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A Certain Ratio
Listeners: 48,728 Playcount: 373,083A Certain Ratio (aka Acr or A.C.R.) are a post-punk/funk band from Manchester, UK. Formed in the late 1970s, they were one of the bands (along with Gang of Four and The Pop Group) who forged the new musical hybrid which became known as punk-funk, a style which fused the energy and aggression of new-wave with the rhythms and musicianship of funk and soul. The band's members were originally Simon Topping, Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop, Donald Johnson and Pete Terrell. -
A-Trak
Listeners: 26,780 Playcount: 410,370Alain Macklovitch performs and records under the name A-Trak. He is a Montreal, Quebec based DJ and turntablist. He won the DMCs World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15, the youngest ever. He was later asked to join the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, and is a member of The Allies. He is currently supporting Kanye West as a DJ. A-Trak uses Serato Scratch LIVE. ==Titles and Awards== *1997 Canadian DMC Champion *1997 Technics / DMC World Champion (15 years old - youngest ever) *1998 Technics DMC World finals (3rd place) -
Agent Ribbons
Listeners: 895 Playcount: 19,841Lauren was a drumming chick band historian. Natalie was painting the walls in a record store. Somewhere in between the lines, they were introduced and it was love at first sight. http://www.myspace.com/agentribbons -
Alela Diane
Listeners: 64,756 Playcount: 912,133Alela Diane is an up-and-coming U.S. singer-songwriter. Her gentle acoustic style has been described as "campfire gospel". If you imagine a continuum from the Carter family to Gillian Welch, ending up near Joanna Newsom, this album is it. Rural rather than country, ancient but modern. Rough Trade Shops Album of the year 2007. Alela Diane Menig (b April 20, 1983, Nevada City, California, USA) is an American singer and songwriter, who is associated with the psych folk and New Weird America musical genres. -
Andrew Bird
Listeners: 432,154 Playcount: 14,593,095Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician. He was born in Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer-songwriter, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He also is an accomplished whistler. His early work, which echoed of gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own. -
Andy Votel
Listeners: 4,178 Playcount: 50,243Andy Votel (real name Andrew Shallcross) is an electronic musician and producer from Marple Bridge in Stockport. In 1997, he set up Twisted Nerve Records with Damon Gough (AKA Badly Drawn Boy). -
Angelo Spencer
Listeners: 676 Playcount: 6,124One-man-band extraordinaire, husband to Kimya Dawson and Father to baby Panda. -
Aphex Twin
Listeners: 623,962 Playcount: 19,867,311Aphex Twin, born Richard David James, August 18, 1971, in Limerick, Ireland to Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James, is an electronic music artist. He grew up in Cornwall, United Kingdom and started producing music around the age of 12. Richard has been hailed as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music" with his works ranging from ambient pieces to acid techno. -
Ariel Pink
Listeners: 8,337 Playcount: 175,990Ariel Pink (born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg on June 24, 1978) is an avant-garde/hauntology musician who is based in Los Angeles. Pink has been recording his music on tape since 1996 but it wasn't until after he passed a CD-R to the New York-based band Animal Collective that his commercial musical career took off. He attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. Later attending the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts. -
Art Brut
Listeners: 328,417 Playcount: 4,632,609Art Brut are an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared ‘influences’ The Fall. The band formed in 2003 and the current line-up consists of Eddie Argos (vocals), Ian Catskilkin (guitar), Friederike "Freddy" Feedback (bass), Jasper Future (guitar) and Mikey Breyer (drums). Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. -
Bat For Lashes
Listeners: 229,426 Playcount: 3,990,419Bat for Lashes is the work of British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist Natasha Khan. Born in Pakistan in 1979, but brought up and educated mainly in England, it was whilst working as a nursery school teacher, following her university degree in film and music, that Fur and Gold album opener "Horse and I" came to Khan in a dream. Inspired by tales of Joan of Arc, she is woken by a black horse at the window and sent on a fateful quest. This dream inspired the songs that now comprise Fur and Gold. -
Blmez
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Black Lips
Listeners: 59,227 Playcount: 1,671,830The Black Lips are a self-described "flower punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia. While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later. They released their first 7" in late 2001/early 2002 on their own Die Slaughterhaus label. Just days before a tour was to begin in December 2002, Ben Eberbaugh was driving a car that was struck by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway. -
Bloc Party
Listeners: 1,177,907 Playcount: 47,939,877Bloc Party are an English indie rock band. In 2005, the band released their critically acclaimed debut album Silent Alarm. Their second studio album, A Weekend in the City was released on February 5, 2007 in the United Kingdom and February 6 in the United States. A third album, Intimacy, was released in August 2008 as a download and later as a CD release on October 27. The band consists of Kele Okereke (vocals, guitar), Russell Lissack (guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass, vocals) and Matt Tong (drums). -
Bowerbirds
Listeners: 29,236 Playcount: 492,939Bowerbirds are Beth Tacular, Phil Moore and Mark Paulson from North Carolina. They make leafy folk-pop with guitars, accordions and violins. They self-released their debut EP Danger at Sea in August 2006 and were signed to Burly Time Records later that year. Their first full length album, Hymns for a Dark Horse, was released in Spring 2007 on Burly Time Records. Their fluent, characteristic style, marked by wonderfully skilled songcraft and bucolic imagery, has since earned them several positive reviews. -
Brian Hunt
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Carsick Cars
