CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published CMJ New Music Monthly and CMJ New Music Report. It was bought by Amazing Radio in 2019 and will bring back the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, along with other new live and live-streamed offerings.
Good God's Urge is the second and final studio album by American alternative rock band Porno for Pyros. It was released in 1996 on Warner Bros. It was the band's only album to feature bass guitarist Mike Watt, who assisted the band in finishing the album after Martyn LeNoble left before all his bass tracks had been completed. There were three singles released from the album.
controller.controller is a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of vocalist Nirmala Basnayake, guitarists Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas and Scott Kaija, bassist Ronnie Morris and drummer Jeff Scheven. The band took its name from a song by Shotmaker.
Sounds of the Animal Kingdom is a studio album by grindcore band Brutal Truth. This album features a more varied style than previous albums, displaying the band's typical grindcore and death metal sound fused with elements of doom metal, stoner rock, crust punk, experimental rock, and elements of other genres.
Margaret Fiedler McGinnis is a London-based American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and noted guitarist. She is best known as a founding member of UK indie groups Moonshake and Laika and as live guitarist with PJ Harvey and Wire.
Broken Hope is an American death metal band from Chicago, Illinois.
State Songs is a concept album released by John Linnell in 1999. It was Linnell's third solo project and first full solo album. It consists of tracks that are named after, and are at least partially inspired by, 15 of the 50 U.S. states. The album is surrealist in nature, suggesting that there is another West Virginia inside of the state, that one can drive a house to Idaho, that Montana is a leg, Iowa is a witch, Oregon chases after people, and Arkansas has sunken and is to be replaced by a ship of its exact shape and size.
The Fawn is a 1997 album by The Sea and Cake.
Colma is the fourth studio album by guitarist Buckethead. It was released on March 24, 1998, on CyberOctave records. The album was recorded for Buckethead's mother, who at the time was sick with colon cancer, and he wanted to make an album which she would enjoy listening to while recovering.
The Technical Jed was an American indie rock band from Richmond, Virginia.
The Hangovers were a band formed by The Raincoats member, Gina Birch, along with former members of Voodoo Queens, Stereolab and Laika.
Imperious Delirium is the thirteenth studio album released by Australian rock music group The Saints. With Marty Willson-Piper out of the band, The Saints were, for the first time, a trio. Chris Bailey played all the guitar accompaniments on the album.
Butterglory is an American indie rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. Contemporaries of indie rock groups like Pavement and Archers of Loaf, the band released four albums with Merge Records.
Starters Alternators is an album by Dutch anarchist band The Ex. It is the band's 10th studio album and was produced by Steve Albini.
Jordana LeSesne, formerly known as 1.8.7, is an American musician and producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She now produces and performs as Jordana. She became known in the mid-1990s as a drum and bass producer. The Village Voice described her as being "widely regarded as the top American music producer." Vibe magazine called her "one of the most respected Drum ‘n' Bass producers in the US." In 2015, She was named as one of "20 women who shaped the history of dance music" by the authoritative dance music magazine Mixmag. In 2014, Harriet Magazine named Jordana as one of "12 women in black music history you should know". During the same year, Complex Magazine UK named one of her songs to a list of "36 great American drum & bass tracks". She is transgender and has been out since 1998.
"Rhinosaur" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden on their 1996 album Down on the Upside. Despite not being released as its own single it was released as a B-side to the song "Ty Cobb". While "Ty Cobb" itself did not chart, "Rhinosaur" charted at 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Smile was an American rock band.
Joyride is the fourth album by the singer/songwriter Lida Husik, released in 1995 through Caroline Records.
Beat Noir is fourth studio album by Spahn Ranch, released on October 19, 1998 by Out of Line and Sub/Mission Records. It was reissued on November 24 of that year by Cleopatra Records. The final track "An Exit" was licensed to Cleopatra Records to be released on the various artists compilation The Black Bible in 1998.
Synth-metal is a style of heavy metal music characterized by the use of synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It combines metal with elements of typical electronic music, as well as electronic rock. It's associated with fast tempo and melodic harmonies.
