Interview

In a musical stratosphere where most young, "cool" bands are expected to be Indie, Brooklyn-based outfit The Yes Way find themselves on the rock side of the spectrum.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/13/12

British group FROGG recalls nouveau-electro acts like Santigold and Little Dragon for their newest single, "Shut Tha Fuck Down!" For those looking for a new late-night anthem, here's an exclusive preview of the the acid-flavored remix done by Chicago duo Flosstradamus.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/10/12

Anxious to find out more about the show, as well as this month's exhibition of drawings at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, we spoke to Antony recently about the creative process and finding light within darkness.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/06/12

"A lot of people seem to be doing these very chill, laid-back, organic records, and I wanted to be a little more aggressive in terms of the sounds and production," says Canadian electro-pop singer Adaline of her sophomore album Modern Romantics (Light Organ).  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/06/12

Congratulations, Aretha Franklin! The singer has just announced her engagement to beau William Wilkerson.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/04/12

It is perhaps a bit early in the year for such a statement, but we are pretty confident that UK hip-hop duo, Rizzle Kicks, is going to rank among our favorite discoveries of 2012. The band, made up of childhood friends Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule, is part of a new wave of indie, throwback hip-hop along with The Cool Kids and Das Racist.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/03/12

Over six years and three albums, The Duke Spirit is the rare UK band that's been as embraced in America as in its homeland—if not more so.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/29/11

While once dismissed as a European quirk or a genre that requires a tab of an illicit substance to enjoy, house music is taking over mainstream America—and 22-year-old Swedish house DJ Avicii is at the helm.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/29/11

The young men of Slam Donahue—vocalist and guitarist Dave Otto, vocalist and bassist Thomas Sommerville and drummer Keenan Mitchell (who is also the lead singer of Fort Lean)—have created a collection of pop songs (recorded through a boombox) that reflect upon the subconscious anxiety of growing up and living life to its fullest.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/27/11

With his recent single, composer and pop singer Todd Michael Schultz leaps from composing award-winning animated theme songs for such worldwide hits as Sam Sam to lending his vocals to an inspired pop ballad, "You Believed in Me," that has all the hallmarks of a radio hit.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/20/11