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The passionate punk-pop of Martha began in the prosaically named Pity Me personally, a suburb of Durham in the North of England. Created by J.C. Cairns (acoustic guitar/vocals), Daniel Ellis (acoustic guitar/vocals), Naomi Griffin (bass/vocals), and Nathan Stephens-Griffin (drums/vocals) in the first 2010s, they released their self-titled debut EP in …

Vocalist/songwriter Aldous Harding initial drew compliment for the gothic folk and stark emotionality of her 2015 debut that caused evaluations to both Kate Bush and Scott Walker. She was raised as Hannah Harding in the city of Lyttelton near Christchurch in New Zealand to musician parents. Her mom was folk …

Camera Shy can be an indie pop duo from Oakland, California featuring Alexandra Morte and Nick Bassett, both of whom had previously performed together in the shoegaze music group Whirr. After developing in 2014, they quickly authorized with Whirr’s label Work for Cover and released their debut EP, Jack-O-Lantern, in …

Hailing from Birmingham, Britain, Bossman Birdie is a U.K. grime MC known for his strong, declamatory lyrics and regular collaborations with weighty weights around the U.K. metropolitan scene. Shifting to London along with his family members at age four, the youthful creative started to develop a like for music around …

Perhaps one of the most shadowy, mysterious statistics from the early-’80s experimental music underground, John Bender released 3 LPs and many cassettes of cool, sparse, abstract synth pop music that afterwards became the ultimate goal for aficionados of “minimal synth” or “minimal influx” music. Blessed in 1950 in Nuremberg, Germany, …

New York-based noise pop act BLUFFING was shaped in March of 2012 by drummer/vocalist J Boxer and guitarist/vocalist Olivia Drusin; the initial mission declaration for the music group was to never let a music complete the two-minute tag, keeping issues concise and catchy. The group’s sound was as weighty with …

Electronic/techno maker Christian Löffler has specialized in emotive, melancholic music that seems isolated however strangely relatable. Löffler began taking a pastime in music at age group 14, although rather than picking right up a acoustic guitar, as his close friends do, he dove directly into development and organizing music on …

Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Music group initially came together being a studio room project because of its guitarist/leader’s Solar Motel album, that was released in Oct of 2013 by Heaven of Bachelors. The recording — a four-part collection that tracked the guitar’s developmental surfaces in rock and roll …

Marian Hill certainly are a duo from Philadelphia comprising singer Samantha Gongol and maker Jeremy Lloyd. Their particular sound combines sparse, minimal digital beats with seductive vocals (which are generally cut up and manipulated) along with sultry saxophone. The duo published a song known as “Whisky” in springtime of 2013 …

Through the 2010s, London-based producer/vocalist Palmistry (Benjamin Keating) received acclaim for his innovative mixture of dancehall, alternative R&B, and grime. His airy, melancholy tracks combine components of modern Caribbean rhythms (with performers like Vybz Kartel and Popcaan becoming significant affects) and ambient synthesizer textures, along with Keating’s softly sung introspective …