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Reading Time: 3 minutes Divergent Spectrum, released on August 2nd, 2011 through Ashton’s label Amorphous Music, provides us with something more than just your typical dubstep album. Bassnectar’s most recent album explores all facets of electronic music mixed with hard-hitting dubstep beats. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Of all the covers and re-recordings of this famous Pixies song, it took Microsoft with their Kinect and the quirky cool Vitamin String Quartet to produce what could quite possibly be the most melodically haunting and uplifting version of “Where Is my Mind” the world will ever know. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes AWOLNATION’s first single off their new “Megalithic Symphony” album, “Sail”, debuted at #30 on the U.S. Billboard. The song was written with a nod to the Styx song “Come Sail Away” as is evident in the video and lyrics as he talks of extraterrestrial beings coming for him. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute This year, the prolific singer-songwriter recorded a solo debut — literally. Ebert played every part on Alexander himself, crafting a collection of songs inspired by his diverse personal influences. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recorded with producer Bob Rock (Aerosmith, Metallica), THE SEA OF MEMORIES is the first Bush album to be released via the band’s own imprint, Zuma Rock Records, through an exclusive partnership with eOne Music. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes When Pendulum was formed, their musical style was considerably more drum and bass sounding than the work they are known for today. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Something a little different this week; the UK band Slow Club. Comprised of Sheffield, England natives Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor this uniquely mellow and decidedly understated band possesses a whimsically haunting harmony that belies their alternative folk […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A self-described “pop” band, their music is primarily influenced by the 1960s British Invasion movement and post-punk revival of the new millennium. With songs described as “catchy as hell”, The Kooks have experimented in several […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute New Roc Nation signee Hugo’s release “99 Problems” can only be described as a cross between something you’d expect out of Robert Plant and something you love from Jay-Z. Did we mention that Hugo’s label […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Quite possibly the most moving song, we’ve heard all year…the Airborne Toxic Event’s melding of classical strings, heavy guitars and haunting lyrics established an immediate and holding presence over our entire staff. In the words […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sounding reminiscent of the Bob Dylan from the 1960’s Blitzen Trapper has a gritty sound uncommon in today’s sampled and auto-tuned world of pop-rock phenomenons. A simple folksy sound with an edge and existential lyrics […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Every now and again a band comes along that resonates for you on many different levels, it may be melodic enrapture or it may be lyrical magic but the song just works and proves to […]