Rock'n'roll is like life. And life? That's like high school. You leap in, seething with hormones, ambition and crazy ideas, giddy with the freedom of your new environment. And what do you get? Cliques. Conformity. The world hears you and says, "That's fine. Here's your pigeonhole. Now don't ever change." But what's the point of being in a rock'n'roll band if you can't flout all the rules and expectations? Faced with the task of following up an out-of-the-box success, Montreal's Stills stared...

Joe Jackson was born on August 11, 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, England, but grew up in the South Coast naval port city of Portsmouth. A skinny, asthmatic kid, he loved books and originally wanted to be a writer. At age 11, though, he joined a school violin class in order to escape the humiliation of Sports periods in which it was very often him, rather than the ball, which got kicked. Much to his own surprise, he found himself fascinated by music and eagerly studying music theory and history. ...

Tom McRae's Just Like Blood is proof that great albums will find a way to the light, no matter dark they are or how screwed up the record business is. His second album is the kind of adventurous and well-crafted collection that music fans seek out no matter the difficulty or expense. It's a record full of restless desire and unease, but McRae's delicate voice is never weary, always sympathetic, capturing the frailty of human experience. The journey of McRae and his second album crosses...

Jonathan Pierce, Vocals Jacob Graham, Guitar Adam Kessler, Guitar Connor Hanwick, Drums Jonathan and Jacob met each other at summer camp when they were children. they've been best friends ever since (except for a five year period when they hated each other). They've both had successful musical careers individually, but this is the first time they've sat down and written songs together. "We've always wanted to make music together, but distance and violence has always stopped us." "We'...

The story of Chief is one of two coasts. Though Evan Koga, Mike Moonves and brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa were all born and raised as sons of Los Angeles, they left for New York University, worlds away. It was in New York that they first got to know one another as collaborators, rumbling through a number of semi-serious projects and solo ventures before feeling swept away by a small run of songs Koga had penned and presented to them. He had written them under the name Chief, a moniker t...