Tag Archives: Alternative/Indie Rock

Arriving together in 1995 in Columbus, OH, Frolic, a trio comprising guitarist Jonathan Beard, singer Kelly O’Brien, and keyboardist Matthew Chinn (the second option will also be a wedded couple), focus on electronic compositions even more educated by Beard and O’Brien’s have talents. The group’s sound seems toward the darker …

Among the co-leaders from the seminal post-hardcore punk group Hüsker Dü, Give Hart was perhaps one of the most influential music artists from the ’80s, blending organic sonic aggression with pop melodies and tracks. Following group’s demise in 1987, he released a solo profession that was proclaimed by an erratic …

Richmond, VA-based vocalist/songwriter Rob Huddleston, known for his use the punk music group Ann Beretta, also showcases his skills with slowed-down folk-influenced materials. Alongside help from close friends and studio music artists, he created Base, displaying that punks can perform more than simply play fast three-chord ditties. Base is really …

Bear-like, incendiary frontman Gary Floyd initial emerged in the general public consciousness with Austin, TX, politics punkers the Dicks. The group released fiery albums on SST and Jello Biafra’s Choice Tentacles brands before their dissolution in 1985. The Dicks acquired moved to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA at one stage, however …

Jangle pop collective Young ladies Say Yes is normally spearheaded by drummer/singer/songwriter Jim Huie, who employs a revolving-door cast of collaborators in a way much like Anton Fier’s Golden Palominos. Huie previously performed in Russ Tolman’s support music group, and Tolman subsequently appeared on girls State Yes debut To Children …

The Chicago-based, electronic-tinged contemporary rock group Caviar formed in 1999 from the ashes of Fig Dish. Regardless of the issues the music group had making use of their label, guitarist/vocalist Blake Smith and bassist/vocalist/keyboardist Mike Willison wished to continue producing music together. A vacation towards the U.K. produced them alert …

Forty Feet Echo frontman Murry Yates utilized to maintain the Canadian alt-rock clothing Templar, which found some achievement with its combination of hard-hitting rock and roll and techno grooves. The recording Under the Sunlight was actually nominated for any Juno award. Nevertheless, in November 2001, Yates discovered himself without music …

Florida-based Cavity were proponents from the Southern U.S. genre referred to as sludgecore, and, though probably much less well-known than such peers as Eyehategod and Crowbar, their superlative songwriting abilities and obvious phobia from the limelight have changed them into quite the cult work. Shaped in Miami circa 1992 by …

Girl Talk may be the pseudonym of DJ and remixer Greg Gillis. A Pittsburgh indigenous who functions as a biomedical study engineer throughout the day, Gillis stations his other innovative energies into Lady Chat, whose sample-based dance songs have produced him the John Oswald or Christian Marclay from the mash-up …

The solar-powered space pop combo Grandaddy were formed in 1992 in Modesto, California, by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch. Although a loud, lo-fi strategy characterized early recordings like 1994’s Organic Party ARRIVE Ideas, the addition of guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden in 1995 …