Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys’ classic 1980 album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables has been remixed from the original multitrack tapes by Chris Lord-Alge (Chaka Khan, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen). The band’s debut album (original release date: September 2, 1980) is politically incendiary while also wholly musically adept – provocative and often idiosyncratic agit prop lyrics bouncing off […]
Dead Can Dance
Since their inception in Melbourne in 1981, Dead Can Dance have been informed by folk traditions from all over Europe, not just solely in terms of instrumentation, but also by secular, religious and spiritual practices. The story to their forthcoming album Dionysus took shape as Brendan Perry became fascinated by long established spring and harvest […]
She Wants Revenge
She Wants Revenge, the dark-alternative duo who first exploded onto the scene with 2005’s evergreen hit and dance floor classic, “Tear You Apart”, have reformed after a two-and-a-half-year split, with tour dates, a new lineup, and their first album in over 10 years. For childhood friends Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin, She Wants Revenge […]
Gogol Bordello
“Solidaritine is the substance that unlocks our empathy and our full human potential. I suppose it’s a brother of Adrenaline… or, at least, it rhymes with it. So turn your Adrenaline into Solidaritine and let’s go! May this be your punky uplift for our packed with troubled times.” – Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello * […]
The Wrecks
Nick Anderson (Vocals)Aaron Kelly (Bass)Billy Nally (Drums)Nick “Schmizz” Schmidt (Guitar) The Wrecks’ top five tracks on Spotify have been listened to more than 80 million times. Their first single was a Top 40 Alternative Radio hit. Impressive numbers for a band that literally started from nothing. Hailing from rural Wellsville, New York – almost exactly […]
Roxy Music
Evolving from the late-’60s art-rock movement, Roxy Music had a fascination with fashion, glamour, cinema, pop art, and the avant-garde, which separated the band from their contemporaries. Dressed in bizarre, stylish costumes, the group played a defiantly experimental variation of art rock which vacillated between avant-rock and sleek pop hooks. During the early ’70s, the […]
We Are Scientists
credit: We Are Scientists COMPANY INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2018 AMERICAN MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP ‘WE ARE SCIENTISTS’:ASSESSMENT OF THREAT POTENTIAL TO ‘FANS’, OTHER ENTERTAINMENT GROUPS (LIKELIHOOD OF PERSUASIVE INFLUENCE), AND STABILITY OF CULTURAL NORMS Summary Primary members Keith Austin Murray, guitar and main vocalist; and Christopher Ian Cain (“Chris”), bass (low pitched) guitar. Live performances include at least […]
Josie Cotton
Singer/songwriter/producer Josie Cotton hails from Dallas, Texas. In the early 1980s, Cotton had an international hit with “Johnny Are You Queer?” which was included on the soundtrack of the seminal film Valley Girl. She appeared in the film with her band the Party Crashers, and later in the notorious Jackass Number Two. Josie is known […]
The Cranberries
Many bands aspire to be timeless, or have a sound that transcends the whims of musical fashion. But The Cranberries are one of the few to have achieved that. Play one of the Irish rock group’s early anthems such as “Linger” or “Dreams”, and they sound as fresh – and deliver as much of an […]
Blitz Vega
One of the most revered bass players in alternative music, Andy Rourke helped craft the iconic sound of the ’80s with The Smiths, who critics have called the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Based in NYC since 2009, composing, writing and recording on various […]