In 1996 a couple of brothers from New York Christopher and Owen Thomas formed a Christian poprock group they named Just Visiting Owen Thomas did the vocals guitar piano and songwriting while Christopher Thomas added drums percussion and vocals The ba…

Tom Luce assembled his eponymous band in the wake of recording his debut LP which features veteran musicians from such stalwart acts as Counting Crows Lisa Loeb and Clarence Clemons Luce had been attending college in North Carolina when he was compel…

The rap-metal band Molotov formed in 1995 in Mexico City comprising singerguitarist Tito Fuentes bassists Mickey Huidos Huidobro and Javier de la Cueva and a drummer known as La Quesadillera By 1996 Paco Ayala had replaced de la Cueva and Randy El Gr…

The fertile Angeleno independent hip-hop scene populated by the likes of Beck and Sukia was crashed in 1998 by the two Mexicans from Monterrey who record as Plastilina Mosh Programmer Alejandro Rosso and vocalistguitarist Jonaz who have also been com…

Jem Griffiths roundabout road to songstress stardom started in Cardiff Wales where she was born and raised From there she attended Sussex University and by the mid-1990s she was working in promotion for the Skint and Marine Parade electronic imprints…

The 80s-pop inspired group Rooney is comprised of Robert Carmine vocalsguitar Taylor Locke guitar Matt Winter bass Louie Stephens keyboards and Ned Brower drums They began honing their own indie rock appeal in 2000 and cite the Beach Boys and ELO as …

Skye Sweetnam grew up in the tiny Toronto suburb of Bolton where she studied singing and dancing from a young age By her early teens shed moved on to songwriting and recorded a demo with the help of a local Bolton music school A combination of luck a…