The Toasters are trapped between the late-1970s 2-Tone second-wave ska revival and today's more popular third-wave ska bands like Sublime with Rome, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Reel Big Fish. The Toasters, says founder Robert "Bucket" Hingley, are "the missing link between the two waves."... More >>

Achille Lauro's new full-length release came partly from a sense of smugness. According to Matt Close, the band's sample master, rhythm guitarist and lead singer, Flight or Fight came as the quartet recorded material for what was originally envisioned as the latest in a series of singles. When... More >>

Originally formed as a side project of Ceremonial Oath, In Flames quickly became a full-time endeavor. While retaining some of the sharp edges of its founders' death-metal leanings, the band successfully joined melodic hooks, vocal and otherwise, with nervy aggressiveness and sharp dynamic... More >>

Although singer Dallas Taylor is no heathen, his band Maylene & the Sons of Disaster represents a rather unholy enterprise, and thank God for that. Taylor once pledged allegiance to Underoath, a Christian metal-core act with a sizable following. But he split during the 2003 Warped Tour under... More >>

The retro-rock veteran failed to stir much interest in last year’s Black and White America, which is too bad: With its elaborate funk arrangements and its thoughtful ruminations on his parents’ interracial marriage, the album might be Kravitz’s most satisfying since Are You... More >>

As a pop band, you could do a lot worse than to having your first-ever show be opening for Amy Winehouse and then getting tapped to serve as the opening act for her European summer tour. But that's essentially what happened to the Asteroids Galaxy Tour after Winehouse heard the band's demo in... More >>

By the time he was sixteen and attending New York's High School of Music and Art, jazz guitarist Bobby Broom was already playing with Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker alumni Al Haig and Walter Bishop Jr. Broom has also played alongside jazz luminaries like Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stanley... More >>

If you need to get a party started, you could do a lot worse than DJ Dan. Since the early years of the L.A. rave scene, almost two decades ago, Dan has been a force behind the decks and in the studio. He's remixed everyone from crossover acts like Depeche Mode to dance-music royalty such as... More >>

Adept at both production and turntablism, Gaslamp Killer — known for many years as the Motherfucking Gaslamp Killer (he's since dropped the Oedipal reference) — is as new-school as it gets. A frequent guest on L.A.'s Low End Theory monthly podcast, the Killer's hip-hop stylings are... More >>

Rob Gray -- who relocated to Denver last year after building up his name as a Midwest Massive resident in St. Louis -- is the latest to grace Brett Starr's monthly House Revival night at the Funky Buddha, where three different DJs spin hours of house music in the round, taking turns at the... More >>

The membership roster of Snake Rattle Rattle Snake includes former (and current, in the case of Andrew Warner) members of bands that left an indelible mark on the underground music scene in Colorado, acts like Space Team Electra, Red Cloud, Bad Luck City, Monofog, Hawks of Paradise and V-Tech... More >>

In about three to five years, the subgenre of "doom" -- and, to a lesser extent, its subset of "drone" -- may become as ubiquitous and stale as "surf garage," or whatever happens to be the flavor of the moment enjoying underground-bordering-on-mainstream popularity. But it won't be because of... More >>

Whether or not you dig the heavily trance-influenced livetronica group the Disco Biscuits, you should give the Biscuits' side project, Conspirator, a fighting chance: Instead of trance-jam-band fusion, Conspirator draws heavily from trance, downtempo and drum-and-bass, creating soundscapes that... More >>

Cursive was one of the bands that helped put Omaha, Nebraska, and Saddle Creek Records on the map. Starting in 1995, in the post-hardcore milieu that would serve as the roots of modern emo, Cursive always seemed to make music that never really fit in a specific genre outside of rock. Tim... More >>

Twin Sister is a Long Island-bred indie-pop quintet that creates lush, dreamy music. The songs are an outburst of melody enriched with a deep sense of emotion and atmosphere, personified by lead singer, Andrea Estella's warm, whispered vocals resulting in a remarkable set of songs that can only... More >>

​In the new documentary Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, you'll find a wildly diverse array of witnesses, all in thrall to the ragged glory that was The Mats in their prime. Included among these friends, admirers, whack jobs, rackjobbers, rock critics and record execs,... More >>

In just three years, the Italian-Belgian producer has established himself as party-starting DJ and remixer with his spacious cosmic-disco re-rerubs of Grace Jones, Friendly Fires and Sebastien Tellier, and his own piano-sprinkled melancholic beauties like "Caramellas." More >>

In the music video for the Darkness's greatest hit, 2003's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," the band's alternately naked and jumpsuited lead singer, Justin Hawkins, is repeatedly groped by a motley crew of space aliens. He appears, for all intents and purposes, to be into it. His band's... More >>

Lady Antebellum's star has risen in an unparalleled way over the last half-decade; conquering both the country and pop-music worlds, the trio's three records have garnered Grammys, Billboard and CMA nominations and awards along the way. All three members -- Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and... More >>

New York-based ska outfit the Slackers has a highly listenable blend of garage rock-steady with covers both classic (Bill Withers's "Ain't No Sunshine") and kitsch (Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive"), and on the band's brand new album, The Radio, the Slackers delve into a variety of covers,... More >>

From the mid-'80s to the early '90s, San Francisco was a Shangri-La of house music. It's where impresarios like Doc Martin got their start or continued their careers. Martin began spinning records in the summer of 1986, playing legendary eight-hour sets at such clubs as Flammable Liquid and... More >>

When Michael Trundle, Tyler Jacobson and Tim Cook started Lipgloss in the summer of 2001, they had no idea that it would become something of a Denver institution. From humble beginnings as a dance night at the club 60 South (now 3 Kings Tavern) once a month on Mondays, Lipgloss grew into a... More >>

Billed as the Wood Tour, Widespread Panic's eleven-date, four-city trek marks the band's first-ever fully acoustic tour. This will be the final set of shows before the band goes on hiatus for the remainder of 2012, following what was Panic's 25th anniversary year in 2011. After three shows in... More >>

While he's worked as a sideman with jazz legends like Betty Carter, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Watson, pianist Benny Green is more than a competent leader in his own right. It's not surprising that the fiery improviser was chosen by Oscar Peterson to be the... More >>

While DJ Max Klaw has had his share of weekly club nights at various local venues, on top of a weekly residency at Carey Hart's Wasted Space club at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, for more than a year, he's been heading up Sex Panther on second Fridays at Beauty Bar. "It's not so much of a... More >>