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A stridently political rap group from Montreal, Québec, Loco Locass formed as Koubraüss and underwent several name adjustments — from Les Locos Loquaces to Locos Locass — ahead of buying their everlasting name. Loco Locass debuted in past due 1999 with Manifestif, after that implemented it in 2003 using the …

In true sophomoric, Beastie Guys fashion, rapper Luke Sick (Luke Oakson) and maker Vrse Murphy (Patrick Murphy) of indie rap duo Sacred Hoop dig through personal and surreal anecdotes of medicines, sex, ladies, and the rest in between having a throwback hip-hop flavor. Aided with a solid of typical suspects …

English folk-rock trio Peter as well as the Wolf had its beginnings in 2002 when vocalist/guitarist Marc Sunderland and drummer Donna Dosanjh (who takes on her kit standing up) met at college. After playing the open up mic circuit, these were became a member of by double-bassist Hugo Harrison. Skinny …

Co-owner of Stophouse GROUP and a normal around the Rhymesayers imprint, Prof can be an MC and vocalist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He kicked off his profession inside a duo format with fellow MC Rahzwell, and in 2000, he became a member of the Rhymesayers family members by hitting the street …

With an origin heading back with their time spent surviving in a “Students of Color for Social Justice”-themed dorm, Das Racist’s conference seems like destiny. While MCs Victor Vazquez and Himanshu Suri fulfilled years previously, 2008 will be the entire year that they might come towards the attention from the …

When Michigan singer/songwriter Joseph Scott’s main band, Canada, went into a protracted (ultimately permanent) hiatus at the start of 2009, Scott relocated from Michigan to Brooklyn and began focusing on solo recordings within a makeshift real estate studio room. Adapting the name Light Pines from a likewise titled 1900s North …

Equally inspired simply by ’60s classic rock and power pop heroes from the ’70s and ’90s, Tuscon, AZ’s Shotstar formed in 2000 when singer/guitarist Andrew Taillolc and bassist/singer Tobin Watkinson began writing and recording songs jointly. Drummer Daniel Boutin and guitarist/vocalist Eric Hoskin became a member of immediately after, fleshing …

Regularly earning comparisons towards the Kinks and Elliott Smith, Michigan rock-band the Satin Peaches recorded a demo EP just before starting up with Oasis manager Marcus Russell and signing in with major label Island. Simply getting away from their teenager years, the bandmembers lowered out of university, continued tour, and …

The Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit Fang Island craft impossibly heavy, hymn-like anthems that blend the uplifting and accessible hard rock melodiousness of Andrew W.K. as well as the D.We.Y. recording design of Surfer Bloodstream using the offbeat tech-heavy intensifying metal of rings like Protest the Hero and Sparta. Shaped in …

Attempting to show how the art from the prank telephone call isn’t dead regardless of the top initiatives of its most well-known practitioners, comedy writers Andrew Earles and Jeff Jensen possess converted their hobby of complicated people over the telephone into a documenting career using the discharge of their record …