Listeners: 1,854 Playcount: 30,584Carsick Cars were formed in 2005 and have earned their reputation at the pinnacle of Beijing's live music scene – something borne out by the invitation to open for Sonic Youth at their idols’ 2007 Beijing show. Influenced by Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, Suicide, Glenn Branca, The Stooges, and Joy Division, Carsick Cars gigs are riotous explosions of pent-up energy and frustration. There's a certain fearlessness to their music... -
Chad VanGaalen
Listeners: 54,317 Playcount: 1,065,788Cultivating a singularly unique voice in the world of songwriting and composition is a difficult prospect for all but the most naturally gifted of artists, and Calgary-based songwriter Chad VanGaalen certainly belongs in that category. Infiniheart, an epic tapestry of crunchy guitars, ethereal textures and expressive hooks, exists as a selection of the hundreds upon hundreds of intricate, visionary pop songs VanGaalen has crafted and self-recorded in his bedroom studio since 2000 with a Tascam 4-track, an Akai hard disc recorder and an assortment of analog gadgets. -
Chris "The Judge" Arthur
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Crystal Antlers
Listeners: 8,485 Playcount: 109,840www.myspace.com/crystalantlers Crystal Antlers formed in January 2006 in Long Beach, California. Creating their own blend of psychedelic, punk, & soul, the band quickly became local favorites among a broad range of rock fans. They've released two limited 7"s on small labels & recently released their first EP with producer Ikey Owens (Mars Volta/Free Moral Agents). Crystal Antlers issued their debut record, EP, in June 2008. -
Crystal Stilts
Listeners: 19,337 Playcount: 304,250Crystal Stilts is a Brooklyn, N.Y., quartet. Its sound -- equally droll, moody and buoyant -- has roots in early '80s Manchester pop as well as in minimalist garage-rock acts. The band has drawn comparisons to Interpol, Joy Division and early The Jesus and Mary Chain -- with whom it also shares a penchant for stand-up drumming. Slumberland Records released the band's debut full-length, Alight Of Night, in October 2008, following an earlier EP. -
Cuzo
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Damien Jurado
Listeners: 97,935 Playcount: 1,484,834Damien Jurado is a singer-songwriter in the indie-rock tradition of Seattle, Washington. His music is regarded as being heavily influenced by folk music. Over the years he has released albums on many labels; today his primary label is Secretly Canadian. He was once in the hardcore band Coolidge with Seattle's David Bazan, who formerly fronted the bands Pedro the Lion and HEADPHONES and now performs as a solo artist. He was also an early member of Raft of Dead Monkeys. He teaches kindergarten. -
Dan Deacon Ensemble
Listeners: 68,193 Playcount: 1,026,419Dan Deacon (born 1981) is a Baltimore, Maryland-based electronic music composer/performer. He attended the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College in Purchase, New York, where he played in many bands, including tuba for Langhorne Slim and guitar in the improvisational grindcore band Rated R. He completed his graduate studies in electro-acoustic and computer music composition. He studied under composer/conductor Joel Thome. Currently, he lives at Wham City in Baltimore, Maryland. -
Daniel Devine (WaKS Records)
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Dead Meadow
Listeners: 44,641 Playcount: 787,067Dead Meadow met in the DC punk/indie scene, though their music draws from more faraway sources. The band formed in the fall of 1998 from the ashes of local bands The Impossible Five and Colour, when singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin set out to fuse their love of early 70's hard rock and 60's psychedelia with their love of writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft. -
Deerhunter
Listeners: 139,568 Playcount: 4,132,416Deerhunter are an indie rock band which formed in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. They currently consist of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, piano), Lockett Pundt (guitar, organ), Josh Fauver (bass, vocals), Whitney Petty (guitar) and Moses Archuleta (drums, synths). The group began with the ambition of fusing the lulling hypnotic states induced by ambient and minimalist music with the klang and propulsion of garage rock. -
DJ /rupture
Listeners: 27,234 Playcount: 420,516DJ /rupture is the pseudonym of Jace Clayton, a producer and DJ, formerly based in Barcelona, but now New York City. He used to play in the collective Toneburst. DJ /rupture's first big break came in 2001 with Gold Teeth Thief, a mixtape which mixes hip hop, ragga, breakcore, jungle, noise, modern classical and music from around the globe. His second mixtape Minesweeper Suite was an even greater success, with the UK music magazine The Wire calling it one of the 10 best records of 2003. A year later, /rupture produced Special Gunpowder, his most critically acclaimed album to date. -
Dj Mehdi
Listeners: 101,492 Playcount: 911,946DJ Mehdi (born Mehdi Favéris-Essadi in 1977) is a french DJ since 1992, who began in the rap band Ideal J (with Kery James). He also spun for 113. He created the label "Espionnage", with names like Rohff, Rocé, Karlito, Dj Feadz, and Zdar (Cassius). He has also worked with Assassin, MC Solaar and Keziah Jones. Mehdi took part in several Original Soundtracks such as "Femme Fatale" (De Palma) and "Rois et Reines" (Arnaud Desplechin). -
Dj Yoda
Listeners: 35,084 Playcount: 604,945Between 1995 and 1998 he studied English and American Literature at the University of Warwick. During this period he began performing at Mojo, a popular Warwick Hip hop and Soul night until he graduated. After he left university he began releasing underground demo mix-tapes to small music shops. Through the popularity of these tapes, Antidote Records asked him to create an official mixtape, from which 'How to Cut & Paste Mix Tape Vol.1' was released. -
Dr. Kiko
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Duchess Says
Listeners: 10,194 Playcount: 90,504Duchess Says is a Canadian dance punk band that was created in late 2003 in Montreal by four influent members of the Church of Budgerigars who decided to collaborate together in a common musical project. Their goal was to insure a faithful representation of the message of the Duchess (or spiritual budgie) through a precise artistic dialog. Composed of A-Claude (vox, keytar, guit, programmations), Ismaël (keyboard,guitar, programmations), Phil (guitar, bass,feedbacks) and Simon Says (lo-fi beats, drums and doubtful noises). -
