Austin’s ‘The Lovely Sparrows’ blend lush, complex arrangements with sing-along choruses that bring to mind glorious folk-inflected pop and well-written novellas. They self-released a 7inch single in 2005...

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead New Album The Century Of Self, extensive tour, check myspace.com/trailofdead for...

State Shirt sculpts fiery, intense indie rock anthems for the wondering, wandering and hopeful. Venturing wildly into the farthest corners of heavy-hearted American landscapes, State Shirt’s music displays vivid, gripping...

Causing widespread panic and dancing since the turn of the century, Bombskare are Scotland’s heaviest export Known for their high energy live shows, they take their influences from Rage Against The Machine to Ennio...

From The Upside Down & Backwards EP, 2008 UPDATE (10/18/2010): We haven’t talked about Atomic Tom for awhile, but the band is making headlines this week with what can only be described as a performance of pure...

Amongst four blazing nights between Xmas 2006 and the year of 2007, A Classic Education recorded 3 songs in the middle of the mountains of centre-north Italy. Jonathan Clancy, Paul Pieretto & Luca Mazzieri played a...

Late of the Pier, an English four-piece band from Castle Donington, are currently signed to Parlophone Records and recently released an album “Fantasy Black Channel” on 11 August 2008. The new album includes a...

From their 2008 20 song album available at CD Baby Oh No Joe is a garage punk band from the quiet suburb of San Francisco, Danville, CA. Band members Nick Jefferies (guitar, vocals), Steven Boyle (drums, bass), and Tom...

Canopy Glow is the sophomore release and late 2008 Anticon debut from Chicago-based 7-piece art rock ensemble originally from Mt. Pleasant Michigan and now based in Chicago, Illinois. While 2006’s Floating World was a...

From The The Year Without A Summer b/w Maya Blue 7″ Describing themselves as “more roscoe p. than john c.”, they say they sound like “the last 40 years of pop music + distortion, delay & os...

If there is one band that truly knows their sound and how to capitalize it, Berlin’s Super 700 might just be it. With eerie and epic rock noises flowing in every direction throughout the bands new album,...

From his 2008 Album of the same name. “My name is Stephen Luke and I am a guitarist, singer, song writer specializing in a blend of roots and rock music. My unique style of songwriting combines story telling and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...