Seattle WAs Band of Horses plays dense aching mid-tempo indie rock reminiscent of Neil Young Crazy Horse Formed in 2004 by multi-instrumentalists Ben Bridwell and Matthew Brooke out of the ashes of former incarnation Carissas Wierd the group caught …

Rapper Kabir was born in London although at an early age he moved to Boston looking to make his name in hip hop After working with the funkjazz group Uncle Trouble he finally released his solo album Cultural Confusion in 2001 He continued to work wit…

Hailing from Austin TX What Made Milwaukee Famous features Jeremy Bruch drums John Farmer bass Michael Kingcaid vocalsguitar and Drew Patrizi keyboards The indie rock quartet came together in 2003 to create a playful indie rock sound thats well suite…

Inspired by film photography art and the climate in its home country of Finland Husky Rescue was formed by Marko Nyberg in 2002 Nyberg went under the name Husky Rescue while recording the debut record with about 20 musicians and singers Country Falls…

While Hot Chip were one of many bands from the early 2000s to have adopted an electro-pop sound, they stand apart from the pack both for their melodicism and for their fully live, band-oriented approach to the genre. Shortly after emerging from their…

A sequel to his This Mortal Coil project the Hope Blister was led by 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell who this time out chose to dispense with a revolving ensemble approach in favor of assembling a core lineup consisting of vocalist Louise Rutkowski bas…

Growing up in rural Broenderslev Denmark Steffen Westmark vocalsguitars Sren V Christensen Hammond organ Allan F Villadsen and Per M Jorgenson drums were inspired by the classics -- Cream Kinks Pretty Things Them -- and they used that hard RB primal …

Sara Hickman was born on March 1 1963 in Jacksonville NC but was raised in Houston TX She launched her professional career at age 14 at a Houston Oilers party with just her guitar and voice Through the remainder of her teenage years Hickman performed…

Visceral indie rock duo Deadboy the Elephantmen began as a solo project for singerguitar player and ex-Agents of OblivionAcid Bath member Dax Riggs in 2000 He spent four years playing with a rotating cast of local characters before hooking up with N…

Andrew Whiteman created the atmospheric post-rockexperimental sound of Apostle of Hustle in 2001 Whiteman returned to his native Toronto to resume writing and recording with Broken Social Scene after a two-month stay with his godmothers family in Cub…