German youngsters with anime hair, Tokio Hotel look and sound like a pop act from a science fiction film. Androgynous singer Bill Kaulitz wails their pre-fab emo-goth confections with the total conviction that comes from being 19 years old. It's no...

Personnel: Darren Jessee (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); Alan Weatherhead (guitar, keyboards); Zeke Hutchins (drums).
Audio Mixer: Alan Weatherhead .
Recording information: Sound Of Music, Richmond, VA.
Darren Jessee and his partners in...

Personnel: AJ Estrada (chant, guitar, banjo, ukulele, kazoo, saxophone, piano, toy piano, organ, kalimba, percussion); Brandon Peterson (chant, guitar, banjo, whistle, kazoo, toy piano, keyboards, percussion); Neil Scaleese (chant, piano, drums,...

Neutral Milk Hotel: Jeff Mangum ( vocals, guitar, organ, bass, drums, tapes, shortwave radio); Julian Koster (banjo, accordian, saw); Scott Spillane (trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium); Jeremy Barnes (organ, drums).
Additional personnel:...

Eyeliner-heavy, German teen pop quartet Tokio Hotel's third (and second English language) full-length is a significantly louder and considerably darker affair than previous outings. While there's little doubt that screaming teenage girls will still...

Hotel Lights: Darren Jessee (vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards); Alan Weatherhead (guitar, guitars, keyboards); Jay Brown (bass guitar); Zeke Hutchins (drums).
Personnel: Tim Buckley (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Alan...

Personnel: Kevin Presbrey (vocals, guitar); Chris Sevier (guitar, keyboards); Ilya Toshinsky (guitar).
Audio Mixer: George Tutko.
Chicago rock quartet Painkiller Hotel, led by singer/guitarist Kevin Presbrey, plays melodic mainstream rock of a...

Eyeliner-heavy, German teen pop quartet Tokio Hotel's third (and second English language) full-length is a significantly louder and considerably darker affair than previous outings. While there's little doubt that screaming teenage girls will still...

Personnel: Jeff Mangum (vocals, guitar, air organ, xylophone, Casio, drums, bells, tape loops); Rick Benjamin (trombone); Robert Schnieder (air organ, organ, bass, xylophone); Lisa Janssen (bass); Marisa Bissinger, Hilarie Sidney, Dane Terry, Aaron...

Zimmer 483 is the second German-language album issued by German teen pop/rock phenomenon Tokio Hotel. Although the members of the band hadn't yet reached their twenties by the time they were recording Zimmer 483, they were already full-on European...

Audio Mixers: Dave Roth; Manfred Faust; Patrick Benzner.
Photographer: Jens Boldt.
Zimmer 483 is the second German-language album issued by German teen pop/rock phenomenon Tokio Hotel. Although the members of the band hadn't yet reached their...

Hotel Lights: Darren Jessee (vocals, guitar, piano); Chris Badger (guitars, piano, keyboards); Roger Gupton (electric bass, background vocals); Mark Price (drums, electronic drums).
Centered around the singer/songwriter talent of former Ben Folds...

German youngsters with anime hair, Tokio Hotel look and sound like a pop act from a science fiction film. Androgynous singer Bill Kaulitz wails their pre-fab emo-goth confections with the total conviction that comes from being 19 years old. It's no...

Comprised of two pre-On Avery Island, distorted psychedelic pop songs and one slice of studio/found-sound pastichery, the re-release of Everything Is (the band's first single), was presumably intended to sate the cravings of Neutral Milk Hotel fans...

There was such a flood of mediocre emo bands at the turn of the millennium that My Hotel Year's second album, 2004's The Curse, is a refreshing reminder of what made the style interesting in the first place. Getting rid of most of the self-conscious...

Recorded between 1933-1935.

The Hotel Alexis: Sidney Alexis (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar); Glegg Porter (vocals, xylophone, drums); Temple Crocker (vocals); Nathan Groth (guitar, melodica); John Nolan (pedal steel guitar); Peter Weiss (piano); Marc McElroy (organ,...