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After Washington, D.C.’s Q rather than U known as it quits in 2005, drummer John Davis teamed with vocalist/songwriter Laura Burhenn to create Georgie Adam, a name that identifies an imaginary, androgynous vocalist in the vein of Ziggy Stardust. Using motivation from their shared like for the Zombies, the Kinks, …

Best known among the performers and guitarists from your mid-’90s indie rock and roll quartet Spent, vocalist/songwriter Annie Hayden continued with her music career following the group disbanded. Located in NEW YORK, Hayden functions as a piano specialist at Steinway Hall while also composing and recording tunes with her previous …

Neo-psychedelic pop outfit the Essex Green were shaped in middle-1997 after 4 members from the Burlington, VT-based Guppyboy — singer/guitarist Chris Ziter, singer/keyboardist Sasha Bell, guitarist Jeff Baron, and bassist Mike Barrett — relocated to Brooklyn, NY. Completing the lineup with drummer Tim Barnes, the group made an appearance at …

Adolescent and Sexy’s boy-girl vocals, mild melodies, and fantastic arrangements pay accurate homage towards the Beatles while protecting them an area within the ranks of modern wonder popsters Contact & Response, Aislers Collection, Beulah, Gentle Waves, as well as the Customers. The roots of Youthful and Sexy lay in a …

Pairing bright and clever retro-styled melodies with savvy, witty lyrics and a feeling of trend that is smooth but lived-in at exactly the same time, Camera Obscura certainly are a Scottish indie pop group who became probably one of the most celebrated functions over the U.K.’s twee pop picture, even …

Not only will just about everybody in the brand new Pornographers have their very own bands, it’s addressing the main point where the associates of these offshoot rings have their very own tasks. Vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Shane Nelken isn’t actually an associate of the brand new Pornographers, but he …

Borrowing their name from a British new wave group, the Softies had been created in 1994 by singer/guitarist Increased Melberg following a dissolution of her previous strap, Tiger Capture. Upon relocating from Sacramento, CA, to Portland, OR, Melberg 1st founded the trio Proceed Sailor, still a heading concern when she …

Led by singer/songwriter/pianist Sara Lapsley, Vancouver Evenings’ folky indie pop signifies a departure from your riot-grrrl punk of Lapsley’s previous strap, Kreviss. Created, logically plenty of, in Vancouver, the music group also contains guitarist Dan Bejar (also of Destroyer), bassist Steve Balogh, and drummer Sean Mrazek. Their self-titled debut was …

After vaulting to fame like a founding person in the beloved indie pop collective Belle & Sebastian, Isobel Campbell enjoyed success like a solo artist, saving lush and elegiac chamber pop under her provided name, beneath the moniker the Gentle Waves, along with longstanding duet partner Tag Lanegan. Born Apr …

Hailing in the music hotbed of Omaha, Nebraska, the indie pop anomaly Tilly as well as the Wall structure produced in 2001 from the ashes of many groupings — including Conor Oberst’s pre-Bright Eye undertaking, Park Avenue — and gained some underground recognition because of their unorthodox method of percussion, …