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Human Highway

Writing their name using a 1982 comedy starring Neil Young, the Ontario, Canada-based indie pop duo Human Highway produced in the first 2000s. Made up of Nick Thorburn (frontman for the eclectic indie pop group Islands) and Jim Guthrie (previously of Islands and Royal Town), Individual Highway released their debut …

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Half-Handed Cloud

A moniker lifted from the Aged Testament by overall performance designer/multi-instrumentalist John Ringhofer, Half-Handed Cloud specializes in creating economically organic pop. His tenure using the quirky Wookieback over, Ringhofer offers carved out a distinctive market for himself along with his insistence on seriously truncated song constructions. Equipped with a 1960s …

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Danielson

For his senior thesis task at Rutgers University, Daniel Smith handed in what became Danielson Famile’s initial album, A Prayer for each Hour. He got an A, not forgetting the beginning to an extended profession in gospel-tinged indie pop. Released by Teeth & Nail Information in 1995, the record featured …

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Ben + Vesper

Based in NJ, husband-and-wife indie folk duo Ben + Vesper create mild guitar- and accordion-fueled pop oddities echoing the task of the Good looking Family, Half-Handed Cloud, and Ida. After solidifying their audio on both stage and in the studio room, the former artwork school students delivered a demonstration to …

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Of Montreal

The brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal was among the next wave of bands to emerge from the sprawling Elephant 6 collective. A indigenous of Athens, Georgia, Barnes was motivated to create the euphoric indie pop group within the wake of the broken love with a female from Montreal. …

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Desoto Reds

Bay Region indie rock-band Desoto Reds may be the brainchild of vocalist/songwriter Alex Sterling. The group started being a duo in the past due ’90s before growing to some quartet, and gained local write-ups because of their homemade cassette produces. The Desoto Reds EP premiered in 1999, but 3 years …

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