Texas carved out a distinct niche for themselves by fusing a profound appreciation of American R&B with Scottish popcraft and rock strength. Texas initially functioned on a large scale akin to other 1980s rock bands like U2, but their album White on Blonde highlighted their strengths by highlighting lead singer Sharleen Spiteri's fervor and silky soul rhythms. From then on,... read full bio
Texas King was established and soon after, they started to become known for their exhilarating rock performances. After supporting a first EP with tours around Ontario's and Canada's east coast, they witnessed the release of Circles, their long-awaited full-length album. During their Canadian release tour, the band's first hit "Boomerang" attracted notice on Canadian radio, particularly at Toronto's 102.1 The Edge and... read full bio
A diverse, energetic and well-hydrated progressive rock band from New Jersey is called Thank You Scientist. Terraformer, the boy-like septet's forthcoming album, finds them at their most ambitious and unexpected. By presenting an incredibly ambitious and continually engaging 84 minutes of experimental rock and roll music, the band has advanced its experimental, genre-defying sound. The group was started by guitarist and... read full bio
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down is an American folk rock band that consists of members Thao Nguyen, Adam Thompson, Charlie Glenn, Jason Slota, and Johanna Kunin. The band was formed in Falls Church, Virginia, after Nguyen met Thompson while studying at College of William & Mary. Both artists were previously performing in different bands and later, Thompson was... read full bio
Rock group That Dog, with lead vocalist and guitarist Anna Waronker, bassist and vocalist Rachel Haden, violinist and vocalist Petra Haden, and drummer Tony Maxwell, was founded in Los Angeles in 1992. For their original music, the band received parallels to Redd Kross, Wednesday Week, Dolly Mixture, and Buzzcocks. Waronker's sister is married to Steve McDonald of Redd Kross, and her... read full bio
The 502s, a Florida-based feel-good folk band famous for their rowdy live performances and popular TikTok videos, are hitting the road once more! The 502s give the music for exploration and that is exactly the idea behind the "Just A Little While" TikTok craze that went viral. The song was initially published as the first single from their album Could It Get Better Than... read full bio
The A's are Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Meath. The duo's debut album, FRUIT, features strange, outlandish cosmic cowboy tunes that are performed on guitar, hair, ice, nylon shorts, gravel and other instruments. Longtime friends and partners' brand-new project is contemplative, immersive and illustrative with a strong, completely realized artistic vision — a joyous explosion that is both seductive and peaceful at the... read full bio
The Afghan Whigs are an alternative rock band from Ohio. The group members rose up around grunge and garage sounds, but also incorporated R&B and soul influences into their sound and image. Pitchfork has described them as “one of the few alt-bands to flourish on a major label”. The Afghan Whigs broke up in 2001, only to reform again in... read full bio
The Age of Electric is a Canadian hard rock and alternative rock band that consists of members Todd Kerns, Ryan Dahle, John Kerns, and Kurt Dahle. The band was started by Kerns and Dahle and the duo were later joined by their younger brothers after graduating from high school. The four were originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the traveled... read full bio
Formed by novelist Mikel Jollett during a tumultuous period in his life, the Airborne Toxic Event (named after a section in American author Don DeLillo's novel White Noise) combine literate indie rock with real literary cred. Formed in 2006, the group initially took shape as a Los Angeles-based duo, with Jollett and drummer Daren Taylor serving as the only members.... read full bio
The 1980s new wave/rock band The Alarm was formed initially as a punk band by lead singer Mike Peters. After embracing the sound of rock, they soon distinguished their sound by infusing Welsh culture and language. The band was quickly noticed and was featured by ZigZag magazine as their single of the month. After meeting U2s band agent, The Alarm... read full bio
Jimmy LaValle, a songwriter from San Diego who started the post-rock band Tristeza one year ago, is currently working on a solo project called The Album Leaf. LaValle built his own tunes in a similarly diverse way, drawing inspiration from a variety of genres, including classical, jazz, and post-rock. He used anything from background noise to field recordings to radio... read full bio
The Almost, the emo-driven alt-rock solo project of Aaron Gillespie, the former drummer and sporadic lead singer for Underoath, the Christian metalcore band he co-founded, first appeared in the late 2000s. While Southern Weather was mostly a Gillespie solo project, later albums saw the Almost develop into a real band, giving rise to the more collaborative sound seen on Monster... read full bio
The Alternate Routes are an American rock band that was formed by Tim Warren and Eric Donnelly while they were studying at Fairfield University. The band has released six albums and four EPs. They have won an Independent Music Award for their song “Ordinary” and have performed on late night television shows such as “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and... read full bio
The Altons did not set out to create a combination of blues, rock, and funk, but things sort of fell into place upon meeting vocalist Adriana Flores. The rest of the band consists of Bryan Ponce and Joseph Quinones on guitar, Gabriel Maldonado on bass, and Carlos A. Canovas on drums. The group as a more punk rock background, which... read full bio
The Amazons is a British rock group that was founded in 2014 and is from Reading, Berkshire. Matt Thomson is the primary vocalist and guitarist for the group, along with Chris Alderton and Elliot Briggs on guitar. The group's debut album helped them become leaders in the British rock scene by reaching number eight on the UK Albums Chart. According... read full bio
The Antlers is a band that combines several different genres including indie rock, dream pop, sadcore, and folk to create their own sound entirely unique to them. The band is also known for implementing electronic elements along with piano and horns. The band actually began as the solo project of Peter Silberman while he was living in Brooklyn. He released... read full bio
The Aquadolls are an up-and-coming alternative-indie band from La Mirada, California that was founded by Melissa Brooks who performs on vocals and guitar and also consists of members Keilah Nina who plays the bass and Jackie Proctor who plays the drums. The Aquadolls began after Melissa was recording bedroom demos of her songs before forming a relationship with Burger Records... read full bio
Attribute it to cultural isolation if you must, but much like famous Belgians, great Australian dance acts are few and far between. Sure, it has supplied a smorgasbord of gnarly rockers, but when it comes to visceral thrills, to joyous, discofied grooves, Oz's contribution has been negligible at best. Which makes Melbourne's The Avalanches that much more precious. A six-strong crew... read full bio
The Avett Brothers are a genre crossing, acoustic based group out of North Carolina that combines impeccable harmonies and meaningful lyrics to create an organic sound that has won them praise across the industry. Brothers Scott and Seth Avett, along with Bob Crawford and Joe Kwon, are known for their lively and infectious stage shows that showcase the grassroots music... read full bio
