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Dreams Come True

AFTER 10 YEARS OF SUCCESS AT HOME Japanese pop band Dreams Come True is trying to make a go of it in America. DCT has established itself as Japan’s flagship superstar pop music act with nine albums on Sony Japan…

Plastilina Mosh

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF Plastilina Mosh, a place where hip hop beats collide with lounge keyboards and jazz stylings meet electronic grooves. There’s some punk rock, too, justifying the Mosh half of the name. Alejandro Rosso and his partner…

Newsboys

THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE PACK THE Astrodome for one band. What they’re about to see is a spiritual, energy-filled concert accompanied by a huge production — the kind of showmanship and special effects expected of huge stars. But the act that’s…

Grant Lee Buffalo

AFEW WEEKS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THEIR fourth album, Grant Lee Buffalo took a little tour across the U.S., playing intimate venues and spending some quality time with fans. In Pontiac, Mich., it got a little crowded down front so…

Bernstein (aka Dan Bern)

ON THE MOST SUFERFICIAL LEVEL, DAN BERN can be called a folk singer. But the man who writes lyrics like, “We need more nose jobs, we need more hair relaxers, more magazines telling us there’s something wrong with your face,”…

Jazz Is Dead

IT’S THE LATE ’70s. ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN New York City is bustling. The Grateful Dead is in town playing a week’s worth of dates at Radio City Music Hall. Around the corner is Studio G, where Saturday Night Live is…

Sevendust

WHEN THE MEMBERS OF SEVENDUST SAY they’ve been on the road non-stop, they are not exaggerating. These guys from Atlanta hit the road in April 1997 and in the last. 15 months, have only been home 19 days. Some members…

Fuel

THE MEMBERS OF FUEL MUST BE DOING something right. Years of non-stop touring in the band’s adopted hometown region of central Pennsylvania and the surrounding major markets of Washington, D.C., Boston and Baltimore have created an ultra-loyal following for the…

Next

STEAMY, “IN THE MOOD” MUSIC FOR TODAY — that is the specialty of Next. The vocal trio’s debut on Divine Mill/Arista Records, Rated Next, covers everything from hit singles “Butta Love” and “Too Close” to less subtle offerings like “Sexitude”…

Agents Of Good Roots

IN TRUE JAM BAND FASHION, AGENTS OF GOOD Roots have built a grass roots following with all the elements — the die hard fans, the tape trading, even a neo-hippie scene in some places. The band has come a long…

Lila McCann

DURING THE WEEK, LILA MCCANN LIVES THE life of a typical teenager — going to high school, cheerleading and listening to her mom tell her to clean up her room. But on the weekends — and during summer vacations —…

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

THE PROBLEM WITH THE UNDERGROUND SWING movement is that unlike punk rock, kids’ parents and even grandparents may want to join in. It’s a phenomenon Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has been witnessing for about five and a half years touring…

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