J Mascis is probably best known as the frontman of the highly influential indie rock trio Dinosaur Jr. With acclaimed LPs like 1987’s You’re Living All Over Me and 1988’s Bug, the group emerged among the most highly regarded in alternative… (Read More)

• “Intimate, confessional… Lovely, late-night album” – MOJO [Minor Works] “A wonderfully surefooted debut (sic) packed with blood, sweat, tears and desperation” – The Word, UK [Minor Works] "Singer/songwriter J. Tillman’s music paints languid, sadly beautiful portraits of love and life…

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A beautiful woman sings, dances, plays the piano, and we all fall in love. With one hand, he plays Keys with the other, he bangs, shakes,and kicks anything he can reach. As a child, he didn’t want to play the Piano… (Read More)

Jack Wilson has shared stages with The Neville Brothers, Sera Cahoone, Patrice Pike, The Moondoggies, Damien Jurado, Elliott Brood, The Maldives, and The Weary Boys. It has been good times! good times! Jack goes between Austin and Seattle. He likes to… (Read More)

At a recent Jaguar Love show, according to their guitarist, Cody Votolato, two fans were less than impressed with their originality. "I heard this dude in the audience ask his friend, ’What’s up with this singer? He’s just rip ping off… (Read More)

“..moving quickly through 12 likeably buzzy little numbers that sound like they were made by hand over cold pizza and burned-out blunts.” -The Onion"Damn fine LP here." -Razorcake (Read More)

It’s beyond fitting that Neva Dinova has found a new home at Saddle Creek.You May Already Be Dreaming, the band’s third full-length and first since 2005’s The Hate Yourself Change (Crank/Sidecho) is a lush, largely electric affair rich with the rural… (Read More)

Since her initial release, Hunter has repeatedly toured North America and Europe, joined forces with Castanets as their sometimes touring bass player and vocalist, guested on albums by CocoRosie and Metallic Falcons, played at the Banhart-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties, recorded a… (Read More)

Januar [yah-new-wahr], Icelandic for January, is a Denver-based “trio” who creates atmospheric indie-pop in the vein of Low, Pedro the Lion, and Mojave 3. The intricate harmonies of married couple Jeremy (guitar, bass, vocals) and Amy (guitar, vocals) and Patty (drums… (Read More)

Japandroids (aka JPNDRDS) is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This ‘band’ started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intended to be a trio, the boys decided to forgo… (Read More)

Besides the usual pastimes like flogging the elderly and looking at my chest hairs I do so enjoy cooking, well, eating really, chillaxing on my porch wit mah homies, pornography, reading the Bible, and cheeses of the world. Jason also plays… (Read More)

The Axe That Chopped The Cherry Tree was a band that formed in 2005 by students attending the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado that aimed to do one thing: Give glory to God by playing amazing music. As mentioned… (Read More)

Not Even in July is the kind of record you have to live before you can write. The album is an exquisitely crafted and painfully human collection of songs that exhibit the measured persistence and spectral beauty of a breaking dawn… (Read More)

Jeff Hanson’s voice is his defining trait, but listeners who get preoccupied with the ethereal, ladylike falsetto run the risk of ignoring the “songwriter” part of “singer-songwriter.” His third album, Madam Owl, doesn’t differ much technically from its predecessors, adding flourishes… (Read More)

“Fans of the raw nerve honesty of Neil Young and Richard Thompson will especially dig this album… Hamer has established himself as a unique talent” -Lyons Recorder (Read More)

Members of Planes Mistaken For Stars, Red Cloud West, Subpoena The Past, Git Some, etc. (Read More)

He was but a young buck, wet behind the ears and not all that wise. But if Jeffery James Logan—Catholic-born Chicago son, one-time Chuck Berry enthusiast, junior high schooler- knew one thing, he knew that he needed to play the drums… (Read More)

It took Jen Korte a while to get the album she wanted, but the reaction so far suggests it was worth the wait. “Jen Korte’s new album is, like, um … wow! Just freaking wow!” Dave Herrera, Westword "It has taken… (Read More)

A Texas originated team The Jen Korte Band has been playing for going on 3 years on and off. They have just recently gotten back together and are overtaking the Denver music scene with a quickness.Including being written up as Denver… (Read More)

Best buddies playing together for many many moons! Now taste our heat!!! MySpace Layouts (Read More)

Two years after the release of Jennifer Gentle’s critically acclaimed Sub Pop debut Valende, the Italian psychedelic avant-pop explorers are back with The Midnight Room. And, while the band is five members strong when they play live, with the recent departure… (Read More)

“…tidy and infectious songs.” -The New York Times " Some people may have found her near-perfect 2006 album, “Over the Mountain, Across the Valley and Back to the Stars” (Matador), because of its guest stars—James McNew, of Yo La Tengo, and… (Read More)

Jenny Owen Youngs is a feisty, hyper-sensitive, disease-free singer/songwriter/former girl scout who wants to be your friend. claiming influences from Beck to Jesus Christ Superstar to Britney Spears, her music is an echo of Erin Mckeown hopping into Jeff Buckley’s Pontiac… (Read More)

Jeremy Jay lives in Angel town, next to Larchmont where he hangs out. He‘s tall (6‘3) blond (really) and handsome and wants a cat for his appartment. He writes and plays piano and guitar. He says one of his… (Read More)

Jeremy Messersmith’s first full-length release, The Alcatraz Kid (Princess Records, 2006) was marked by a wide-eyed clarity and sweet, straightforward musicianship that resulted in critical acclaim and a growing live following. Songs like “Novocain” and “Beautiful Children” garnered local radio play… (Read More)

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My life. My wife. My friends. My enemies. My pain. My hope. My joy. My sorrow. Oh. Other musicians? Well, anybody whose written a beautiful, haunting, angst-ridden or otherwise memorable song. As a band, we all have very eclectic musical tastes… (Read More)

Glitter in the Gutter is the new album from NYC’s Jesse Malin, an artist who has transcended tags like “singer/songwriter” for something different and largely indefinable. Penned “a fearless storyteller”, after releasing two critically acclaimed albums The Fine Art of Self… (Read More)

Jesse Manley was born in Montana and spent his early childhood on an expansive ranch just north of Yellowstone National Park. The history and raw folklore of the area continue to influence his music to this day. Jesse’s musical style was… (Read More)

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter follow up 2007’s critically acclaimed ‘Like Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul’ with ‘Marble Son’, their fourth release from Paris’s Fargo Records and the first on their own US imprint Station Grey/Thirty… (Read More)