dälek
Listeners: 36,862 Playcount: 831,495Dälek (pronounced 'Die-a-leck') is an American experimental hip-hop duo from Newark, NJ. The group is comprised of Dälek (vocals) and The Oktopus (production). Still handled most of their scratching and more experimental turntable work up until the summer of 2005. Their music is dark, sinister, noisy and atmospheric; inspired as much by My Bloody Valentine and Einstürzende Neubauten as Wu-Tang Clan and Public Enemy, as well as German Krautrock group Faust (with whom they have worked). -
Ebony Bones
Listeners: 1,647 Playcount: 10,754EBONY BONES! is London's answer to Karen O. Part diva, part Technicolor Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Ebony commands the stage – no, the entire venue – looking like she eats skinny indie boys for breakfast. EBONY BONES! is a one of a kind Producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and all-round femme fatale. -
El-P
Listeners: 96,290 Playcount: 1,742,020Born Jaime Meline, El-Producto or El-P is an underground hip-hop producer and rapper from New York City. As a member of Company Flow, on the Rawkus Records label, he honed his production skills alongside DJ Mr. Len and Bigg Jus. His unique style helped Company Flow gain critical, then popular success, culminating in 1997 with Funcrusher Plus. Eventual differences between the group and Rawkus lead to El-P and Len leaving Rawkus in 2000. -
Extra Life
Listeners: 1,156 Playcount: 15,398Extra Life is a band led by New York-based guitarist/vocalist Charlie Looker (member of Ocrilim, ex-Zs and ex-Dirty Projectors). While the music retains some of the heady instrumental abstraction of his work in Zs, Extra Life moves into a far more melodic song-based realm. The compositions are still epic, complex and aggressive, yet with a lush, personal, dramatic spirit; dark, heavy avant chamber pop with a cold Gothic beauty echoing that of Medieval chant. -
Extraperlo
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Fucked Up
Listeners: 39,022 Playcount: 920,386Fucked Up is an experimental hardcore group from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001. The initial practicing lineup consisted of 10,000 Marbles (Guitar), Concentration Camp (Vocals), Mustard Gas (Bass Guitar) and Chris Colohan (of Left for Dead/The Swarm/Cursed). Just prior to recording their demo tape, Concentration Camp moved to guitar and vocal duties were taken over by Pink Eyes (also known as Mr. Damian). Drums are played by Mr. Jo (also credited as G. Beat or J. Falco) and Young Governor was added as a third guitarist in 2007. -
Gang Gang Dance
Listeners: 68,272 Playcount: 1,020,734Gang Gang Dance is a music group based in New York City, signed to the the Social Registry record label. Members were previously seen in Washington DC's The Cranium, NYC's Angel Blood, Actress, and Ssab Songs (with Harmony Korine). The group has become well known within the New York experimental/art scene for its distinctive sound that draws equally from African rhythms, Middle eastern dance music, industrial, noise, grime and a whole mess of other genres and subs. -
Ghostface Killah
Listeners: 14,672 Playcount: 120,096Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970 in Staten Island, New York), better known by the stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper. Ghostface first rose to fame as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan hip hop collective. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the early-mid 1990s, each member was free to pursue solo careers; Ghostface's would turn out to be one of the most critically and commercially successful of the group, regardless of, and perhaps due to, his loyalty to his obscure yet highly vivid lyrics and 1970's soul sound. -
Girls
Listeners: 5,893 Playcount: 24,261There are at least three bands called Girls. 1) In 2006, Christopher Owens and Liza Thorn began a music project called Curls, which dissolved itself when Liza decided to focus more on her new band, BRIDEZ. Not to be dissuaded, Christopher recruited San Francisco's infamous ladykiller Chet "JR" White to join him and changed the band's name to Girls. Chris is splitting his time between Girls and playing shows with Holy Shit. 2) GIRLS (ガールズ) was a japanese 70's female rock band. -
Half Foot Outside
Listeners: 2,956 Playcount: 33,650Five records are a true career, an artistical progression completely consolidated. And that's the case of Half Foot Outside, with albums released since 1998 in various record labels. They started back in 1995 in Pamplona, their debut being called "So called...", a punk-rock record close to the most melodic and poppy sound of the bands at the time. Their musical spectrum grew faster and was reflected in the roughness of "Paint red", a record full of complex and brilliant structures and melodies. -
Herman Dune
Listeners: 4,903 Playcount: 27,583After the departure of André Herman Düne, the band Herman Düne dropped their umlaut and released the fantastic Next Year in Zion. One of the most refreshing albums of 2008. -
Jarvis Cocker
Listeners: 91,483 Playcount: 1,155,976Jarvis Branson Cocker (born on 19 September 1963, in Sheffield, United Kingdom) is an English pop music star, best known for fronting the band Pulp. Pulp disbanded in 2002, but Cocker has been busy. In 2003 he re-emerged to promote a new album for his new band, Relaxed Muscle. 2005 then brought Cocker briefly back into the limelight with his contribution to the soundtrack for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". He has also collaborated with and written lyrics for Nancy Sinatra's and Charlotte Gainsbourg's come back albums. -
Jason Lytle
Listeners: 1,285 Playcount: 7,827Jason Lytle fronted Modesto, California based indie rock outfit Grandaddy, which split up in 2006. He was the sole songwriter in the band, and he sang and played most of the instruments on the albums. Live he handled vocals, guitars and keyboards and synths. He has continued as a solo artist after the end of Grandaddy, so far only playing Grandaddy material at a handful of solo shows. Lytle's first, and long-awaited, solo recording since disbanding his well-loved brainchild Grandaddy, Yours Truly is filled with the signature vintage synths... -
Jay Reatard
