Category: Artists

Shame on you for ever underestimating Sheek. Shame on you for thinking that his membership in the LOX is all he had and all he’d ever be. After dropping two LOX albums, 1998’s platinum debut Money, Power & Respect, and 2000’s chart topping follow up We are the Streets, Sheek became a business man. First,…

Davey Ingersoll, vocals, guitar Mark Watrous, guitar, piano, vocals Shane Middleton, bass Isaac Carpenter, drums THE HISTORY “We don’t fit into any music club,” explains Loudermilk frontman Davey Ingersoll. “We’re not a punk band and we’re not some indie-hipster band, but we’re not major-label whores either. Our influences are very broad, yet all the bands…

For the past six years Loudmouth, the Chicago-based quartet, have watched a myriad of disaffected slackers mangle rock with their angst-ridden lyrics, dysfunctional frontmen and shoegazing performances. Now, finally, Loudmouth offer their alternative: a sound that brings back rock’s once-confident swagger by stomping to the beat of a different drummer. Loudmouth (vocalist/guitarist Bob Feddersen, bassist…

Not to be confused with the Hole frontwoman and Kurt Cobain widow of the same name, the Olympia, Washington-based indie-pop band Courtney Love was formed in 1990 by singer-guitarist Lois Maffeo and drummer Pat Maley. After just three singles — their debut “Uncrushworthy,” “Highlights” and “Hey! Antoinette” — and a handful of compilation tracks, Courtney…

THE HISTORY People have been underestimating Nicky Love her entire life – limiting her, dismissing her, stereotyping her: pretty woman, chick singer, party girl. She knows the labels and she knows how they obscure the person behind them. She knows how they prevent people from understanding the very real struggles she’s gone through, the depression…

Stubhy–Frontman/Singer/Songwriter Adam Krier–Guitar/Vocals/Co-Songwriter Joe Sell–Guitar Jason Schultejann–Bass Ryan Fergus–Drums With the aptly-titled sophomore effort Commitment, Chicago’s Lucky Boys Confusion hit the ground running in an unapologetic yet melodic look at life from behind a microphone, guitar amp, or drum kit. It is a defining moment for any hard working band that’s ever picked up an…

When Raphael Saadiq, formerly of the dynamic funky/soul band Tony! Toni! Tone!, Dawn Robinson of the trend-setting diva girl group En Vogue and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of the ground-breaking hip-hop unit A Tribe Called Quest came together, it wasn’t to harness nuclear power, reduce the national deficit or plug up the ozone. Hey, it’s cool…

Ask Ludacris his career plan and the high-energy artist with the soft-spoken demeanor wastes no time in setting you straight. “I’m in the game to change music. I think that’s what every artist should be in it for. I’m here to change the world or as Tupac said, spark the brain that changes the world.…

Born in Queens NY and raised in the electric atmosphere of Miami, Fl, brand new Latin sensation Lugo has imbued his Elektra/Freeworld debut with both street smarts and a heart-racing charisma that belies his 15 years. Raised in a bilingual Dominican home, Lugo blends his love for Latin tinged pop with a commanding flair for…

Quicksilver guitars rush and roar. The guy you’re standing next to at the bar mutters out of the corner of his mouth, “I don’t know what you’re saying… but I hate it anyway.” Is this the place? You’re living on a diet of stale cigarettes and warm beer and maybe, today, you’re not in the…