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Spoon
Austin, TX
This year, the gods of Austin, Texas indie-rock Spoon are celebrating the release of their seventh studio album, Transference, the follow-up to universally acclaimed Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. On it, t…more»
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Sure, they’ve got grown-up-indie scrawled on them like the name of your sixth grade crush: They’re girlfriend-ly; write oblique, literate lyrics; possess an expansive knowledge of pop history; obsess over production; and there’s no moshing at their shows.more at filtermagazine.com
Gimme Fiction is actually a wildly diverse album, almost schizophrenic in its composition…more at pitchforkmedia.com
We Are Scientists
Brooklyn, NY
We Are Scientists shocked themselves and impressed many others with their 2005 debut With Love & Squalor, which sold over 100,000 copies in the UK on the strength of dancefloor standbys …more»
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Metric
Canada
Emily Haines is a musical force to be reckoned with. Not only is she the badass front woman of Metric, but she wowed with her sophomore solo effort, Knives Don’t Have Your Back, and is a fre…more»
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Snoop Dogg
Long Beach, California
Sleepy-eyed, slow-drawling gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg had no trouble getting noticed. His smooth, slurry and laid-back delivery has made him one of the most identifiable voices in hip-hop. And …more»
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Los Angeles, CA
Baby 81 is an ambitious, powerful, guitar-driven rock’n’roll record that’s guaranteed to get people jumping and thinking. Sonically it’s a far cry from 2005’s roo…more»
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Given it’s gestation, it’s fairly amazing that Baby 81 wasn’t stillborn. To find it’s kicking with such vigor is little short of remarkable.more at musicomh.com
The Crystal Method
Los Angeles, CA
The Crystal Method is a dance/electronic duo comprising Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland. Formed in 1993, The Crystal Method is the most recent stop in a string of projects that led them from the…more»
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L.A.‘s Crystal Method have been referred to as America’s answer to the Chemical Brothers. A dance-based electronic duo with a definite rock band feel, the comparison would seem appropriate, although it tends to erase what makes the group distinct: a solid base in American hip-hop, rock, soul, and pop. more at www.allmusic.com
Ben Kweller
Austin, TX
Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982 his family relocated to Emory, TX where his father Howard Kweller became the town's first doctor. In 1986, The Kwellers moved to a mu…more»
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Kweller was making quality music before he could shave, and his third solo album—on which he plays every note—rolls along with a seemingly effortless grace. more at www.pastemagazine.com
A lot of kids are raised in musical families, but few had the introduction to music that Ben Kweller had. Nils Lofgren was one of Kweller’s father’s buddies during Lofgren’s days with Bruce Springsteen. Young Kweller, not even old enough for kindergarten at the time, would try to be like the famous guitarist when he picked up his own toy version of the instrument. more at www.allmusic.com
The Magic Numbers
Ealing, London and South East
The Magic Numbers are a four piece indie band from Ealing, London. The band consists of two brother-and-sister pairs, Romeo Stodart (guitar, lead vocals) and his sister Michele Stodart (bass, …more»
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The View
Scotland
The View is the name of two bands: 1. A 4-piece indie rock/punk rock band from Dryburgh, Scotland. www.theviewareonfire.com www.myspace.com/dryburgh 2. A 5-piece alternative pop-rock band …more»
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Brooklyn, NY
Their name may be a head-scratcher (“chk chk chk” is what people usually call them, repeating any three sounds will suffice), but there’s no such mystery when it comes to und…more»
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Azure Ray
Los Angeles, California
Azure Ray was an American indie duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. Azure Ray started in Athens, Georgia, in 2001 and later relocated to Omaha, Nebraska and joined the m…more»
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Bowling For Soup
Denton, TEXAS
Bowling for Soup (acronym: BFS, or sometimes B4S) is an alternative, comedy band based in Denton, Texas (but originally from Wichita Falls, Texas) formed in 1994 from the ruins of an old metal…more»
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Rogue Wave
Oakland, CA
>Rogue Wave’s lead singer Zach Schwartz (alias: Zach Rogue) and drummer Pat Spurgeon have overcome more than their fair share of physical struggles in 2007 Spurgeon had to undergo surgery t…more»
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But if there was something that separated the Bay Area foursome from their peers, it’s that they come off without a whiff of artifice, a sort of dream scenario where you can stump for your friends’ band because they’re actually really, really good. And besides, only imagined barriers of presumed hipness can convince you that Rogue Wave’s excellent catalog would be too much to handle for people who’d otherwise be listening to Ben Harper. more at www.stylusmagazine.com
The first single from the new album, “10:1”, confirms a sea change: Where the atmospheric debut laced cloudy melodies with quiet traces of heat lightning, “10:1” is a crashing thunderbolt. The thin, melodic contour lines that primarily structured Out of the Shadow become barely discernible underpinnings on this track, subsumed in raucously cartwheeling synths and returning producer Bill Racine’s bracing guitar manipulation. The only vestige of the old Rogue Wave is Rogue’s voice. more at www.pitchforkmedia.com
Okkervil River
Austin TX
Okkervil River began as a mutual project of Will Sheff (vocals, guitar), and Seth Warren (guitar). They met and collaborated together when both were still in high school in Meriden, NH. After …more»
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Cary Brothers
Nashville TN
Cary Brothers is an indie rock American singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Brothers is best known for the single "Blue Eyes", which was featured on the soundtrack to the 20…more»
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The debut album from Cary Brothers comes on the heels of two previously released EPs, and there’s a little cross over content-wise. However, after subsequent listens it becomes apparent that while the preceding material was enough to build a strong base of fans, it will be this album that solidifies the artist as one of the most entrancing in a budding musical landscape.more at absolutepunk.net
65daysofstatic
United Kingdom
65daysofstatic began in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2001 as Iain Armstrong, Paul Wolinski and Joe Shrewsbury. Contrary to popular belief, they did not originally form to try to write music to…more»
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Good Shoes
morden, London and South East
Good Shoes are an indie rock band which formed in Morden, London, England in 2004 They consist of Rhys Jones (vocals, guitar), Steve Leach (guitar), William Church (bass) and Tom Jones (drums)…more»
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Midlake
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul A…more»
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Denton quintet Midlake know about melody.more at austinchronicle.com
The 14-song set is as bright and moving as the band’s previous efforts, but Broken Social Scene holds more charisma, more depth, and surely more complexities.more at allmusic.com