Julie Crochetiere might be better known as Julie C these days, but one thing that doesn’t change is her commitment to writing and singing solid music. The Montreal-born artist released her first album, titled A Better Place, four years ago now, for which she garnered several award nominations and sold over 30,000 albums independently. She’s finally set to follow it up with Steady Ground, scheduled to drop March 1, 2011

Jag Panzer has never sounded as impressive, mature and accomplished as on their latest album The Scourge Of The Light. Jag Panzer’s classic, clearly more melodic power metal style has returned and that the fans will definitely be happy about this. The Scourge Of The Light sounds so impressive. Despite their limited production budget, Jag Panzer spared neither cost nor effort to give their ten fantastic new songs a driving, but always transparent sound. The first studio album since 2004, fans are waiting!

Ralf Scheepers has built himself quite a reputation for being one of the finest German Heavy Metal singers. His voice is high-pitched and tenor-esque and his abilities were often compared to some of the finest Hard Rock and Heavy Metal singers ever. Ralf Scheepers artistic intention was to please the existing Primal Fear fan base, but he also wanted to add some surprises and include as much variation as he could in the recording. Guest appearances include Sander Gommans (ex After Forever), Snowy Shaw (King Diamond, Therion), Tim “Ripper” Owens, Mike Chlasciak, Kai Hansen and Scheepers Primal Fear band mates Magnus, Alex, Achim & Mat. Enjoy the ride and stay Forever Metal with Scheepers!

Serenity's third album embarks on a journey to discover the historic figures of ages past. The band masterfully unites the emotions and thoughts with the fitting musical interludes that allow them to tell their tales. The emphasis of Serenity's sound remains guitar-oriented metal, although they also use orchestral arrangements to create a detailed and colorful symbiosis of symphonic and metallic elements. Death & Legacy is a powerful and enigmatic symphonic metal album that will take more than just the genre's fans on a historic and impressive journey through the ages. Limited digi with 2 bonus tracks.

The Hollies' Epic Anthology offers the best of their late-'60s to mid-'70s output for the label, ranging from the soaring "Carrie Anne" to the swaggering "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" to "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and all points in between.

The minimal pop of Mohini is simple modern and beautiful.

A string of nu-standards of the rising "deep funk" scene were released on the way, "Pushin On", "Hurry On Now" (QSO), "Humankind", "Seven Nation Army" (Nostalgia 77), "Step It Up", "Bring It Home" (The Bamboos). A fever for Alice's unique vocal talents is quickly spreading and collaborations & remixes start to appear on wax with The Nextmen, Grant Phabao, The Lone Ranger, Bonobo, DJ Vadim, among others…
Rumors of a deal with a major company were flying around, but after new featurings on Natural Self, Unforscene, Quantic, Tm Juke and Mr Scruff's new recordings in 2008, she was finally launching her own company, Little Poppet Records, to release independantly her second album.
Produced by TM Juke, "Pot of Gold" is the new chapter in Alice Russell's career. She's had the exposure with all those singles for modern groovy UK leading labels like Tru Thoughts, Ninja Tune and such. She knows by now that touring and independant managing and producing are the way for her to make a living. So here's another finely crafted collection of colorful soulful songs dressed with live strings, horns and piano - all ready for the road!