The first album was great, their second is growing on us. How about you? From the Wiki: Contra: The band’s second album, Contra, was released on January 11, 2010 in the UK and the following day in the US. On October 5, 2009, “Horchata” was released as a free download on the band’s website. The [...]

Empire of the Sun is an Australian electronic music duo which formed in 2007. The duo is currently composed of Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau. The duo achieved chart success with their first single “Walking on a Dream” which peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached number sixty four on the UK [...]

Miike Snow is a Swedish band, who formed in 2007. The band consists of singer/songwriter Andrew Wyatt, and the producing team of Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, also known as Bloodshy & Avant. Miike Snow formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden, yet Christian (Bloodshy), Pontus (Avant) and Andrew had met in 2000 when writing an album. The [...]

Passion Pit is an American electronic band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formed in 2007, the group consists of Michael Angelakos (lead vocals/keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards/guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth/samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit formed in late 2007. Originally, Michael Angelakos had started “Passion Pit” as a project in order to write [...]

Brothers From Another (BFA) are grinding their way through the hard rock music scene one stop at a time. Quickly becoming one of the most popular road acts in years, BFA plays every show as if it was their last day on Earth. The three Keenan brothers, along with bassplayer Larva and guitarist Kenso, make [...]

Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky where they were originally known as “Perfect Confusion.” Their single “Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked” reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The band signed with EMI Records after showcasing at the 2007 South by Southwest music festival, and then moved [...]

21st Century Breakdown is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, released through Reprise Records on May 15, 2009. It is the band’s second rock opera, following American Idiot, and its first album to be produced by Butch Vig. Vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong described 21st Century Breakdown as a [...]

Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/hip hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Saoût. After two EP’s, he released his first album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies in March 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo and trip-hop, and a second, Hope & Sorrow in April 2007. After being a host on a French radio in the Paris [...]