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Easily the main harmonica player from the prewar era, John Lee Williamson nearly single-handedly made the humble mouth organ a worthy lead instrument for blues bands — at the forefront for the amazing innovations of Small Walter and a platoon of others to check out. If not really for his …

When the extreme metal band Apiary realized their album title Lost in Focus was becoming painfully ironic, the founding members began jumping ship. New hires had been brought on table and when just about any initial Apiary member have been replaced, it had been obvious a name modify was required. …

Residing somewhere within noise-pop and freak folk, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA trio Little Teeth produced in 2004, after drummer Ammo Eisu replied to a Craigslist publishing by vocalist/guitarist Dannie Murrie, who was simply searching for a “feminist rocker chick” to try out music with her. After shifting to California from …

Post-grunge rockers Real Sunlight came together in Cleveland, OH. Founded by Dave Ritz (acoustic guitar, piano, vocals), Adam Marra (acoustic guitar), Joe Gerbasi (drums), and Tim Kollar (bass), the music group authorized to Blaster Information in Sept 2007 and go about documenting its debut recording immediately after. The music group …

Arriving on like prog rock and roll giants Hawkwind however in the heavier, post-Sunn 0))) world, the Nottingham, U.K., action Pilgrim Fathers rightfully declare their audio “music for astronauts to expire to.” Offering vocalist Shelf, guitarist Feg, bassist Stephen Averill, drummer Kev Richardson, and Dan Gardner on keyboards and “cosmic …

San Antonio’s the Krayolas began in the middle-’70s as teen pop/rockers and as time passes have matured into among Tx’ best-respected impartial rock rings. The Krayolas had been created in 1975 by vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Hector Saldana and his sibling David Saldana, who dealt with vocals, percussion, and occasionally …

Pitching its design between indie rock and roll and alt-country, Delta Spirit features bassist Jon Jameson, drummer Brandon Young, vocalist Matthew Vasquez, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Kelly Winrich, and guitarist Will certainly McLaren. The music group started when Jameson and Young’s previous music group, the San Diego-based emo clothing Noise Ratchet, known as …

L.A.’s suitably called Ancestors are conversant with all types of “basic” hard rock and roll and rock influences, which range from the primordial doom of Dark Sabbath, towards the futuristic space rock and roll of Hawkwind, as well as the progressive mentality of Ruler Crimson — which are after that …

Created by novelist Mikel Jollett throughout a tumultuous period in his life, the Airborne Toxic Event (called after a section in American article author Don DeLillo’s novel White colored Noise) combine literate indie rock and roll with real literary cred. Created in 2006, the group in the beginning took shape …

The boys in O’Death result from all around the Eastern Seaboard, but met up in 2003 while these were attending the State University of NY in Purchase. They make use of folk designs — mainly bluegrass and old-time music — to get a base, but punk, grunge, golf swing, rock, …