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Zach's Back

Watch: Exclusive Clip From The Last Kiss

Get an exclusive sneak peak at Garden State writer/director/star Zach Braff's latest film, co-starring Rachel Bilson and Casey Affleck ...more

Live Ladies!

Listen: Live From the Glenn Gould Studio - Full Album Stream (Exclusive!)

Barenaked Ladies are back with a new album -- and a bonus live CD you can preview exclusively on ARTISTdirect ...more

Art of Love
Watch: "Hater"

Everclear's Art Alexakis doesn't wanna be a "Hater" anymore, so we asked him to dispense some love advice to our users ...more

Forever Yung

Watch: "I Know You See It (feat. Ms. B)"

You asked, Yung Joc answered. Find out more about Atlanta's hottest new export in this our exclusive "Ask the Artist" interview ...more

Holla at a Hinder

Watch: "Lips of an Angel"

Hard rockers Hinder pick their top 10 favorite songs -- and surprise, two of them are from a band with a lead singer named Axl ...more

Do the Robot

Listen: "Creeps Me Out"

They write pop-punk anthems with a touch of glam, and they're big fans of Italy. Find out more about Ima Robot as they take our "If You're Forced To" challenge ...more

The Buzz of the Bees


Listen: "Nice Day"

Meet Persephone's Bees, the Oakland, California band that's generating some serious buzz with their catchy, category-defying pop-rock and a frontwoman who hails from Russia...with love, of course. An exclusive Q&A ...more

Archived features/interviews:
The Album Leaf Ambulance LTD
Anti-Flag Avenged Sevenfold
Banco de Gaia Band of Horses
Bassnectar Be Your Own Pet
Ben Gibbard Billy Miles
Blockhead Bow Wow
British Sea Power Cameron Crowe
Cheap Trick Cherish
Chingy Chris Mills
Christina Milian Cut Chemist
CSS The Czars
Dead to Me Deep Dish
Ditty Bops Eagles of Death
Garbage Giant Drag
G. Love Godsmack
Har Mar Superstar Hawthorne Heights
Henry Rollins The Hold Steady
Jack Dangers James Blunt
James McMurtry Jason Whitton
Jimmy Eat World Josh Rouse
Kaki King Kasabian
Kings of Leon k-os
Lacuna Coil Lady Sovereign
Latoya London Le Tigre
LeToya Lil Jon
Lostprophets Ludacris
Margot/Nuclear... Mary J Blige
Ne-Yo Pinback
Pink Spiders Psapp
Queensryche Michelle Shocked
Ray J Razorlight
Relient K Rhymefest
Rihanna Rise Against
Sergio Mendes Sevendust
Silversun Pickups Simple Plan
Snow Patrol Story of the Year
Susan Tedeschi TakingBackSunday
T-Pain Tegan and Sara
Theory/Deadman Thievery Corp.
Three Days Grace Trail of Dead
Weezer The Wreckers
William Shatner Zero 7
  featured albums
Papa Roach
The Paramour Sessions
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File under: Frat party metal.
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R.E.M.
And I Feel Fine: Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
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File under: College rock classics.
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Ima Robot
Monument to the Masses
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File under: Uber-catchy spazz-rock.
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Stereolab
Serene Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology
$11.99 Buy Now
File under: Influential, noisy dream pop.
 Listen to a full album stream

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Win an iPod Mixer From The Rapture!

Unleash your iPod music collection with an iTrax Mixer from Gemini DJ gear and The Rapture. The winner and three runners-up get a copy of their new album, too... enter now!

See Evanescence Live!

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Do You Love Paris?

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Win a Rockin' Prize Pack From Wolfmother and Nine Black Alps

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Exclusively from ARTISTdirect: We're giving one lucky winner all 37 of Bob Dylan's albums on Columbia Records, including his latest, Modern Times. Also up for grabs: A home theater system... enter now!

Win a Signed Guitar From Everclear!

