In the Fall of 2006 we stumbled across a Ra Ra Riot live show and were blown away. This young band from Syracuse is really something special. They made us feel like giddy teenagers again and we loved them for it… (Read More)

Rabbit Is a Sphere sprung from the neck of Denver like an extra and unwanted head that sang of fruit rotting in red piles and of cigarette smoke collecting in the corners of unused rooms. (Read More)

A Minor is the saddest chord. For this and more, Rachael Pollard is exactly right. Three years ago I was sitting in the dark on the dirty floor at Monkey Mania. In front of the stage was a messy array… (Read More)

the Radical Knitting Circle. after years of playing with Esau and Frame, we finally feel like we know what we are doing, or what we want to do. We came together as Believe You Me.. with Kevin Crouse on bass.. but… (Read More)

Radio Jetstream fails to fit in. A group of musical misfits, they are a mismatch to every glossy buzz word circulating in the Chicago music scene. Addressing this displacement, Patrick Hickey, the creative force behind Radio Jetstream, pokes fun at his… (Read More)

Like an erratic, fever-infected Archers of Loaf-or Modest Mouse when they were smelly and lean-Raleigh brings power, combustion, and scrappy elan into indie rock. And indie rock needs it: With nary a trace of pretension or orchestral bullshit, the trio cuts… (Read More)

ross and jason grew up around lots of classic country and country-rock, but wound up in the ‘90s listening to lots of hardcore and emo. they began red cloud in 2002 as a one-off combo playing velvet underground covers in the… (Read More)

“Quick Metal quiz! The world needs more: (A) hard rock bands, (B) nuclear winters, (C) colostomy bags, (D) Jeb Bush presidencies, (E) none of the above. Okay, so try explaining that to the drunk super cavemen of Red Fang. This tight-knit… (Read More)

Red Orange Yellow is a synth drivin indie band from Denver. Creepy is the name of the game, and the game is out on Nintendo. (Read More)

RedLine Defiance went to the top with their 2005 debut, “LAST OF THE CELLOPHANE” , A catchier-than-average 12 TRACK LP that helped make these Littleton, Colorado, boys one of the most beloved bands on MySpace. On “LAST OF THE CELLOPHANE” RedLine… (Read More)

“i just listened to Spark in it’s entirety,...thank you reed, you beautiful man…you’re like john lennon, the sasquatch, the dali lama, and the beastie boys rolled up in a rice paper with sassy sauce…” David Gelfand -former lead guitarist of water… (Read More)

Russell “Dazzle Riff’s” Mehring (Guitars, live Synths) BJ (Voice, Programming, Guitars) Xavier (Live Synths, Guitars) (Read More)

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Restiform Bodies are a comatose electric psych ghetto tech, r&b trio who all grew up together in the ice and rock of central New Hampshire. After receiving some attention for the bedroom generated recording “oubliette,” assembled and sold by hand for… (Read More)

Retarded are an Italian punk-rock band formed back in 1998 from the ashes of the Home Alone (punk rock band with 7” out) and played over 300 shows touring in Italy, U.S.A, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, playing… (Read More)

Here’s where the last installment of the adventures of Reverend Dead Eye left off: After a shit-kicking, soul-scorching sermon at the Westword Music Awards Showcase in June—a raw, bluesy baptism of hellfire that featured Eliza Jane Smith of… (Read More)

Dance. Dance. Dance. (Read More)

You have to admire a songwriter who admits that an Otis Redding song “got him to thinkin’” about where he belongs. Rodney Parker does just that in “Drive Away,” arguably the best cut from his 2004 release “BLOW THE SOOT OUT.”… (Read More)

Born and raised in Denver, I started playing in bands as a teenager with Patrick Park and Sera Cahoone. I then joined the Czars for a few albums, then quit to work on my own music. Sometimes it’s spacey, floaty, dreamy… (Read More)

A solo operation-turned-team effort, Roger, Roll is a pop/indie/shoegaze/folk/space rock/whatever band from Denver that somehow resembles the explosion of a star. And loves you a lot. (Read More)

— Roman Numerals forms a sturdy bridge between indie-rock’s angular approach and the underground club scene’s throbbing tempos. This high-powered hybrid could inspire even the most jaded observers to uncross their arms. While math-rock intimidates fun-lovers with its off-putting inaccessibility and… (Read More)

Should you know Kent Lambert, a solo artist who has brandished his keytar like he invented the thing, you’d know Songs the Animals Taught Us (2005) by Roommate, and you’d know how that debut album got Kent signed to Plug Research… (Read More)

WE’RE THE ROT AWAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE DO… “furious vocals and blaring music” -Suffolk Journal “These folks will go to no ends just to play a show. Say you were putting on a show with Red Invasion and some useless… (Read More)

Royal Trux were a rock anomaly through out the ‚Äô90s. Lead by Neil Hagerty (formerly of Pussy Galore) and Jennifer Herrema, the group swept up particles of mystic space rock, Stonesy twang, and cracked, guttural utterings. Royal Trux were a self-contained… (Read More)

JAN 2008: L.A.’s Run Run Run has released their new EP, “Good Company” online and at shows. These songs have already landed them on KROQ, INDIE 103.1 and radio stations across the U.S. Rx3 recorded with U.K. hitmaker Noah Shain and… (Read More)

Runway Estates stars Tennessee native Patrick Porter and Iowa native Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens in the auditory equivalent of a spaghetti western. When Morton Aurora (Gabriele Ferzetti), the power-hungry owner of an airline company, hires Frank Stapleton (Henry Fonda, playing against type)... (Read More)