Astral Archetype formed in early 2005 when Kevin Boyle (bass/vocals) and Steve Murtaugh (guitar/vocals) met and began talking music. The two felt that their diverse musical tastes (Kev: mostly metal and Steve: mostly prog) would complement each other perfectly in a band format. Kev and Steve began getting together frequently to jam and write,... [+] Read More

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One of the most inventive and eclectic figures to emerge from the '90s alternative revolution, Beck was the epitome of postmodern chic in an era obsessed with junk culture. Drawing upon a kaleidoscope of influences -- pop, folk, psychedelia, hip-hop, country, blues, R&B, funk, indie rock, noise rock, experimental rock, jazz, lounge, Brazilian... [+] Read More

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Karl

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Eddie Spaghetti has been the ringleader of the Supersuckers since 1988. But with the band's creation of their own conglomerate (Mid Fi Recordings) in 2002, Spaghetti also found time for a tidy, good-timin' solo career. Sauce appeared in 2004; it featured covers of outlaw country favorites from Kristofferson and Cash as well as a few Spaghetti... [+] Read More

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Inspired equally by jangle pop and arty post-punk, Guided by Voices created a series of trebly, hissy indie rock records filled with infectiously brief pop songs that fell somewhere between the British Invasion and prog rock. After recording six self-released albums between 1986 and 1992, the Dayton, OH-based band attracted a handful of fans... [+] Read More

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Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!
The people move to slow!
Open the drains inside their brains
and then their flames will glow!

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Touted as "Nashville's most f*cked-up country band" by their label Merge Records, Lambchop was arguably the most consistently brilliant and unique American group to emerge during the 1990s. Their unclassifiable hybrid of country, soul, jazz, and avant-garde noise seemed at one time or another to drink from every conceivable tributary of... [+] Read More

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Bored, sitting at home in an Olympia suburb I have spar time. Washington is rainy but I love it and I also like to make rad sounding **** I first released a crappy DnD related album entitled Cthulhu KiX A$$ with a band called the NPCs which was me and some times a couple friends. It was just a fun little thing and never was official in any way.... [+] Read More

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      Guitar amps ooze distortion and heterogeneity. Drumsticks tap the Morse code for change on the cymbals. Basslines that resemble rolling green fields find themselves sandwiched between metal fortified bastions of speed rock. And somewhere in there you could swear you heard a crooning sax that had you swaying unconsciously. Live or via... [+] Read More

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With their fractured songs, unexpected blasts of feedback, laconic vocals, cryptic literate lyrics, and defiant low-fidelity, Pavement were one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge from the American underground in the '90s. Pavement, along with Sebadoh, were the leaders of the lo-fi movement that dominated U.S. indie rock in... [+] Read More

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Three high school kids were inspired into writing songs based on strange but wonderful things. Growing up with the same angst as everyone else, and striving to be the most creative in their songwriting, they chose the only name possible for this artistic nebula. Scenic Void. The Void consists of Patrick, Robin and Aaron. All playing each... [+] Read More

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Steve Abercrombie is an experimental artist based in Athens, Georgia that has spent many years working his way into and out of numerous groups and genres. Abercrombie has lofty writing goals. On the one hand he wants to write music that has broad appeal, but on the other hand he wants to explore the unexplored and do something different... [+] Read More

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Super Furry Animals were one of the first post-alternative bands, fusing together a number of disparate musical genres -- including power pop, punk rock, techno, and progressive rock -- creating a shimmering, melodic, irreverent, and willfully artsy rock & roll. As one of the leading bands of the mid-'90s Welsh movement, they were already tagged... [+] Read More

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Most people don't realize that people like the Dubois' don't just walk this earth for the sake of eating its food, breathing its air, and defecating on its soil...but rather they walk these lands to manipulate and defy the laws of normalcy through their kind, heartfelt music. As an early breed of the Neanderthal Sapiens, the Dubois' brought real... [+] Read More

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The Fifty-Sixers are a five-piece outfit from the prairies poised to release their debut EP. The focus is on harmonies and songwriting in diverse styles - a rhythmic machine with memorable melodies. The self-titled recording is being duplicated as we speak!!! We're having our CD RELEASE PARTY August 23 at Amigos. You can pre-order a copy by... [+] Read More

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Thanks to their 1989 pseudo-gay album It's Only Right and Natural, the Frogs became a hip name to drop as fans like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Smashing Pumpkins ascended to superstardom in the 1990s. Milwaukee brothers Dennis (drums) and Jimmy Flemion (guitar) have an edgy sense of humor, skewering stereotypes -- sometimes racial, but mostly... [+] Read More

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PSOTLAL started as an idea, which formed into an action, which is now a physical entity. It takes its name from the chorus of Matt’s song, “The Agnostic’s Prayer,” which is as much about alienation from all of “normal society” as it is about seeking out one’s faith. That is the goal of PSOTLAL; to separate itself from all the mundane and seek... [+] Read More

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The textbook American cult band of the 1980s, the Violent Femmes captured the essence of teen angst with remarkable precision; raw and jittery, the trio's music found little commercial success but nonetheless emerged as the soundtrack for the lives of troubled adolescents the world over. The group formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early... [+] Read More

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