Who? Born and bred in Verona Italy, Canadians (sans the 'the') -- Duccio Simbeni (vocals/guitar), Michele Nicoli (guitar), Massimo Fiorio (bass/vocals), Vittorio Pozzato (keyboards/vocals) and Christian Corso (drums) -- formed in 2005. A Sky With No Stars marks the band's debut effort, of which is making enough waves in their

Who? A quintet of Oxford art school dropouts spawned from the technical side of dance rock, Foals is Yannis Phillippakis (vocals/guitar), Edwin Congreave (keyboards), Walter Gervers (bass), Jimmy Smith (guitar) and Jack Bevan (drums). In the year and half that they've existed, these house party scenesters have charted a handful of

With a shoulder revealing Shivers cut-off tee and a spandex mini-skirt, Busy Signals vocal vixen Ana McGorty screeched "Turn up your stereo / Wind up to go go go," before leading into a blurring fit of Flashdance-like hot steps. At the Empty Bottle last night (Jan. 14), a full pack of punklings collected at the front of the stage

Who? Born and bred in Verona Italy, Canadians (sans the 'the') -- Duccio Simbeni (vocals/guitar), Michele Nicoli (guitar), Massimo Fiorio (bass/vocals), Vittorio Pozzato (keyboards/vocals) and Christian Corso (drums) -- formed in 2005.

Now that ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan has become rock's new solemn soul a la Johnny Cash, it's like watching an undertaker sing songs about Jesus, of which there was no shortage last night (Nov. 27) at New York's Gramercy Theater. Debuting the first set of their U.S. tour, the British production team -- featuring leader

Cable network mtvU wrapped its fourth annual Woodie Awards lastnight at New York City's Roseland Ballroom, honoring artists thatstudents "live their lives to," i.e. while holding onto red plastic kegcups -- or at least so it seemed after the ceremony, judging by theabyss of discarded vessels littering the venue's floor.