, which limited their commercial success considerably. This was a shame, because although their albums were extremely uneven, the group's best tracks were something... [+] Read More
Artist: Walflower Complextion
The Walflower Complextion [sic] were an average 1960s garage band. What was not average about them was that, even though they were American, they were formed, recorded, and performed in Bogota, Colombia. The five bandmembers, ranging in age from 14 to 17, were Americans attending high school in Bogota. Rock groups of any kind, let alone American... [+] Read More
Artist: Kazem Al Saher
Iraqi-born Kazem Al-Saher has established himself as the biggest singer in the Middle East, having sold more than 30 million albums since the start of his career. Ranging from big romantic ballads to more political work, from pop to Arab classical, he's covered the spectrum of music with the kind of success not seen since the heyday of Umm... [+] Read More
Artist: Porcupine Tree
Though he initially came to wider attention (at least in the U.K.) with No-Man, his long-running collaboration with Tim Bowness, throughout the 1990s, singer/guitarist Steven Wilson has gained as much of a reputation for Porcupine Tree. Embracing and exploring prog rock inspirations while always keeping an ear out for newer musical connections,... [+] Read More
Artist: Boredoms
Of all the artists in Japan's thriving noise-music community, the Boredoms undoubtedly had the most fun. Although their maniacally extreme cacophony was by no means accessible listening, it was underpinned by a gleeful sense of humor that helped them find a limited (but still surprisingly wide) audience among alternative rockers. A typical... [+] Read More
Artist: Shriekback
Shriekback is not an easy band to classify. They borrowed heavily from funk but had a very different agenda; their music was more suited for contemplation than for parties. They combined synthesizers and drum machines with throbbing bass lines and unorthodox vocals to evoke a primordial world where the line between human and animal was blurred.... [+] Read More
Artist: Tee Scott
Unfortunately, it is all too possible that Tee Scott, an innovative DJ and producer/remixer who began impacting New York's underground dance scene in the early '70s, will never get the due that he deserves. A shy, humble, soft-spoken individual who passed away in 1995, Scott is just as much a key figure behind the evolution of dance music as... [+] Read More
Artist: Scotty Moore
Scotty Moore is one of the great pioneers of rock guitar. As the guitarist on Elvis Presley's Sun Recordings, he may have done more than anyone else to establish the basic vocabulary of rockabilly guitar licks, as heard on classic singles like "That's All Right," "Good Rockin' Tonight," "Baby Let's Play House," and "Mystery Train." Moore took... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sound
The Sound's inability to break through to the type of '80s post-punk prominence reserved for the likes of Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, the two bands the Sound fell in between sound-wise, isn't all that easy to explain away. Any deep-minded attempt to do so leaves one with a sort of abject sourness that can only be directed for, well,... [+] Read More
Artist: Erich Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was, twice over and in two separate areas, one of the most renowned musical figures of the 20th century. Beginning at age seven, he was a celebrated performing prodigy, with a level of technical development and an understanding of music that awed such giants of the musical world as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, who... [+] Read More
