Turning our sights from hit-makers and ground-shakers, this week we take a look at the formation of a new type of music that’s slowly making its way into your ear-holes. London based the Real Tuesday Weld offers up their self-titled “antique-beat” style that’s mixing the likes of early 20th century jazz with electronic beats (it’s …
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Artist of the Week (Legend Series)-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Get ready for our nation’s independence (USA if you’re a foreign reader) this week by getting your dose of the artist of the week.  This fourth of July, turn up the volume to some Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Our legend this month is one of the most influential American musicians of all …
Artist of the Week-The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
This week’s artist is yet another band who gained their fame from an ipod commercial. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour has been one of those fortunate groups blessed with talent and luck that immediately catches on and becomes a huge success. Now you can hear and see them advertising Heineken beer in their latest commercial with …
Artist of the Week-The Mountain Goats
If you’re the type of person who likes songs about failed and failing relationships, the repercussions of drug and alcohol abuse and general angst, ailing, and woe, you’ll like this week’s band. If you don’t, you’re about to. This week we have a veteran in the art of writing heart-string pulling music that can bring …
Artist of the Week-A Hawk and a Hacksaw
These days it’s standard fare for people to listen to music as a playlist or soundtrack to accompany daily life.  This week’s artist, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, fits right into that role with their exciting, Eastern European and Spanish influenced sound. The New Mexico based duo are a welcome edition to anyone looking for …
Artist of the Week-Arctic Monkeys
For the past few years, our artist of the week has been gaining a good bit of fame. Coming from the UK, Arctic Monkeys are on a world tour in support of their upcoming fourth album, Suck it and See, to be released on June fifth. If you weren’t lucky enough to see them perform …
Artist of the Week (Legend Series)-The Jam
It was 44 years ago that the world was introduced to the hit UK band the Jam with. They debuted their hip, gritty sound on Polydor records and became an instant hit. Though they lasted less than a decade, the Jam’s influence in the music scene was tremendous as they helped bridge the pop and …
Artist of the Week-Dr. Dog
Having dabbled in the realm of popular musicians and big names over the past few weeks it’s time to give credit to yet another lesser-known band that should become a household name. It’s been one year since this week’s band released their fifth album, Shame, Shame, two years since their song “My Friend” aired in …
Artist of the Week-Rain
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Artist of the Week-Foreigner
Foreigner doesn’t need instructions to know how to rock.