While still in high school pianist Thymme Jones was browsing the racks at a Hallmark store when he noticed a category of greeting cards labeled CHEER-ACCIDENT Since then six lineups have passed through Jones band CHEER-ACCIDENT and it has endured the…

Emilie Simon Justin Stile Chris Coella and Matt Mitchell make up the Charlottesville VA-based group Bottom of the Hudson The group recorded two demos before Absolutely Kosher Records decided to combine smooth out and release the demos as The Omaha Re…

Swedish garage punk quartet Division of Laura Lee emerged in the mid- to late 90s assembled out of spare parts in the Swedish hardcore music underground Comprised of vocalistguitarist Per Stlberg guitarist David Ojala bassist Jonas Gustavsson and dru…

New York-based band Firewater incorporated a global range of musical influences into their highly-dynamic sound A loosely-knit ensemble centered around the lead vocals of ex-Cop Shoots Cop bass player Tod A born Tod Ashley Firewater tied together suc…

b. Erin Moran, New Jersey, USA. US singer-songwriter Erin Moran aka A Girl Called Eddy grew up on the Jersey Shore in the small town of Neptune. She learned to play the piano as a teenager but her first experience of the music industry was a less tha…

Longtime mates Sam Herlihy vocalsguitar Anthony Theaker guitar and James Lawrence guitar grew up in the market town of Chichester in West Sussex England in the late 80s and early 90s To keep themselves entertained the three of them obsessed over the …

Corn Mo born Jon Cunningham is the late-20th centurys semi-ironic postmodern answer to Tiny Tim belting out impassioned songs that tread the line between vaudeville and cock rock while accompanying himself on accordion and floor cymbal Originally ha…

The straight-up, good-times rock played by the Eagles of Death Metal could have easily slipped through the cracks if not for two major factors: the band's drummer is Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and the songs really are quite good. Ho…

Joan Armatrading's rich voice, with its island lilt, is a most expressive instrument. Armatrading made her mark with her self-titled 1976 album, which featured everything from lighthearted, literate love songs to intimate confessions of near-religiou…

London, England-based ska punk unit King Prawn (aka King P) originally formed during the mid-90s, through adverts placed in a television magazine, TV Quick. Comprised of members Al-Farabi Rumjen (vocals), Aryan Devil aka Devil Hands (guitar), Barbar …

b. 29 August 1969, Berlin, West Germany. Introduced by her PR machine as a female equivalent to Prince, Ndegéocello has embarked on a solo career that embraces both the hip-hop and R&B markets. Like Prince, she is a multi-instrumentalist, and writes,…

With a name that means new wave in English and bossa nova in Portuguese Nouvelle Vagues moniker neatly sums up the groups concept remaking classic new wave singles with a Brazilian pop twist Nouvelle Vague is the brainchild of French producers Marc C…

After leaving the post-punk mayhem of the Birthday Party behind, Australian rocker Nick Cave turned toward a somewhat quieter--but equally dark--sound. Recruiting Birthday Party member Mick Harvey, Einsturzende Neubauten frontman Blixa Bargeld, and o…