Unsigned bands and musicians in the music world?

I recently became addicted to the Asteroids Galaxy Tour http://www.myspace.com/theastero..., and am looking for other creative up and coming bands who deserve a listen.

I've never really been able to get into music all that much. While I know of the most prolific musicians and music (y'know, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Hendrix etc), that's about as far as my knowledge extends, and even then I only know a few bits of the...

I'm looking for stand-up comedy bits (1-4 mins) on the subject of music -- ideally making fun of bands and/or musicians. I am NOT looking for comedy music -- i.e. no songs please, only stand up talking bits. An example of what I mean is this bit by D...

what are some good bands or musicians from the 90s. or just music from the 90s.

I am a huge indie rock music fan, listening to a lot of the trending bands such as Alt-J, Local Natives, Atlas Genius. However, a friend recently introduced me to Simon and Garfunkel, Gil Scott Heron and Prince and I cannot seem to get enough. Due to...

I've finally been given freedom of music (Meaning i have been trapped in the world of hymns and piano music my entire life.) I want to be able to crank something up and just rock out you know? you can't exactly do that to Taylor swift....I like country...

I'll be in San Francisco from March 17-22 and need to find good music! I like smaller bluegrass bands like Trampled by Turtles, world music- particularly reggae, gypsy, & west African. Psychedelic stuff is good too.

I was wondering if there were any musicians based in New York City who play or are heavily inspired by world music. It's diverse city, so I figure there have got to be some of you out there! Self promotion allowed here :)