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Artist: Free Kitten
Free Kitten began in 1992 in New York as a vehicle that would allow Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Pussy Galore's Julie Cafritz to pursue other projects away from their usual work with their respective bands. Guitarist Cafritz and bassist Gordon began playing out, offering their audiences short sets of post-punk numbers. They put out Call... [+] Read More
Artist: Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Upon their formation in 1989, the Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments immediately self-released a series of 7"s to their surroundings of Columbus, OH. With their array of noise-laced punk riffs, the four-piece of Ron House (vocals), Bob Petric (guitar), Ted Hattemer (drums), and Craig Dunson would eventually release their first full-album,... [+] Read More
Artist: Mississippi Heat
A contemporary blues combo resurrecting the vintage Chicago sound of the 1950s, Mississippi Heat was formed in the Windy City in 1992 by vocalist/drummer Robert Covington, harpist Pierre Lacocque, guitarists Billy Flynn and James Wheeler, and bassist Bob Stroger. While remaining a fixture of the local club circuit, the band's lineup remained in... [+] Read More
Artist: Ron & Bill
Ron & Bill was a short-lived incarnation of Ronnie White and Smokey Robinson from the early days of the Motown organization -- the credit appeared on one record, the single "It" b/w "Don't Say Bye Bye," released on the Tamla label, which was the label's attempt at charting with a novelty tune. Actually, the A-side is very pretty, with superb... [+] Read More
Artist: Mary Stafford
Mary Stafford became the first black woman to record for Columbia Records, releasing records under the name Mary Stafford & Her Jazz Band. After moving east from Missouri in the mid-'10s, Stafford worked with Eubie Banks, Bessie Smith, and Madison Reed in Atlantic City and Baltimore. She was backed up by Charlie Johnson's Orchestra (which... [+] Read More
Artist: Supagroup
Supagroup, a four-piece formed in New Orleans, plays straight-up trashy rock & roll in the time-honored tradition of AC/DC, replete with power chords and anthemic songs about the soul-saving power of rock. The band is led by Chris and Benji Lee, rock & roll brothers originally from Anchorage, AK.
A stripped-down three-piece version of the band... [+] Read More
Artist: Five Horse Johnson
Five Horse Johnson comes straight out of Toledo, OH, with big riff, get down, rootsy, middle American rock & roll that takes acid blues and Led Zeppelin and mixes in influences like the Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, and ZZ Top.
The band -- made up of Eric Oblander on harps and vocals, Brad Coffin on guitar, Steve Smith on bass, and... [+] Read More
Artist: Randy Kohrs
Bluegrass artist Randy Kohrs was born in Iowa where he picked up the acoustic guitar at the age of eight. His love for stringed instruments began to quickly blossom, as he would eventually learn electric guitar, acoustic and electric Dobro, lap/straight/pedal steel, mandolin, upright bass, and banjo (influenced by the likes of Flatt & Scruggs... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal
Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal is a true Louisiana guitarist in that he's played in several styles. He may be best known as a zydeco guitarist, having played and recorded with Clifton Chenier, Rockin' Dopsie, and Buckwheat Zydeco; he played on Paul Simon's Graceland. He also worked as a session guitarist for Excello on swamp blues by Slim Harpo and... [+] Read More
Artist: New Morty Show
The plum of the Slimstyle Records lineup, swing revivalists the New Morty Show keep things jumping. Hailing from San Francisco, but steeped in Las Vegas style, the many New Morty band members (trumpeter and band leader Morty Okin, vocalist Kat Starr, vocalist Vise Grip, bassist Tom Beyer, tenor saxophonist Dave Murotake, drummer Kevin Stevens,... [+] Read More
Artist: All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors
Ever since forming in the mid-'90s, All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors have been constantly compared to such spacy alt-rockers as My Bloody Valentine, Radiohead, and Stereolab. But unlike the aforementioned outfits, A.N.L. & L.F. hail from New Jersey of all places, and not England. The group issued their self-titled debut release in 1996,... [+] Read More
Artist: Cienfuegos
Argentinean Latin rock band Cienfuegos got involved in the local scene in the early '80s, playing under the name of los Marginados. In 1996, the group, led by ex-los Fabulosos Cadillacs Sergio Rotman, self-produced its first album. A year later, Cienfuegos participated in a local compilation called Buenos Aires City Rockers 2, released by... [+] Read More
Artist: Forever Sweet
