by Real Estate
Genre- indie pop, indie rock, surf pop/rock
Location- Ridgewood, New Jersey
Links- Domino Record Co.
See Also- my other Real Estate post...
December 25, 2011
December 20, 2011
Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs (1999)
by The Magnetic Fields
Genre- indie pop, indie rock
Location- Boston, Massachusetts
Links- official site
Le Tigre
by Le Tigre
Genre- indie pop, indie rock, post punk, electroclash
Location- New York City, New York
Links- official site
The Strokes
by The Strokes
Genre- indie rock, garage rock revival, post punk revival
Location- New York
Links- official site
See Also- Albert Hammond, Jr. post
December 6, 2011
The Babies
by The Babies
Info- The Babies is one of the members from the Vivian Girls and a member of Woods. See also the Vivian Girls post
Genre- indie rock, indie pop, noise-pop
Location- Brooklyn, NY
Links- myspace
November 23, 2011
Caribou
by Caribou
Genre- electronic, electronica, indie pop, psychedelic pop
Location- Ontario, Canada
Links- official site
November 19, 2011
Belle & Sebastian
November 17, 2011
Smog
by Smog
Genre- indie, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi
Location- Silver Spring, Maryland (born here)
Links- Drag City Records
Pavement
by Pavement
Genre- rock, indie rock, indie pop, noise-pop, lo-fi
Location- Stockton, California
Links- official site
Modest Mouse
by Modest Mouse
Genre-indie, indie pop, indie rock, noise-pop, lo-fi, experimental rock
Location- Issaquah, Washington
Links- official site
November 16, 2011
November 12, 2011
MGMT
by MGMT
Genre- electronica, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock
Location- Middletown, Connecticut
Links- official site
October 27, 2011
Smith Westerns
October 21, 2011
Palace Music
by Palace Music
Genre- folk, indie, indie pop, indie rock
Location- Louisville, Kentucky
Links- allmusic
Wilco
by Wilco
Genre- dad rock, folk, alternative, indie pop, indie rock
Location- Chicago, Illinois
Links- official site
Silver Jews
by Silver Jews
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| David Berman with Cassie Berman |
Genre- indie, indie pop, indie rock
Location- New York City, NY
Links- official site
October 16, 2011
Bowery Electric
by Bowery Electric
Genre- electronic, indie pop, indie rock, trip hop, shoegaze,
Location- East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Links- brainwashed.com
October 13, 2011
Chad VanGaalen
by Chad VanGaalen
Genre- indie, indie pop, indie rock,
Location- Canada- Calgary, Alberta
Links- wikipedia
Little Dragon
by Little Dragon
Genre- electronic, indie, synth pop, Swedish pop
Location- Gothenburg, Sweden
Links- official site
Papa M
October 8, 2011
Grass Widow
August 23, 2011
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Genre- indie, indie pop, indie rock
Location- from Portland, Oregon
Links- official site
July 27, 2011
February 9, 2011
Viktor Vaughn
by Viktor Vaughn
Genre- hip hop
Location-born in London, England but raised in Long Beach, New York
Other Works- no other works under the name Viktor Vaughn, but many under his other names
Links-official site
February 5, 2011
Helium
by Helium
Genre-noise-pop, indie rock
Location- Boston, Massachusetts
Other Works-Pirate Prude-1994
The Dirt of Luck- 1995
More Info- Band members were most recently Mary Timony (from the girl punk band, Autoclave) on vocals and guitar, Ash Bowie (who was at one point the boyfirend of Timony) on bass, and Shawn King Devlin on drums. The band appeared in the cult roadmovie Half-cocked in 1994. The band formed in 1992 and by 1998 were no longer together. Mary Timony proceeded to do some solo projects as well as an EP under the name The Spells in a duo project with Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein.
Links- Matador
February 4, 2011
Palace Music
by Palace Music
Genre- folk, indie pop, indie rock
Location- from Louisville, Kentucky
Other Works-Arise, Therefore-1996
More Info- Palace Music is Will Oldham, born on December 24th, 1970. From 1993 to 1997 he performed under Palace Music/Palace Brothers/and other "Palace" names. From 1998 on he has gone by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
Links- official site
January 21, 2011
Albert Hammond, Jr.
by Albert Hammond, Jr.
Genre- indie pop, indie rock
Location- from Los Angeles, California
Other Works- Como Te Llama?, 2008
More Info- Albert Louie Hammond Jr. was born in Los Angeles, CA on April 9th, 1980. His father is singer/songwriter Albert Hammond, and his mother is the Argentinian model Claudia Fernández. Albert Jr. is a member of The Strokes as well. He went to a prestigious boarding school when he was 13 where he met Julian Casablancas. Later in 1998 he and Casablancas met in NYC and formed their band The Strokes with some of Casablancas old schoolmates. Hammond Jr. often wears formal three-piece suits at shows and is set to put out a line of suits with designer/stylist Ilaria Urbinati in the future.
Links- official site
See Also- The Strokes post
January 13, 2011
Sun Airway
by Sun Airway
Genre- electronic, indie pop, indie rock
Location- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other Works- Oh, Naoko EP
More Info- Sun Airway is a duo out of Philly made up of John Barthmus (vocals) and Patrick Marceill (formerly the A-Sides). They have done remixes for Delorean, Caribou, and Here We Go Magic.
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| John Barthmus & Patrick Marceill |
Links- official site
January 10, 2011
The Mountain Goats
by The Mountain Goats
Genre- lo-fi, folk pop, indie rock
Location- currently: Durham, North Carolina but formed in Claremont, California
Other Works- too many to list, see allmusic
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| John Darnielle |
More Info- The Mountain Goats formed in Claremont, CA by singer/songwriter John Darnielle. He is pretty much The Mountain Goats, though he collaborates with other artists at times. He is a spectacular lyricist. While in California he went to Pitzer College where he graduated in 1995, he also worked as a psychiatric nurse. The band's music is featured in the TV show Weeds. In 2009, The band was on The Colbert Report.
Links- official site
Lower Dens
by Lower Dens
Genre- indie pop, indie rock, drone pop, new wave
Location- Baltimore, Maryland
Other Works- no other albums as of yet
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| Jana Hunter |
More Info- Lower Dens is a side project of singer and songwriter Jana Hunter. She is joined by Will Adams- guitar, Geoff Graham- bass, and Abram Sanders- drums. They are on Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong record label.
Links official site
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