Bill Sitzmann The Faint have a new 12-inch out but you'll have to catch them on tour to get it. The electro-rock five-piece that helped build Omaha's now-thriving indie scene were back in their hometown putting in eight-hour practice days preparing for their tour supporting the remastered edition of 2001's Danse Macabre, the record that ...

Eric Brown William Fitzsimmons, recognizable by his long, Father Time-style beard and heart-wrenching folk ballads (you may have caught an earful on "Grey's Anatomy," "Brothers and Sisters," "Army Wives," "Teen Wolf," "Life of Ryan," "One Tree Hill," and "Jersey Shore" to name a few), is in the midst of a new wave of inspired songwriting now ...

Big Hassle A friendly Midwesterner, Chris Porterfield is a reluctant rock star. Having once been in the band DeYarmond Edison with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver -- Porterfield has his own talent for creating emotionally charged acoustic songs. Although his friend and former bandmate has undergone a fair share of international fame, Porterfield ...

Adrienne Nicole Angel Haze, the 21-year-old rapper from Michigan, has scarcely been in New York City for eight months and she's already talking about running the place. She recently inked a record deal with Universal Republic and is collaborating with some big names on her upcoming big label releases. But it's not as if she just rolled ...

Emily Berger Noise and darkness are not just fun for A Place to Bury Strangers' frontman Oliver Ackermann. They provide him with a sort of therapy. Ackermann doesn't outright say that songwriting from a sad, angry or lost mindset makes for better music, but he does admit that dark music can actually be cathartic in working through low ...

Kevork Djansezian It hasn't really occurred to Nick Cave that his work on the upcoming potential blockbuster "Lawless" could have a bigger impact -- at least in America -- than anything else he's done to date. Or, if it has occurred to him, it doesn't matter much. "I don't really care," says the Australian rocker, who wrote the screenplay ...

Bleached Nothing says sisterly love like your younger sibling attempting to strangle a security guard who assaulted you. Or reading her mind when you know exactly what kind of guitar riff she's after. Such is the relationship between Jennifer, 28 and Jessica Clavin, 26, of Los Angeles band Bleached. When asked how working with her sister ...