Aqualung's Matt Hales thought he had it all figured out. In 2007, the British singer/songwriter told a London audience that he was retiring. "I'd had enough of it at that point and thought I might just be a teacher or do something else." However, the stellar batch of tunes that make up his new Verve album, "Magnetic North," came calling and they wouldn't take no for an answer. "The songs were like 'Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, C'mon dad, let's go, let's go, let's go,' Hales laughs. "I'm still ...

The National's fifth album, High Violet, will be released on their new label 4AD on May 11th. It was the first to be recorded at the band's own studio in the Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn, with mixing by long time associate Peter Katis at his Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Pulses and impulses pull against each other creating a balance of tension. Let's call it musical tensegrity: engineered to stand up in unlikely ways, the album is a triumph of sonic architecture; adorned with...

Biography "His stance is Elvis Presley meets Dwight Yoakam and his voice is Ricky Nelson meets Chris Isaak. A little bit of the old mingles with a dash of the new." -Mario Tarradell, The Dallas Morning News With his blend of 50's rock & roll, pop and traditional country, Steve Holy has crafted a unique sound that has won fans over across the nation. Refusing to be labeled musically and sticking to his country roots, Steve sites country greats Charlie Rich, Mickey Gilley and John Conlee as...

Coldplay have been a band since January 16th 1998, when four young university friends -- Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin -- lost a demo tape competition on London radio station XFM. Happily, things have improved since that early blow, with the band going on to sell tens of millions of copies of their four albums: 2000's "Parachutes," 2002's "A Rush Of Blood To The Head," 2005's "X&Y" and 2008's "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends." They've also toured th...

Truth & Salvage Co. is: Scott Kinnebrew Tim Jones Bill “Smitty” Smith Walker Young Adam Grace “How is it having four singers in the band?” is the question most asked of Truth & Salvage Co., often followed by “Where’s the group from again?” Though answers often vary depending on who you ask, the fact is that there would not be a Truth & Salvage Company without four singers; the band would have never come to be. It is through the collaboration of their songwriting and the ...