Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) are Blind Pilot. Friends since college, Israel and Ryan have traveled many a mile to get to where they are today ­ literally. Last year, Israel and Ryan embarked on...

From his 2008 EP Please Believe Me Darrin Kohavi was raised in a musical family. He started playing classical piano at the age of eight. By the age of 17, he had mastered jazz, rock and R&B, and added guitar, bass...

Every year the fine folk at over at IODA Promonet host a nice party over at the South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin. Repeating the fine lineup from last year, IODA has once again put together a great cross section...

From their third EP recorded in 2008, In Chains. The prolific and talented Dead Heart Bloom recorded and released three EPs of five tracks each in 2008: Fall In, Oh Mercy and In Chains.  This is the first track from...

An Horse started out as a solo project began by Kate Cooper in Brisbane, Australia. In 2008 Tegan & Sara met the group and invited them on their US tour, prior to the release of their first album. In August 2008 they...

The latest single from The Action Painters. From their upcoming 2009 record with pop Producer Pete Wade. Formed in a frigid Brooklyn basement in 2006, Action Painters are a scraggly band of misfits who practiced hard...

Balmorhea, pronounced Bal-moor-ay, has always been Rob Lowe and Michael Muller from Austin, Texas, but have recently added four more players to the lineup, on violin, upright bass, cello, and drums respectively. Drifting...

From Remix me away : Volume 1 David Cooper, Clare Veniot and Jack Freudenheim are NYC’s 46bliss. 20 Remixes in 20 weeks; 46bliss is releasing a remix a week from the new 2-CD set “remix me away (vol 1 and 2)....

From Toronto, Canada the three-piece rock band Magneta Lane consists of Lexi Valentine, Nadia King, and French. They formed in 2003 in New York, and have since released two well received full length albums entitled...

The Single from their 2008 Album The Steps Born under the influence of classic rock in the Live Music Capital of the World [Austin, TX], The Steps chisel through modern rock with 60’s...

Due in late March, the new album from Venice is Sinking, AZAR, finds the band widening its palette and deepening its focus, tackling the idea of location’s ability to influence our lives. Growing musically since the...

From the Caddywhompus EP, a free download at caddywhompusband.com From Houston & New Orleans, Caddywhompus are an Experimental Noise Pop duo, consisting of: Sean Hart: Percussion, Vocals Chris Rehm: Guitar,...

Twin sisters from California meet boy from New Jersey; based out of Brooklyn, NY. Here’s a few words on what they have to say about themselves: “As Children of the 80s, we’ve seen a thing or two. We went...

From his just released album Live Wires Originally from Lincoln Nebraska and now based in Brooklyn, New York, Aaron says he has spent the last two years writing and recording Live Wires with collaborator Christian...

The most infectious blast of pop perfection you will hear all year, a tidy distillation of all the great noise-pop precedents – early MBV, House of Love, Pale Saints, Rocketship – but with that incredible...

From their album Summer Machines. Chelan is the recording project of Jennifer Grady and Justin Hosford who have been making music together for over 10 years since meeting in their native Olympia, Wa. Their former...

Amongst the broadening horizons of the European music scene you will find the Beangrowers. Hailing from the Mediterranean island of Malta, this female-fronted three-piece has become known for their unique style and...

From their Album Southern Gothic. Working in the shadowy confines of an unremarkable Atlanta studio, Grammy-winning producer Ben H. Allen of Gnarls Barkley fame, vocalist Elijah Jones and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist...

PRS are from Salzburg in Austria, and this is from their recently released Promotional Album produced by Scott Matthews. Pirate Radio Station Are: Sebastian Aigmuller: Lead Vocals / Guitar Paul Konarski : Guitar /...

Ketch Harbour Wolves hail from across Ontario while fostering a deep connection to Nova Scotia where in 2003 the band’s predecessor, The Flying Buttresses, was forged in the small coastal town of Ketch Harbour. After...

Signal Hill is an instrumental band from Los Angeles, CA. With influences such as The Mercury Program, Tristeza, My Bloody Valentine, Cinematic Orchestra and others, they play melodic, mid tempo, vocal-less ditties. Signal...

From their album The Red Rhythm – released 10 Feb. From Atlanta, Georgia, Winston Audio are Daniel Dewitt, Dan Gleason, Zach Brown and Michael Adkins. WINSTON AUDIO was formed in 2003, but the music they create...

As a member of the indie-rock sensation Hello Stranger, Juliette Commagere has toured the world and shared the stage with the likes of Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon. Now she has stepped out on her own with her debut solo...

From their forthcoming album Speak In Numbers, coming Feb. 27th Based in the Atlanta/Columbus GA area, Spy For Hire are comprised of Ryan Rulon on vocals and guitar, Andy Rich on lead guitar, James Salter on bass and...

A.C. Newman is best known as the lead for The New Pornographers, but got his start in Canadian indie bands Superconductor and Zumpano.   Four years into TNP, A.C. branched off with his solo offshoot in 2004, and released...

From Turku, Finland The Everglades is on a quest to carry out the international tradition of pop music in their authentic form of fockpop. The mentality Fockpop for girls and believers since 2004 gives an idea of the...

If you happen to be in Austin this March for SXSW, I’d highly recommend you check out the firing soul, funk, and r&b combo – T Bird & The Breaks. High School for the lead singer Tim Crane, A.K.A. T Bird,...

From their excellent new, debut album – “Loomings” Amid the much publicized downfall of Lookout! Records, indie-poppers Troubled Hubble took a cue from their then label and officially ended their...

One half of the Swedish duo formerly known as The Lovekevins, now The LK, singer-songwriter Fredrik Hultin is branching out on a solo endeavor to win the hearts of kittens and people alike. His debut album, titled The...

From Manchester in the UK, The Whip, from X Marks Destination. Who the hell is making important music in Manchester these days? Well, The Whip, for starters. Just ask the Parisians who run Kitsun Records, a taste-making...

Playfully drawing their name from that of a simple Nashville bank teller, Darla Farmer is an eccentric 7-piece carnival-rock band that manages to gracefully shatter genre borders in ways that even the most critical of...

From his second Album Meetoo, from London in the UK, Muddy Suzuki Artist Bio   Damo Waters is a person who likes to make sounds. Muddy Suzuki is the name he uses for his personal endeavours, but he also plays with many...