Bruford　

After playing with Yes and King Crimson, drummer Bill Bruford took a large step toward jazz-rock and fusion with the establishment of his own group, simply named Bruford, in the late ’70s. ..more

Induction　

Richard Barbieri　

Born November 1957, Richard Barbieri is the oldest member of UK electro pioneers Japan. And one might add the most overlooked as his stunning work has taken some of the post Japan albums to heights th ..more

Stereolab　

Combining an inclination for melodic ’60s pop with an art rock aesthetic borrowed from Krautrock bands like Faust and Neu!, Stereolab were one of the most influential alternative ban ..more

Extreme　

Extreme’s music was never easy to classify, since it rarely confined itself to heavy metal, hard rock, or pop. The Massachusetts-based band formed in 1985; guitarist Nuno Bettencourt had already ..more

Courtney Barnett　

Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett first came to light in 2012 when her self-released EP, I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris, appeared and was roundly praised across Australia ..more

Procol Harum　

Procol Harum is arguably the most successful accidental group creation -- that is, a band originally assembled to take advantage of the success of a record created in the studio -- in the history ..more

Jellyfish　

San Francisco-based power pop outfit Jellyfish only released two full-length albums during their early-’90s heydays, but the group’s immaculately crafted pop/rock songs and unapologetic pench ..more

Lizzy Borden　

In the wake of Motley Crue’s meteoric rise to superstardom in 1983 on the strength of their now classic album Shout at the Devil, a countless amount of other similarly styled theatrical metal ..more

Zach Bryan　

Cannibal Corpse　

If vomit were a movie, this would be the soundtrack, wrote one critic of Cannibal Corpse’s music, some of the most extreme, violent death metal sounds and subject matter ever committed to tape. R ..more

Anthony Phillips　

Anthony Phillips was one of the founding members of Genesis, having attended the Charterhouse School in Surrey with Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, and Michael Rutherford. Phillips and ..more

Djo　

Rammstein　

Germany’s biggest rock export Rammstein was formed in 1993 by an assembly of factory-weary proletarians raised in East Germany. The sextet is comprised of hulking vocalist and one-time Olympic swim ..more

Plastic Ono Band　

The Plastic Ono Band is a conceptual band, said John Lennon to writer David Sheff in 1980. There is no Plastic Ono Band. It’s just an idea...there is no Plastic Ono Band like there i ..more

Tailgunner (Metal)　

Corinne Bailey Rae　

Neo-soul songstress Corinne Bailey Rae was born in Leeds, England, in 1979 to a British mother and West Indian father. Displaying an interest in music from an early age, Rae studied {\classic ..more

Iron Savior　

Power metal -- a forceful, hard-driving, and aggressive yet melodic style of heavy metal associated with headbangers like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensryche, and King Diamond -- got st ..more

Iron & Wine　

Singer/songwriter Sam Beam, who rose to prominence with a blend of whispered vocals and softly homespun indie folk, chose the moniker Iron ＆ Wine after coming across a dietary supplement named ..more

Jake Bugg　

Raised on a steady diet of the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and the brothers Gallagher, English singer/songwriter Jake Bugg blends the melodious, working-class swagger of the La’ ..more