Also ranks #1 on The Best New Female Artists 4 Harry Styles 1,746 votes Breaking out from his boyband beginnings, this suave English star has become a fashion and music icon in his own right. He brings an element of rock 'n' roll to contemporary pop with clever lyricism and a captivati...
The Accüsed is a crossover thrash band from Seattle, Washington, founded in 1981. The band was a progenitor of the crossover style that bridged the gap between thrashcore and thrash metal, later influencing grindcore and some crust punk bands; as well as an influential band i...
Ideally that will change in the new year: With luck, Girls will get big enough for people to complain that female-centric band names (see also: Women, the Girls, Vivian Girls) are the new "crystal" or the new superfluous consonant (see: Wavves, Nodzzz, Lovvers). So long as people ...
Death Wish Coffee Company is the badass of bean brands. With a proud skull and crossbones logo, it is described as the strongest coffee in the world. In 2022, the company began a collaborative series with some of the best tattoo artists across America, exploring sparks of creativity fueled ...
Best Tattoo Shop Winner: Atlas Tattoo 4543 N Albina Ave. / 503.281.7499 www.atlastattoo.com Best Tattoo Artist Cheyenne Sawyer works here along with other noted Portland tattooers to form an all-star crew. You'll need to schedule an appointment way in advance or be prepared to wait in li...
You don't need to be fluent in Portuguese to appreciate the work of twin street artists Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, collectively known as Osgemeos. Operating out of their native São Paulo, the siblings are known for their bright, cartoony wall art, which draws influences from Brazilian, Ne...
A nod to the Afrofuturism of artists like Sun Ra, the artwork forFear of a Black Planetwas conceived by Chuck D, who imagined the titular Black planet eclipsing earth. Appropriately, given the interplanetary concept, the group hired NASA illustrator B.E. Johnson to draw the final design. ...
Once again we invited artists to submit lists of their favorite things from 2011-- music-related or not-- and as usual there were a wide range of responses, from the requisite lists of albums and songs to slightly more creative fare such as Favorite Chinatowns and Things Not to Do on ...
released that year, Irish or otherwise. Her live performances have been consistently enriching - witness her tremendous Electric Picnic performance last year (which even Elbow failed to worm their way into the packed tent to witness). There's no better female songwriter in Irish music right now....
as in Lauryn Hill transforming the “Oooh la la la”-ing butterflies in Teena Marie’s stomach into a siren’s song of spiritual elation. I could do without the Charmin, but if I had their guts, I would tattoo their greatest line—“In the battle lost my finger, mic became my arm”...