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Charleston, South Carolina-based indie folk duo Shovels & Rope contain married vocalist/songwriters Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Like Trent, who also used the indie rock-band the Movies, Hearst acquired spent the years prior seeking a solo profession, utilizing her organic however melodious and expressive tone of voice to deliver …

Philadelphia lo-fi shredders Parrots of Maya recorded two albums (2008’s Vol. 1 and 2010’s Prepared to Howl) but also spawned two offshoot rings. Mike Polizze shaped Purling Hiss and Jason Killinger founded Spacin’. Composed of Killinger on vocals and electric guitar, Paul Sukeena on business lead electric guitar, Sean Hamilton …

The Orwells were attending senior high school in Elmhurst, Illinois if they formed in ’09 2009. Cousins Mario Cuomo (vocals) and Dominic Corso (electric guitar) teamed up with brothers Offer (bass) and Henry Brinner (drums), alongside their friend Matt O’Keefe (electric guitar), and began making music jointly. Along with striking …

Kicking his job off at age 16 with the road single “I CAN’T STAND,” rapper Chief Keef was popular on Chicago’s high-school circuit before mixtapes and viral videos resulted in a deal with Interscope. Delivered Keith Cozart in Chicago, Keef initial strike with 2011’s “Bang,” a slow-rolling, basic lower that …

A hard-hitting, female-fronted Canadian thrash/punk-metal clothing based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Mortillery pulls inspiration from a broad berth of stalwart noise-makers, including Judas Priest, Slayer, British Canines, Metallica, and Iron Maiden. Founded in 2008, the music group experienced a flurry of lineup adjustments before buying the primary lineup of Cara …

Wayne Pountney — stage name Lifestyle Shock — fell deeply in love with drum’n’bass even though hearing pirate radio in London when he was only a child. This affinity motivated him to understand about digital music and he started recording in the home. In 2004, he released his initial result, …

Playing a raw, powerful mixture of blues and hip-hop, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist ZZ Ward was created Zsuzsanna Eva Ward in Abington, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1986. Ward spent her child years in the tiny city of Roseburg, Oregon, splitting her hearing time taken between her father’s blues collection and …

Combining her appreciate of classical music with EDM, hip-hop, and dubstep, Lindsey Stirling can be a violinist, dancer, and performance artist most widely known on her behalf YouTube videos as well as for competing for the fifth time of year of America’s Got Talent this year 2010. Delivered in Santa …

Anarcho-punk music group Vex were energetic for just a few brief years in the middle-’80s, playing displays alongside other rings of their ilk like Conflict and launching just a one 12″, entitled Sanctuary, before disbanding. Despite getting from the anarchist picture that provided rise to rings like Crass, Vex leaned …

Prolific garage rocker Ty Segall had a particularly busy 2012, launching 3 albums that year, including a collaboration with Light Fence on Move Town and an album of his very own. He also composed and documented an album along with his touring music group: Slaughterhouse made an appearance on In …