The punchy modern rock outfit the Bravery features Sam Endicott (vocals/guitar), John Conway (keyboards), Anthony Burulcich (drums), Michael Zakarin (guitar), and Mike H. (bass). The New York five-piece got its start in early 2003. After playing its first gig at the Stinger Club in Brooklyn in mid-summer, the Bravery's post-punk-influenced dance... [+] Read More

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Nine year old Nicholas followed in Big Brother's footsteps by taking piano lessons but wouldn't appreciate the compulsion to practice for years to come. Taking up the violin at 12, he joined several orchestras and began absorbing the classical and baroque music he was playing. But he wanted more. He started writing and took up the guitar at the... [+] Read More

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The synth pop outfit Elkland features Jon Pierce (vocals), Joel Tarpin (keyboards), Adam Kessler (guitar), and Jesse Pierce (drums). The four-piece began crafting a new wave-influenced sound in their upstate New York stomping grounds of Horseheads in 2002. Brother Jon and Jesse Pierce grew up in a strict religious household where pop music... [+] Read More

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Beginning as a noisy, synth-based combo in 1999, Victoria, British Colombia's Hot Hot Heat evolved into an aggressively catchy indie rock band two years later, when keyboardist Steve Bays took on the vocal duties, and guitarist Dante DeCaro joined their ranks. The group's new lineup -- which also featured founding members Paul Hawley on drums... [+] Read More

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New York's Interpol reminds anyone who has ever heard post-punk bands like Joy Division and the Chameleons of those exact bands, plus a few more. The roots of the band -- as far as its members are considered -- can be traced back to a partnership between Daniel Kessler (a guitarist and vocalist) and a fellow New York University student named... [+] Read More

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The English rock trio Muse consists of guitarist/vocalist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard. Bored by the sleepy life provided by their hometown of Teignmouth, Devon, the three friends began playing music together. They started the first incarnation of their band when they were all 13, changing the name of... [+] Read More

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Based around singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Tucker, California alternative rock outfit Rock Kills Kid initially came together in the last part of the '90s. Recently graduated from high school, Tucker was directionless and socially withdrawn when he finally worked up the nerve to hook up with some local punk bands and begin writing songs.... [+] Read More

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“One of the reasons you look out the window at night when you’re way up in the sky is the hope that you’ll catch a glimpse of some kind of celestial object that will be unfamiliar, a new molecule in an ocean of old. You know what the aisle looks like: that’s not what you want to see. This time, you catch that sensation of discovery. The... [+] Read More

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While attending Manhattan's Pratt Institute of the Arts in the late '90s, Shawn Christensen (vocals/guitar), Amanda Tannen (bass), and Arthur Kremer (drums) befriended one another for what would eventually become a musical journey. The threesome had barely grasped the beauty of their respective instruments, so forming the band Ghistor was an... [+] Read More

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Brandon Flowers (vocals/keyboards), David Keuning (guitar), Mark Stoermer (bass), and Ronnie Vannucci (drums) took the fashionista pop world by storm in summer 2004 with "Somebody Told Me." The perfectly stylish song pulls from the band's influences -- the Smiths, New Order, Oasis, and the Cure -- and it was just enough to get them on MTV. Part... [+] Read More

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