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DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock: Battle Of Champions

No more than three producers (Dr. Dre, RZA, and Prince Paul) can test DJ Premier's status as the most important trackmaster of the '90s, and no style is more distinctive...

Anthony B, Mashy Word, Comanche and more.

Draped in the rich colours of African cloth, his trademark staff in hand, and his dreadlocks wrapped regally on his head, Anthony B embodies all that it is spiritual and proactive about Reggae musi...

Have Nots

Formed out of the ashes of Stray Bullets and Chicago Typewriter (two Boston punk mainstays) in October 2007, Have Nots combine catchy, energetic, melodic punk rock, with rhythmic, almost hip hop-es...

Kisses

Channeling '70s disco through indie pop, Los Angeles' Kisses features vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jesse Kivel -- also of the band Princeton -- and keyboardist Zinzi Edmundson, who is also a writ...

Lenka

Rebirth Brass Band

Simply put, The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans institution...

Empire Street, Rubikon, We Were Astronauts

Take the best elements of rock, pop and dance music, add musicians with world-class skill and sprinkle with hook-laden tunes and what do you get – Empire Street! Front man Jim Cipollini, guitarist ...

Carla Morrison

D.O.A.

Canada’s legendary Punk Kings,who helped spread punk rock counterculture around the world, approach a momentous milestone. For nearly 25 years D.O.A...

Ours

The versatile alternative rock band OURS is a dynamic and urgent outfit that has gained worldwide critical acclaim through band leader/vocalist Jimmy Gnecco’s dynamic voice and songwriting style...

Union 13 (Epitaph Records), Brunt Of It, The FUs, Red Line Rebels

BRUNT OF IT blends a mix of Old School Hardcore Punk Rock with distorted, dissonant ska. Infectious choruses with driving beats are the backbone of BRUNT OF IT's no bullshit sound...

Bim Skala Bim, Pressure Cooker, John DeCarlo and Company

Bim Skala Bim was one of America's initial responses to Britain's 2-Tone movement in the early '80s...

Peter Kelly

"It all starts with the song," says singer/songwriter/guitarist Peter Kelly, "an acoustic guitar (or piano if you've got one), your voice, and whatever idea that is trying to come out...

Coolio

Coolio was one of the first rappers to balance pop accessibility with gritty, street-level subject matter and language...