Originating from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Don Caballero is one of the few post-hardcore bands to specialize in all-instrumental fare, and additionally to have no problem showing off their affection for fusion. The band was formed in 1991 by Dam…

Originating from Brighton, England, this all-female indie rock outfit was formed in 1998 when Verity Susman (keyboards/guitar/vocals) and Emma Gaze (drums) began rehearsing together. An early version of Electrelane began performing locally, and it wa…

Formed by producer David Sitek in 2003, TV On The Radio is one of the more unusual acts to emerge from the mid-decade Brooklyn underground boom. Playing intelligent, well-crafted rock that nods to everything from prog to electronica to doo-wop, TV On…

The San Diego three-piece of Jesse Klecker drums Paul Lai guitars moog and Cameron Presley guitars moog who are otherwise known and Upsilon Acrux made their debut on the 1998 compilation Before the Pirates Came With their experimentation of improve j…

During the early 1990s, Tortoise helped to lay the foundation for what's come to be known as "post rock." Part of an incestuous Chicago scene bent on using rock instruments and formats without adhering to traditional song structure, Tortoise incorpor…

It's hard to mention Birmingham, England's Broadcast without referencing two other acts: the Anglo/Franco art-pop band Stereolab and the 1960s art-rockers the Unites States of America. Stereolab released Broadcast's early singles in the late 1990s an…

Grizzly Bear began as a home recording project for Boston-bred experimentalist Edward Droste the son of an elementary school teacher who laid the groundwork for the bands otherworldly debut album on a small hand-held tape recorder while holed up for …

Possessed of one of the coolest names around -- actually a Greek surname -- Texas Charalambides made a number through the 90s and beyond for their many recordings exploring a haunting psychedelic-informed brand of exploratory electric guitar instrume…

Taking a cue from American noise acts like Lightning Bolt Pink Brown and Death from Above 1979 Noxagt pronounced noxact leads the Nor-wave invasion with bass drums and viola Massively heavy while maintaining some of the pomp and bombast of Scandinav…

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…

Ministrys transformation from a synthesizer-driven dance act to a bone-smashing industrial thud machine was in part shaped by an obscure band from Seattle Bassist Paul Barker and drummer Bill Rieflin were members of the post-punk group the Blackouts …

Italian twins Amedeo and Simone Pace formed Blonde Redhead in New York City during the early 1990s with Japanese vocalist Kazu Makino. The group's brand of noise-rock earned them an unshakable comparison to Sonic Youth. Although the two groups indee…

One of the most celebrated new bands of 2004, the Arcade Fire came out of Montreal's vibrant music scene with a melancholic, cinematic sound equally redolent of '80s heroes like the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen and latter-day orchestral-rockers Mercu…

Though Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler Zavala did time in popular Emo band At The Drive-In, their subsequent project, the Mars Volta, is a horse of an entirely different color. Instead of punk, the pair takes their influences largely from 1970…

U.K. dance-rock outfit Bloc Party stormed both sides of the pond in 2005 with the release of its debut full-length SILENT ALARM. Mixing airtight dance-floor rhythms with smart guitar-driven melodies and a hipster aesthetic, Bloc Party set itself apar…