Lower Dens

Twin-Hand Movement (2010)

by Lower Dens

Genre- indie pop, indie rock, drone pop, new wave

Location- Baltimore, Maryland

Other Works- no other albums as of yet

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.

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Ladytron

604 (2001)

by Ladytron

Genre- electronic, electroclash, electro pop, synth pop, indie pop, indie rock, new wave

Location- Liverpool, England

Other Works-Light & Magic, 2002

Evil, 2003

Softcore Jukebox, 2003

Witching Hour, 2005

Velocifero, 2008

More Info- The band is two DJ's from Liverpool who play keyboards (Reuben Wu and Daniel Hunt), as well as singers Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo (who met the two DJ's on a train trip in Bulgaria, where Mira was born).  The band gets the name 'ladytron' from a Roxy Music song.

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Santigold

Santogold (2008)

by Santigold

Genre- electronic, dub, new wave, dance, indie pop, indie rock

Location- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other Works- no other full albums

More Info- Santigold is the solo project of songwriter, producer, and singer Santi White.  Originally she went by Santogold, but an infomercial with the name Santo Gold threatened to sue so she changed it to Santigold.  The name originates from a nickname Santi White was given by her friends.  White was formerly the singer for the Philly punk-rock band called Stiffed.  Co-band member, John Hill from Stiffed co-produced the Santogold album.  White attended Wesleyan University where she majored in African American Studies as well as Music.  Santigold is featured in many hip hop songs as well.

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