Forever Sweet was a power trio of sorts, a supergroup of producers based in Cologne, Germany. Comprising an all-star lineup of Tobias Thomas, M. Mayer, and Reinhard Voigt, the trio's collaborative productions were rather straight-ahead tech-house, remaining danceable without too much experimentation. The trio's alignment with the founding... [+] Read More
Artist: Rosavelt
The Cleveland, OH, group Rosavelt plays an often twang-heavy brand of roots rock. The group released its debut, Carp & Bones, in 1996. Rosavelt, led by the melodic songcraft of Kevin Grasha and Chris Allen, started out as a trio and developed into a fuller band by the time of the more straight rocking Transistor Blues. In addition, the band has... [+] Read More
Artist: Martin's Folly
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Martin's Folly is a roots rock band whose approach embraces the influences of straight-ahead rock & roll, country-rock, and folk-rock, resulting in a mixture that's smart and emotionally powerful without being pretentious or fussy. Martin's Folly was formed by Chris Gray (guitar and vocals), Jim Duffy (keyboards), Paul... [+] Read More
Artist: Custom Made Scare
Since their Los Angeles debut in 1995, Custom Made Scare never wanted to fall under the bracket of being labeled as another "punk" or "rock-a-billy" band. Rather, they always considered themselves as a straight-up rock 'n' roll outfit with their own added speed and rowdiness. With the line-up consisting of Charlie (vocals) Kevin Caruso (guitar)... [+] Read More
Artist: Houndog
Houndog is the duo of Mike Halby, who has played with Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and David Hidalgo, of Los Lobos. Their self-titled 1999 debut album, recorded in Halby's home studio, is not so much swamp-blues as murk-blues. The basic, at times lo-fi production and gutbucket songs give this a foggy mystery, akin to another of... [+] Read More
Artist: Escapade
The much-lauded space rock band Escapade was formed in 1996 by drummer Hadley Kahn. Although capable of playing straight-out space rock, the group specialize in a more unified, improvisational take on the genre. Influenced by Krautrock and psychedelic bands of the 1960s and 1970s, Escapade nonetheless has produced albums that do not simply sound... [+] Read More
Artist: Epoch of Unlight
For aficionados of straight-ahead thrash metal (Ã la Megadeth's and Slayer's output from the '80s), Epoch of Unlight is keeping the genre's flag flying high in the new millennium. Consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jason Smith, second guitarist Randy Robertson, bassist Pierce Totty, and drummer Tino Losicco, the band has been slugging it out... [+] Read More
Artist: Starpoint Electric
Formed in Chapel Hill, NC in the fall of 1997, the members of Starpoint Electric had each hailed from indie rock bands with very different sounds. The result of the combination of guitarist/vocalist Ted Boyer, bassist/vocalist Clay Boyer, guitarist Steve Galloway and drummer Cameron Weeks, however, couldn't be simpler. With a straight-ahead... [+] Read More
Artist: Mötley Crüe
With a gritty reputation that was arguably equaled only by Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe's infamous antics made them a force to be reckoned with in the '80s. As one of the first and most influential hair metal bands of the '80s, Mötley Crüe had a series of hit albums, the biggest and most noteworthy being 1989's Dr. Feelgood. The band continued... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Joe Royal
Best known for his country-flavored rock hit "Down in the Boondocks," Billy Joe Royal had a long career that saw him become one of the first pop performers to successfully revive his commercial fortunes by turning to straight country music. Although he never had another hit as successful as "Down in the Boondocks," he racked up about 15 singles... [+] Read More
Artist: The Police
Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term. The trio's nervous, reggae-injected pop/rock was punky, but it wasn't necessarily punk. All three members were considerably more technically proficient than the average punk or new wave band. Andy Summers had a precise guitar attack that created dense,... [+] Read More
Artist: Udit Narayan
Through the '90s, Udit Narayan was the closest rival of Kumar Sanu for the title of most popular male playback vocalist in Indian cinema -- no small feat, since films remain the primary vehicle for disseminating popular music to the Indian public. Though he wasn't quite as prolific as Sanu, Narayan boasted one of the most distinctive voices and... [+] Read More
Artist: Najee
One of the best-selling instrumentalists of the late '80s to mid-'90s, Najee has been a consistent favorite in the quiet storm and so-called "smooth jazz" markets. Often compared to Kenny G, George Howard, and Dave Koz, the New Yorker has been greatly influenced by Grover Washington, Jr. -- although he hasn't been nearly as adventurous. Heavily... [+] Read More
