Steven Lindsay - Monkey Gone To HEaven

I don't have anything on this guy. Don't know much about him. But this song really is cool. It Steven Lindsay singing a cover of "Monkeys Gone To Heaven" by Frank Black's Pixies.

The Twang

The Twang are a great little band from Britain. I first noticed them when one of my favorite grime bands from Britain did a remix of one of their songs. Their music is almost spoken word at some points but always melodic.

The Twang are a baggy-influenced indie rock band from Birmingham, England.The band was formed in Quinton, Birmingham by Phil Etheridge and Jon Watkin.The Twang originally performed in and around Birmingham under the name "Neon Twang". However, this was allegedly changed due to numerous scuffles between the band's fans and punters in various pubs. These events prevented them booking gigs in some venues, hence the need for the name change. The band have been quoted saying that they don't promote violence at their performances and have criticised the lack of doormen and security at local venues.

In the early days before Stuart Hartland joined the group, lead singer Phil Etheridge and bass player Jon Watkin swapped instruments on numerous "Neon Twang" tracks ("Cloudy Room", "Push The Ghost" and "Aimless With An Aim" being surviving tracks from this period). Etheridge frequently played bass guitar and sang, whilst Watkin played lead guitar. The addition of Hartland in late 2005 enabled Watkin to take over Bass duties permanently and allowed Etheridge to perform songs live with much more enthusiasm, although the frontman's trademark dancing was still evident whilst playing Bass.

During the "Neon Twang" period the band's sound was very similar to how it is now, some very early track names being: "See It Thru", "Big Day Out", live favourite "Shoot To Kill", "Time Waits", "Push The Ghost", "Aimless With An Aim" and the reggae influenced "Fake ID". "Aimless With An Aim" later turned up as the B-Side to the bands first single "Wide Awake".

Lead singer Phil Etheridge is an Aston Villa fan, Saunders is a Birmingham City fan whilst the rest are West Bromwich Albion fans as stated in a Live Lounge Session on Radio 1 presented by Jo Whiley.

Mos Def

This was just too cool. Mos Def is awesome!

Hip hop, rap and spoken word artist Mos Def reads Malcolm X's "Message to the Grass Roots" on November 9, 2006. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States.

Mute Math

Mute Math is my newest favorite. The drumming is what separates them from other bands. The staccotto rythms bounce around playing with the melodies that the rest of the band creates. The songs are part pleading and part hope. They have a general good feeling that is built on occasional electronic manipulation and the mournful singing of the frontman.

Mute Math is a rock band formed in 2003. They combine diverse elements like rock, new wave, electro, and psychedelia, with ambient vocals. The group from New Orleans consists of Paul Meany on Rhodes piano, bass, keytar, keyboards, samples, and vocals, Darren King on drums, samples, and programming, Greg Hill on guitars and vocals, and Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas on bass guitar, upright bass, and bass drum.

Mute Math started in 2001 as a long distance collaboration between Paul Meany in New Orleans, LA and Darren King in Springfield, MO. Early on Paul intermittently received instrumental demo CDs from Darren King. Fairly impressed with his efforts, Paul contacted Darren and asked if he could mess with the demos a bit, adding some song ideas of his own. Darren obliged and the two would set in motion a sort of songwriting ping-pong match that would carry on for several months. A few rounds of this led to talks of a possible project, which soon grew to become Mute Math.

With the recruiting of guitarist Greg Hill and bass player Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas, Mute Math worked feverishly in their New Orleans home studio to demo a whole new collection of songs. Creatively ambitious, they dove head first into exploring a new definition for themselves on how a rock band should sound and perform. Finding inspiration in things often considered the antithesis of modern rock music they were determined to carve a unique niche in which to place their songs. The result was a captivating soundscape of experimental rock drenched in irresistible hooks. Paul immediately played the demo for longtime friend and producer Tedd T, who fell in love at first listen. He created a model indie label, Teleprompt Records, where Mute Math could freely operate and begin building a musical momentum.

Talib Kweli - Ear Drum

Talib is one of the best rappers out there. He isn't played on any radio stations. The closest he has come to touching the masses he deserves was Kanye West's track "Get 'Em High" off West's debut album. But a more prolific rapper you could not find. Plus he cranks out more studio albums, collaborated albums, free albums, mixtape albums than most rappers out there. His flow is already smooth and his lyrics are always thought provoking. His new album is Ear Drum and the new single is "More or Less". The album drops June 25th!