Maiysha's This Much Is True, the first release on the UFO/RYKO-distributed Eusonia label, marks the arrival of a striking new figure in the presently up-for-grabs realm of contemporary soul music. The debut album from the Brooklyn-based writer/artist is elegant and intelligent, hook-laden and … [Read more...]
Getting Down & Dirty with The Almost
The Almost’s second album for Tooth & Nail /Virgin Records began taking shape just as soon as the band came off the road after touring for their 2007 debut, Southern Weather, including a stint on that summer’s Warped tour. That album, which debuted at #39 on Billboard’s Top 200, earned them a … [Read more...]
AM Taxi Rocks The Casbah, Chicago Style
With a blend of old-school punk, world beat and modern pop influences, Chicago-based AM Taxi combines experience with exuberance on their Virgin Records debut, We Don’t Stand A Chance. The band was formed almost two years ago—with the encouragement of Sublime producer Miguel Happoldt—by longtime … [Read more...]
Invaders Must Die, Voodoo People welcome..
All the photos in this gallery are of The Prodigy at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on Thursday, March 26th, 2009. No pictures or material may be reproduced without written consent from the owner, all pictures and video are copyrighted. Photos by Sam Frank (c) UnRated NYC 2009 … [Read more...]
Sugar Ray ride the summer vibe on Music For Cougars
By Lindsay Wallace Sugar Ray haven’t gone away — they just hadn’t released an album in six years. But all that changed on Tuesday (July 21), when the band released Music for Cougars and braced for a new round of tour dates that begins in North Dakota on Friday. Before this interview even began, … [Read more...]
Radio Babylon Sounds The Alarm
By Sam Frank In the 1989 cult film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) and Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winters) must travel through time with Rufus (George Carlin) in order to pass their history class and avoid disbanding “Wyld Stallyns,” the duo’s garage band … [Read more...]