Listeners: 30,267 Playcount: 975,402Having founded seminal Memphis punk outfit Reatards at the tender age of sixteen, Jay Reatard (born in 1980) is a seasoned veteran of the garage-punk scene. In the '90s Reatards turned the Memphis underground rock scene upside down with a legendary live show so over-the-top that they were banned in a number of European countries. Never content to stick to one genre, one project or one band, Jay also co-led the synth-punk Lost Sounds with Alicja Trout, plays drums for The Final Solutions,does a solo project Terror Visions, co-fronts The angry angles and runs his own label Shattered Records. -
Jeremy Jay
Listeners: 8,440 Playcount: 178,419Jeremy Jay lives in Angel town, He writes and plays piano and guitar. He says one of his favorite things to do is drive around with the moonroof open and listen to music with his friends. Jeremy has gone on a couple west coast tours and has played with a variety of bands. His performances on the surface seem like a pop singers performance. Dancing, singing and playing guitar.Yet he's still so illusive. -
Jesu
Listeners: 76,258 Playcount: 2,135,166Jesu is a band formed in 2003 in Abergele, Wales, UK by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of Godflesh. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of his new project. The first release, the Heart Ache EP, was released in 2004 and featured Broadrick playing all of the instruments. It was followed in 2005 by the full-length self-titled LP, which featured the addition of bassist Diarmuid Dalton and drummer Ted Parsons, although not every song featured both new members. -
Joe Crepusculo y Los Destructores
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Joe Henry
Listeners: 26,684 Playcount: 266,776Joe Henry (*1960) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Henry was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, but grew up in the Detroit area where he met Melanie Ciccone, Madonna's sister, whom he married in 1987. In 1985 he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he played at small clubs. His debut album Talk of Heaven came out in 1986. He signed to A&M Records and released two albums, Murder of Crows (1989) and Shuffletown (1990) -
John Maus
Listeners: 6,144 Playcount: 222,301There are two artists with the name John Maus: (1) John Maus (born February 23, 1980) is an American composer and political philosophy and theory instructor at the University of Hawaiiʻi at Mānoa. Born and raised in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, his first experiments with music were at an early age--in his band the Janitors and by playing guitar for his church. He is a member of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and has also released some self-produced albums of his own. -
Karl Blau
Listeners: 14,481 Playcount: 169,206Karl Blau is a musician based in Anacortes, Washington and member of the Knw-Yr-Own/K Records collective. He is very prolific and releases music through a monthly subscription service called Kelp Monthly. He has played in D+, Brothers Blau, Captain Fathom, Your Heart Breaks and has collaborated extensively with Phil Elverum (The Microphones/Mount Eerie). He also tours and records with Laura Veirs. -
Kimya Dawson
Listeners: 262,590 Playcount: 5,281,146Kimya Dawson (born 17th November 1972) is an Olympia-based singer-songwriter, and a prominent part of the anti-folk movement. Dawson became well known as a member of The Moldy Peaches. Since the Moldy Peaches took a break from performing and recording in 2004, Dawson has released a string of lo-fi homemade albums, and toured widely in North America and Europe. In 2005 the Pharmacy and Matty Popchart performed as her backing band on a U.S. tour. In 2006 she collaborated with a number of friends to make a group, Antsy Pants, that recorded and released an album on Plan It X Records. -
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
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Klaus & Kinski
Listeners: 680 Playcount: 5,824http://www.myspace.com/musicklaus electronica artist there is also a Christian artists by the same name -
La Bien Querida
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Lemonade
Listeners: 2,487 Playcount: 14,827There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Only two weeks into their existence, San Francisco-based psych-electronic trio Lemonade coalesced remarkably fast and performed their first show in 2005. The group- comprised of childhood friends Callan Clendenin (vocals), Alex Pasternak (percussion) and Ben Steidel on bass-did not have grand expectations for the project outside of exploring their shared vision of a place that they have never been: a fantasy landscape that is at once gritty and pristine, tropical and foreboding. -
Liars
Listeners: 179,217 Playcount: 3,324,476Liars is a three-piece band formed in 2000 consisting of Australian-born Angus Andrew (vocals/guitar), Aaron Hemphill (percussion, guitar, synth), and Julian Gross (drums). Although initially lumped into the New York dance-punk scene of the early 21st century, they have come to be categorized by their dramatic stylistic shifts between albums, while retaining a consistent interest in rhythm and sound texture. -
Lightning Bolt
Listeners: 90,135 Playcount: 1,616,478Lightning Bolt emerged from Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1995 as a three-piece art school project. Initially there was Brian Chippendale's explosive, non-stop drumming, Brian Gibson's Contortions like bass lines, and Hisham Bharoocha's vocals propelling them in a fury of volatile noise and orgiastic tribalism. The group helped found Fort Thunder, a music and art collective, and recorded Lightning Bolt which was issued through Load in 1999. -
Los Punsetes
Listeners: 9,021 Playcount: 107,277Los Punsetes is a band formed in Madrid in 2004. They have released a couple of demos (2004 and 2006) and a 7" single (2007) with (WA)TT records, and a LP called LP with Gramaciones Grabofónicas in 2008 -
Magik Markers
Listeners: 18,930 Playcount: 177,506The Magik Markers are a noise rock band from Hartford, Connecticut. The members, Elisa Ambrogio, Pete Nolan and Leah Quimby started the band in their basement in 2001. After opening for Sonic Youth on their American tour in 2004, the band gained notoriety. Their debut album, I Trust My Guitar, Etc. (released in vinyl only), was released in 2005 on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. In 2006, they released A Panegyric To The Things I Do Not Understand under Gulcher Records, the Markers' first proper CD. -
Magnolia Electric Co.
