Autopilot Off is an emo-punk four-piece from Orange County NY Composed of Chris Hughes guitar Chris Johnson guitarvocals Phil Robinson drums and Rob Kucharek bass they formed in 1996 under the name Cooter Building a fan base through its live shows th…

Los Angeles-bred Ima Robot makes hooky punky modern rock out of terribly fashionable musical byproducts The band started in the early 90s just willowy Alex Ebert and crazy Timmy Anderson making beats and trying to rap The stardom-dreaming duo was eve…

As much an art project as an actual band, Fischerspooner is the brainchild of Casey Spooner and Warren Fischer, two New York City-based multi-media artists. Drawing heavily on 1980s U.K. synth and dance pop, Fischerspooner plays infectious club music…

The meeting of two West Coast rappers fuelled this talented Canadian band In 1996 Mad Child was a solo artist performing in San Francisco when he returned to his hometown of Vancouver There he met Prevail who was gaining attention for his energetic l…

Best known for the iPod commercial-soundtracking single Jerk It Out Swedens Caesars -- originally known as Caesars Palace -- formed in 1995 Singer Csar Vidal and guitarist Joakim Ahlund who had known each other since kindergarten began playing with b…

UK-based DJ Overseer made a name for himself with concoctions that married the pomposity of heavy metal riffing to the bombastic bottom end of big beat He first emerged on wax with the independent EPs Zeptastic 1996 and Hit the Tarmac 1998 Columbia R…