Label: Warner Records Producers: Jacknife Lee and Tim Pagnotta  With great vulnerability, strength, and care, The Regrettes have turned tangled topics into something sweet in ...

Singer-guitarist Julian Frampton leads a modern blues-rock fivesome that shows exceptional polish. His voice, though it lacks a distinctive tone, is capable of a grittiness ...

Guitarist Mike Halland’s project Electric Aloha delivers impressive musicianship (all the guitar solos are rippin’) along with topical higher-consciousness rap-rock vocals that alternate with memorable ...

Austin, TX band The Lost Millions are led by Matt Westfield, whose hushed, whisper- infused voice injects an element of mystery and menace to the ...

A Florida-based foursome, Four Star Riot are a solid combo powered by tight, down- stroked guitar parts. Material is crafty, solid and familiar-sounding. “Slayed Pretender” ...

A Chicago trio, Microcosms have a tight, edgy, lo-fi, faintly British and consistently retro-leaning attack that makes no concession to commerciality. They’re the kind of ...

There's no better way to spend a warm summer night than watching BUSH perform in front of an amped crowd at the Greek Theatre in ...

From Cardiff, England, the five-piece Crystalline have a collection of recordings that suggest they’ve got something worth developing. First off, frontwoman Eva Moullen brings an ...

A four-piece rock band fronted by singer/guitarist Christian Brown, Sojourner are a supertight unit (great drumming) whose sound, while not all that original, is thoroughly ...

Fans of Vampire Weekend and OK Go (and even Weezer) might take to solo artist Jared Mancuso, whose overall vitality, alt-rock rhythms and appropriately nerdy vocal tone add up ...