Jon "The Barber" Gutwillig, Marc Brownstein, Sam Altman, and Aron Magner met on the University of Pennsylvania campus and formed Disco Biscuits there in late 1995. They started out with frat party gigs all over Philly, but quickly moved to the nightclub scene. In 1996 they released their indie debut, Encephalous Crime. In addition to their own... [+] Read More

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Although originally lumped together with many of the so-called jam bands, Lake Trout's sound, mixing elements of myriad contemporary styles, developed around a harder-edged progressive indie rock attack. Formed while bandmembers were attending music school in Baltimore in the mid-'90s, the quintet featured Woody Ranere on vocals and guitar; Ed... [+] Read More

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A nine-piece band from Vermont, Viperhouse refined a dense, warm sound reflected through their influences and their large original songbook. Simultaneously danceable and layered, Viperhouse toured extensively throughout the Northeast in the late '90s.

Founded by former So-Called Jazz Quintet saxophonist Michael Chorney, Viperhouse... [+] Read More

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