Rebelution, J Boog, Hot Rain

[INDIE POP-ROCKS] Nathan Willett, the vocalist for Cold War Kids, hasn’t quite made up his mind on which musical front his band is waging a war. After two buzz-worthy albums of lo-fi indie blues and ...

[FREAK-FOLK SURVIVOR] For years, Devendra Banhart was the face of freak-folk. Literally: Sporting a rats nest of a beard and an acid-dipped hippie-shaman persona, th ...

[DRAMATIC BRIT ROCK] Would anyone have guessed that when Bloc Party returned from a self-imposed hiatus last year, with appropriately titled fourth album Four, the band would sound so damn heav ...