Category: Artists

There’s a point in a girl’s life. That delicate time when she makes the transition from child to woman. When flirting goes from being a giggle fest to an art form. When crushes on boys become love affairs with men. When she moves out from the protective warmth of her parents’ home and into the…

Based in New Jersey, My Chemical Romance is an alternative pop/rock and punk-pop band that has been compared to Thursday and, to a lesser degree, Cursive. Their name was inspired by author Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame), and while many of their songs are loud, fast, hyper, and aggressive, My Chemical Romance’s work also tends…

Billie Myers, born in England, came to the world of popular music in 1997 with her debut release Growing Pains. Her vocal style is a combination of pop, jazz and world music. There has always been a defined line, though invisible, between pop lyrics and poetry; Billie originally began writing poetry as a child, and…

Originally one of the leading rappers on Master P’s No Limit record label, Mystikal quickly evolved beyond the label’s cliched thug trappings and found himself one of the Dirty South’s most recognized rappers, alongside Juvenile. Like No Limit itself, Mystikal is a New Orleans native. He released an eponymous debut on the independent label Big…

Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, a city which has spawned a wealth of musical talent, mytown are another impressive Irish group to make a splash on the music scene. Though many people might take a glance at these four young, good-looking guys who sing and instantly tag them a “boy band,” there’s a lot more to…

London quartet My Vitriol take their name from Graham Greene’s novel Brighton Rock, a fantastic tale of evil, sociology, and moral decay set in wartime England. Greene’s anti-hero Pinkie Brown is an impotent yet violent 17-year-old thug, who arms himself with a bottle of sulphuric acid — his “vitriol” — which he uses as his…

Scott Moffatt : vocals, electric & acoustic guitars Clint Moffatt: vocals, bass & percussion Dave Moffatt: vocals & keyboards Bob Moffatt: vocals, congas & drums With its soaring pop harmonies and fresh-faced charm, “Never knew what love was/until you loved me” could be the new millennium’s “I wanna hold your hand” and new Capitol Records…

In 1997, during spring semester at Parsons School of Design in New York City, Graham Tyler answered a “musicians wanted” flier placed in local record shops by Sammy James, then a student at School of Visual Arts. The team of singer/songwriter Sammy James Junior and lead guitarist Graham Tyler has remained the heart of The…

“It’s just a name, isn’t it?” – Robert Harvey, singer/guitarist, the Music. Well, yes, the Music — simultaneously modest and cocky, point-blank but wide open to interpretation, and thus much like the band which bears it. Not that the Music doesn’t appreciate the volumes of praise heaped upon them, or the sweaty up-for-it crowds that…

This past year, Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers won yet another Grammy Award, this time for their most recent album, Fallen Is Babylon. They accepted the honor with the same quiet determination and dignity they’ve displayed when receiving their previous two Grammy’s and all the other accolades that have come their way in their…