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Sounding something similar to a lighter, poppier version of frontwoman Liz Hunt’s former strap, the Enjoys, the Cardiff, Wales-based group the institution started piecing together their earnest, whimsical indie pop tunes in 2007. Liz, Rosie (acoustic guitar/vocals), Steph (violin), Josh (drums), Ryan (bass), Ceri (acoustic guitar/vocals), and Filmryan (glockenspiel) got …

Though sadly short-lived, Tiger Trap emerged among the most beloved indie-pop bands from the 1990s. The group was produced in Sacramento, CA in 1992 by performers/guitarists Rose Melberg and Angela Loy, schoolmates who shortly recruited bassist Jen Braun and drummer Heather Dunn to comprehensive the lineup; within weeks of their …

Vocalist/songwriter Lois Maffeo very long reigned among the esteemed voices in American indie pop — an integral proponent from the Pacific Northwest’s like rock picture, her extra, lo-fi audio and steadfast adherence for an underground ethos blazed a path for a variety of female functions to emerge in her wake. …

Northwest vocalist/songwriter Dennis Driscoll combines days gone by — the plain-spoken earthiness of Woody Guthrie, the innocent exuberance of Friend Holly — with today’s — the confessional intimacy of Kitty Power, the quirky difficulty of Neutral Dairy Hotel — to make a whimsical make of folk-pop that transcends easy brands …

Eux Autres certainly are a brother-sister duo, located in Portland, OR, and made up of Heather and Nicholas Larimer, whose wry, summery, irrepressibly fun indie pop tracks nod to Sunday Looks Good if you ask me as well as the Brunettes. Their debut EP, a three-track affair, generally in French, …

Splitting her childhood between England and Singapore, lead vocalist and songwriter Jessica Griffin would continue to create the Would-Be-Goods in the late ’80s following a chance ending up in the Monochrome Set’s Mike Alway. The achieving converted into Griffin composing songs and recording liner records on percentage for El Information. …

Milky Wimpshake certainly are a lo-fi indie punk threesome from Newcastle originally comprising Ms. Joey Ramone (drums), Christine (bass/vox), and frontman Pete Dale, whose picture credits include operating the Slampt label; FAST Connection fanzine, as well as the rings Avocado Baby, Pussycat Garbage, and Crimson Monkey. An early on cassette-only …

Although virtually unidentified beyond indie rock circles, the Pastels were perhaps one of the most inspirational and long lasting sets of the genre, within their start spearheading a movement toward a renewed sense of wistful musical primitivism and willful naivete known variously as “shambling” and “anorak pop.” Furthermore, their impact …

Like Life formed within the springtime of 1999 when two associates of Jaks, vocalist Katrina Ford and guitarist Sean Antanaitis, relocated to Baltimore from Ann Arbor. Teaming up with Anthony Malat, previous bassist for Great Unraveling, the trio embarked on a thorough visit a ideal drummer. After six different players …

Long Seaside, CA punk-pop quartet the Halo Friendlies was shaped in the summertime of 1997 by singer/guitarist Judita Wignall, guitarist Cheryl Hecht, bassist Natalie Bolanos and drummer Deanna Moody. The group’s self-titled debut recording adopted in 1998; when Hecht remaining the Halo Friendlies immediately after, Bolanos relocated to lead acoustic …