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Extremely colorful yet lacking true musical profundity, Dari were probably one of the most striking novelty acts to emerge from Italy in 2008, an average case of looks and hype being mainly because important mainly because the actual songs — probably even more therefore. Created in Aosta in 2004, the …

Brooklyn’s Savoir Adore make atmospheric, synth- and guitar-heavy indie pop. Created by fellow NYU college students Paul Hammer and Deidre Muro in 2007, Savoir Adore authorized to the Cantora label — house to the likewise inclined neo-psych music group MGMT — and released The Activities of Mr. Pumpernickel and the …

The Brooklyn-via-Denmark indie rock ensemble Alcoholic Beliefs Objective make experimental, if still melodic, folk and avant pop. Produced by vocalist/guitarist Thorben Seierø Jensen and bassist Sune Sølund as the two had been surviving in Brooklyn in 2006, Alcoholic Beliefs Mission had been originally a lo-fi pop affair. Actually, the band’s …

Vocalist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anand Wilder is most beneficial referred to as a co-founder of shape-shifting experimental indie rockers Yeasayer, whom he helped to create in 2006 together with longtime friend and creative co-conspirator Chris Keating. Sometime around 2008, Wilder started working on materials with friend and fellow multi-instrumentalist Maxwell Kardon, …