The principal singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the beloved Uk art pop music group XTC, Andy Partridge was created December 11, 1953, on the island of Malta and raised in Swindon, England. In 1976, he teamed with bassist Colin Moulding and drummer Terry Chambers to create Star Park, later on …

A vivid and idiosyncratic storyteller within the grand narrative custom of Tom Waits and Randy Newman, indie folk singer/songwriter Sonny Smith emerged from obscurity in 2003 using the cult favourite THAT IS My Story, THAT IS My Song. Given birth to in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA in 1972, Smith relocated …

The son of Doris Day, Terry Melcher was an integral player within the L.A. music picture within the ’60s and early ’70s. Melcher’s profession started using the browse craze which was kicked off with the Seaside Boys in the first area of the 10 years. Teaming up with potential Seaside …

Look Recreation area is a task of Chris Collingwood, business lead singer and co-songwriter of power pop group Fountains of Wayne, his initial beyond the music group. Though theoretically a single affair, it steers free from vocalist/songwriter and D.We.Y. fare, rather embracing a psych-pop audio the musician called “music group …

Sketching from a deep good of regional affects want Randy Newman, Allen Toussaint, and Alan Lomax, Richmond, Virginia-based singer/songwriter/arranger Matthew E. Light specializes within a meticulously crafted mixture of reggae-infused folk-gospel, tropicalia, swirling indie pop, and Stax-era R&B. Elevated within an evangelical home by missionary parents (he spent four years …

Aaron Lee Tasjan is a guitarist and songwriter whose single output mixes blues, country-rock, and a ’70s impact that recalls vocalist/songwriters like Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman. Like a guitarist, he’s used several rings, including Alberta Mix and the brand new York Dolls. Created and elevated in New Albany, Ohio …

Most widely known for his period using the Walkmen, vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Walter Martin was also an associate from the acclaimed ’90s indie rock and roll act Jonathan Open fire*Eater and pursued a single profession when the Walkmen continued hiatus. Martin was raised in Washington, D.C. and started playing with the others …

From Sacramento, CA, the brand new Breed recorded several British Invasion-influenced pop-garage singles in the mid-’60s that did well within their hometown and some other pouches of North California, but went unheard elsewhere. Among the many good but relatively colorless rings of their type, they at least experienced good flavor …

One way to really get your head round the large number of ideas swirling throughout Dominique Leone’s oddball pop tunes is to scan the track lists from the mixes he uploaded about his website (that’s, if you fail to pay attention to those mixes). They miss across ’70s vocalist/songwriters, Krautrock, …

The son of Sri Lankan immigrants, one-of-a-kind folksinger and songwriter Bhi Bhiman (he was named after a character in the Mahabharata) spent his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, and started playing acoustic guitar when he was nine years of age. As a teenager he fell consuming rings like Nirvana, Soundgarden, …