Detroit Proto Punk- It’s 1976 and three black brothers from Detroit were playing amazing rock and punk at the time of Funk and Disco. This album was recorded but never released until 35yrs later – what a shame because it ROCKS!! Their story is the stuff of movies so here’s the movie they made about…
Known as much for their politics as for their music, Rage Against the Machine nonetheless helped lay the groundwork for the aggression-fueled rock-rap genre. Frontman Zack de la Rocha brought the rap with his aggressive, politically charged rhymes. Tom Morello produced all manner of punk, metal, and funk sounds with his guitar creating a hard-hitting,…
The heavy NYC dirty funk 4-piece TAUK is hitting 2014 with their unique blend of experimental melodic prog rock and sexy grooves. The group consists of Matt Jalbert (Guitar), Charlie Dolan (Bass), Alric “A.C.” Carter (Keyboard-Organ), and Isaac Teel (Drums). The quartet is currently in the studio with legendary Grammy-Winning Producer Robert Carranza (Mars Volta,…
“Goat are a collective who hail from a small and very remote village in deepest darkest Sweden. Legend has it that, for centuries, the inhabitants of the village were dedicated to the worship and practices of Voodoo. This strange and seemingly-unlikely activity was apparently introduced into the area after a travelling witch doctor and a…
“The great majority of artists spend their formative years (if not their entire careers) working to shake off the gravitational pull of their predecessors, and the many masters and masterpieces that came before them—what the literary critic Harold Bloom called “the anxiety of influence.” For musicians, in particular, this tendency is especially pronounced, for reasons…
“…nothing short of refreshing and daringly creative…whatever the classification, the sound comes off as a gumbo rich with a dash of spoken word, jazz, ambient beats, and hard rock…” – Loud Loop Press http://radiantdevices.wix.com/official
Post-metal instrumental band from Des Plaines Illinois, Established in 2000 “It seems fitting, upon listening to Pelican’s music, that the band hails from Chicago. When Tortoise and their contemporaries ushered in a new wave of instrumental music over a decade ago it was a pastiche of genre-defying sound, simultaneously cohesive and expansive in influence. Similarly,…
BOY – a contagious confection that has spread across the internet like wildfire. The Hamburg-based duo gets your toes tapping, mind playing, feet moving, emotions travelling, head thinking, hips jerking. But above all, they make music that brings a smile to your face. Imagine a mix of the art school elegance of Phoenix, the lively…
