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A talented British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Manchester-based David A. Jaycock’s persuasive mixture of pastoral, guitar-led British folk and shape-shifting experimental space rock and roll invokes titles like John Fahey, Incredible String Music group, Bert Jansch, Six Organs of Admittance, and Wayne Yorkston. A dynamic person in the freak folk collective …

Allegedly named after a Japanese sex technique, Tied + Tickled Trio certainly are a German ensemble that try to merge components of modern electronic music using the even more familiar, traditional areas of contemporary jazz. Produced in 1994 by Notwist associates Markus (drums, development) and Micha Acher (trumpet, upright bass), …

Billing themselves as the “Grind Gods of Chicago’s Financial District” (filled with complete corporate lingo compared to that influence on their website), He Who Corrupts includes vocalist Tommy Camaro, guitarists Cory Lockheart and Caz Ul Friday, bassist Rory Lockheart, and drummer Ross Boneyard. Their The Smell of Cash EP combines …

American-born musician James Ginzburg and English modern art curator Paul Purgas met all the way through the consistently productive Bristol, U.K. music picture. Ginzburg and Purgas discovered that, while their day-to-day backgrounds differed, their musical research points appeared to match, plus they shaped Emptyset in 2005. The duo’s debut discharge, …

Chrissy Murderbot is usually a Chicago-based DJ/producer, who makes uptempo club music (a mixture of booty-bass, grime, rave, juke, and several other designs.) Apparently a workaholic after shifting from Kansas Town to Chicago in 2007, he founded the record brands Deceased Homies, Loose Squares, and Sleazetone. Equipped with an encyclopedic …

Psychedelic-tinged noise rock quartet Women shaped in 2007 throughout the talents of Chris Reimer, Mike Wallace, and brothers Pat and Matt Flegel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The longtime close friends start using a shape-shifting arsenal of samplers and drum devices amidst the original rock set up of bass, drums, and …

Kepi (aka Kepi Ghoulie, aka Jeff Alexander) began his music profession by forming the pop-punk music group the Groovie Ghoulies in Sacramento, California in the past due ’80s. Composed of Kepi, his wife Roach, and a parade of drummers, the band’s horror-movie-meets-bubblegum audio evolved during the period of several singles …

An Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter and composer most widely known as the acrobatic, multi-instrumental, primary person in the spirited Grammy Award-winning indie rock and roll collective Arcade Fireplace, Will Butler was created in North California and spent his formative years in Southern Tx. The son of the geologist (dad) and a …

The brilliant juxtaposition of Sarah Tanat Jones’ vocals with brash post-punk guitar riffs and solid backbeat are what defines Edinburgh, Scotland’s Seriously Gang. Channeling the organic pop sensibility of such feminine rock and roll legends as Karen O or Chrissie Hynde, Tanat Jones, who, incredibly enough, also has drums, joins …

Shaped in 2002, Chicago-based indie rock and roll outfit the Dials fuse brand-new wave and punk right into a rowdy, melodic, and street-smart tonic that echoes the fantastic girl sets of the ’60s resulted in to 11. Counting on the abilities of Rebecca Crawford, Patti Gran, Emily Dennison, and Chad …