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Named following the notoriously boring art-house erotica flick on Seinfeld, the hard-rocking post-grunge strap Rochelle, Rochelle shaped in NORTH PARK, CA, in August 2000. Vocalist/guitarist Erik Berg, guitarist Gaylord Vehicle Brocklin, bassist Nicholas Sekol, and drummer Jeff Grasmick started playing around the region and gaining publicity on regional radio, and …

From Brooklyn by method of Long Island, singer/songwriter Brett Gleason is a single designer who combines the dark electronic existence of Trent Reznor using the earnest, piano-based pop of Ben Folds. Gleason found out a like for music at early age after a major accident remaining him having a serious …

This UK indie rock quartet enjoyed a cult following but little commercial success using their inception in 1992, with their final implosion in the beginning of the new millennium. Ruth was shaped by Matt Hales (b. January 1972, Southampton, Hampshire, Britain; vocals/piano), his sibling Ben Hales (acoustic guitar/vocals), Matt Vincent-Brown …

Seattle-based trio Barcelona make passionate, melodic music that mixes components of dance, electronica, and indie pop. Produced in 2005, Barcelona grew out of business lead vocalist/songwriter Brian Fennel’s single material (highlighted on 2005’s Basic safety Music) after he matched with guitarist/vocalist Chris Bristol and drummer Rhett Stonelake. Originally, the trio …

Fundamentally the solo vehicle for Ben Folds Five drummer Darren Jessee, the mellow indie pop group Hotel Lights formed in Chapel Hill, NEW YORK in 2000 after Ben Folds Five briefly disbanded. Switching from drums to electric guitar, piano, and vocals, Jessee installed with guitarist/manufacturer Alan Weatherhead, guitarist/keyboardist Chris Badger, …

Merging jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies, and evocative, cryptic lyrics, the Pixies had been one of the most influential American alternative rock and roll bands from the past due ’80s. They weren’t achieved musicians — Dark Francis wailed and bashed out chords …

On is vocalist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ken Andrews’ one-man music group. Formerly from the alt-rock group Failing, Andrews began focusing on his personal material following the band’s demise in the past due ’90s. In 1999, Andrews released On’s debut EP, Soluble Terms, which paved just how for 2000’s full-length debut Moving …

Swedish pop band Ray Wonder shaped in Umea in the first ’90s, comprising vocalist/guitarist Henrik Andersson (ex-Komeda), bassist Toft Stade (ex-Shredhead), drummer Per Helin (ex-Puffin), and guitarist Ludvig. It had taken the group 8 weeks to create an album’s worthy of of materials; Pele Henricsson (Stade’s stepfather) provided his studio …

Tom Luce assembled his eponymous music group in the wake of saving his debut LP, which features veteran music artists from such stalwart works as Keeping track of Crows, Lisa Loeb, and Clarence Clemons. Luce have been going to college in NEW YORK when he was compelled to come back …

Essentially a solo vehicle for journeyman singer/songwriter Don Miggs, the band Miggs makes mainstream melodic pop/rock using a little bit of an alt-rock edge. Miggs and his primary support group released the debut record In any case in 2002 and implemented it up 2 yrs afterwards with Insomnia. Around that …