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José Cid – A Pouco e Pouco (Favas com chouriço)
Portuguese keyboard player and composer José Cid is mostly known in progressive rock circles for his 1978 concept album 10.000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte. It is a spacey symphonic rock trip into outer space, dominated by Mellotron, string synth, and other synthesizers, with supporting use of guitars, bass, and drums. Shortly after that [...]
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
Vampire Weekend is an afrobeat-influenced indie rock band which formed in February 2006 in New York City, New York, United States. The band consists of Ezra Koenig (vocals, guitar), Rostam Batmanglij (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Chris Baio (bass) and Christopher Tomson (drums). The band has released two albums: Their successful 2008 self-titled album and 2010’s “Contra”. [...]
MGMT – Brian Eno
MGMT is a neo-psychedelic/alternative group which formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums) and Ben Goldwasser (vocals, keyboards, synths, drums), both alumni of Wesleyan University. Their biggest hit is their 2008 single “Kids”, which was a Top 20 hit in the UK and [...]
The Last Vegas – I’m Bad
The Last Vegas is a Chicago based rock and roll band with members Nate Arling (drums), Adam Arling (guitars), Chad Cherry (lead vocals), John Wator (guitars), and Danny Smash (bass), originating from Rockford Illinois, Detroit, Grand Rapids Michigan, and Chicago. They deliver an explosion of urgent, relatable, ferocious rock drenched with exploding guitars and guerrilla warfare [...]
Röyksopp – Circuit Breaker
Röyksopp is an electronic music duo from Tromsø, Norway, currently based in Bergen, Norway. The band consists of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group was formed in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001. The Norwegian word “røyksopp” means puffball fungus (lit. “smoke mushroom”). Röyksopp have won many prizes for their music, one [...]
The xx – Islands
Formed in 2005, The XX are an alternative trio hailing from London, England, featuring the dual lead vocals of Romy Madley Croft (lead guitar) and Oliver Sim (bass guitar), and backed by Jamie Smith (beats, MPC sampler). Rounding out the group was keyboardist Baria Qureshi, who left the group because of the pressures of an [...]
The Kills – Last Day of Magic
The Kills are an alternative rock duo formed by American vocalist Alison “VV” Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie “Hotel” Hince that rose to public recognition at the dawn of the hype surrounding the genre explosion of the early 2000s. Mosshart had been in the Florida punk band Discount and Hince in British rock band Scarfo. [...]
Pomplamoose – Single Ladies (Beyoncé cover)
Pomplamoose is a music group that consists of Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn. Conte formed the band Pomplamoose with his girlfriend Nataly Dawn in the summer of 2008. The band’s presence is primarily online, having only performed a handful of live shows. Nevertheless, the collaboration has garnered significant fan support. Fueled by the feature of their video Hail Mary on [...]
Gossip – Heavy Cross
The genre-bending DIY post-punk rock trio Gossip bring a new level of lyrical power and musical sophistication to their ever-evolving, always-electrifying sound and sensibility on Music For Men, the indie group’s first major label studio album. According to Gossip guitarist and music creator Brace Paine, the idea of calling the band’s new album Music For Men [...]
The Prodigy – Omen
The Prodigy is an English electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett, in 1990, in Braintree, Essex, England. They have sold over 17 million records worldwide which is unequalled in dance music history. Their music consists of various styles ranging from rave, and breakbeat in the early 1990s to alternative rock and big beat with punk [...]