Tasha’s Laughter is a simple guitar/bass/drum power trio with its own take on alternative music. Best described as “chunky peanut butter rock”, their sound packs a hard crunch held together with creamy textures and hooks that will stick to the roof of your mouth.
Influenced by classic rock, grunge, and most everything in between, their... [+] Read More

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Bellingham, WA, indie pop quartet Death Cab for Cutie began in 1997 as the solo project of singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, who previously recorded under the name All-Time Quarterback. The underground success of the cassette You Can Play These Songs' Chords inspired Gibbard to recruit a full-time band including guitarist/organist Christopher Walla... [+] Read More

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Enon are the trio of John Schmersal (who was involved with Brainiac and John Stuart Mill) and Rick Lee and Steve Calhoon (both of Skeleton Key). Like groups such as Olivia Tremor Control, they're interested in exploring that wide territory between pop-rock songs and noise, employing a wealth of samples, industrial sound processing, and... [+] Read More

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While he was drumming with Nirvana, Dave Grohl was recording original songs at home that never received public release. Those tapes would become the foundation of Foo Fighters, the band he formed in 1995, after the death of Kurt Cobain. Like Nirvana, Foo Fighters melded loud, heavy guitars with pretty melodies and mixed punk sensibilities with a... [+] Read More

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Ward Dotson once said that he left the band the Gun Club because he got tired of playing for people in black leather who never smiled and he responded by forming the considerably lighter hearted hard rock outfit the Pontiac Brothers. Given this logic, it probably made sense that after the Pontiac Brothers called it a day in 1989, Dotson found... [+] Read More

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The self-described "fuzz-folk" project Neutral Milk Hotel was one of the primary outgrowths of the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, a coterie of like-minded, lo-fi indie groups -- including the Apples (in stereo), the Olivia Tremor Control and Secret Square -- who shared musicians, ideas, and sensibilities. While ranging in sound and... [+] Read More

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R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground... [+] Read More

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"If 'words don't mean nothin'...' (as stated by the title of their debut release), one looking for a description of remote(s)'
sound should choose said words carefully, indeed...

but we'll go ahead anyway!

A dynamic amalgam of influences, drawing from the days of glam through the sounds of... [+] Read More

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Sometimes simpler is better, which is definitely the case with Lou Barlow's lo-fi project, Sentridoh. Barlow (former bassist for Dinosaur Jr. and creative force behind Sebadoh) developed Sentridoh as a solo project in 1993 so that he could pursue a stripped-down acoustic form of the music that he had performed with Sebadoh. Sentridoh's first... [+] Read More

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Hailing from Austin, TX, Spoon originated in 1994 as a collaboration between Britt Daniel (vocals/guitar) and Jim Eno (drums) and a rotating cast of supporting players. Their hybrid of indie and punk resulted in a number of Sonic Youth and Pixies comparisons after their 1996 debut album, Telephono. Spoon toured with the likes of Pavement, Guided... [+] Read More

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Starphaser is the alias of Felipe Fortes, a singer-songwriter from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His sound is heavily influenced by Radiohead and Sigur Ros, as well as tons of indie acts such as Death Cab for Cutie.

While playing in several underground rock bands, felipe wrote songs and recorded them in his computer. A lot of his work never... [+] Read More

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After Pavement announced they were going on hiatus at the end of 1999, the status of one of America's finest indie rock bands was a mystery for the first half of 2000. It became clearer that summer, however, when it was revealed that both singer/songwriter/guitarists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg were preparing solo albums. Malkmus was... [+] Read More

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Stomping garage-pop from Brooklyn, NY, by way of Essex, England.

The Actual Facts offer you advice and information you can trust, such as how to end an abusive relationship, how to treat a black eye, or what to wear on your first day of prison. Their dedication to the task of rocking your insides cannot be underestimated.

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One of alternative rock's most promising -- and frustrating -- bands, the Breeders were conceived initially as a way for Pixies bassist Kim Deal and Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly to let out some suppressed creative energy and to take a break from being the second bananas in each of their main bands. Deal and Donelly both played guitar,... [+] Read More

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"Modestly powerful" is how a fan described the Decoration after seeing them live for the first time. It's an apt description of this unassuming San Francisco four piece and it's stuck with them ever since. From the humble beginnings of Tim Mitchell's 4-track project called Pink to the eventual formation of a proper band called Pinq (which... [+] Read More

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Washington, D.C.-based emo quartet the Dismemberment Plan -- frontman Travis Morrison, guitarist Jason Caddell, bassist Eric Axelson and drummer Joe Easley -- debuted in 1994 with the single "Can We Be Mature?," signing to DeSoto to release the full-length ! in the fall of 1995. The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified followed a year and a half... [+] Read More

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Peacock Flounders are Ron Sutfin, Kerry Miller, Pete Krol, Sal Paradise. The band was formed in the winter of 2003 as a musical outlet for the original songs of New Haven area musicians Ron Sutfin and Kerry Miller. The songs are guitar driven with a pop sensibility in the melodies. Kerry and Ron have been playing their original music together... [+] Read More

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The Whiskey Saints are a four-piece rock/alt-country band based out of Los Angeles, California, USA. Drawing from influences in 90s alternative rock, alt-country, folk, and indie rock, the band has found its own little niche within the rock music scene. They currently released their first full-length album titled "West" through Unemployed... [+] Read More

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