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Essentially Belle & Sebastian leader Stuart Murdoch, the others of B&S, and a phalanx of female muse-singers (but mainly obscure Irish vocalist Catherine Ireton), God Help the lady is among the odder “side projects” (if it could even be referred to as such). Created in 2008 to produce music for …

Following the breakup of Out Hud in 2005, cellist and vocalist Molly Schnick began documenting songs which were far taken off the dance-punk sounds of her previous group. The seductive and reflective music she done over another 3 years are gathered beneath the name Jean on Jean, and her debut …

Mexican indie pop trio Hi there Seahorse!, originally made up of Denise Gutiérrez (aka Vanil’la Encounter and Lo Blondo), Oro de Neta, and Bonnz!, began piecing together their first recordings in the first 2000s. Their debut full-length, …As well as the Jellyfish Parade, arrived in 2006; a mini-album, Hoy a …

A warm mix of folk-inspired songwriting and indie rock and roll instrumentation characterizes the music of Brooklyn’s Takka Takka, who formed in 2004 after bandleader Gabe Levine (vocals, key pad, acoustic guitar) relocated to NY from Tx. The band’s early lineup also included drummer Conrad Doucette, bassist J.P. Jones (changed …

Rocky O’Reilly (guitar, keyboards, vocoder) and Shaun Robinson (vocals, drums) will be the quirky digital pop duo Oppenheimer. Produced in 2004, the Irish duo produced a significant splash in Britain in 2005 when BBC Radio 1 DJ David Holmes championed their melody “Breakfast time in NYC.” Following that, Oppenheimer continued …

Athens, GA, indie pop music group Venice Is Sinking began like a one-man music group, that one guy being vocalist/guitarist Daniel Lawson, who have released the initial Venice Is Sinking “recording” in the summertime of 1997 in his hometown of Peachtree Town, GA, by means of 50 handmade cassette copies. …

United kingdom urban-folk trio Hefner traced their root base to 1992, when singer/guitarist Darren Hayman met drummer Antony Harding as the two were attending art college in Kent; relocating to London 2 yrs later, they afterwards added bassist John Morrison, documenting their 1996 debut one “Another Better Friend” simply the …

Founded by ex-Cannanes member Dave Nichols, Huon produced their documenting debut in 1998 after Library Details launching their debut 7″ EP entitled Fluoro. Using their mixed pop design of Nichols’ prior music group and layering of loosely organised indie sound, reverbed guitars, and calm vocals, Huon discovered themselves critically to …

Vocalist and songwriter Syd Issues was created Jonathan Morali on Apr 14, 1973, in Paris, France. Attracted to the arts as a kid, he analyzed music at Sarah Lawrence University and started to play regional gigs, eventually putting your signature on a recording agreement with Third Part Information. Developing an …

If that mythical “high and tan and youthful and lovely” female from Ipanema fronted an indie pop music group, it would audio something — or possibly exactly — like NY City’s Mosquitos. Lead vocalist Juju Stulbach happens to be from Brazil and spent period on the seashores of Ipanema, however …