Michael Roberts

These brainy Orange County, California post-hardcore dudes have been slogging it out for more than a decade, and though their mid-'00s major-label stint didn't quite attract My Chem-grade crowds, Thrice is still making passionate, meaningful music. Last year's Beggars even wisely dialed down the prog-punk trimmings that bogged down the...

As far as we know, a star-maker didn't have anything to do with the formation of Hey Monday. But the West Palm Beach group's members seem to have been as carefully cast for their roles as the telegenic types who made up two of Florida's prepackaged '90s-era exports, 'N Sync...

Daniel LeDisko and Jo'B, the twosome currently causing L.A. Riots, are the remixers of the moment — definitely a short-term position given the trendiness of the international club scene but one that can occasionally lead to greater things. The duo, which will share the console with Felix Cartel, has been...

Like major-league closers, modern-rock musicians tend to specialize in the high hard stuff. Still, that doesn't mean fans of the genre reject any and all softer sounds — and that's where Kevin Devine comes in. A generation ago, Devine, who's playing with with Miniature Tigers, Sarah Jaffe & Brian Bonz,...

Thanks to MTV, Aaron "Shwayze" Smith and Cisco Adler began climbing the ladder of success several rungs higher than most new artists. Buzzin', a limited-run series on the network, brought the chilled-out hip-hop duo straight into the living rooms of its prime demographic, and the twosome's laid-back demeanor turned out...