The Hooks

Inimical Drive believes it's not your typical St. Louis metal band. Read More

Here are shows from Friday through Tuesday. Read More

Strata are no longer making music together, but back when they were, I saw them share bills with the likes of Finger Eleven, Chevelle, Smile Empty Soul, and Trapt. Read More

As a number of outlets have reported, Lupe Fiasco addressed his use of the beat from Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth 's 90s rap classic "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" on his brand new single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" during an industry conference call moderated by DJ Whoo Kid today. Read More

The latest LP from Young Man is actually the second in a three-album set that frontman Colin Caulfield mapped out in his college dorm room. Read More

For two albums, Boston's Hallelujah the Hills has been cranking out fuzzy but powerful rock tunes, ones full of tape hiss and static that aren't exactly lo-fi. Read More

TDE have listened to enough Pac to know that rhymes alone can be the blueprint for money-making. Read More

Last August, the members of La Vice were vacationing in Bermuda when they decided to hop on stage at an open mic night and the band turned from a fun side project into a bona fide band. Read More

Teyana Taylor, better known to most music fans as the voice behind some of the hooks on Kanye West's Grammy-winning album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy , will again be linking up with Mr. West after signing to his G.O.O.D. Music imprint, a subsidiary of Island Def Jam. Taylor, then a 19-year-old singer from Harlem, was hand-picked by Kanye to feature on the tracks "Dark Fantasy" and "Hell of a Life," later performing with him at the Bowery Ballroom during his album release party. Read More

With "Kickin' & Screamin'" coming, Krizz gives insight to some of the album's highlights, why no one can touch Strange Music on the road, and how he's become T-Pain's favorite artist. Read More