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Glen Galloway (electric guitar), brothers Kirk and Kevin Branstetter (electric guitar, bass), and 69-year-old drummer Andres Malinao comprise Trumans Drinking water. The quartet deconstruct indie rock and roll in the design of Captain Beefheart. Today’s touchstone can be Pavement; both bands have got the same laid-back atmosphere, sloppy riffs, and …

The childlike lo-fi pop sextet Sissy Club formed in 1994 once the core duo of singer Joy Ray and guitarist Courtney Holt — the son of Can Holt, the writer from the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Lemon Tree” — delivered an impromptu performance in a friend’s party in LA. …

Resigning themselves to some job of obscurity by just virtue of the name, Fuck produced in Oakland, CA, in 1993 after bandmembers Timmy Prudhomme (vocals), Kyle Statham (guitar, violin), Ted Ellison (bass, piano), and Geoff Soule (drums) became accelerated friends while detained within a police force holding cell. Building their …

Lo-fi Scottish popsters Yatsura (aka Urusei Yatsura, a moniker which caused the group to perform afoul of japan comic book and cartoon franchise of the same name) comprised singers/guitarists Fergus Lawrie and Graham Kemp, bassist Elaine Graham, and her sibling, drummer Ian. Created in Glasgow through the middle-’90s, the music …

Channeling a continuum of affects spanning from Neil Young to Sonic Youth to Pavement, People from france anti-folk group Herman Düne gained a global cult pursuing that included the influential BBC radio personality John Peel off. Featuring sibling performers/guitarists André and David-Ivar Herman Düne and drummer Omé, the group released …

Using the careless charm of the shaggy dog and an apathetic but enthusiastic attitude, the Narrator embrace the raw aesthetics of great indie rockers; rather than trying to end up being groundbreaking, they play reckless, straightforward rock and roll. While their will and get are honest, their tone is certainly …

Merging hooky, ’60s-affected pop with pounding drums and moody, ominous undercurrents, the Witches recommend the bastard spawn of Phil Spector as well as the Velvet Underground — an audio and style that may surprise some individuals, given the first réamounté from the group’s leader, Troy Gregory. Given birth to in …

Havergal is Ryan Murphy, never to end up being confused with Rian Murphy of Pull City/Chestnut Train station. The Texan architech/songwriter began penning slow-moving glitchy post-rock in the past due ’90s. Havergal released a small number of 7″ singles between 1998 and 1999 on Murphy’s personal Western Vinyl fabric label …

The Evangelicals appears like a proper name for any band from your Bible Belt town of Norman, OK, but this band’s skewed, psychedelic undertake post-Pavement indie rock seems unlikely to thrill the common church youth group. Apparently heavily affected by fellow Oklahoma oddballs just like the Flaming Lip area as …

Canadian indie rock and roll quartet Ladyhawk focuses on emotionally charged acoustic guitar rock similar to the Substitutes, Dinosaur Jr., and Neil Adolescent & Crazy Equine. Formed beyond Vancouver, English Columbia, the music group includes vocalists/guitarists Duffy Driediger and Darcy Hancock, bassist/vocalist Sean Hawryluk, and drummer/vocalist Ryan Peters. Their eponymous …