The London-based Klaxons include Jamie Reynolds James Righton Simon Taylor and Steffan Halperin as their members Despite being a rock band at the core theyre heavily influenced by dance music -- especially the late-80searly-90s UK rave movement By th…

The U.K. music scene is notorious for launching previously unknown bands to the heights of stardom on word-of-mouth gossip and music-press hype alone. Arctic Monkeys took that phenomenon to an entirely new level when they sold 110,000 copies of their…

Led by producer and DFA records honcho James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem helped bring indie rock to the dancefloor. As the flagship band of the early-2000s dance-punk craze, LCD Soundsystem mixed a punk edge with classic disco and house grooves, creating…

Swedish indie pop hopefuls Shout Out Louds were formed in Stockholm by childhood friends Adam vocals Ted bass and Carl guitars in 2001 Soon after they were joined by Eric drums and Bebban vocals keys and began writing songs The first three they wrote…

Indie rockers with a sound that pays homage to classic power pop and New Wave, the Canadian band the New Pornographers made a major impact with their 2000 debut album, MASS ROMANTIC. Something of an indie supergroup, the band includes members of Zump…

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 …

Dan Snaiths early recordings as Manitoba underlined his status among the chattering electronic classes as one of the brightest talents to emerge during the early 2000s Having already proved himself master of the sublime with his 2000 debut EP People …

Combining folk-rock inspirations and alternative rock sways Okkervil River creates a particular visionary sound strongly founded on dark and profound lyrics and on chaotic visions of patterned sound compounds Okkervil River is a mutual project of Wil…

The Kooks formed in 2004 while all four members were attending the Brighton Institute for Modern Music, the rock school set up by Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. Paying homage to their influences, the group displayed an accessible (and bankable) mix …

Torontos quirky high-energy indie rockers Tokyo Police Club feature vocalistbassist Dave Monks keyboardistvocalist Graham Wright guitaristpercussionist Josh Hook and drummerpercussionist Greg Alsop The band formed in the wake of the breakup of the fo…

Yorkshire Englands the Cribs features three brothers vocalistsguitarist Ryan Jarman bassistvocalist Gary and drummer Ross The trio began playing together at an early age making their debut at a family party in the late 80s when twins Gary and Ryan we…