The Brew is a British blues and rock band consisting of a father, his son and another boy. They were voted "best band" 2006/7 by "its only Rock & Roll" magazine (the magazine of the rolling stones fanclub). The Brew are one of the most exciting, vibrant and talked about bands of recent times. Hailing from Grimsby (UK) and influenced by the experimental music of the 60’s, the trio have transfixed audiences wherever they have performed, while also being tipped for greatness by many leading music authorities, both in the UK and Europe.

During the 1980s U2 had fast become a critically acclaimed band who reached stellar proportions. Due to their puritanical approach to both music and performance their ability to maintain their status was failing. They had fallen into the trap of being defined by a sound that was too American and an approach that was too stadium. Their album The Joshua Tree, which won the album of the year award at the Grammys in 1987, put them over the top, but they soon found that when you are at the top the only way to go is down.

Areknames is one of Italy's premier modern-day progressive rock bands. Areknames are led by composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Michele Epifani, who handles the Hammond organ, piano, mellotron, synths, harpsichord, acoustic and electric guitars as well as the recorder. The music is based on a sometimes heavy, chugging electric guitars, vintage tangents, some really good vocals, drums and bass. A saxophone like sound is also present on some songs. All of this potently played. The sound and the songs are mostly dark and gloomy. Areknames reassures its status as one of the biggest items in the current European retro-prog area.

The Sugarcubes were one of the great cult bands of collegiate rock, not only because they had a distinctive sound, but because they were so damn weird. They sounded like nothing else in the late '80s/early '90s or anything that came before, creating an unusual hybrid of pop, dance, and the avant-garde.

This early EP from industrial/electronic pioneers Meat Beat Manifesto lays out the blueprint for the group's later work: mechanical big beats, hip-hop's cut-and-paste sampling style, and acid house synths. The fun-loving "Mars Needs Women" sounds like a cross between early KMFDM and the Beastie Boys.