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Seattle-based trio Barcelona make passionate, melodic music that mixes components of dance, electronica, and indie pop. Produced in 2005, Barcelona grew out of business lead vocalist/songwriter Brian Fennel’s single material (highlighted on 2005’s Basic safety Music) after he matched with guitarist/vocalist Chris Bristol and drummer Rhett Stonelake. Originally, the trio …

Acquiring inspiration from everyday electronic seems, Arkansas-based indie rock and roll collective Keep Colony will be the vision of Vince Griffin, with help from users of such rings as Unwed Sailor, Lovedrug, and Decahedron. Griffin have been identified as having Crohn’s disease (later on disproved), prompting him to create tunes …

The Canton, Ohio-based rock-band Lovedrug, led by singer/guitarist Michael Shepard, has shared the stage with artists as diverse as the Killers, Robert Herb, Switchfoot, Sam Phillips, Creeper Lagoon, Eisley, and Matchbook Love. Since its development in June 2002, the music group has seen many lineup adjustments, including Matthew Putman (Ester …

Acquiring cues from many decades of alternative rock and roll, MUTEMATH (also called Mute Mathematics and MuteMath) fuse together New Order’s synth-dance epics, the Rock Roses’ shambling shuffle, Radiohead’s chilliness, Air’s ambient pop, as well as the flourishing vocals of mainstream pop/rock and roll. Vocalist Paul Meany, previously from the …

Created in Arkansas but located in Memphis, TN, singer/songwriter Run after Pagan’s heart-on-sleeve tunes run into like Jeff Buckley for the Coldplay generation, managing earnest lyrics and impassioned (often falsetto) vocals with pleasantly catchy keyboard-based alternative pop. Remarkably, Pagan also offers roots within the post-hardcore alternate metal picture; his first …

Playing moody but thoughtful indie rock and roll using a literate lyrical perspective, Copeland was shaped by pianist, guitarist, and singer Aaron Marsh, and bassist and support vocalist James Likeness. Longtime close friends Marsh and Likeness both known as Lakeland, Florida house, and both began focusing on materials collectively in …