Listeners: 48,925 Playcount: 937,844In March 2003, while on tour, Jason Molina announced that he would rename his band (Songs: Ohia) Magnolia Electric Co. This new incarnation would retain many of the original players and the stylistic direction of the album of the same name. Jason Molina would also continue to release solo work, but this time under his own name. The first such release came in January of 2004, as the full length vinyl release Pyramid Electric Co. While Magnolia Electric Co. and Pyramid Electric Co. were originally intended as a double album, the latter seems to be the stylistic polar opposite of the former. -
Mahjongg
Listeners: 7,106 Playcount: 75,190Chicago party animals, Mahjongg, originally from Columbia, MO, may be nearing the top of Chicago's 'local band' heap, but if you haven't heard of them yet it's probably because their music has made it quite difficult for locals to nail them down in a 'scene.' Mahjongg's shows are always ragers, which often leads attendees to shove (or drop) the actual musicianship from their memories - a shame since they're onto something pretty damn cool. -
Maika Makovski
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Marnie Stern
Listeners: 35,249 Playcount: 515,151Marnie Stern (born March 18, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist. She resides in New York City and has garnered much acclaim for her technical skill and finger-tapping style of guitar play. In early 2007 Kill Rock Stars released her debut CD, In Advance of the Broken Arm. It was well received by critics, and most favorably The New York Times, citing it as "The year’s most exciting rock ’n’ roll album. -
Meneo
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Merienda Cena
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Michael Mayer
Listeners: 63,022 Playcount: 394,774Michael Mayer was born and brought up in the clean air of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest), deep in Germany’s south-west corner. The days and nights of his childhood were filled with music, either liberated from his parents’ collection, absorbed via his bedside radio or tentatively played on the household’s piano. He first heard DJs at youth discos and was smitten, immediately beginning his own record collection - Italian disco, the Pet Shop Boys, extended 12” mixes of pop tracks and classic funk are its foundations. -
Michael Nyman
Listeners: 208,213 Playcount: 2,491,308Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British minimalist composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted Baroque music scholar Thurston Dart at King's College london, drew frequently on early music sources in his scores for Greenaway's films: Henry Purcell in The Draughtsman's Contract and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber in A Zed and Two Noughts... -
Muletrain
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My Bloody Valentine
Listeners: 373,805 Playcount: 9,243,837My Bloody Valentine is a dreamy noise/psychedelic band formed in 1984 in Dublin, Ireland. The band's best known lineup is Kevin Shields (vocals, guitar), Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar), Debbie Googe (bass) and Colm O'Ciosoig (drums). Shields and O'Ciosoig are the only original members of the band still in the group. In 1991, the band released their second full length album "Loveless", later declared one of the finest albums of the 1990s. The band struggled to record a follow up album and split in 1997. The band reunited in 2007 and performed several concerts the following year. -
Neil Young
Listeners: 625,068 Playcount: 16,509,575Neil Young was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 12, 1945. He is a singer-songwriter with a long and extensive musical career. He has become one of the most respected and influential musicians of his generation. Neil started his professional music career in the mid-1960's with a number of bands in Canada, notably the Mynah Birds, which also included fellow future Buffalo Springfield bassist Bruce Palmer and future funk star Rick James. -
Oneida
Listeners: 35,709 Playcount: 385,765Oneida is a rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their influences include psychedelic rock, krautrock, and hard rock, but the overall structure and intent of their music cannot be easily traced to any of these styles, or the myriad other styles they have drawn upon in recordings. The most striking and consistent aspect of Oneida's music is their use of and fascination with repetition. Their 2002 LP, Each One Teach One, for instance, begins with two especially long tracks, Sheets of Easter and Antiobiotics, the former over fourteen minutes long, the latter more than sixteen. -
PAL
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Phoenix
Listeners: 360,356 Playcount: 6,293,623The name Phoenix has been used by at least eight bands. Phoenix : French band (1995-present) who have functioned as backing band for Air. In 92, Laurent Brancowitz worked with Guy Manuel de Homem Cristo and Thomas Bangalter, future members of the band Daft-Punk. Their music has been featured in films such as Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola (who is the leader's partner). Formed in 1999, Phoenix became an underground hit with the loungy, mellow and unpretentious sound heard on their 2000 debut album United. -
Plants and Animals
Listeners: 19,833 Playcount: 370,634Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal, composed of guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque, and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woodley. They are signed to Secret City Records. The first seeds of the band were originally planted on Canada’s salty-aired East Coast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Young Warren C. Spicer and Matthew ‘the Woodman’ Woodley had begun playing together in high-school bands. The sea winds eventually carried them through the vast plains of Quebec to Montreal (a journey they would come to know intimately as the years wore on). -
Ponytail
Listeners: 13,210 Playcount: 145,214There are two bands by the name Ponytail. Ponytail is a noise pop band from Baltimore, known for the stop-on-a-dime fervor with which they assault their instruments and the animalistic sounds emanating from their vocalist, Molly Siegel. Ponytail is the personal project of Dubbing Mixers' Samuli Tanner. Sometimes sequenced, sometimes handplayed sparse, dizzy hip hop beats are mixed with stuttering waves of samples and noise bursts from custom instruments made by Gregoire Rousseau. -
Reigning Sound
Listeners: 18,447 Playcount: 261,545Founded by Memphis blues-punk legend Greg Cartwright -- a former member of the Oblivians, the Compulsive Gamblers, and '68 Comeback -- Reigning Sound fuse the hot-wired energy of garage rock with the deep emotional resonance of classic soul music in a manner that suggests a cross between the early Rolling Stones and the Sonics. Featuring Cartwright on vocals and guitar, Jeremy Scott on bass, Greg Roberson on drums, and Alex Greene on keyboards and guitar, Reigning Sound made their recorded debut with a three-song 7" in May of 2001; their first full-length album... -
