Underground Rapper of the Week is a new feature designed to raise awareness of rappers from all over the world who, if that world were a perfect place, would be more famous than they are. It will...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2012/08/28/underground-rapper-of-the-week-mac-dre/
Here’s a pretty cool video of this club track. Promo info: Avicii, born Tim Bergling in Stockholm, releases his new video for current single “Le7els” directed by Petro and shot in Los Angel...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2011/11/29/%E2%80%9Cle7els%E2%80%9D-by-avicii/
This Irish dance-rock trio is fast climbing our list of favorite bands. The song “How Your Heart Is Wired,” from their 2009 album Blue Lights on the Runway, was in power rotation at BE headqu...
AUSTIN, TX – The 25th anniversary edition of the SXSW Music and Media Conference is upon us this week and it’s shaping up to be another gala event for live music junkies. The initial lineup m...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2011/03/14/esdmusics-south-by-southwest-2011-music-preview/
A few weeks ago, there was a leak that Muse, the Foo Fighters and Eminem would headline Lollapalooza this year. In previous years, when band names have been leaked well before the official announ...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2011/03/01/our-lollapalooza-2011-wish-list/
RIYL: Talking Heads, OMD, Poi Dog Pondering Hipster elitists would like to convince you otherwise, but pop is not a four-letter word. It’s short for popular, after all, and who doesn’t want t...
RIYL: Primal Scream, The Ting Tings, Basement Jaxx Yet another lesson in why bands should choose their names carefully. The word ‘bully’ suggests someone aggressive and intimidating (and, con...
RIYL: The Prodigy, Nightbreed, King Cannibal Pendulum have the most apt band name in history, because they love to swing back and forth between two genres; drum and bass and hard rock. Their 2006...
RIYL: Dirty Projectors, David Bowie, anything on Kompakt Though he may be more known for his role in indie rock supergroup the New Pornographers, Dan Bejar has been enticing people into his stran...
RIYL: Duran Duran’s first two albums, Mark Ronson It’s funny how people can surprise you even when you think you know them better than they know themselves. After spending a good decade relea...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2011/01/13/duran-duran-all-you-need-is-now/
I don’t even know why I’m here, frankly. I think it’s pretty well documented that all I do these days is write about television and interview people ’til the cows come home. Once upon a t...
Having children has had a profound impact on my musical tastes. Will it make them cry? Will it teach them naughty words? Will it bore them? Then it doesn't get played around the house, which has ...
RIYL: motherfucking Depeche Mode 3/5 Stars On Pack Up the Plantation, the 1985 live album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the band slowly eases its way into “Breakdown.” Petty sings the f...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2010/12/07/depeche-tour-of-the-universe/
I would like to preface this list by saying that I have not yet listened to Cee-Lo Green's new album nor Kanye West's latest - which everyone and their mother is telling me is a freaking masterpi...
2010 was sensational year for music. Not only was there a slew of exceptional rock, metal, and indie records, released from proven acts, there was also an exciting crop of new artists that sprout...
RIYL: Popular music Girl Talk’s albums have always been a Top 40 of sorts for the ADD set, but with All Day he takes it to new heights. His breakthrough album Night Ripper featured samples from...
I seriously can't remember the last time I've had to struggle with a list of my favorite music in a particular year. Actually, I can, so I should clarify: I seriously can't remember the last time...
RIYL: early Roxy Music, Blondie, Goldfrapp It had to sting Siobhan Fahey a little that the band that she began as a solo project only saw commercial success when someone else was singing lead. Sh...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2010/11/18/shakespears-sister-red-room/
RIYL: Depeche Mode, Combichrist, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Nitzer Ebb’s last album was Big Hit, which came out in 1995. Since then the group both broke up and got back together with har...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2010/11/09/nitzer-ebb-industrial-complex/
Welcome to the first, and for all we know, last installment of our new column that celebrates beautiful women in music, which is a nice way of saying that we’re objectifying the bejeezus out of...
https://www.esdmusic.com/2010/11/03/cheesecake-factory-kylie-minogue-on-the-tonight-show/