Dot Hacker is an experimental rock band from California that consists of Josh Kinghoffer, Jonathan Hischke, Clint Walsh, and Eric Gardner. All except Jonathan Hischke were previous members of the touring incarnation of Gnarls Barkley. They released their debut album but then Klinghoffer joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He didn't quit the band entirely though and they still perform... read full bio
Steve Augeri alongside Asia featuring John Payne is a fun bookable show that’s filled with classic hits. Augeri is best known as being the lead singer of Journey for several years and for also being apart of the Steve Augeri Band, Tall Stories, and Tyketto. Some of the songs he’s most popular for include, “Remember Me”, “World of Our Own”,... read full bio
The Adicts are a British punk band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, that was one of the most popular punk rock bands of the 80’s. The Adcits consists of members Keith “Monkey” Warren, Pete “Pete Dee” Davison, Michael “Kid Dee” Davison, Kiki Kabel and Highko Strom. Over the years, the band has released 11 studio albums; the first four of their... read full bio
The HU is a Mongolian rock band from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, that consists of members Gala, Jaya, Enkush and Temka. Their music is a mixture of folk metal, heavy metal, and folk rock and the band performs using Mongolian instrumentation such as the Morin khuur, and performs Mongolian throat singing. The band rose to fame after releasing two videos through YouTube,... read full bio
Jorge Siddhartha Gonzalez Ibarra, better known as just Siddhartha, is a solo rock musician from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Siddhartha began his career first performing as a drummer with the band Zoe. He has also been producer of Technicolor Fabics and has played the drums in The Room tour. After playing with Zoe for a while, Siddhartha broke out into a... read full bio
Pete Wentz is an American musician, singer-songwriter, record executive, author, and AnR consultant who is best known for his work as the bassist and lyricist for the American rock band Fall Out Boy. Wentz was born in Wilmette, Illinois, and he began his career playing in the band Arma Angelus, where he recorded the EP, “The Grave End of the... read full bio
Sloan Struble, better known as his stage name Dayglow, is an American musician, producer, and singer-songwriter from Aledo, Texas. Dayglow began his career in music at only 10 years old when he began learning how to play instruments through Garageband. During this time, Dayglow taught himself how to play the guitar, bass, keyboard, synthesizer and drums. He also began learning... read full bio
Composer, pianist with classical training, rock drummer and frontman of the band X Japan is YOSHIKI. Consequence of Sound dubbed YOSHIKI "one of the most important artists and composers in Japanese history," while Billboard Magazine called him "a musical innovator." He has worked on numerous international projects, such as a song honoring the tenth anniversary of the Japanese Emperor's rule, the official... read full bio
In an article by NPR, the band THE HU was highlighted as "a band from Mongolia that merges the screaming guitars of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian guttural singing," elaborating on the significance of culture and the band's distinctive musical identity. Gala, Jaya, Temka and Enkush are a modern rock band with roots in Mongolian culture that was founded in Ulaanbaatar.... read full bio
With a style rooted on six-string distortion, electronic manipulation, loud rhythms and strange lyrics, the raucous indie rock quartet Gilla Band became well-known. Less daring listeners might recoil in horror at the intensity of their assault, but there are glimmers of humor hidden behind the abrasive surfaces that soften the blow and the band's fiercely uncompromising music has gained them a strong... read full bio
Geese is a Brooklyn-based band that was founded as a basement home studio construction project amongst friends. Their shared goal of creating music through any methods required gives birth to each of their tracks. They started recording together in the afternoon after a school day, using sneakers as mic stands and blankets to cover the amps, until they started to... read full bio
Ecca Vandal is a true original because she is loud, genre-defying and unafraid to stand out. Ecca was up in a musical home and was exposed to a wide variety of art and music from an early age because her family had immigrated to Australia from Sri Lanka via South Africa. Her ability to effortlessly balance between soulful melodies and raw,... read full bio
The subject of escape runs throughout Django Django's latest album Glowing in the Dark: from limitations, from hopelessness, from small-town life and in dreams, even from the Earth. The band's entire career has essentially been about avoiding, eluding and evolving beyond things, including situations, sounds, expectations, influences and even their own perspective of themselves. However, that is not something new. The goals may... read full bio
Clinic, one of indie music's most distinctive and enigmatic acts, combines decades' worth of well-known sounds in unexpected ways. It's conceivable to detect traces of the Velvet Underground's chugging cool, the Seeds' churning garage rock, Suicide's cold pulse, Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Western drama or Augustus Pablo's brooding dub in their music at any given time. The Liverpool-based band's distinctive appearance and... read full bio
The Black Queen, a kind of power synth pop trio, started off simply and eventually became a full-fledged band that its members considered as much more than a recreational endeavor. Greg Puciato, the singer for Dillinger Escape Plan and Steven Alexander, a seasoned producer (DEP, Nine Inch Nails, Ke$ha), started collaborating on songs that differed greatly from the former's primary band.... read full bio
Thirsty Merc is an Australian indie rock band that was founded in Sydney. The original line-up included singer/guitarist Rai Thistlethwayte, lead guitarist Matt Baker, bassist Phil Stack and drummer Karl Robertson. The band released its debut EP, First Work and scored hits with the songs "Wasting Time" and "Emancipate Myself." The band's subsequent self-titled full-length, which featured the songs "My Completeness" and... read full bio
Apocalyptic music is produced by Lunch Money Life, a band willing to portray the deteriorating face of our failing surroundings. They are becoming more and more essential as the end draws closer. Jagged guitars, belligerent percussion and gloomy low-end whisper are mangled together with dated electronics, submerging the listener in a world of loathing and need. The musicians have spent years operating on... read full bio
La Dispute, a post-hardcore band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, has undergone many abrupt changes throughout its years-long artistic development. During their formative years, the five-piece transitioned from dissonant blasts with poetic lyrics to music that integrated a wider range of musical influences. The band experimented with jazz, progressive and dynamic changes as they went along. They were interested from the start... read full bio
The ambitious sights and sounds of Andy Black's debut album combine timeless American iconography with broadminded arena bravado of sophisticated pop, devilishly intimate seduction of dark-wave dedication and the biting style of music's sharp-tongued and best-dressed paramours. These elements are combined with crisp leather jackets, vintage Hollywood, teen idols and rebels of every stripe. Andy's music fires a melodic adrenaline shot across the... read full bio
Curse Your Branches and Strange Negotiations, David Bazan's first two solo albums, were deeply rooted in queries. Questions about religion, relationships, politics and addiction. Bazan is not the place to go if you're searching for art to dispel your doubt. His songs are the tiniest speck of light, the first breath coming up for air and the rest stop on a journey with... read full bio
