Unknown Quantity: Mutandina

Mutandina hails from Buenos Aires and has never played a stateside gig. They defy easy classification; my first reaction is to call them a jam band, but they could just as easily be classified as Latin rock. To further confuse matters, some of their most infectious music is straight-up funk, and “Quaker,” arguably their best [...]

Artist Profile: Silversun Pickups

One of this year’s nominees for mtvU’s Woodie of the Year award, the indie band Silversun Pickups are beginning to receive the mainstream attention they deserve. While you may not have heard of this award (given to the artist who made the biggest splash on mtvU – the college campus edition of MTV), you’ve no [...]

Artist Profile: Street Sweeper Social Club

There are few names that, when mentioned as starting a new band or side project, elicit more intrigue than Tom Morello.  Morello, the guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave and a solo artist under the name the Nightwatchman, is embarking on yet another musical quest, this time with hip hop artist Boots Riley, [...]

Artist of the Month: Phoenix

If you were to ask me even two months ago who I thought the best new band of 2009 would be, I wouldn’t have had an answer for you.  Now, though, I’ve got my top pick and I think I’ll be sticking with it—the French electro-pop band Phoenix.

Artist Profile: Metric

Seriously, there’s something in the water in Canada (or more likely in the maple syrup). Lately it seems like every other great band to hit the airwaves, or to at least get tossed around by word-of-mouth, hails from our neighbor to the north (also known as America’s hat- right?…anyone?). I’m thinking everyone from Tokyo Police [...]

Rock Hunt Profile #4: Fairhaven, Sean P. Rogan & Far Off Place

Here they are. The final group of Rock Hunt Semifinalists. Ready to fight for your love at the Wheelhouse this Saturday.

Rock Hunt Profile #3: The Intel, Girl Haggard & For the Love of Sloane

Check out the third group of Rock Hunt semifinalists who will be battling it out at Club Hell this Friday. Details below.

The Intel

The Intel claims to have been raised by a pack of wild ninjas. All I know is that their pop-punk sound seems to be heavily influenced by New Found Glory, with hints of [...]

Rock Hunt Profile #2: The [Viennagram:], You Scream I Scream & The Coming Weak

Here are the second group of semifinalists, who will be rockin’ Jerky’s this coming Saturday. Details Below.
The [Viennagram:]

The [Viennagram:] hails from New Bedford, Mass. They describe themselves as post-apocolyptic pop and experimental/showtunes, and it’s definitely hard to disagree with those descriptions. Their songs are noise-rock at its most hardcore, and their show [...]