Mr. Blotto was born in Chicago as an off-night vehicle for musicians who loved each others playing but were in different bands at the time. The only rule was that they would only play what they loved. That philosophy continues today and has led Mr. Blotto into unique musical situations.

Mr. Blotto takes the Jam band asthetic into areas unfamiliar to the standard Jam Scene. They have been known to cover entire albums by Led Zeppelin and the Who as well as perform entire shows of Country and Reggae. Artists as diverse as the Grateful Dead, the Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson and The Velvet Underground have seen their material interpreted by Mr. Blotto in the 2000+ shows the band has performed in the last 15 years, yet covers only pepper the bands hefty catalog of original material stemming from five studio albums and other unreleased crowd favorites.

After establishing himself as a supporting player in the Philadelphia music scene, playing with artists such as Phil Moore Browne and Miss Argentina, multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist Blayer Pointdujourstepped out on his own in 2008. Bringing together Dan Peterson (drums), Charles Duquesne (percussion), Tyler Hayduk (keyboards), Ian Nauroth (guitar) and Camico (vocal stylist), Pointdujour created TheRockers Galore.

After a few years spent making booties shake in Philadelphia clubs,Blayer Pointdujour and The Rockers Galore released their debut EP, Port Au Prince, on Philebrity records in the summer of 2011. That effort got them noticed by media outlets such as XPN, who crowned them with a best new music award and also profiled the band on The Key.

Now, the band is gearing up to release their first full length album, The Bull, on September 18th, 2012. As with his previous releases,Pointdujour oscilates from nightclub anthems to social treatises with his signature mix of reggae and hip-hop. Influenced by 1970’s sounds, as well as classics like Buddy Rich and Buddy guy, with some modern flavors such as Kanye West, Pointdujour strives for big, quality sounds in the studio. He says, “I’m trying to bring back old music but make it bang like it’s 2012.”

This fusion of old-school funk and brand new spunk, rooted in Hatian kompa music, reggae and punk create a sound impossible to resist. The Bull is slated to drop on 9/4/12.

Better Bidness Bureau returns with their second album, “BBBoom!” available April 24. Their Medeski, Martin, and Wood style free-groove jazz meets Lettuce-esque horn driven funk is further established on this follow up to 2010’s “Is An Element.” The trio of Brett Holcomb, Stephen Harms, and Evan Krause are joined by saxophonist Drew Carlstrom, trumpeter Keith Karns, and trombonist Jonathan Elmer for much of the record. Starting in early 2009, the group began honing their increasingly elaborate songwriting simultaneously with their live improvisation (sometimes of entire sets) through numerous tours and residencies throughout the Midwest. In late summer of 2011, the group spent 7 days tracking 5 albums of both new and road-tested material before relocating from Indiana to the East Coast. “BBBoom!” represents the first in a series of albums to be released from these prolific sessions. It includes fan favorites from the band’s more recent live sets, including the hard funk of “Dang All,” the silky alto saxophone driven “Pastel Porn,” the broken-bop “Skywalkin Batman,” and the brand new track “Thicker.”