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The Chakras: Beautiful Sorrow

The Chakras “We The People” released 2nd May 2011, through Planet Function, an indie rock subsidiary of R&S Records Formed in Dublin by the brothers Rocky and Gordo Whittaker and now based in London, all five members of The Chakras…

Stereo is a Lie: I Won’t

STEREO IS A LIE (Editor’s Note: Shocking! A killer band from Austin, TX!) SIAL spent a large portion of 2009 writing and playing shows, supporting such artists as Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel), Dead Confederate and Sixteen Deluxe along the way.…

To Light A Fire: Damned

Birmingham, Alabama’s To Light A Fire seem to walk that very fragile line between mainstream and Christian music, at least on their single “Damned.” Taken from their summer 2010 release “Inward Dwelling” the introspective lyrics touch on redemption and loneliness,…

Minus The Bear: Hold Me Down

You’ve heard this one before, haven’t you? Band X defies classification. It makes for good bio copy, but almost every time those words are uttered, somebody’s full of shit. Minus The Bear, however – they’ve asserted their superiority over so…