CIBO MATTO (cheebo mätto) has an impeccable NYC pedigree. While bandmates Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori are originally from Japan, they are now Big Apple gals. They met in New York and their sound is absolutely a product of East…

THE JAZZY SOUL SOUND ofJamiroquai recently started impacting in the U.S. and thanks to a heavy rotation slot on MTV, it is provoking a swell of curiosity. Those looking beyond top 40 – beyond grunge, hip-hop and alternapop – already…

BLOODHOUND GANG frontman Jimmy Pop is so over-the-top in his political incorrectness, even Bill Maher must be impressed. He practices equal opportunity offensiveness; he gores all sacred cows. Pop riffs on blacks, whites, Asians, gays and straights, the mentally impaired,…

MOE. CAN ATTEST to the wonders of word of mouth. A college band that came together in Buffalo, N.Y., moe. has been touring non- stop for about three and a half years, DIY style, spreading its funky gospel jams. Thanks…

IF THERE'S A MUSICAL category for "the kind of record you might put on late at night with the lights low," then Duncan Sheik has found his format. That's the way the 26 year old singer/musician describes his self-titled debut…