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The ex-frontman of San Francisco outfit Girls, Christopher Owens left guitar-driven rock band-dom behind to dive into sumptuous orchestral pop on... More >>
Mikal Cronin's sophomore album, MCII, marks the 27-year-old as a power-pop classicist able to deftly shift gears from light and jangly to... More >>
Swedish singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez first gained international attention by stunningly retrofitting the Knife's electro-pop song "Heartbeats"... More >>
Atlas Genius's catchy first single "Trojans" went viral online before the Australian quartet had even finished self-recording their debut. Thus,... More >>
Weirdly lumped in with the emo-loving teen scene by dint of their signing to Fueled by Ramen records, Illinois outfit the Hush Sound were far from... More >>
Brooklyn indie-pop duo Savoir Adore sound simultaneously dreamy and danceable on their excellent third album, Our Nature, soon to be given... More >>
Foals' previous two records established the Oxford-reared quintet as top-shelf acolytes of twitchy Talking Heads-inspired post-punk. Their just... More >>
So far Michael Benjamin Lerner has had an enviable career arc in the indie-rock world. On Dormarion, his third album recording as one-man... More >>
Swedish rock 'n' roll ambassadors Shout Out Louds sound like a band in transition on their first album in three years, Optica. No longer... More >>
For most people, heartbreak leads only toward paralysis, marathon cushion-cradling crying sessions, or, at best, an uptick in unproductive... More >>
Both political and pogo-friendly, riotously riffing pop-punk trio the Thermals have always been comfortable squeezing big ideas into short and... More >>
Though the world of comedy podcasts tends to be insular and cultish, Professor Blastoff qualifies as a bona fide big deal. A key player in... More >>
Since graduating from St. Paul Central High School in 2001 with a class-clown credit to his name, Joe Mande hasn't wasted any time making his... More >>
Echoing a melody-minded crossbreed of Cat Power and the XX, buzzy British trio Daughter soundtracked steamy Grey's Anatomy scenes and... More >>
Though he releases records at a feverish pace, veteran folkie Damien Jurado creates songs that have always cast a slow-burning spell. Over the... More >>
Fresh-faced Rough Trade records rookies a decade ago, London-based shadow-rockers the Veils have endured a near constant churn of members and... More >>
Written and recorded in the wake of the collapse of his marriage, Josh Ritter's latest album, The Beast in Its Tracks, is unsurprisingly... More >>
British folkie Nick Drake's stature seems only to grow with each passing year since his tragic death in 1974 at age 26 from an antidepressant... More >>
Now five years and two albums into their ascent on the local scene, indie-pop quintet Joey Ryan & the Inks (whose frontman is employed here at... More >>
Matthew Houck's decade-long run as Phosphorescent has seen him set his cracked twang to both tried-and-true cowboy sounds with 2009's Willie... More >>
A 39-year-old pasty Englishman with production skills and a soulful set of pipes, Jamie Lidell may not look the part of suave potential Prince... More >>
For most people, heartbreak leads only toward paralysis, marathon cushion-cradling crying sessions, or, at best, an uptick in unproductive... More >>
While Thao Nguyen and her backing band the Get Down Stay Down first wowed critics with a record featuring finely wrought folk-pop (2008's stellar... More >>
A prized singer-songwriter in his native Canada, Hayden Desser boasts a significantly smaller, but feverishly devoted, cult stateside. Fans on... More >>
Alternately praised and dismissed for his decade-long run as an ironic, '80s-loving R&B lothario, Minnesota native and current NYC resident Sean... More >>
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