Douglas Q. Smith

Percussionist Adam Pierce leads the Mice Parade on their latest release, What It Means To Be Left-Handed. Download the track "In Between Times" right here.

Gordon Gekko is back on Wall Street in the second installment of Oliver Stone's downtown financial saga. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" opens in theaters on Friday.

The track "License to Hide" is from The Posies' forthcoming full-length album Blood/Candy. Download it here for free.

The San Diego duo Crocodiles delivers a fuzzy rock anthem which inspires a polar opposite reaction to what the title may suggest. Download the group's latest LP's title track "Sleep F...

Colorado outfit Candy Claws's concept album Hidden Lands was meant to be a “musical companion” to the ecological forestry book, "The Secret Life of the Forest." Download the track "Su...

Classically trained drummer Christian Vander's French prog rock group Magma has its roots in an intergalactic inspiration. Download the group's spacey track "Emehntehtt-Re IV" right here.

Bob Marley and the Wailers have sold over 250 million records worldwide. Bassist and music director of the Wailers, Aston "Familyman" Barrett, cooked up and recorded the track "Cobra ...

Alex Brown Church is an NYU film school grad turned L.A.-based indie folk musician who has adopted Jack London's seafaring sobriquet Sea Wolf. Download the track "Turn The Dirt Over" here.

It's week two on a three-week free bike valet experiment in the theatre district and the verdict is: Not exactly a hit.

Macklemore burst onto the Seattle hip-hop scene in 2005 with his debut album, The Language of my World. Download the track he made with Ryan Lewis, "Otherside", right here.

Martha Reeves, along with Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard, were the back-up girls for Marvin Gaye, on stage and on his first three releases, before breaking out on their own to rec...

My Favourite Things has the kind of sound that could rush into your dreams and send you off through one of those ‘happy place’ nostalgia-filled montages you see in films--but one that...

Playing violin since the age of three, Minnesota native Anni Rossi is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist. Download her track, "Crushing Limbs," here.

After French-born Victoria Legrand and Baltimore native Alex Scally formed the group Beach House in 2004, it didn't take long to find sunny days. Download their track "Norway" right here.

Curtis Cross, a.k.a. Black Milk, raps alongside a team of talented studio musicians who play with tinges of rock, reggae, and Afro-beat. Download "Closed Chapter" right here.

The self-produced, full-length record Riposte from the Brooklyn band Buke & Gass (pronounced ‘Byook and Gase') is due out September 14 on Brassland Records. Listen to and download a t...

This Australian quintet recently relocated to New York City to record their upcoming debut full-length album. Download "Reprise" for free here.

Caveman delivers reverberating harmonies like a chorus would. Download the track "Decide" right here.

Cellist Brent Arnold loops and layers his acoustic cello with electronics to transform his instrument's sound. Download the track "Bright So To Blind Me" here.

Fashion Week is essentially a trade show. A glamorous trade show, but a trade show nonetheless. Originally an event for buyers and magazine editors, a growing demand for access force...