Is it weird that I'm feeling old and nostalgic when listening to Wavves self-titled album even though it's a somewhat recent release? The music reminds me of my younger self. A mix of Smashing Pumpkins' noisiest songs and a way-distorted Ash. Wavves is mostly Nathan Williams. He's young, from San Diego, California...

A TV station in Indonesia used to play clips from the Jackson 5 Saturday Morning Cartoon but never the entire show. Like "Ben", I didn't get to see these clips until years later. In fact, even though the show was around before Ben was released, I didn't see the clips til way...

12 hours after the death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, was announced, the story is still topping many news feeds, blogs, Facebook status, Tweets and text messages. MTV is playing a marathon of his videos all night long (apparently, a death of a pop star is the only way to...

Fanfarlo is an awesome group of musicians who originated from different places and headed by singer, Simon Balthazar. Their music, right off the bat, reminds me of Arcade Fire, layers of instrumentation paired with stacks of emotion. I'm a sucker for any band who can put their xylophone to use and Fanfarlo...

Check out Tim Easton, an artist based out of Joshua Tree, California. We were lucky to have caught his performance at The Mint in Los Angeles. Despite a group of drunk-and-chatty audience, oblivious to the fervent performance right in front of them, Tim Easton played a good and solid hour-long performance. He...

'just wanted you to check out the Brooklyn based group whose music is as sensational as their name, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, if you haven't already. The diverse collective is made of 8 musicians, artists, a self-proclaimed witch doctor and a medicine man. Apparently when you throw them all in one pot...