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Grasshopper was the alias of guitarist and songwriter Sean Mackowiak, most widely known for his function in the acclaimed noise-pop music group Mercury Rev and a frequent visitor contributor to information from Luna, St. Johnny as well as others. In 1998 he teamed with fellow Rev member Suzanne Thorpe to …

Off their beginnings as avant-pop pranksters with their evolution into purveyors of rootsy, majestic psych-pop, Mercury Rev weren’t a lot a band as an extended, strange trip. Shaped in Buffalo, NY, in the past due ’80s, the music group originally highlighted vocalist David Baker, vocalist/sterling silver pickup guitarist Jonathan Donahue, …

Although heavier than most bands beneath the space rock banner, Poughkeepsie, NY’s Hopewell fits easily within the genre, playing interstellar guitar pop in addition to dreamy psychedelia. And even though bandleader Jason Russo (vocals, acoustic guitar) is an associate of Mercury Rev, Tranquility Rockets, as well as the Golden Crickets, …