Bringing to mind a mix of Joy Division Can and the Sugarcubes lo-fi post-rock group the Low Frequency in Stereo hail from Norway and consist of Per Steinar Lie bass vocals rjan Haaland drums organ vocals Hanne Andersen trumpet vocals guitar and Njl C…

Changing locations almost as quickly and effortlessly as they mix sounds the duo known as Stars as Eyes has moved from Rhode Island to Texas to New York and over the course of three albums has incorporated electronica Krautrock hip-hop electro psyche…

Artsy Seattle post-hardcore act These Arms Are Snakes mixes the urgency and aggressive vocal style of punk with the exploded song structures and technical complexity of the original wave of math rock bands This fusion is a logical progression from th…

Pete Cafarella keyboard vocals and Nate Smith drums both former members of El Guapo formed Shy Child just after the two moved to New York City Cafarella had also previously worked with composer Anthony Braxton while Smith had played drums with Touchd…

A longtime pillar in the Chicago underground community and architect of the post-rock sound Sam Prekop first gained notoriety at the helm of Shrimp Boat before becoming the leader of the Sea and Cake whose fusion of styles both in and out of rock was…

Jesu is another musical project spearheaded by Birmingham-based musician and producer Justin Broadrick -- a fixture of Englands extreme music scene since integrating the earliest recording lineup of Napalm Death in the mid-80s Also a sometimes-member…

San Diegos Castanets borrow from country folk and experimental rock and turn them into a sound thats equally moody and inspiring The band which features members of Pinback Rocket From the Crypt and Tristeza revolves around singersongwriter Raymond Ra…

Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit the End of the World comprised vocalistguitarist Stefan Marolachakis guitarist Benjamin Smith and drummer Robert Stillman The guys released a four-song self-titled EP in May 2005 that made minor waves around their loc…

Deathray Davies out of Dallas TX woo listeners with dizzy and fuzzed-out retro garage pop that harkens back to 60s greats like the Kinks and the Seeds The Davies began in 1998 as the one-man show of founder and songwriter John Dufilho when he had son…

The lo-fi experimental outfit National Eye came together in 2002 while each member attended college in Colorado Jeff Love Doug Kirby Richard Flom and William Baggott were given a four-track recorder by a friend and almost immediately the foursome fou…

Lullatone came together shortly after Shawn James Seymour moved from his hometown of Louisville KY to Nagoya Japan with his girlfriend and bandmate Yoshimi Tomida The two initially met in an intercultural communications class at the Bellarmine Univer…