The Beast Philadelphia, PA www.Myspace.com/terrellroper The Beast, aka Terrell Roper, fashions music out of the beats and experiences of life. Born and raised in a rough neighborhood in southwest Philadelphia, Terrell is now a student at Lebanon Valley College where he is currently an English Communications major, focusing on radio. He also co-founded a production company, SIN Productions (SIN=Struggle is…

Baxter House Los Angeles, CA www.Baxter-House.com Usually, after living with the same roommate(s) for an extended period of time, you tend to learn to hate and revile them. At least this has been my experience. Music – or any other solitarily cathartic exercise – such as drinking yourself into a constant vertiginous state of insobriety, is necessary to ease the…

Any Old Joe North Hollywood, CA www.anyoldjoe.com It breaks my heart that these guys are non-locals to us here in PA. With an exceptionally positive attitude in their music and songs that make it impossible not to sing along, I’d love nothing more than to be able to catch these guys live. I stumbled across Any Old Joe for the…

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…

Pela Brooklyn, NY www.PelaMusic.com My first introduction to this band was at a concert in Philadelphia when they were opening for Rainer Maria and Bella Lea. They introduced themselves as Pela, from Red Hook, Brooklyn, with their only point of reference being that this was the area where Hubert Selby’s Last Exit to Brooklyn takes place. Now depending on what…

Stillframe Philadelphia, PA www.stillframemusic.com I was thrilled when Jason Ziemba, drummer for the very talented band, Stillframe, was kind enough to grant AudioXposure an e-mail interview. If you haven’t had the opportunity to hear Stillframe’s truly unique style, you’re severely missing out. The raw emotion these guys put into their work shows through in every beat and every note, and…