If you’re tired of listening to the same old crap — especially if you’re an FM radio junkie — now is the time to expand your horizons. The world is absolutely teeming with excellent artists who have a few things to say outside the realm of “get drunk/get high/get laid/bust a cap/smack a ho/check my rims.” Sometimes, they don’t say anything at all. “Music without lyrics?!” you ask, outraged. Yes, and it’s often better that way. Here are some artists that might not be at the top of the charts, but deserve a listen all the same:

From the gigantic artists to the pop sensations, there’s something for everyone this year. As always, there are too many wonderful indie tours, genre-specific tidbits to be named here, so we’ve anchored on 5 major must-see events. Book tickets today because these will sell out.

Only about the first 15 seconds of this video are interesting. But because it’s in French, it takes another minute and 45 seconds to provide the context. So if you only want to watch the super sweet part, here’s what happens: One dude tries to pull some lame prank on a passerby in a hat. The prankster takes off running, right past another random dude, who just happens to be awesome at karate. Now, watch.

Hey Brock, you are not in the WWE anymore. You are not fighting Papa Shongo. You, in one night, set the MMA world back 10 years. Brock is everything that no one wanted to see in MMA, a big burly white trash over-steroided douchebag who has no respect for the discipline and sport of martial arts.

What ever happened to the Spirit of ’77? The knuckle-dragging riffs and snot-nosed yelps of Everyteen With a Dream USA when Punk broke?
It’s always been here, but IT – that undiluted, uncompromising ethos connected to punk – is much harder to follow in the MySpace Generation.
Artists hoping to be crowned The Next Big Thing crop up a… Click to read more