M83 is back on September 20 with a new album. Digital Shades Vol.2 (DSVII) will follow up Digital Shades Vol.1, 12 years later. To prepare for the release, we h...
Post-rock is a music genre that emerged in the late 1980's, with the most famous bands/artists being from the UK, USA, or Canada—the three countries where post-...
Bonobo, the name you've been seeing a lot lately, is a British DJ & Producer who has gained worldwide acknowledgment and recognition for his peaceful and se...
Whenever speaking of Noir Désir, we can't help but instantly hum "Le Vent Nous Portera". However, way before that song became a rather common favorite, the group established itself as a leading rock band from the buzzing 80s French scene......
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"Neutral Milk Hotel is (was) a band lead by Jeff Mangum. They were active in the mid-late 90s, basically based out of Athens, Georgia. Their styl...
Before Pink Floyd became popular for their progressive albums, like The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon which all 'true fans' know by heart, they were an underground band that played psychedelic rock music, making people trip balls......
Courtney Barnett is a name that you are probably seeing a lot at the moment. She performed on mainstream outlets from SNL to Stephen Colbert's show, and she's on the lineups of many big festivals around the world......
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One of the most eclectic and prolific artists in rock music, Steven Wilson has been writing, recording, and producing music continuously since th...
Tinariwen is a Grammy Award-winning group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed in 1979 in Tamanrasset, Algeria, but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s. When listening to Tinariwen you’re spellbound by their haunting desert charm and rebellious sahara spirit. They were founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, who at age four witnessed the execution of his father (a Tuareg rebel) during a 1963 uprising in Mali. As a child he saw a western film in which a cowboy played a guitar. Ag Alhabib built his own guitar out of a tin can, a stick and bicycle brake wire. He started to play old Tuareg and modern Arabic pop tunes, more than a few years later his band, Tinariwen, is probably the most authentic international act in the world....
Sigur Rós are an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, who have been active since 1994. Known for their ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals, and the use of bowed guitar, the band's music is also noticeable for its incorporation of classical and minimalist aesthetic elements. The band is named after Jónsi's sister Sigurrós Elín....
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There has been some controversial info about The Weeknd roaming around on the internet. It is not yet known for sure whether The Weeknd came up w...