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AIR
Following their 800,000 selling third album, “Talkie Walkie” (2004), Air are set to return with their new album “Pocket Symphony” to be released on 5th March 2007. The album, made up of 12 songs that were recorded over the last 18 months and produ... read more
Au Revoir Simone
For a band named after a fleeting goodbye – their name was taken from a line in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure – songs on The Bird of Music establish quite a bit of emotional permanence. Written and recorded in Brooklyn over the last year (with the excepti... read more
Brick & Lace
Part urban singers and part urbane songstresses, sibling duo Brick & Lace are genre-busters who staunchly defy the 30-second pitch. The amalgamated sound that makes up their 180/Geffen debut, Love Is Wicked, is unique, though also at once very famil... read more
C-Murder
Buoyed by red-hot single “Posted On Tha Block,” platinum rapper C-Murder returns with Screamin’ 4 Vengeance, a searing collection of hardcore music that features the rapper delivering his signature brand of bone-crushing rap and bluntly addressing th... read more
Hell Razah
Hailing from the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, Hell Razah is best known for his integral role as a member of the late 90’s Wu-Tang Clan spin-off group Sunz of Man. Their official debut album, “The Last Shall Be First” in 1998, featured plat... read more
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Renowned blues and rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd—along with a film crew, a portable recording studio and producer Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)—embarked on a ten-day journey into the heart of the American South, documenting and recording an im... read more
Lumidee
Lumidee the Puerto Rican beauty, who shot to fame in 2003 with the infectious Top 5 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart, “Never Leave You (Uh Oh)”, from her debut album Almost Famous, is back with a whole new sound on her sophomore set, UNEXPECT... read more
Miss Issa
Issa's music mixes a combination of R&B and Latin music, infused with urban beats and rhythms to create a sound you've never heard before! Issa's music stays based in R&B grooves and sensual, passionate vocals, but combines sounds and images from her... read more
Paul Wall
Atlantic artist Paul Wall has announced early details of his eagerly awaited second album. Dubbed "GET MONEY - STAY TRUE," the Houston-based hip-hop sensation's follow-up to 2005's #1, RIAA platinum-certified "THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP" is set to drop on A... read more
Snowgoons
2007 kicks off with a bang...with the debut album, "German Lugers," from renowned German production team, Snowgoons, featuring YOURS TRULY, and many other of our fellow artists (Sean Price, O.C., Edo G., Living Legends, Rasco, Chief Kamachi, Last Emp... read more
The Academy Is
Fueled By Ramen recording group The Academy Is... has unveiled details of their eagerly awaited second album. Dubbed "SANTI," the follow-up to 2005's breakthrough debut, "ALMOST HERE," lands in stores on April 3rd. The Chicago-based band will blaze a... read more
The Cinematics
The Glasgow four piece The Cinematics are an intriguing gang of lads with influences ranging from he Smashing Pumpkins to the Talking Heads, to The Smiths and Jeff Buckley. The band have a diverse taste in music which in turn makes their sound intere... read more
The Noisettes
We’d like to tell you the story of the most unconventional and imaginative band in today’s rock n’ roll spectrum. She was an effervescent actress and ex-choirgirl from a Zimbabwean single mother, and a drifter from the public housing estates of South... read more
Twisted Black
There’s plenty of rappers who have entered the music business with legal problems looming over their heads. One example of this is Snoop Dogg, who faced a murder case just after signing with Death Row in the early 1990’s. We all know what happened to... read more
Wisemen
Flipping through the FM dial these days, it’s difficult to recall a time when integrity was pervasive in hip-hop, when lyricism and “commercial viability” were neither conflicting nor mutually exclusive. In 2004, with crunk music aspiring to airwave... read more
Yoko Ono
Millions are familiar with the name Yoko Ono. For some it conjures long held preconceptions, for others, the injustice of misinformation made fact: “Controversial”. “Manipulator”. “A witch”. But far too few associate Ono with the forward lookin... read more