Wry, thoughtful singer/songwriter Cary Brothers broke in to the mainstream using the one “Blue Eye,” a gorgeously articulate ballad he contributed to 2004’s Grammy-winning, hip-artist-showcasing Backyard State soundtrack. Delivered in 1974 to some watercolorist mom and surgeon dad, Brothers eschewed the noises of his indigenous Nashville and only Britpop artists …

Though Joshua Radin enjoyed singing during his childhood, the Cleveland indigenous never designed to be considered a professional musician. Rather, he studied sketching and painting at Northwestern College or university, following his university years with stints as a skill instructor, screenwriter, and memorial employee. Ultimately, Radin had taken a stab …

A vintage guitar pop group nearly nine years within the producing, Albuquerque, New Mexico’s the Shins began in 1997 because the aspect task of singer/songwriter and guitarist Adam Mercer’s principal music group, Flake. Mercer produced Flake in 1992 with drummer Jesse Sandoval, keyboardist Marty Crandall, and bassist Neal Langford; they …