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Sodium Lake City’s Driving Up Daisies (never to be confused using the Canadian action from the same name that was mixed up in mid-’90s) comprises brothers Gary (vocals) and Daryl McLaren (bass), Mike Morgan (electric guitar), Ian Peterson (electric guitar), Scott Witaker (keyboards), and Kel Perfect (drums, ex-Anima Nera). Showcasing …

Acquiring their name from an instrumental cut on David Bowie’s Low, and focusing on big, anthemic, prog-tinged orchestral indie rock and roll in the vein of artists like Muse as well as the Mars Volta, Boston’s Art Decade created in 2008 round the talents of Berklee Classes of Music grad …

After playing for a couple of years in the “directly” music world as an associate of the distinctively virtuosic Washington, D.C.-centered metalcore band Reflux, seven- and eight-string guitar wizard Tosin Abasi was asked to record a single album from the group’s then-record label, Prosthetic Records, after the group disbanded. Initially, …

Founded in 2000 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the indie rock and roll work BLK JKS is definitely made up of guitarists Lindani Buthelezi and Mpumi Mcata, who was raised collectively in Johannesburg’s East Rand, and Soweto natives Molefi Makananise (bass) and Tshepang Ramoba (drums). BLK JKS produced their international documenting …

Long Seaside, California’s Crystal Antlers started turning heads in 2008 using their recording debut, EP, a release that was made by Ikie Owens (known for his use the Mars Volta) and noted because of its mixture of psychedelic, garage area, and prog rock sounds. Jonny Bell (bass, vocals, woodwinds), Andrew …

Organic, political, visceral, and genre-bending, 1 DAY being a Lion is a cooperation between Trend Against the device vocalist Zack de la Rocha and ex-Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. Mixing elements of rock and roll, steel, rap, and punk, the duo released its eponymous debut EP over the Anti label …

Comprising vocalist/pianist Johnny Whitney and guitarist/bassist Cody Votolato in the Bloodstream Brothers along with keyboardist/bassist/drummer Jay Clark from Pretty Young ladies Make Graves, Jaguar Like are a Western world Coast indie rock and roll trio that hopped on the fast street to achievement in the summertime of 2007. Votolato and …

Following demise of On the Drive-In, singer/guitarist Jim Ward started piecing together the components of Sleepercar, an alt-country group that had taken its cues from Old 97’s and Wilco. Ward was shortly recruited by his previous bandmates to become listed on Sparta, however, as well as the Sleepercar task was …

Having a powerful mixture of twisty progressive rock and roll, explosive rock, and soaring, radio-ready alt-rock, hard-hitting, forward-thinking San Antonio-based quartet Nothing More invokes brands like System of a Down, 30 Seconds to Mars, Incubus, Mars Volta, and Killswitch Employ. Formed throughout the abilities of longtime close friends Jonny Hawkins, …

A noise-oriented punk music group with some artsy experimental tendencies, 12 months Long term leavens their screamo attack with unpredicted components like heavy dub basslines and gothy key pad textures, with affects which range from Fugazi and early Sonic Youth to General public Picture Ltd. and Deceased May Dance. Something …