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Rock n' roll, boy bands, jazz trios, and more; the greats, newbies, and forgotten icons who create our favorite groups.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: All About the Australian Psych Rockers
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. The music is just as weird as the name would imply. The seven piece psychedelic rock group from Melbourne, Australia, is composed of Lucas Skinner on bass, Cook Craig and Joey Walker on guitar, drummers Eric Moore and Michael Cavanaugh (Yes, they have two drummers, Eric also doubling as the bands manager, and record label owner), keys, harmonicist, and occasional vocalist Ambrose Kenny Smith, and vocalist, guitarist, bassist, flutist, drummer, songwriter, zurna player, and many, many other credits, Stu Mackenzie. The man is the mastermind behind the group, and is what gives the group their special sauce.
By Benja Niesen7 years ago in Beat
Greta Van Fleet, Zeppelin, and Stealing
Greta Van Fleet have been making the rounds on the internet and the music industry recently, blowing up mostly this year. The band has gotten pretty good coverage, being called the “Rebirth of Rock and Roll” and other fun things like that, but, like most artists, they’ve got some criticism too. “Led Zeppelin Rip-Offs” are usually the most used term thrown around for them and at first listen you can see why. The riffs are similar, the vibe, the chord progressions, and of course the vocals, but is it really fair to put all of this against them? No. It's not.
By Aaron Kerper7 years ago in Beat
Why the Twenty One Pilots Hiatus Was a Good Thing
Twenty One Pilots went silent July 6, 2017. Fans like me waited patiently (or as patient as one can) for the announcement of something from the duo, like perhaps a new single or album, with fingers crossed that we wouldn't have to wait too long. A little over a year later, our prayers are answered and we got two new singles, a tour, an album, and an engaging story to follow. As of writing this, there are now three singles, each with there own music video, merch bundles, and album pre-orders. While the Twenty One Pilots silence seemed sudden, I thought it was a great move on their part and was beneficial for all parties. Here's a breakdown of who this hiatus was good for and why.
By Nyla M.7 years ago in Beat
New Things from the Band 5 Seconds of Summer
Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer took a short break after releasing their third number one album to prepare for many things like dropping a music video for their song "Youngblood", recording Spotify singles, and even preparing for their four-month-long world tour.
By Lindsay S7 years ago in Beat
Why BTS Is So Popular
If you walk into my room, you'll be assaulted straight away with posters of the BTS boys, small postcards of J-Hope (actually, 23 postcards, 2 Polaroids, and 2 photo cards to be exact) and an entire section of my bookshelf dedicated to their albums. I watch videos of them every morning, tweet about them throughout the day, and connect with other ARMYs, the name of BTS' fan group, via Twitter. How did I get like this? How did I completely fall in love with a group who sings predominantly in Korean when I don't even speak it? How did this happen to millions upon millions of others worldwide like myself?
By Sam7 years ago in Beat
Legendary Band, Great Music That Is Queen. Top Story - July 2018.
As soon as I heard the song “These Are the Days of Our Lives” I fell head over heels in love with the music of Queen. I had heard their songs on the radio but hadn’t taken the time to really listen to them until this particular song. Even now I enjoy watching videos of Queen through YouTube and watching Freddie Mercury’s dynamite performances always brings a tear to my eye. He was such a great talent and certainly much too young to be taken from this world but the music of Queen and the videos keep him alive and in our minds and in our hearts.
By Rasma Raisters7 years ago in Beat
The Global Phenomenon
A lot of people are aware of what K-pop is, but if you are unaware, it is Korean Pop. Kpop has recently been a huge global phenomenon with the success of many groups for example BTS, BlackPink, EXO, TWICE, and many more.
By Daily Crisis7 years ago in Beat
Punk Isn't Dead, You're Just Not Looking Hard Enough
We're in a much different world today than we were back in the early 2000's. Culture identities, social life, politics, brands, and music have all taken twists and turns in the past 20 years or so. Back in punk's glory days, bands such as Blink-182, Green Day, Sum-41, Alkaline Trio, Taking Back Sunday, and many more were selling out arenas, getting air time on radio stations, and bringing out the inner emo in us every second they could.
By John Aubert7 years ago in Beat
Top 10 Best Stoner Rock Bands You Should Hear Today!
Stoner rock is one of the metal sub-genres that took on a life of its own, and there’s a reason for that. It has some tasty riffs, tons of cool distortions as well as an interesting, groove laden sound, and killer musicianship. All of that adds up to create maybe one of the coolest types of music that you can find. This genre and scene is so distinct and rewarding that you just can’t find anything like it. And it shows the true value of what these pioneering bands did and are doing with it. Read the list and give a listen to find out why stoner rock music is not just for stoners.
By Aaceeo Picosoneo7 years ago in Beat
Why It’s Time to Stop Calling Greta Van Fleet the Next Led Zeppelin
From their breakthrough onto the rock ’n’ roll scene, Greta Van Fleet has been garnering comparisons to the legendary Led Zeppelin. Now, there are definitely worse things to be linked to but it doesn’t help that from the moment they started to be recognizable, they were dubbed “the band that sounds like Led Zeppelin.”
By Shandi Pace7 years ago in Beat
What I Learned From Chester Bennington's Death
Some of us are looking forward to Friday. Where I'm from, many schools are breaking up for the summer that day - it's a day to celebrate, to get excited, to dream up ideas for things to do to fill six sunny, carefree weeks. I should be one of those people. But as excited as I am to finish the school year, my mind will go somewhere else during the final assembly. More precisely, to thoughts of someone else. Someone who can't be with us anymore.
By E.W Hemmings7 years ago in Beat
5 of the Best Rock Bands I’d Suggest Seeing Live
I am a bit of a concert junkie and I’m a proud metalhead. I’ve been going to concerts with my dad since I was 10. I feel at home when I’m attending a concert; we’re all just one big family. The atmosphere of concerts is something just purely amazing. Below will be a list of my top 5 favorite bands that I’ve seen live, and I’m suggesting you go see them too before they’d retire or break up.
By Stormie Jacobson7 years ago in Beat