The Postmarks’ airy, pillow-talking pop songs evoke hazy photography and old French movies. Basically add Nouvelle Vague and a couple tablespoons of Robitussin to Belle & Sebastian and there you have it.
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John Vesely’s tears run down like razorblades and he blames you. The California kid of a clan of musicians, Secondhand Serenade (aka Vesely) isn’t afraid to get emotional. But if you had a voice like his, you wouldn’t be afraid of anything.
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THRICE frontman Dustin Kensrue takes a break from headbanging in black-on-black caps to try on Ryan Adams’ cowboy boots. And it turns out that the former hardcore kid makes a real convincing country boy.
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No dad, no college grad, skids livin’ bad kids The Black Lips will sneak snorts off your grandma’s Schnapps, rob your mom and blow your mind with psychedelic, garage-brewed flower punk. If you’re dead, these boys’ll bring you back.
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Sonic youth Marnie Stern is an eye-popping shredhead who smokes ‘em all with guitar chops for miles and more presence than Santa Claus. The NY Times calls her debut 2007’s “most exciting rock ‘n’ roll album.”
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Deerhunter, the nightgowned ATLiens who simultaneously pep you up and zone you out with their drony-bologne Brian Eno ambience, do to punk what Vitamin Water did to juice. Grow it up, give it brains and keep it delicious.
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Like M.I.A. before them, recent Brazilian blow-ups Bonde Do Role translate furious favela shout-funk into the stuff of wild-eyed indie-kid dance crazes. Baile!
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All we can figure is that Gary Clark Jr. snuck up to heaven and bootlegged an hour’s worth of Pink Floyd cloud-jamming with Jimi, SRV and Marvin. Dude is the real deal.
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Rocco DeLuca really knows how to make a dobro snarl. But just when his boozy slide symphonies hit their nastiest, he cools them out with Bono and Jeff Buckley evoking vocals.
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An Ethiopian immigrant raised first in Virginia Beach and then in Cincinatti, Ohio, it’s no wonder that Kenna’s music has a bit of an identity crisis, combining elements of synth-heavy electronica, post rock and house.
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You know that old trick where mom mushes a pill into your cookie and you eat it smiling? Well watch a minute as Brother Ali lays his fist-pumping politics over sweet-beat soul loops and you may see something familiar.
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Juiceboxxx is a total spazz from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the good way! For real. His berserko beats, his glitched out delivery… dude’ll roll your eyes right out your head. God. He’s so fun you’re gonna throw up.”
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