Rhythm & Sound (Mark Ernestus)
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Rosvita
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Saint Etienne
Listeners: 205,959 Playcount: 2,432,458Saint Etienne are a British indie dance/pop act named after a French football team. The band was founded by sometime journalist Bob Stanley (born December 25, 1964) and Pete Wiggs (born May 15, 1966) in Croydon, UK, January 1990. After recording 2 singles with guest singers, glamorous Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex) joined as a full member. Saint Etienne are one of the bands who defined the early 90s indie dance genre... -
Shearwater
Listeners: 93,494 Playcount: 1,639,668Shearwater was formed by two bandmembers of Austin, TX's Okkervil River. Okkervil's singer and guitarist, Will Sheff, and back-up vocalist and accordion/keyboard player, Jonathan Meiburg formed Shearwater so they could write softer, more folk-influenced music. Band members today include Jonathan Meiburg, Thor Harris, Kim Burke, Jordan Geiger, and Kevin Schneider. To date, Shearwater has released five full-length albums, 'The Dissolving Room', 'Everybody Makes Mistakes', 'Winged Life'... -
Shellac
Listeners: 62,489 Playcount: 1,398,136Shellac (sometimes referred to as 'Shellac Of North America') is an american rock music group formed in chicago, illinois, in 1992 by Steve Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass guitar vocals) and Todd Trainer (drums). They have been classified as noise rock and math rock. Albini has claimed they refer to themselves as 'Shellac of North America', "when we're being pretentious." -
Simian Mobile Disco
Listeners: 294,476 Playcount: 4,241,408Simian Mobile Disco are an English dance production and remix team. Formed from the ashes of Simian in 2005, Simian Mobile Disco comprises James Ellis Ford and James Anthony Shaw. They have released a number of low profile singles, such as "The Count" on Kitsune Records, but have arguably gained more fame for their remixes of artists such as The Go! Team, Air and others. In the late ‘90s, James Ford and Jas Shaw were studying biology and philosophy, respectively, at Manchester University, while making electronic music in the spare room of their shared house. -
Skatebård
Listeners: 6,451 Playcount: 38,406Bergen, Norway (2002-present) Skatebård (you can call him Skateboard) is another fascinating member of the remarkable Bergen, Norwegian music scene; yes the same magical home of Sondre Lerche, Kings Of Convenience, Röyksopp and Annie. This offbeat lad began his adventure in music upon the release of his 2002 debut Skateboarding Was A Crime (in 1989) on the legendary Tellé electro subsidiary imprint Tellektro. Skatebård conjured a blend of retro-electro, techno to even instrumental -
Sleepy Sun
Listeners: 525 Playcount: 7,029Sleepy Sun is an apt title for this young San Francisco sextet, as their debut record, "Embrace", is one of those rare slabs of rock and roll that will wake you up in the morning, and send you off to sleep at night. After honing their craft in the occult influenced creative community of Santa Cruz, the band has continued to grow, both creatively and in their loyal following, since their relocation to the city by the bay. With their throbbing rhythm section, swirling sea of guitars, and dreamy, haunting duet vocals, the word dynamic is a severe understatement. -
Sonic Youth
Listeners: 692,029 Playcount: 19,840,969Sonic Youth is an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. The band consists of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals, bass), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals, electric drill) and Steve Shelley (drums). Early in their career, Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City, but they have outlasted most associated bands. Initially inspired by the experimentation of Glenn Branca and The Velvet Underground and the heavy garage rock of The Stooges... -
Spectrum
Listeners: 14,593 Playcount: 106,028There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Spectrum is a project of Peter Kember, a British musician more usually known as Sonic Boom, and founding member of the band Spacemen 3. Sonic Boom's first solo album, Spectrum, was recorded in 1989 while Spacemen 3 were still together, and featured the other members of the group. However, when Spacemen 3 disbanded in 1991, Kember recruited new musicians for the group Spectrum. -
Spiritualized
Listeners: 179,599 Playcount: 3,417,864Spiritualized is an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom by Jason Pierce, who often goes by the alias J. Spaceman, after the spectacular demise of the Spacemen 3 outfit. The membership of Spiritualized changes from album to album, with Pierce being the only constant factor. The first Spiritualized release was a space rock-esque cover of Any Way That You Want Me in 1990, a record which heralded the official split of Spacemen 3 following contractual wrangles over the band's name. -
Squarepusher
Listeners: 316,994 Playcount: 5,888,526Born in 1975 (Essex, England), Tom "Squarepusher" Jenkinson's innovative work spans almost every musical genre, although he is perhaps best known for his experimental drum'n'bass with a heavy jazz fusion influence. Rising from near-total obscurity to drum'n'bass cause célèbre in the space of a couple of months, Jenkinson released only a pair of EPs and a DJ Food remix for the latter's Refried Food series before securing EP and LP release plans with three different labels. -
Stanley Brinks
Listeners: 585 Playcount: 15,538Stanley Brinks was formerly Andre Herman Dune of the French/Swedish folk rock band Herman Dune. Founding member of the trio HERMAN DUNE, it splits in December 2006 just before their commercial success, André Herman Düne, residing in Berlin, Germany, exchange new identity Stanley BRINKS. Previously, different surnames are known as AHD, Ben DOPE, Klaus BONG, Ben HASCHISH,John TRAWLING, John ANDREAS, Lord Stanislas… -
Sunn O)))
Listeners: 69,864 Playcount: 1,108,435Sunn O))) (pronounced simply "Sun") is an American doom/drone metal/dark ambient band based in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA and formed in 1998. The band's core members consists of Stephen O'Malley (Khanate, Burning Witch, SARIN, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Lotus Eaters, Ginnungagap, Thorr's Hammer, Fungal Hex, KTL, Æthenor, Gravetemple) and Greg Anderson (Goatsnake, Thorr's Hammer, Burning Witch, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Brotherhood, Engine Kid, FALSE LIBERTY, Burial Chamber Trio, Ascend). -
Tachenko
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Th' Faith Healers
Listeners: 5,128 Playcount: 46,885Th' Faith Healers began life as a punk cover band in which Ben played drums and Tom on guitar. Settling on The Faith Healers as a suitable moniker, they were soon making drunken fools of themselves at every available opportunity. Joe saw them and something at the core of their shambolic mess appealed -- so when a vacancy arose, he jumped at the chance to join. Ben and Tom remember Joe's joining as the point at which they started to become serious about their music, despite the initial attraction being the band's relaxed attitude. -
