http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=219&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody OnlinePunk-Funken720Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:02:49 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=219&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488890&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:20 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6488890 art.6488890 Bloc Party art.6488890 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488890&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488890&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss A Weekend in the City, released in 2007, shot to Number One on the Independent Albums chart and Number 12 on the Billboard 200.

Okereke and guitarist Russell Lissack met in the late 1990s at England's Reading Festival and realized they shared similar interests in music. Soon after, they formed a band that changed its name several times before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. By then, they'd enlisted bassist Gordon Moakes and drummer Matt Tong, and released their first single, "She's Hearing Voices," on the Trash Aesthetics label. When a copy of the single landed in popular Radio One DJ Steve Lamacq's hands, he played it often, called it "genius," and invited the band on for a live performance.

After another single, "Banquet," on the Moshi Moshi label, Bloc Party signed with Wichita Recordings in 2004, releasing a self-titled EP. The band's debut album, Silent Alarm, followed in February 2005; it met with rave reviews, shot to Number Three in the U.K. and spawned several successful U.K. singles. The following year, Bloc Party played sold-out shows in Los Angeles and Berkeley. Silent Alarm went on to sell more than 350,000 copies in North America and more than a million worldwide.

The band exceeded expectations when its second album, A Weekend in the City — in which Okereke, a second-generation black citizen of the U.K., tackles touchy topics including British racism and post-9/11 paranoia — reached Number 12 on the Billboard 200 in 2007, selling 48,000 copies. In the summer and fall of 2008 the band dropped Intimacy first as a summer digital release followed by a CD release in October. Co-produced by Jacknife Lee and Brit-pop mastermind Paul Epworth, Intimacy is their most dynamic album to date with jittery pop, stadium anthems, and introspection that Okereke attributed to a break-up before the album was recorded. ]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14514631&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:00 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14514631 art.14514631 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14514631&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14514631&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss The duo kicked off its career in 2005 with the self-released Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat..., a 10-song blast of sawtooth synths, distorted drums and yelp-along vocals, and it has gone on to develop its sound with three more albums in as many years, all on its own Trashy Moped label. The template has remained the same, but the sounds become fatter with every record, soaking up classic-rock organ riffs, techno beats and R'n'B flourishes. It's suave and goofy all at once.

- Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66426&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electronica/Dance Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:58:46 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66426 art.66426 LCD Soundsystem art.66426 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66426&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66426&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18007892&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Dance Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:57:37 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.18007892 art.18007892 Does It Offend You, Yeah? art.18007892 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18007892&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18007892&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss The Office. The band's debut album -- with a title as unwieldy as their name, You Have No Idea What You're Getting Into -- is a patchwork of high-energy dance noise and toe-tapping indie pop. - Dan Shumate]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43096&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:39:07 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43096 art.43096 !!! art.43096 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43096&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43096&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65876&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:16:01 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.65876 art.65876 The Rapture art.65876 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65876&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65876&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Mirror, ushered in the city's millennial fascination with disco-touched, danceable post-punk. After a revolving-door cast of sidemen, the Rapture eventually settled on bassist Matt Safer, who appeared on their 2001 Sub Pop-issued debut EP, Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks. After releasing 2002's "House of Jealous Lovers" single, they added multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Andruzzi to the lineup and went to work on the 2003 full-length Echoes. After wide touring and a small break, Pieces of the People We Love arrived in 2006. It was the band's debut on a major label, Mercury, and they pulled out all the stops, bringing in a host of producers that included DJ Dangermouse and choppering in Gnarls Barkley supervocalist Cee-Lo for backups. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4640&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:59:30 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4640 art.4640 Gang of Four art.4640 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4640&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4640&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Entertainment, their brilliant 1979 debut hasn't lost any of its power over the decades, and while it remains Gang of Four's masterwork, they continued to create vital music. Their 1981 follow-up Solid Gold, is only slightly less powerful and contained the "birth of FM alt radio" staples "What We All Want" and "Cheeseburger." The album was quickly followed by Songs of the Free, a brave – and successful -- change in direction. More complex song structures and less of a punk-funk influence informed the album's sound while the lyrics (except for the bitingly sarcastic new wave disco staple "I Love A Man In A Uniform") were more sorrowful on the subject of modern man's isolation than they were scathing. When bassist Dave Allen left the band, the gang of three softened up for Hard, an agit-pop reconfiguring of Roxy Music and Chic's swank musical universe. While the 1983 album is hardly essential listening, it does feature the excellent single "Is It Love," and the under appreciated track "Woman Town." The album was harshly criticized as a post-punk sellout (you'd think no one had ever heard New Order's single "Thieves Like Us," for Pete's sake) and Gang of Four folded soon after its release. Key members Jon King and Andy Gill reformed the band for 1991's Mall, which retained the same high quality musical and lyrical ideas as before but was missing the all-important element of pop craftsmanship that the band previously employed (there's a reason Entertainment, and not PIL's Metal Box, is the sound of today's crossover indie rock). By the late 1990s, kids not even born when Entertainment was released began getting signed to major labels with music that sounded an awful lot like the Gang of Four. This prompted the original band members to reform and headline a heralded, sold-out 2005 tour across Europe and the U.S. Gang of Four is currently working on a new album. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6487876&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:50 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6487876 art.6487876 Moving Units art.6487876 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6487876&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6487876&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9532874&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:13:41 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9532874 art.9532874 Bonde Do Role art.9532874 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9532874&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9532874&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss With Lasers, did away with the illegal samples but not with the primal squall that makes them the most enjoyable musical train wreck you can't tear yourself away from. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16915&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:39:07 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16915 art.16915 Liquid Liquid art.16915 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16915&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16915&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6767117&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:03:52 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6767117 art.6767117 Louis XIV art.6767117 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6767117&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6767117&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Best Little Secrets Are Kept. - Linda Ryan]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8088952&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:51:02 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8088952 art.8088952 Tom Vek art.8088952 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8088952&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8088952&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss We Have Sound is a mark of a musical upstart, but one with a limitless imagination. With any luck, Vek will continue to surrender to his appetite for sonic decoupage, and make memorable, provocative music long into the future. - Michele K-Tel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66525&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Funk Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:39:07 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66525 art.66525 ESG art.66525 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66525&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66525&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14869&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:56 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14869 art.14869 Radio 4 art.14869 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14869&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14869&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Dance to the Underground, introduced this manifesto, and Gotham! (2002) continued it while managing to be both post-9/11 angry yet still optimistic and in the groove. This political bent matured on Stealing of a Nation (2004), but the beats were still there, with Roman admitting, "Not everything has to be this big political message and not everything has to be for the dancefloor." - Nicholas Baker]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7318294&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:42 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7318294 art.7318294 Supersystem art.7318294 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7318294&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7318294&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7071244&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Rock Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:29:31 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7071244 art.7071244 The Benevento Russo Duo art.7071244 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7071244&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7071244&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44097&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:29:34 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44097 art.44097 Out Hud art.44097 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44097&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44097&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D., mixes cello with power tools, beats and zany song titles like "Dad, There's A Little Phrase Called Too Much Information." Let Us Never Speak Of It Again released in 2005, explores a warmer, poppier area pioneered by 1980s synth heroes, the Human League, and raises the bar with song titles like "Dear Mr. Bush, There Are! Over 100 Words For Sh*t, And Only One For Music, F*ck You, Out Hud." Never afraid to spend years polishing and tweaking in the mixing room, yet simultaneously famous for some spectacular live performances, Out Hud are an honest band continuing to make honest music. - Neil West]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65528&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:16 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.65528 art.65528 Zongamin art.65528 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65528&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65528&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14200490&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:10 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14200490 art.14200490 The Automatic Automatic art.14200490 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14200490&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14200490&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Not Accepted Anywhere was released in the US in the summer of 2007. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6569666&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Ambient Dub Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:11:02 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6569666 art.6569666 Tussle art.6569666 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6569666&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6569666&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7562222&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:26:07 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7562222 art.7562222 Dinosaur L art.7562222 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7562222&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7562222&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10575&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss No Wave Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:33:06 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10575 art.10575 Bush Tetras art.10575 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10575&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10575&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8653317&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:15:31 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8653317 art.8653317 23 Skidoo art.8653317 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8653317&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8653317&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4121&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:22:21 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4121 art.4121 Bitch art.4121 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4121&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4121&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss membership. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14960362&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:16:26 -0800 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14960362 art.14960362 Konk art.14960362 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14960362&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14960362&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11029294&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electronica/Dance Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:15:24 -0700 Top Punk-Funk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11029294 art.11029294 Welcome Stranger art.11029294 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11029294&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11029294&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpunk-funk%2Fartist-chart.rss