Chiddy Bang, maybe you’ve heard of them, maybe you haven’t. People who follow hip-hop and rap closely will undoubtedly be familiar with the name but for the more mainstream audience the name still may be foreign. The group specializes in alternative hip hop and is made up of two guys. Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege and Noah Beresin aka Xaphoon Jones. Chiddy Bang really only started to become popular in the last year or so and although they haven’t fully broken into the mainstream yet they are still pretty much amazing. The Philly based duo is growing in popularity everyday and some bloggers have gone as far as calling them a “hipster’s wet dream.” Last year they released ‘The Preview’, an EP that earned great reviews and prepared eager fans for the band’s upcoming and highly anticipated album, ‘The Swelly Life’, which will drop this summer.

On Friday March 25th, the award winning feature film The 5th Quarter opens in limited release. It’s the true story of the Abbate family and how the tragic loss of their young son Luke gave the gift of life through a nationwide organ transplant program.

I caught up with Stacy Earl, the musician that sang and composed some of the original songs in the film (including the theme song), via email as she was flying back from the movies premier.

The Midway State is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Canada. You’ve likely heard their hit song Never Again off the album ‘Holes’. ‘Holes’ was released back in 2008 and the band is now getting ready to release their newest album, ‘Paris Or India’, on May 31st. With the album only a few months away, we decided to sit down with lead singer Nathan Ferraro and ask him a few questions. Check it out below.

Currently in the studio working on their third album is the Canadian band Marianas Trench. The four man band is currently hard at work on the disc, which will act as a follow up to their wildly successful second album, Masterpiece Theatre. In addition to their third album, the band is also gearing up for a US tour.

Recently, we got the chance to sit down with the band’s bass player, Mike Ayley, and chat with him for a bit about the band, their upcoming album and their US tour. Check it out belo

Meet Hoodie Allen! This New York based rapper and songwriter is currently blowing up and if you haven’t heard him yet it’s just a matter of time before you do. Providing catchy beats and witty lyrics, Hoodie is a force to be reckoned with. His exciting genre-bending style is new and refreshing and the young rapper shows tremendous potential.

Recently we had a chance to sit down with Hoodie and talk to him about his music, his career, his latest mixtape and more! Check out the interview below.

In honor of Stay’s new album, ‘American Cherry Bomb’ (due out Spring 2011), which the band just finished recording with producer/engineer John Naclerio (My Chemical Romance, Brand New, Just Surrender), we decided to talk to guitarist Steve Ackles. For those unfamiliar with the band, they’ve been featured in Alternative Press, Substream Music Press, PureVolume’s Top Unsigned Bands of 2009, Seventeen Magazine online and AbsolutePunk.net’s The Absolute 100, among other places.

With a new album coming out this spring, We Got This Covered thought we’d reach out to the hit mashup group Super Mash Bros and talk with them about it. After gigantic success with their previous two albums, ‘Fuck Bitches, Get Euros’ and ‘All About The Scrillions’, the guys hope to follow up with an exciting third album. We were lucky enough to get the chance to talk with Nicolas Fenmore, one of the founding members of the group. We discuss the group, their plans for the future and we get an exclusive on one of their new songs!

This past summer, you may remember a post we put up regarding an awesome new mashup album from The White Panda. They had just released their second album, Rematch, which was just as good, if not better, than their first album, Versus. While eagerly anticipating their next album, we decided to get in touch with them and ask them a couple questions about themselves, their music and their careers. Check out the interview below.

Ólöf Arnalds hasn’t been a part of the American music scene for long, and as an Icelandic folk singer, she certainly isn’t that well known. But as Jayson Greene of Pitchfork said, “those that do know about her, ‘pass her around like a secret.’”