In terms of skateboarding, Tommy Guerrero may be more well-known than in the music industry. Guerrero, a San Francisco native, joined Powell Peralta Skate Company and was one of the founding members of the fabled "Bones Brigade" squad. Along with his brother Tony, TG has been performing music since the late 1970s. Both brothers were reared on a regular diet... read full bio
Nerija, a group of musicians based in London who have won the Jazz Newcomer Parliamentary Jazz Award and been nominated for the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year, perform vibrant and unique music that draws inspiration from jazz, hip hop, afrobeat and South African Township. The seven-piece ensemble contains up-and-coming musicians including guitarist Shirley Tetteh (Maisha, Gary Crosby's Groundation), trumpeter... read full bio
As the drummer for the British indie rock band Razorlight, Andy Burrows first rose to prominence. He thereafter pursued a variety of musical endeavors, including co-producing the soundtrack for the film David Brent: Life on the Road, in which he also starred, and co-writing the score for the movie The Snowman and the Snowdog. When Burrows was a member of Razorlight,... read full bio
Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard's vocal chemistry, the tight, jazz-trained rhythm section and the gritty guitars all combine to make Hot Water Music stand out in the post-hardcore genre. The Florida-based band, whose name is derived from a collection of Charles Bukowski short stories, made its debut in the mid-1990's with a sound that fused the attitude and vitality of punk... read full bio
The Flatliners' career is evidence of tenacity and commitment. The band has traveled countless hours on the road and gathered a devoted legion of followers along the way with a lineup that has never deviated from the original members who first met when they were teenagers. The Flatliners, who have been pounding out loud songs in dive bars, festival stages and concert... read full bio
Oysterband creates modern, folk-based British music that is acoustic at heart, dramatic at times, and rocking at others. They've performed at festivals, concerts, pubs, rallies, jails and other venues in 35 countries. They received five BBC Folk Awards and released 13 studio albums and one DVD. The multi-award-winning band that brought passion, power and a dash of poetry to folk and roots... read full bio
Teezo Touchdown is the stage name of Aaron Lashane Thomas, an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was born on October 31, 1992, in Beaumont, Texas, where his father worked as a DJ and exposed him to music at a young age. He listened to a variety of musicians while growing up, including Marvin Gaye, Judas Priest, Prince,... read full bio
White currently resides in Florence, Alabama, not far from Muscle Shoals, having grown up in the tiny Tennessee town of Loretto. He has spent the past 20 years building a music career in Nashville, first working as a songwriter for a significant publisher and then as half of the revolutionary duo The Civil Wars, which won four Grammy Awards before... read full bio
Jenny Lee Lindberg, well known for her work as the bassist and lead vocalist for Warpaint, started a solo career as jennylee. At Silverlake's Happy Ending Studio, Lindberg worked with artists like Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa and producer Norm Block (who has previously produced for Plexi and Mark Lanegan). Together, they created ten tracks that blended goth and new wave with... read full bio
The renowned American metalcore group Veil of Maya is from Chicago, Illinois. Members of the defunct melodic death metal band Insurrection, including lead guitarist Marc Okubo, drummer Sam Applebaum, and bassist Kris, came together to establish the band in 2004. In 2005, they began recording their first independently released demo after enlisting the help of guitarist Timothy Marshall and singer... read full bio
Olivia Bartley, a singer/songwriter from Melbourne, was inspired to create Olympia by both non-musical influences like Pele and Carl Sagan as well as musical influences like Neil Young and Stina Nordenstam. She performed under the alias for solo appearances, but she also played in a band with a changing lineup of musicians, most frequently with Peter Luscombe and Pat Bourke. Bartley... read full bio
Jason Spencer started Wilson in 2010 while he was a student at Michigan State University. Wilson was a dynamic five-piece rock group from East Lansing, Michigan, in the United States. Chad Nicefield's inclusion to the band's vocalist lineup in late 2010 established its line-up, which had previously featured Jason Spencer on guitar, Kyle Landry on guitar, James Lascu on bass,... read full bio
Yemi Eberechi Alade, a singer, songwriter, actress, and activist from Nigeria, was born on March 13, 1989. She gained notoriety after joining Effyzzie Music Group and won the Peak Talent Show in 2009. Her status as one of the biggest performers in Africa in the music industry was cemented with her hit track "Johnny" in 2014. Since then, Yemi has... read full bio
Malina Moye, a well-known singer, composer and left-handed guitarist, fills a niche in the entertainment sector by turning a Fender Stratocaster upside-down. As one of the few musicians in history to be able to cross over between the rock and soul genres, Moye has carved out her own niche in today's music scene and emerged as one of the world's top... read full bio
Taylor Kingman's band, TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, is probably his most cherished endeavor. The group was founded out of Kingman's goal to establish a free, groove-heavy bar band that never compromises the significance of solid, honest songwriting. The group is self-dubbed "psychedelic doom boogie," half-dutifully and half-facetiously. Laurelthirst royalty Tyler Thompson on drums, multi-instrumentalists Jay Cobb Anderson on lead... read full bio
The Los Angeles-via-Brooklyn band DREAMERS has performed at clubs, arenas and festivals like Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, Firefly, Reading and Leeds. They have also performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and shared stages with artists like X Ambassadors, The 1975, Bleachers, Atlas Genius, Catfish and The Bottlemen and Weezer. The group's first full-length album, This Album Does Not Exist, was published and had the top 10... read full bio
Gwen Bunn is a Grammy-nominated, 2x Platinum selling performer, producer, and songwriter who hails from Decatur, Georgia. Gwen collaborated extensively on Rapsody's Laila's Wisdom album, which received a Grammy nomination and widespread praise. Since she was a little child, Gwen has been involved in music. Because of her parents' separation, she found inspiration in two different homes. Gwen takes her love... read full bio
The Austin-based songwriter (as well as record producer, cinematographer, and writer) has created a collection of tunes that are both intriguing and infectious. Young & Dying In The Occident Supreme, Mobley's most recent album, adds a number of fresh textures to his distinctive brand of future art rock, including psychedelic forays and Ennio Morricone-inspired instrumental embellishments. Cry Havoc!, the overture of... read full bio
Marc E. Bassy, a singer/songwriter who was born and raised in the Bay Area, has come into his own as a creative force. 'PMD,' his sophomore album, is published via his freshly established self-made, independent label New Gold Medal after months of teaser releases to fans during the summer. The concept of his sophomore album, which explores the roots of... read full bio
From tours with artists like HIM and Marilyn Manson to music videos filmed in Hollywood, with more than 3 million streams on Spotify and YouTube combined, Esoterica is a London-based alternative hard rock band with powerful, proggy and melodic moments combining large choruses, massive guitars, vintage analogue synths and energetic percussion. Esoterica has performed at some of the most prominent festivals in Europe, published... read full bio
