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After logging 2 yrs with Le Loup, singer/guitarist Might Tabol still left the lineup and released her own project, eschewing the bombastic sounds of her former band for the mixture of homespun folk and quirky, fanciful pop. Associates of Leave Clov and These USA joined up with her for the …

Suckers formed in Brooklyn, NY, where people Quinn Walker, Austin Fisher, Skillet, and Brian Aiken began blending tribal indie rock and roll with flourishes of chamber pop and Bowie-inspired eclecticism. Walker liked some success being a single musician in 2008 (having agreed upon to CocoRosie’s label and released a double …

Combining indie rock and roll with chamber pop flourishes (thanks to a little string section), Ra Ra Riot created as the band’s six users were going to college in Syracuse, NY. Milo Bonacci (acoustic guitar), Alexandra Yard (cello), Wesley Kilometers (key pad/vocals), John Pike (drums), Mathieu Santos (bass), and Rebecca …

Crafting experimental soundscapes that bridge experimental rock and roll, avant-garde chamber music, indie digital, and arty folk, Briana Marela’s melody compositions explore rhythm, dynamics, and form furthermore to timbre and build, with electronic devices, acoustic instruments, results, and found stuff. Seattle-born Marela started composing music in middle college, and took …

A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist — with an focus on the second option — Farao paints hypnotic electronic-acoustic soundscapes that are in once rooted in approachable folk, off-kilter orchestral rock and roll, and spaced-out electronica, using the underlying firmness of a surprise brewing. Farao may be the overall performance alias …

After spending 16 years as the singer/guitarist in the Icelandic group Sigur Rós, Jon Thor Birgisson renamed himself Jónsi and began a solo job. Though he previously utilized the name before on the task with Alex Somers (as Jónsi & Alex on 2009’s recording Riceboy Sleeps), the pixie-voiced vocalist’s first …

Acquiring equal inspiration from classic pop/rock and roll as well as the revivalist new wave movement of the first 2000s, Hobson’s Choice produced in 2001 in Charlottesville, VA. Brian Spreng (drums), Matt Make (bass), Andrew Leahey (vocals, electric guitar), and Jim Thomson (electric guitar, vocals) comprised the original lineup, and …

Vocalist/banjoist Sam Simkoff prospects the indie rock and roll collective Le Loup, whose 6 members combine diverse devices and full-band harmonies to produce an orchestrated, experimental audio. Simkoff spent the second option half of 2006 indoors, using his family computer to record the music that could quickly constitute Le Loup’s …