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True to their garage blues roots, the Murlocs play with a straightforward swagger but also show an eager willingness to mix up styles and influences with each record they release. Made up of members of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and ORB among others, the band started off making stripped-down rock & roll on […]

Marcus Mumford is a British-American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer best known as the frontman and namesake of the Grammy Award-winning folk-rock group Mumford & Sons. He issued his eponymous debut solo effort in 2022. Marcus Mumford was born in Yorba Linda, California, to English parents who are international leaders of the evangelical Christian Association of […]

Joshua Keith Ostrander (born April 8), also known as Mondo Cozmo, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now based in Los Angeles, California. His solo music has been described as “chorus-heavy folk-rock.” Mondo Cozmo’s Josh Ostrander understands what happens when the heart cracks in two—and what to do next. That empathic ability drew […]

Momma is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. Momma consists of Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten, who have been friends with each other since meeting at Viewpoint School, as well as drummer Zach Capitti Fenton. Momma released their first full-length album in 2018 through Danger Collective Records, titled Interloper. On February 24, 2020, Momma announced their second full-length album, Two Of […]

The Mysterines are a 4 piece alternative rock band from Liverpool UK. There’s a mighty noise whipping around the banks of the Mersey right now. For the first time in years, Liverpool’s historic scene is living up to its weighty reputation again. Since the pandemic alone, we’ve seen a bevy of guitar-wielding Scousers take over […]

The supple, ringing guitars of Johnny Marr helped establish the Smiths among the most acclaimed and enduring bands of the 1980s. Born John Maher in Manchester, England, on October 31, 1963, he played in such little-known groups as Sister Ray and Freaky Party before forming the Smiths with singer Morrissey in 1982. In the years […]

Few rock guitarists in the 1990s were as groundbreaking as Tom Morello, who incorporated myriad styles into his own playing, which spread across a number of bands and solo projects into the 21st century. His trademark style — elastic slapping, atmospheric distortion, and effects that resembled turntable scratching — was a crucial component of Rage […]

Roberta Joan “Joni” Mitchell CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Drawing from folk, pop, rock, classical, and jazz, Mitchell’s songs often reflect on social and philosophical ideals as well as her feelings about romance, womanhood, disillusionment, and joy. She has received many accolades, including nine Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Rolling Stone called her “one […]

As part of D Generation, Jesse Malin kept the spirit of the ’70s alive during the height of grunge. It was a valiant struggle, earning D Generation a cult following and some positive notices, but the group had difficulty breaking outside of their native New York. Malin did better as a solo artist, realigning himself […]

Mammoth WVH is the solo project of Wolfgang Van Halen, son of guitar god Eddie Van Halen. Before his father’s death ended Van Halen in 2020, Wolfgang was the band’s bassist from 2006 onward, and he paid loving tribute to his father with his first Mammoth WVH song, “Distance.” Wolfgang Van Halen was born in […]