London-based Norwegian-born Kate Havnevik spent her formative years with the desire to become a guitarist in the jazz and classical worlds but these plans were derailed after joining a punk band at the tender age of 14 Since then Havnevik has explore…

Revolving around songwriter Mike TV Get Set Gos quirky rock consists of dismal self-loathing lyrics set to sunny melodies In fact Mike TVs goal was to have lyrics so dreadful yet memorable that his grandparents would disapprove Inspired by such great…

British singer-songwriter Jim Noir appeared in 2004 with an eclectic sound mixing modern rock and elements of electronica. His early EPs created quite a buzz, with Adidas subsequently picking one track ("Eanie Meany") for their 2006 World Cup ad camp…

Taking his stage name from what he thought his great-great-grandfathers was called actually it was Granville Fisher Littleton Gran Bel Fisher moved from his hometown of Sabina OH to Cincinnati as a teenager to attend the performing arts school there …

Taking cues from My Bloody Valentine and Miranda Sex Garden Swedens Moonbabies have gained wide acclaim at home and abroad for their sophisticated hypnotic pop Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Ola Frick and Carina Johansson Moonbabies maneuver thr…

British experimental-techno funketeer Jamie Lidell made a name for himself giving mesmerizing live multi-media performances in which the singer continually looped his own effects-laden vocals and beat boxing until a dense sonic landscape emerged. How…

Ursula 1000 is a stylish American DJ who spins and produces sampladelic easy listening breakbeat tracks in a style similar to continental popsters from Pizzicato Five to Dimitri from Paris Born Alex Gimeno he was raised in Miami where he studied comm…

Joe Purdy a singersongwriter from Arkansas put in his time working at a loading dock and as a counselor at a private high school before his song Wash Away became synonymous with the 2004 season of ABCs Lost Purdy left Arkansas for California in 2001 …

One of the many offshoots of the Toronto-based Broken Social Scene collective, Metric is a muscular blend of early-21st-century indie-rock, and pastel-shaded new wave. Fronted by keyboardist-singer Emily Haines, the band, which debuted in 2003, has a…

Bursting on to the U.K. music scene seemingly out of nowhere in 2005, KT Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter who blends the earthy pop sensibilities of Sheryl Crow with the darker leanings of Cat Power and Beth Orton. Her debut album, EYE TO THE…

Denver-based band the Fray was formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade vocals piano and Joe King guitar vocals when the two former school friends met up again in a local music store They soon began regular two-man jam sessions that led to writing songs and dev…

A gifted singer-songwriter whose rich voice and literate storytelling belies her youth she was only 23 when she released her major-label debut Brandi Carlile was born in the small town of Ravensdale Washington an isolated community fifty miles away f…

Born in spring 1976 in Birmingham Ala the ethereal-voiced Maria Taylor won over her first fans at age 15 as part of the Birmingham duo Little Red Rocket a poprock group that brought comparisons to Belly When that outfit which issued two CDs -- 1997s …

Singersongwriter Inara George is the daughter of Little Feats Lowell George At a young age she was surrounded by the music of his father and his peers -- Jackson Browne Terry Allen and Van Dyke Parks -- but George never intended to follow in her late…

Though he had always enjoyed singing during his childhood in Cleveland OH Joshua Radin had never intended to be a musician He studied drawing and painting in college and only after stints working in a gallery as an art teacher and as a screenwriter d…

Born in Eugene OR singersongwriter Mat Kearney began his musical career at California State University Chico where he studied literature and played on the soccer team After completing his junior year Kearney went to Nashville with friend and producer…