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A Hamilton, Ontario-based electronic pop group, Junior Guys began being a duo with responsibilities divide between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Inspired by a amount of underground and industrial areas, including post-disco, arty synth pop, minimal techno, U.K. garage area, and certain modern rap production designs, the two produced a …

Born the kid of the Vienna composer/conservatory instructor and an opera-singer mom, John Tejada is really a classically trained techno changeling. Since debuting within the middle-’90s, he’s racked up an extraordinary, acclaimed catalog of albums, singles, and DJ mixes which range from minimal techno to melodic IDM/glitch, in addition to …

Owing just as much to Hall & Oates and Roxy Music because the Pet Store Boys, the trendy electro-pop trio Zoot Woman features producer Stuart Cost (who also functions as Les Rhythmes Digitales and Jacques Lu Cont) and brothers Johnny and Adam Blake (aka the remix duo Paper Encounters). Fusing …

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter John Platinum crafts breezy, nuanced, indie pop gems that suggest an extended, steady diet plan of West coastline classic rock and roll like Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell, and Harry Nilsson, and a penchant for the literate, indie folk musings of contemporaries like Josh Ritter, Rufus …

The energy pop/punk “cuddle-core” outfit Dear Nora formed around Katy Davidson (vocals/guitar), Ryan Wise (bass), and Marianna Ritchey (drums). All three bandmembers had opted to university jointly at Lewis & Clark University in Portland, Oregon, where that they had each performed in various rings, like the Navins, Band of Seventeen, …

Produced in 1992 throughout the talents of Irish vocalist Maria Walsh and British saxophonist and pianist Carole Nelson, spirited Dublin-based duo Zrazy focus on an eclectic mixture of pop, dance, Celtic fusion, funk, folk, and jazz that’s as thought-provoking since it is certainly danceable. Sketching from a different group of …

Robby Offer is a guy who doesn’t end. He’s constantly associated with music, whether using a music group or recording in the home on his four-track. The Memphis citizen was guitarist/vocalist for Big Ass Vehicle from 1992-2001. During Big Ass Truck’s downtime from touring and documenting their third record, Offer …

Blues pianist George “Honey” Hill slice several edges with blues vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Expenses Gaither for the Decca and Okeh record brands between 1931 and 1941. Gaither was a good friend from the blues pianist Leroy Carr, as well as the Gaither and Hill duo was patterned after Carr …

Formed within the autumn of 2001, the Evens — Ian MacKaye (Small Threat, Accept, Fugazi) on baritone guitar and vocals and Amy Farina from the Warmers on drums and vocals — released their self-titled debut on Dischord within the planting season of 2005. With a far more laid-back audio than …

This London, England-based quartet was formed in 2000 after Lola Olafisoye (vocals) met classically trained musician and producer Gabriel Olegavich (keyboards, programming, vocals) and recorded a track on a single day, before the recruitment of Isaac Tucker (drums, additional programming, vocals) and Teia Williams (bass, vocals). Echoing the modus operandi …