Category: Artists

As any passionate music fan knows, there’s a real sense of rapture when you find yourself in a small smokey club, packed with people, listening to a great rock and roll band you’ve never heard before. All the elements are there: free-flying guitarwork, fierce grooves, smart songs, a tightly-knit outfit of gifted musicians and a…

Like all songwriters, Oleander lead singer Thomas Flowers feels the passion in music. And for those who feel it – the muse can often speak loudly and clearly and creating is a cathartic joy rather than a difficult, yet necessary, chore. “I never set out to write a song,” says Flowers. “They just happen –…

Paul Oakenfold is the DJ, remixer, and producer who did more than anyone else to break house music in Britain during the late ’80s. During 1987-88, Oakenfold hosted a series of crucial club-nights which introduced thousands of Brits to house music. Just a few years later, he helped push the new dance crossover into the…

EVERY band wants it. A lot of bands claim they have it. Others have hits for years and never have it. O.A.R.’s got it: a devoted, organically grown grassroots following. Now, after four releases that made them one of the most successful indie bands ever, culminating with their 2002 double live CD, Any Time Now,…

They can’t take it much higher, can they? Being on a stage in front of 125,000 people two nights running. Blasting out their brilliant noise and hearing an eighth of a million people roar back at them in appreciation. Hearing and seeing it, making it happen. It doesn’t get any higher, does it? Liam and…

A combination of drive, passion, talent and a healthy work ethic is arguably the best prescription to ward off a sophomore jinx. Eminem protégé Obie Trice has no need to worry. Since the release of his platinum 2003 debut, CHEERS, which sold more than 250,000 copies during its opening week, he has been in prep…

Reviews of the Odds first three albums paint a picture of a critically acclaimed yet underrated band. Singer/guitarist Craig Northhey appreciates the kudos, but would like to take a shot at making his own assessment of where their self-produced fourth LP, Nest fits on the grid of Odds releases. “We created a self-contained hermetically sealed…

Dexter Holland: vocals, guitar Noodles: guitar Greg K: bass Atom Willard: drums “Like fragments of a broken mind/I splinter by my own design,” – “Long Way Home” Long before there was The OC, The Warped Tour or even X Games, there was The Offspring, formed by a pair of Orange County high school buddies back…

“Have to get out a yawn,” Long pause. ODB reaches way back for it. Exhales. “That’s better… been too busy.” Thus begins the reminiscences of Ol’ Dirty Bastard. It’s almost like he’d rather be “telling you the shit” from a porch swing instead of poised precariously atop the rap world. But here he is, ready…

Old 97’s return with Fight Songs, the follow-up to their acclaimed 1997 release Too Far To Care. On Fight Songs, Old 97’s show tremendous growth in their charismatic songwriting, bringing a fresh new accessibility to their solid musical parenting. Old 97’s made their initial impact as one of the smartest, highest-energy bands of the “No…