London-based songwriter and digital musician Toph Taylor started liberating music as SOHN in 2012, you start with several tracks on-line that eventually resulted in a 12″ around the Aesop label called The Wheel. SOHN’s audio melded soulful vocalist/songwriter fare with abstract digital beats, gaining instant acclaim and a lot of …

THE UNITED STATES Gentlemen were a Manchester, England-spawned trio (afterwards a quartet) who hardly ever quite emerged beyond regional success, despite releasing a single influential single of their own and three more being a backing group, plus obtaining a large amount of exposure at various well-known clubs, like the Cavern …

My Initial Earthquake’s daring, synth-riddled indie pop, rooted in Mates of State’s angularity and Of Montreal’s multi-instrumental jumpiness, locations them in the same music territory as the Kills, the Noises, as well as the Blow. Vocalist Rebecca Bortman (previously of Snow Queen) and bassist/keyboardist Chad Thornton (who got previously performed …