Prior to becoming one of the most significant acts on the DFA label John Maclean was a member of Sub Pop band Six Finger Satellite Initially Six Finger Satellite fit in with the remainder of the Sub Pop roster but after one EP they took a sharp turn …

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…

With her omnivorous musical tastes and cheeky attitude London-based pop singersongwriter Lily Allen made a name for herself almost as soon as she released her demos on the Internet The daughter of comedian Keith Allen Lily spent most of her childhood…

Death from Above 1979 made an immediate splash upon debuting in 2004 with Youre a Woman Im a Machine Bassistsynth player Jesse F Keeler and drummervocalist Sebastien Grainger hail from Toronto where they met and formed Death from Above in 2001 The 19…

A Hamilton Ontario-based electronic pop group Junior Boys began as a duo with its duties split between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark Influenced by a number of music sectors -- including arty synth pop minimal techno UK garage and contemporary hip-…

Denmark-based Anders Trentemller made his debut in 1997 DJing the local club circuit and occasionally performing live After a several-year-long imposed hiatus he returned with his own productions which quickly grabbed the ear of the then red-hot Nake…

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…

Born in Irving TX Davd Garza pronounced Dah-VEED was exposed to music at an early age His mother sang in a choir his older brothers were diehard classic rock fans and Garza himself worshipped the Mexican music he picked up on his radio In 1989 follow…