Playing garage-flavored punk rock with a Southern accent a messed-up and bluesy undertow and the gleefully destructive impact of a 15-year-old with a bag of firecrackers the Black Lips are an Atlanta-based combo who after their debut in 2000 soon dev…

Alex Scally guitarkeyboards and Victoria Legrand vocalskeyboards the latter of whom is the niece of French composer Michel Legrand create the dreamy lo-fi sounds of Beach House The Baltimore duo formed in 2005 with Legrands Nico-like vocal hush and S…

Adam Baker vocals Kenny Florence guitar Mike Robinson bass Zack Oden guitar Anna Spence piano and Nick Radford drums create the shiny happy indie rock sounds of Annuals Hailing from Raleigh Baker Florence and Robinson have played together in various …

Brightblack Morning Light were started by Nathan Nabob Shineywater guitars vocals and Rachael Rabob or Rabinyah Hughes Fender Rhodes vocals two childhood friends from Alabama who played one of their earliest shows under the name Rainywood for 15 peop…

Although Communiqu debuted under that name with a 2003 EP the Bay Area indie rockers roots stretch nearly a decade prior to that release Under the name American Steel singer Rory Henderson guitarist Ryan Massey bassist John Peck and drummer Jamie Kis…

Named after the geometrical term for a non-orientable surface that cannot be embedded in a plane the Mobius Bands music is similarly hard to place lying somewhere between bittersweet indie rock electronic pop and alt-country leanings The band which f…

Toronto-based Great Lake Swimmers is led by songwritervocalist Tony Dekker The groups haunting self-titled debut was recorded in a silo in Ontario and originally released in Canada by Weewerk Records in 2003 Misra Records picked up the record and rel…

Swedish psyche-folk ensemble Dungen is in reality the work of one man, Gustav Ejstes. Inspired by classic rock, 1970s jazz fusion, '60s pastoral psychedelia, and traditional Swedish folk music, Dungen creates an astoundingly accurate facsimile of the…

This Belgian rock band was formed in 1994 by brothers Stephen (b. 4 July 1970, Belgium; vocals, keyboards, percussion) and David Dewaele (b. 24 May 1975, Belgium; guitar), the offspring of well-known Belgian DJ Zaki. The brothers were initially joine…

Formed in Massachusetts, USA, Papas Fritas are the latest exponents of "lo-fi" to emerge from that region, following in the footsteps of Lou Barlow's Sebadoh. Comprising Tony Goddess (songs, guitar), Keith Gendel (bass, vocals) and Shivika Asthana (d…

Peter Bjorn and John were formed in Stockholm Sweden in 1999 Made up of members Peter Morn on vocals guitar and harmonica Bjrn Yttling on vocals bass vocals and keyboards and John Eriksson on drums percussion and vocals the band is influenced by the …

Enon are the trio of John Schmersal who was involved with Brainiac and John Stuart Mill and Rick Lee and Steve Calhoon both of Skeleton Key Like groups such as Olivia Tremor Control theyre interested in exploring that wide territory between pop-rock …

Originally a hardcore punk outfit formed in Munich, Germany by Mecki Messerschmidt (drums), Markus Acher (vocals, guitar) and Micha Acher (bass), Notwist first came to prominence when, in 1989, they submitted a demo recording of their song, "I Don't …

This Vancouver, Canada-based roots act was formed in 1999 by Samantha Parton (guitar, vocals, mandolin, banjo), Frazey Ford (guitar, vocals) and Trish Klein (guitar, banjo, vocals), who were initially joined by fourth member Jolie Holland (guitar, vi…

Mirah pronounced mear-rah -- full name Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn -- was born on her mothers kitchen table The daughter of artistic parents the singersongwriter had a passion for music from early childhood While fronting the jazz band the Hot Set in Olymp…

The members of early-2000s Britpop sensations Doves started out playing Manchester-inspired dance music in the '90s under the name Sub Sub before reinventing themselves as shoegazer-influenced rockers with 2000 debut album LOST SOULS, which was widel…