Photo Credit: Chad Eberhart An American LIAR Allentown, PA www.anamericanliar.com The two most abundant products that are inundated upon today’s “alternative” youth seem to be 1) crass multi-colored extreme sodas and 2) calculated emo “punk bands.” While the former product is actually not bad-tasting, the latter is downright awful. A healthy auditory respite from those terribly manufactured bands can be…

Almost Green Trenton, NJ www.almostgreen.com The general bad reputation some artists have is that they “couldn’t cut the books,” but man they could bang the sh*t out of those drums. And then during interviews, it’s totally obvious what they earned in High School English (if they even made it that far). While interviewing Almost Green, that artist reputation was blown…

Akil Dasan New York, NY www.akildasan.com In this era of manufactured mainstream artists like Ashlee Simpson or any of your American Idols, it’s refreshing to come across an artist such as Akil Dasan, an artist with little to no pretensions and a hope that people can “dance, make love, and just simply listen to [his music].” With so much of…

Photo Credit: Patrick Demarcelier ADHD Washington DC www.ADHDrock.com What started at American University between two friends, branched out to be the four part band of ADHD: Rob, lead guitarist; Jordan, lead singer; Andy, bassist and keyboardist; and Jackson, drummer. The band hails from the Washington D.C. Metro area.Their name, as Rob described to me, certainly represents their musical taste and…

$1 Aviators Location: Belvidere, NJ Members: Carmello Chiara (vocals/guitar), Zach Hummer (bass), and Rocco Chiara (percussion). Website: www.aviator.bravehost.com In Their Own Words: “The band $1Aviators is a Rock and Roll trio from northern New Jersey. We are comprised of Carmello Chiara (20 – vocals/guitar), Zach Hummer (16 – bass), and Rocco Chiara (16 – percussion).” “It is hard to say…