The Bad Plus
Listeners: 94,168 Playcount: 1,047,543The Bad Plus are a jazz piano trio consisting of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer Dave King. The three musicians first played together in 1989, but didn't come together as an established act until 2000. Perhaps to make up for lost time, they proceeded to record their first album, a self-titled effort released on Fresh Sound, after playing only three gigs together. In 2002, after playing a show at the Village Vanguard which was heard by Columbia Records representative Yves Beauvais, the band was signed to Columbia. -
The Bats
Listeners: 11,775 Playcount: 186,795There are at least two artists called The Bats: Approaching a quarter century of recording and performing, Christchurch, New Zealand's The Bats have survived seven albums and five world tours with the original line-up of Kaye Woodward, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean and Robert Scott intact. With a sound at the jangle/indie end of the pop spectrum, the band made significant headway in the States in the 80s alongside Flying Nun label-mates The Chills and The Clean. The 90s saw tours of the US and Europe, supporting the likes of Radiohead, Belly, and R. -
The Bug
Listeners: 44,252 Playcount: 468,900The Bug is the main current music project of London-based producer Kevin Martin. Kevin has been a part of a number of groups including Curse of the Golden Vampire, Techno Animal, God and Experimental Audio Research. The Bug's music draws influence from dancehall, noise, grime, and hip hop. More subdued influences would include dubstep and the dubtronica and broken techno of Basic Channel and Pole. -
The Drones
Listeners: 19,307 Playcount: 298,736There are at least 3 Bands named "The Drones": 1) The Drones are a group from Australia that rose to prominence during the early 2000's. Artists that have been said to influence the band include: Neil Young, Bad Brains, Suicide, Green on Red, The Birthday Party, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone. Musically the band does not fit easily into conventional rock music categories. While some of their material is based on conventional rock sounds and song structures, they also venture into the noisy, atonal, blues-based music that Tom Waits brought to a wider audience. -
The Extraordinaires
Listeners: 3,750 Playcount: 75,206An indie rock group from Pennsylvania and Charlottesville, Virginia. They've released three CDs, yet the first ("Ikua") is out of circulation for the time being. The second CD ("Ribbons of War") is a brilliant themed CD telling the operatic love tale of the brooding Captain, the fair Annelies, and their forbidden love. Their third CD ("Short Stories") is composed of songs from their first album, as well as several previously unreleased songs from Ribbons of War. -
The Intelligence
Listeners: 2,600 Playcount: 61,431The Intelligence is a lo-fi indie post punk rock band from Seattle, founded by Lars Finberg, drummer of the A-Frames. Finberg played since the late '90s in other bands with vocalist/guitarist Erin Sullivan, and bassist Min Yee: the Dipers, and the Un-Natural Helpers. A Frames and the Intelligence started in 1999. Both acts released singles on Dragnet Records, the indie label Finberg runs with A Frames members Erin Sullivan and Min Yee. -
The Jayhawks
Listeners: 75,577 Playcount: 1,028,114Led by the gifted songwriting, impeccable playing, and honeyed harmonies of vocalists/guitarists Gary Louris and Mark Olson, the Jayhawks' shimmering blend of country, folk, and bar band rock made them one of the most widely acclaimed artists to emerge from the alternative country scene. The group sprung up in 1985 out of the fertile Minneapolis, Minnesota, musical community, where Olson had been playing standup bass in a rockabilly band called Stagger Lee until his desire to write and perform his own country-folk material prompted him to begin a solo career. -
The Jesus Lizard
Listeners: 64,665 Playcount: 1,009,852The Jesus Lizard was a rock music group formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. The band took their name from a common nickname for the basilisk, a type of lizard that can run on water. While never finding much mainstream success, The Jesus Lizard have been called "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground ... (who) turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial noise, all of which received positive reviews in underground music publications and heavy college-radio play." -
The Lions Constellation
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The Mae Shi
Listeners: 43,798 Playcount: 741,988The Mae Shi are an experimental punk band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band was formed by Tim Byron and Ezra Buchla, who had known each other for years, having spent time growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Claremont together -- Jeff Byron and Buchla were classmates at Claremont High School and close friends. Originally, Tim played guitar, Buchla played a collection of 30-year-old Buchla modules and sang, and varying drummers accompanied them. When Jeff graduated from college, he joined the band on guitar and Tim moved to bass. -
The New Year
Listeners: 14,445 Playcount: 225,559The New Year is an indie rock band, formed in 1999, a year after the demise of the band Bedhead by former Bedhead members Bubba and Matt Kadane. Like Bedhead in its later years, The New Year has no real base of operations, but consists of members who live in many locations all over America convene every few years to record and tour. The band consists of brothers Matt and Bubba Kadane (located respectively in Ithaca, New York and Dallas and formerly of Bedhead)... -
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Listeners: 31,007 Playcount: 486,343The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie rock band which formed in 2007 in New York City, New York, United States. They consist of Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), Peggy Wang-East (vocals, keyboards), Alex Naidus (bass) and Kurt Feldman (drums). Imagine if the Ramones traded in their leather jackets for anoraks, or Stephen Pastel actually threw Aggi off the bridge and married Black Tambourine's Pam Berry and had four babies that formed a pop band. -
The Right Ons
Listeners: 1,317 Playcount: 11,798The Right Ons es un grupo español ( Madrid - La Coruña) de Rock Soul con toques de punk creado a principios del 2006. Querían tocar juntos desde años antes, pero la distancia entre La Coruña y Madrid lo dificultó, haciendo que cada uno se sumergiera en otros proyectos musicales. Una vez reunidos, surgen las primeras canciones, enmarcadas en el soul, el rock, la psicodelia y el funk. En un primer momento, la formación estuvo compuesta por cuatro integrantes: Álvaro Guzmán, Rafa Fernández, Ramiro Nieto y Juan Rodo. -
The Secret Society
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The Soft Pack
