Hot Little Hands – armed with two synthesizers and Wurlitzer – aren’t just a reflection of the 80’s revival scene. Insert 1950’s electronic-voodoo-swamp-blues, 1960’s garage disco. Enter some old soul,...

We first heard from Phoenix, Arizona’s The Love Me Nots in IR: San Francisco’s lovefest around early ’07 during the period in which tLMN released their debut album Black & White, which shot up into the...

As a three-piece band with a progressive metal drummer, a post punk guitarist, and a thrash rock bassist and with song names as bizarre as Perverted Shark and Where is My Skeleton, Cactus’s self proclaimed style of...

Beyond their years musically, Los Angeles based Drive A has just completed their full length record with Grammy Award winning Producer Julian Raymond and are on the verge of capping off their Warped Tour experience in late...

  When most bands tell you they’ve had to “grow up in public,” they’re talking about getting pushed into the spotlight before they’ve had a chance to find their voice. But for Whittier, California, trio...

Kansas City based group, The Republic Tigers, got their name from a mixture of a former band name, “Golden Republic” and a certain animal mascot from one of the band member’s alma maters – two things...

  About SO3 SO3 was formed in Southern California in early 2007 by purveyors of guitar-driven, blues-infused rock, drawn together by a shared appreciation for ripping guitar solos, deep throbbing bass, melodic...

Out of Cedar Falls, Iowa, the Teddy Boys have managed to revive the sounds of 60’s Britain in the Corn Belt, the soil apparently UK friendly last year, with another crop of songs promised to be germinating in the sonic...

  Peter was formerly one half of the duo “eastmountainsouth” signed by Robbie Robertson to Dreamworks Records in 2002. Since then, Peter has released one solo record independently (“Gather...

Trains Followed Us is a promising two year old rock band residing in Jacksonville Beach, Florida that has just released an EP entitled “Sinking, Sleeping” to sit alongside last years deubt EP,...

It’s unlikely a band takes as much from The Ronettes as they take from Weezer, but far more unlikely such a band springs out of the desert, border-city of El Paso, Texas. The Royalty, for the El Paso/Juarez metro, is...

Marching Band is an indie rock duo based in Linköping, Sweden. The band just finished recording their upcoming release “Spark Large” with Adam Lasus, renowned indie rock producer of such artists as Clap Your...

From their debut EP “Karma” out August 5th Starting out in the early days of February 2006, RALEIGH thrived on the idea of creating a style of music that would keep their listeners wanting more. RALEIGH would...

Losing ourselves in the San Francisco night, today’s Daily Dose takes a look inside Return To Mono‘s hybrid sound experimentations, specifically the sultronica musings of their track ‘Losing Faith’. ...

From their Album Pure Hearing Featuring Hans Gutknecht on guitar and lead vocals and Philipp Gutbrod on drums, the band was originally formed in 2005. Hans, who had worked as an engineer at R&B producer Dallas...

IR favorites, The Winter Sounds, are currently recording their second full length album entitled ‘Church of the Haunted South’ down in Austin, Texas. Apparently the recording is taking place at Cacophony...

The Bell Divers formed in London in 2005 by Clinton Toghill (guitar/ vocals) and Matthew Lobb (guitar) although the full line-up wasn’t established until the two returned to Brisbane in late 2006 adding Kyle Smith (bass),...

Henry Bliss is a singer-songwriter from Brussels and is now playing with the “Sidewalkers” (Olivier Van Steirtegem: guitars, piano; Cédric De Meersman: bass, backing vocals; Mounir Kadjaj: drums, backing vocals. Why...

Instrumental rock music…how does that phrase make you feel? Some people fall asleep after just hearing the word “instrumental”. People need lyrics, a catchy hook, and a singer to focus on, right? This...

From one of my favorite regions in Canada – Way to Go Einstein hails from Vancouver, British Columbia and we apparently enjoy saying their name so much as it doubles as a nice age-old method to convey epic failure to...

“’Raise the Sun’ is an album of love, hope, and reaching for something bigger than oneself,” says lead singer and songwriter Trent Yaconelli. “I grew up believing the best kind of music was more than something to...

Starting out with a few appearances at a local open-mic showcase, Bag of Toys has quickly risen up the San Francisco venue circuit by entertaining the masses at venues such as The Independent and Slim’s while sharing...

  Singer-Songwriter JJ Appleton is back in the US with a brand new EP, ‘Black & White Matinee’. Recorded in London, England with Producer Stephen Lironi, the six song disk features sun-shiny moods...

  Formed in early 2006 in San Francisco, California, One Becomes One Hundred is an independent, alternative pop/rock band. The name implies exponential growth stemming from simplicity, a phrase that aptly describes...

Finding its home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, what began as a folk duo consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Gaudet and bassist Richard MacLeod eventually grew into Boxer The Horse with the addition of drummer...

“Dread at the Controls – Evolutionary Rockers” was Insomnia Radio DJ and legendary performer/producer Mikey Dread‘s first reggae album, and has never been available on CD or in digital format before....

  Vile Evils are Graham Crabb & Adam Mole, formerly of Pop Will Eat Itself. Their second single ‘The Way I Feel Inside’ billed as Vile Evils vs The Zombies was released on June 24th. The track...

“Everybody wants to be known” – Dance Thunder Roiling guitarplay reminiscent of audible traits from the punk-grunge lineage of choice Seattle groups like Treepeople and Nirvana has boiled out of Long...

The LK is an experimental pop outfit from Malmo, Sweden. Pouring musique concrète-style collages of sound into iconic pop arrangements, they craft their own kind of playful, elegant “micro-jangle” using equal...

From their album Wild Streaks & Windy Days (2008) The third release from The Boxing Lesson, Wild Streaks & Windy Days is a simultaneously modern and classic journey through the dark side of the conscious mind....

Make the Happiness Stop! After a lengthy hiatus, PRO AUDIO has returned with new life. Still co-fronted by John Hoelle on bass and Jason “Fish” Fischer on guitar and piano, the indestructible line-up now includes sexy...

Happy Independent’s Day. Today we bring you a glowing nugget from the new, yet fire-tested Seattle, Washington group Search/Rescue. The song is entitled Fireflies from S/R’s debut 10 song CD, “The...