"Haters" need not apply to win this one: a Gibson guitar autographed by the guys from Everclear... enter now!

Audioslave, Stereo Masters

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Win a Black Crowes Prize Pack!

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 editor's picks
TV on the Radio
Listen:
 TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
 Tobias Froberg - "When the Night Turns Cold"
 OutKast - "Morris Brown"
 Yo La Tengo - "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind"
 Shout Out Louds - "The Comeback (Ratatat Remix)"
 Brazilian Girls - "Jique"
 Pigeon John - "Higher?!"
 James Figurine - "Apologies"
 Judah Johnson - "Jukebox Heartache"
 Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de los Austrias - "Valldemossa (Edson Arantes do Nascimento 'Pele' Mix)"
 The Lemonheads - "No Backbone"
 Nouvelle Vague - "Blue Monday" - an ARTISTdirect Exclusive!
 Zero 7 - "Futures (feat. Jose Gonzalez)"
 Cobra Starship - "Snakes On a Plane (Bring It)"
 The Roots - "Don't Feel Right"
 The Raconteurs - "Intimate Secretary"

Watch:
 The Black Crowes - "She Talks to Angels"
 Rhymefest - "Fever"
 Kaki King - "Yellowcake"
 The Bronx - "History's Stranglers"
 Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces"
 OK Go - "Here it Goes Again"
 Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
 on the verge: Bedroom Walls
The Los Angeles-based band Bedroom Walls has a sound so unique, they had to invent a new word to describe it: romanticore. Marrying singer-songwriter Adam Goldman's dreamy, bittersweet melodies and quirky lyrics to jangly, chamber pop arrangements with the odd bit of feedback, it's a sound that's built the Bedroom Walls a loyal following throughout Southern California and beyond.

Listen: In Anticipation of Your Suicide
Plus: an exclusive Bedroom Walls mixtape

 bloggin' all over the world
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  artist picks: Hem
Few modern bands imbue their music with as much sense of history as Hem. This collective of New York musicians plays so-called "Americana" on an epic, widescreen scale -- you can hear everything from Appalachian folk and Kentucky bluegrass to Gershwin-esque orchestral pop and Dylan/Guthrie folk-rock in their music, sometimes within the same song.

The members of Hem sent us the following list of albums with this note: "Somehow, if you could combine the following albums, the results would not be unlike the sonic world we have tried to fashion for ourselves in our albums." So from Glen Campbell to The Wizard of Oz, welcome to the world of Hem.
   Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring & Other Works

"Aaron Copland practically invented the American musical myth. His melodies seem to be always reaching out towards something just beyond the horizon, where folk music and symphonic music meet."
   Motion Picture Soundtrack
Cinderella

"Sally’s favorite record as a child. Old Disney scores have been a constant source of inspiration for the band."
   Glen Campbell
Wichita Lineman
   Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

"These two albums are the apotheosis of the Countrypolitan genre for us; in both cases the singing, songwriting, arrangements, and production are thoughtful, beautiful and somehow a little surreal as well."
   The Carter Family
The Carter Family: 1927-1934

"Where would we be without the Carter Family? They showed us the power and beauty that is possible in a simple, redemption-seeky song."
   Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book

"The best singer performs the best songs ever written. What more could you want?"
   The Rolling Stones
Some Girls

"If you slow down a Rolling Stone’s guitar lick, you’ll find a Hem song (try it, you’ll see...)."
   Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison

"'Don’t be afraid of the darkness,' was what Johnny Cash taught us. You can create beautiful songs that are not all saccharine."
   Laura Nyro
New York Tendaberry

"Laura Nyro created sprawling, kaleidoscopic songs that re-imagined New York City through her own very personal mythology. Just breathtaking."
   Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Wizard of Oz (Deluxe Edition)

"The quintessential American soundtrack. We aspire to the same Technicolor, cinematic vision in our albums."

Hem's latest album, Funnel Cloud, is available now in the ARTISTdirect Store, as are all of their picks. Click any of the album covers for more information.
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