Listeners: 511 Playcount: 4,172Formerly known as The Muslims, The Soft Pack are a garage punk band from San Diego, California. They have released one single and a 12" EP on 1928 Recordings under their previous name. They have not yet had an official release as The Soft Pack. -
The Tallest Man On Earth
Listeners: 22,738 Playcount: 542,664Behind the name The Tallest Man On Earth is Kristian Matsson of Dalarna, Sweden. He plays guitar and banjo and has released a full length album entitled 'Shallow Grave' and a self-titled 5-track EP on the Swedish label Gravitation. The Tallest Man on Earth is also a singer in the band Montezumas. -
The Vaselines
Listeners: 39,513 Playcount: 598,679The Vaselines were an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of only Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession. McKee had formerly been a member of a band named The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. Stewart, Norman Blake and Sean Dickson. Eugene had formerly played in 'The Famous Monsters'. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain once described Kelly and McKee as his "most favorite songwriters in the whole world". -
Throwing Muses
Listeners: 41,263 Playcount: 772,933Throwing Muses is a post-punk alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. Originally fronted by two distinctive lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, stepsisters who both wrote the group's songs, Throwing Muses are known for performing music with shifting tempos, creative chord progressions, unorthodox song structures, and surreal lyrics. -
Tim Burgess (The Charlatans)
Listeners: 2,409 Playcount: 33,516Tim Burgess (born Timothy Allan Burgess on May 30, 1967, in Salford, Lancashire, England) is the lead singer of British rock/indie act The Charlatans. He joined the Charlatans in 1989 and was signed, with the band, by Beggars Banquet Records in 1990. Prior to this he was the lead singer in The Electric Crayons. Tim also Featured on Saint Etienne's 1993 Christmas single "I was born on Christmas day". -
Tokyo Sex Destruction
Listeners: 7,955 Playcount: 83,081Tokyo Sex Destruction consists of JC Sinclair, RR Sinclair, RJ Sinclair, and SF Sinclair (The Sinclair Family, whatever that means). It's not an easy task to define their sound: 60s garage rock meets soul, meets left winged political music, meets indie rock. The Band is from Barcelona, Spain. The band is known by its productivity, since 2002 they have played more than 100 times per year, released three albums and 2 EP's. They're known across Europe, where they've become a referent of the European rock music. Although they come from Spain, they have had a huge success in France. -
Uffie
Listeners: 183,014 Playcount: 2,446,622Uffie (Anna-Catherine Hartley) was born in Miami, raised in Hong Kong and now lives in Paris. After getting a limited promo release on Arcade Mode in January 2006, she was signed to Ed Banger Records and released Pop the Glock and Ready to Uff. Later that year two more tracks were available online: Hot Chick and In Charge. In March 2007 Dismissed, was released on the Ed Rec Sampler Volume 2, and Uffie collaborated with label mates Justice on Tthhee Ppaarrttyy (from Justice's album †). Two singles have been leaked, First Love, produced by Mr.Oizo and Brand New Car, produced by DJ Feadz. -
Veracruz
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Vivian Girls
Listeners: 29,286 Playcount: 460,854There are at least two bands called Vivian Girls; 1) Disbanded Australian punk band from the 90s featuring Kody Abrams (Flesh Vs Venom, Bakelite, etc) and Sean Bailey (Lakes, etc) 2) Although only a band for a little more than a year, the Vivian Girls charms have already worked their magic on their short road to "out of nowhere" status. With their irresistable mix of 60's girl-group sounds, punk, post-punk and shoegaze, the 'Girls have mastered blurring the lines of genres and coming up with something aggressive yet beautiful; simple, gutsy music with a lot of class and melody. -
Wavves
Listeners: 9,616 Playcount: 241,054Nathan Williams, under the name Wavves, is a indie rock musician based in San Diego, California. He released his self-titled debut LP in 2008 and since has gained notable media attention, including Pitchfork Media and ABC News. He has also allowed some of his tracks to be released for free on RCRD LBL. He is currently signed to Fat Possum Records and released his second full-length album, Wavvves, on March 17, 2009. -
Wio Leokadio
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Women
Listeners: 22,027 Playcount: 267,519Women was formed in late 2007 by Chris Reimer , Mike Wallace and brothers Pat Flegel and Matt Flegel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Their debut full-length was produced by local hero Chad VanGaalen (in his basement studio) and was released (CD/LP) July 8th 2008 on Flemish Eye Records. In July 2008 they signed with record label Jagjaguwar and their S/T debut album was released worldwide on October 7th 2008 on JagJaguwar and will be released in the U.K in January 2009. The band tours Europe and the US from February - April 2009. -
Wooden Shjips
Listeners: 14,902 Playcount: 135,806Wooden Shjips (that's not a typo) is a vital and refreshingly inspired quartet from San Francisco playing loud rock ‘n’ roll in a style heavily influenced by the experimentalism of psychedelia, classical minimalism and garage rock excess. Started as an experiment in rhythmic primitivism and group improvisation, the current lineup brings a more structured rock approach to its performances, utilizing a traditional lineup of drums (Omar Ahsanuddin), bass (Dusty Jermier), organ (Nash Whalen), guitar (Erik “Ripley” Johnson) and vocals. -
Yo La Tengo
Listeners: 475,257 Playcount: 11,380,909The Hoboken, NJ-based unit explore the extremes of feedback-driven noise rock and sweet melodic pop. Prolific and independent, Yo La Tengo have transcended their influences to establish themselves as an institution of the indie community. The core of Yo La Tengo (Spanish for the outfielder's cry of "I've got it!") comprises husband and wife duo singer/guitarist Ira Kaplan and drummer/vocalist Georgia Hubley. -
Zombie Zombie
Listeners: 5,294 Playcount: 53,708There are at least 2 bands named Zombie Zombie: 1. Influenced by Krautrock (e.g., Can, Neu!) as well as horror soundtracks (e.g., Goblin, John Carpenter), Zombie Zombie is a French indie electronic duo with a penchant for vintage synthesizers. Comprised of Etienne Jaumet (synths) and Cosmic Neman (drums), the duo made their recording debut in 2006 with the Zombie-Zombie 12" EP on Boomboomtchak Records. -
Zu
Listeners: 12,698 Playcount: 158,492Zu “Carboniferous” cd- out Feb. 9th 2009 on Ipecac Recordings Feat. collaborations with Mike Patton , and King Buzzo of The Melvins . “Carboniferous” comes after one year of consistent touring in quartet with Patton. Zu also played the Patton/Melvins curated All Tomorrow’s Parties in December 2008 in Minehead - U.K. With their original line-up ( since 1999 ) of drums ( Jacopo Battaglia ), bass ( Massimo Pupillo ), and saxophone ( Luca T Mai ), the trio from Rome Italy gradually developed into their current form of highly intricate...