John Eriksson expands his horizons in the hooky indie pop of Peter Bjorn and John to explore electronic noises as Hortlax Cobra. Called in mention of the tiny Swedish city where he was raised, the drummer and composer reconciles affects from disco and synth pop to audio collage and ’80s …

Merging the bubbling electronica of Robyn using the hipster synth pop of Annie as well as the hook-laden Euro-disco of September, former Idol contestant Tove Styrke is usually another product from the burgeoning Swedish female dance scene. Given birth to in the university or college city of Umea, Vasterbotten in …

Fusing ’70s AM radio hooks with acid rock and roll expanses, Brooklyn’s Cliffie Swan utilized to be referred to as Lighting. Featuring vocalist/guitarist Sophia Knapp, drummer/vocalist Linnea Vedder, and bassist Alana Amram, the task started in 2004, when Knapp fulfilled Vedder within an artwork supply shop and both began writing …

Bay Region trio Burnt Types formed by the end from the 2000s within a growing picture of garage rock and roll revivalists in the San Francisco/Oakland region. Made up of vocalist/guitarist Tag Tester, Brian Allen on bass, and drummer Amy Crouch bashing apart on an exceptionally spare two-piece package, the …

Having a lineup comprising people of Anthrax, FALLOUT Boy, and EACH AND EVERY TIME I Die, the Damned Things look like one of rock and roll’s unlikeliest supergroups. The task started when Scott Ian and Joe Trohman fulfilled and, after striking it off, made a decision to start a task …

Silver Motel’s sunny, ’60s-influenced indie pop is perfect for summer traveling and going out with the pool. The task began with vocalist/keyboardist Greta Morgan (the Hush Sound) in summer months 2009, who journeyed from LA to her indigenous Chicago to record an record with guitarist/vocalist Dan Duszynski (THAT IS Me …

Vocalist and songwriter Rayland Baxter can be an musician whose music reaches once mystic and right down to globe, centered on the ebb and movement of human relationships even though wrapped in basic but evocative melodies and sung inside a tone of voice that reflects the mysteries of existence that …

French for “I believe of none additional,” Fresh York’s enigmatic Arthur Ashin, also called Autre Ne Veut, makes music that falls somewhere within ’80s R&B hooks and melodies, as well as the blurry noises of Ariel Red. His self-titled debut recording found its way to August 2010 on Olde British …

A rock-band unafraid of pop hooks, nice harmonies, and high energy, Atlanta’s Biters play music in the grand custom of Cheap Trick, the Nice, as well as the Scruffs, but with modern-day advantage and attitude. Featuring guitarist and business lead vocalist Tuk, previously of the Center Episodes, the Biters likewise …

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Ben Rector makes passionate and melodic, piano-driven, mature alternative modern pop. Blessed in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1986, he examined piano while he was developing up and, by his teenagers, was also performing, playing electric guitar, and composing his very own music. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until he examined at …