Take Jack Horton, a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose path to folk-Americana included stops at Japanese law school, Tokyo piano bars, corporate boardrooms, and government offices. His latest EP, "Imperfections," feels like finding someone's private journal set to music. And that someone happens to write really, really well. The five-song collection opens with "Set Me Free," a piano-driven confession that might surprise anyone expecting typical breakup bitterness. Horton...

Punk-rockers from Chicago who are politically engaged and socially concerned, Voice Of Addiction are known for their music. http://www.soundcloud.com/voiceofaddiction Since its inception in 2004, Voice Of Addiction has performed over 1,500 events all throughout the continent of North America. These young men have established themselves as a formidable adversary by virtue of the fact that they have 8 official releases and have sold over 10,000 physical...