Built to Spill were one of the most popular indie rock acts of the '90s, finding the middle ground between postmodern, Pavement-style pop and the loose, spacious jamming of Neil Young. From the outset, the band was a vehicle for singer/songwriter/guitarist Doug Martsch, who revived the concept of the indie guitar hero just as Dinosaur Jr.'s J... [+] Read More

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I've always liked music. I've been playing guitar since I was twelve years old, when my dad bought me my first one for my birthday. I still have that guitar and it's what I use to record most of my music. I record them on a digital recording studio in my garage, and mostly just for fun. I was just tinkering around with music for a long time,... [+] Read More

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Voodoo Buddha is a Alternative Rock Band from Vancouver with a strong funk influence that draws from Jazz stylings. The band combines Chili Pepper and Hendrix Influenced sounds with Indie Rock sensibilities often likened to Modest Mouse. They have recently completed the recording and production of there debut album “Needless To Say”.... [+] Read More

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When Car's Ascend is a prog/indie/psychedelic/folk/post-rock band from Downingtown, PA with overwhelmingly good guitars, drums, bass and lyrics that make you think. They compared themselves to built to spill, Modest Mouse, the Flaming Lips, and my bloody valentine. They have an awesome live show.

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The Archers of Loaf were darlings of the indie world in the early to mid-'90s, thanks to an off-kilter sound that was edgy and challenging, yet melodically accessible at the same time. Cornerstones of the Chapel Hill, NC, indie scene that also spawned Superchunk and Polvo, the Archers' chief inspirations were the Replacements and Sonic Youth,... [+] Read More

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Formed a few years ago in a small MS town. All we have is our instruments and ideas. We take what we have learned throughout the years from listening to indie rock and combine it all with our own unique style. You will either hate us or like us... I personally don't care that much... im not really trying to get signed or anything, I just want to... [+] Read More

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One of Colorado’s most original rock bands, Firemouth is passionate about entertaining all audiences with energy and versatility. Their style mixes a bit of everything; funk, grunge, psychedelic, blues, punk, indie-rock and a whole lot more. Their songs tell tales about Amererican arrogance, love lost and drinking.
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With her second release slated for the spring of 2008, a personal invite to play at Fred Eaglesmith’s Southern Ontario Picnic, and record labels starting to call, Lara Yule Singh’s star is beginning to sparkle.

Her debut CD, Something In the Still was released in May 2006. It spent ten weeks in the top 30 on the CKUA Radio... [+] Read More

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Not so much a band as a long, strange trip, the chaotic avant pop pranksters Mercury Rev formed in Buffalo, NY, in the late '80s. Originally comprised of vocalist David Baker, vocalist/silver pickup guitarist Jonathan Donahue, guitar shaper/single-exhaust clarinetist Grasshopper (born Sean Mackowiak), rooster-tail bass flutist Suzanne Thorpe,... [+] Read More

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A few random facts or wild lies about the band...Can you tell the difference? Joe and Tom are main songwriters in the band: Joe's songs often work on theme and variation, with tinges of southern rock, grunge, and roots rock n roll, and Tom's songs generally show a wide variety of influence, very broadly including surf rock, indie rock, punk... [+] Read More

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"No Such Animal" is a songwriting project formed by Robert Murphy, Jeremy Barr and Micheal Pierce some time in 2002. They love four chord pop songs with catchy hooks.

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The Panoply Academy Glee Club is comprised of Nick Quagliara (vocals, bass), Marty Sprowles (vocals, guitar), Darin Glenn (vocals, guitar, trombone), Bekkah Walker (vocals, keyboards, samples), and Ryan Hicks (drums). Formed in spring 1996 in Bloomington, IN, the group released the single "The Administration" in April 1997. Their full-length CD,... [+] Read More

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Considering their relatively brief existence, Sunny Day Real Estate racked up enough dramatic twists and turns to rank with some of the great rock soap operas. Its key members have engaged in just about every rock cliché imaginable, including finding religion, refusing to work with the media, breaking up, and joining a big-name group, and even... [+] Read More

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Perhaps no band was more emblematic of the true spirit of American indie rock during the 1990s than Superchunk, the pride of Chapel Hill, NC. Following the D.I.Y. ethic to the letter, the group operated solely by their own rules, ignoring all passing trends by sticking to their trademark sound -- typified by the buzzing guitars and high,... [+] 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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A blend of post-punk aggression and mod melodies and harmonies, the French Kicks feature guitarists/vocalists Matt Stinchcomb and Josh Wise, bassist Jamie Krents, and drummer/vocalist Nick Stumpf. Washington, D.C., natives Krents, Stumpf, and Stinchcomb began playing together in their early teens, inspired by their hometown's renowned hardcore... [+] Read More

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Columbus, OH-based indie pop combo Tiara was formed in 1995 by singer/guitarist Eric Rottmayer, also famed in underground circles for his solo project Metronome. Guitarist Brian Freshour, his bassist brother Craig and drummer Brian Moore soon completed the lineup, with the debut Tiara single "Birthmark" (a split release with Preston Furman)... [+] Read More

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