Michigan singer/multi-instrumentalist and producer whose month-old debut of retro-soul gems, A Strange Arrangement, is earning him fans like Justin Timberlake, Mar...
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Michigan singer/multi-instrumentalist and producer whose month-old debut of retro-soul gems, A Strange Arrangement, is earning him fans like Justin Timberlake, Mark Ronson and John Mayer, who Tweeted, “Record of the year goes to Mayer Hawthorne,” and then invited the rookie to open for him on New Year’s Eve.
Breaking: Dead Man'...
41 Views 08:01:00 10/14/09
Dead Man’s Bones finds Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling and his friend Zach Shields spinning fireside ghost stories into mesmerizing “Monster Mash” sing-alongs with the ...
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Dead Man’s Bones finds Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling and his friend Zach Shields spinning fireside ghost stories into mesmerizing “Monster Mash” sing-alongs with the help of L.A.’s Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir.
Breaking: Band of S...
26 Views 08:01:00 10/07/09
Band of Skulls, a British trio whose shit-kicking, bare-bones brand of gritty rock and roll earned them a spot on the hugely anticipated soundtrack to the next Twi...
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Band of Skulls, a British trio whose shit-kicking, bare-bones brand of gritty rock and roll earned them a spot on the hugely anticipated soundtrack to the next Twilight movie, New Moon.
Breaking: Cory Chis...
23 Views 08:01:00 09/30/09
A crew of country roots-rockers led by 27-year-old Cory Chisel, a Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter who croons like Nebraska-era Springsteen, dresses like a Deadwo...
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A crew of country roots-rockers led by 27-year-old Cory Chisel, a Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter who croons like Nebraska-era Springsteen, dresses like a Deadwood extra and recorded his first EP in his family’s Minnesota cabin.
Breaking: Washed Out
30 Views 08:01:00 09/23/09
Washed Out is the one-man dream-pop project from Ernest Greene, a 26-year-old Southerner who lives in the low-key town of Perry, Georgia.
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Washed Out is the one-man dream-pop project from Ernest Greene, a 26-year-old Southerner who lives in the low-key town of Perry, Georgia.
Breaking: The Entra...
16 Views 08:01:00 09/16/09
Los Angeles-based trio the Entrance Brand craft sprawling, virtuosic psychedelic rock that has earned them big-ups from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who signed th...
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Los Angeles-based trio the Entrance Brand craft sprawling, virtuosic psychedelic rock that has earned them big-ups from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who signed the crew to his Ecstatic Peace label.
Breaking: Girls
16 Views 08:01:00 09/09/09
San Francisco’s Girls are led by Christopher Owens, who was raised in more than a dozen countries as a member of the Children of God cult before escaping at age 16...
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San Francisco’s Girls are led by Christopher Owens, who was raised in more than a dozen countries as a member of the Children of God cult before escaping at age 16, moving back to the States and taking a job as a supermarket stocker in Texas.
Breaking: Alberta C...
18 Views 08:01:00 09/02/09
Alberta Cross, a quintet of stoner rock revivalists from Brooklyn-via-London-via-Sweden who became one of the summer’s must-see new bands thanks to appearances at ...
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Alberta Cross, a quintet of stoner rock revivalists from Brooklyn-via-London-via-Sweden who became one of the summer’s must-see new bands thanks to appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo.
Breaking: Portugal....
24 Views 08:01:00 08/26/09
A hard-working, hard-touring indie-soul four-piece whose spotlight-stealing sets at this year’s Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza festivals were honed by averaging 250 sho...
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A hard-working, hard-touring indie-soul four-piece whose spotlight-stealing sets at this year’s Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza festivals were honed by averaging 250 shows a year.
Breaking: Cage the ...
35 Views 08:01:00 08/19/09
Bowling Green, Kentucky blues-punk quintet Cage the Elephant, featuring singer Matt Shultz and guitarist Brad Shultz and a pack of high school buddies.
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Bowling Green, Kentucky blues-punk quintet Cage the Elephant, featuring singer Matt Shultz and guitarist Brad Shultz and a pack of high school buddies.
Breaking: Owl City
20 Views 08:01:00 08/12/09
Owl City, the solo electro-pop project of Minnesotan daydreamer Adam Young began three years ago, when he began recording warm, shimmering tunes in his parents’ ba...
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Owl City, the solo electro-pop project of Minnesotan daydreamer Adam Young began three years ago, when he began recording warm, shimmering tunes in his parents’ basement in off-hours from his job at a soda warehouse.
Breaking: Those Dar...
25 Views 08:01:00 07/29/09
Those Darlins — guitarist Jessi, bassist Kelley and baritone ukulele player Nikki — met at the Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, a summer youth program founded by...
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Those Darlins — guitarist Jessi, bassist Kelley and baritone ukulele player Nikki — met at the Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, a summer youth program founded by Kelley in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The trio quickly bonded over their burgeoning love of classic country music and cut their teeth playing standards by the Carter Family and Hank Williams.
Breaking: Maylene a...
26 Views 08:01:00 07/22/09
Birmingham, Alabama’s Maylene and the Sons of Disaster come by their thunderous, southern-fried hard rock honestly.
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Birmingham, Alabama’s Maylene and the Sons of Disaster come by their thunderous, southern-fried hard rock honestly.
Breaking: Foreign Born
31 Views 08:01:00 07/15/09
This sunny L.A. quartet are mostly native Angelenos, but lead singer and guitarist Matt Popieluch spent his formative years living across the pond in Hong Kong wit...
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This sunny L.A. quartet are mostly native Angelenos, but lead singer and guitarist Matt Popieluch spent his formative years living across the pond in Hong Kong with his banker father.
Breaking: The Script
25 Views 08:01:00 07/08/09
Irish trio the Script traces its roots to the late ’90s, when then late-teenagers Danny O’Donoghue (keys and vocals) and Mark Sheehan (guitar) made a pilgrimage to...
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Irish trio the Script traces its roots to the late ’90s, when then late-teenagers Danny O’Donoghue (keys and vocals) and Mark Sheehan (guitar) made a pilgrimage to America to work as session musicians and studio hands.
Breaking: Screaming...
20 Views 08:01:00 07/01/09
A Bred in one of the country’s strongest DIY punk communities, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based trio Screaming Females have actually got only one shrieking lady...
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A Bred in one of the country’s strongest DIY punk communities, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based trio Screaming Females have actually got only one shrieking lady. Her name is Marissa Paternoster, and she is 2009’s answer to Sleater-Kinney’s 2006 breakup, using her throaty pipes and serious chops to channel that trio’s femme-shredder legacy to a new generation
Electro-tribal trio who formed in Baltimore, where singer Chris Keating and guitarist Anand Wilder attended prep school. The group bonded over seeing shows by classmates Animal Collective and turned a 2008 LSD trip in New Zealand (with singer-bassist Ira Wolf Tuton) into the inspiration behind their latest disc Odd Blood, which positions them as the next weird-ass band to break out of the Brooklyn scene.