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Adventures
A softer side to Code Orange Kids, but not really soft at all.
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Aficionado
Seven talented friends shouting noisy bliss from the post side of punk.
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A Great Big Pile of Leaves
Charged indie-rock from a Brooklyn trio armed with wet guitars, restless punk energy and lyrics about spaghetti.
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Allison Weiss
A singular DIY composer, shrouded in punk with a knack for pop. There's nobody quite like her.
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All Time Low
Since forming in the Baltimore suburbs in 2003, All Time Low has become one of the biggest pop-punk bands to emerge on the scene.
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A Lot Like Birds
"We are A Lot Like Birds, and nothing like fish."
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American Opera
Genuine, hard-composed acoustic-guitar music.
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American Royalty
Big synth beats and guitar riffs.
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Andy Grammer
Sweet, honest pop music from a pure talent.
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Animals As Leaders
No lyrics, no singing, no dancing. Just metallic chaos and fast fingers.
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Annie Stela
An intelligent, mature singer/songwriter braving the second chapter of her adolescence, piano in hand.
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Anti-Flag
Pittsburgh legends Anti-Flag have carved an incredible path of punk rock for the past two decades.
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Atomic Tom
New York based four-piece with a knack for catchy upbeat pop glory.
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August Burns Red
Metalcore band from Manheim, PA.
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Avalanche City
The story of Avalanche City begins in a house, alone, for hours each day for months.
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AWOLNATION
Big heavy weird amazing future pop. 'Megalithic Symphony' one of 2011's finest.
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Balance and Composure
Balance & Composure is dark, feedback-heavy rock; where grunge aesthetic meets a modern mentality.
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Barely Blind
A group of Texas friends biting punk, chewing pop and spitting out a fresh new take on both.
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Batwings Catwings
"Party band" unlike any party band you've heard.
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Bayside
Bayside is: thorough, memorable music that stays true to the punk rock aesthetic while being lyrically quirky and interesting .
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Singer-songwriter and proud of it.
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Between The Buried And Me
Don’t blink, it’s the symphonic chaos of Between The Buried And Me.
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Braid
20 non-consecutive years of guitar-laced post-something brilliance.
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Canon Blue
When indie-rock goes philharmonic, you get Canon Blue.
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Capital Cities
Former jingle-writers taking their talents to the dance floor.
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Carolina Liar
Big, energetic, straightforward rock and roll.
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Caspian
Guitars, drums and pedals making lyrical, lyricless post-rock.
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Charlene Kaye
Schizophrenic influences but a powerful, beautiful voice keeping it all together.
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Christina Perri
Clever songs about heartbreak from a future hall-of-famer.
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Chuck Ragan
Punk veteran gone acoustic, chronicling the lonely life on the road.
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Civil Twilight
Haunting weird beautiful stuff via spacey guitars, slow-builds and great vocals.
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Coheed and Cambria
Hard to describe, but it's conceptual hard stuff with nods to pretty much every genre within.
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Com Truise
From FB: "Melting in the Jersey summer sun, I compute mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk."
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Conditions
Power-pop-punk-rock for people who like to sing along.
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Converge
Converge.
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Cory Branan
A dusty-bearded raconteur hitchhiking his way through Southern folk traditions.
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Craig Owens
Singer/songwriter from a dozen previous bands, going into business for himself,
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Crash Kings
No guitars found here; no guitars necessary.
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Cursive
Longtime schizo punk staples getting better with age.
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Cymbals Eat Guitars
A dreamy mess of guitars, alien-writ lyrics and rainy-day punk.
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Dan Andriano
The Alkaline Trio bassist flexing his acoustic guns.
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David Hodges
David Hodges is an acclaimed producer and songwriter with a unique grasp of how pop and indie music intersect.
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Death By Stereo
Staples of the Orange County punk scene. Better yet, staples of punk scenes everywhere.
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Delicate Steve
Instrumental beats, messy and clever and filled with guitars.
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Dinner And A Suit
In a music world where genre lines are increasingly blurred, Dinner And A Suit has emerged with a sonic meld that resonates with familiarity, and captivates with distinction.
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DZ Deathrays
Cartoonish, recklessly fun party music for a very weird party.
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Emma Louise
She makes cool blue music.
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Empires
Guitar rock from Chicago with one hell of a voice on top.
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Every Avenue
Ten years of solid guitar driven pop-punk and now, hiatus. Hold your breath.
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Family Of The Year
"Happy, folk-acoustic power pop," says Sebastian Keefe.
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Find Vienna
Pop soundtrack for heartbreak, romance, bad weather and everything in between.
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Fireworks
Fireworks is unapologetic pop-punk that leaves you winded and eager for more.
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First Aid Kit
Understated, beautiful bittersweet folk.
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For All Those Sleeping
Punky melodic metalcore, but a damn good time to listen to.
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Forever Came Calling
DIY gets thrown around a lot these days. This band lives it.
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Four Year Strong
Armed with do-it-yourself determination, Four Year Strong do not pretend to be anyone but themselves.
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Frank Turner
An unrestrained, emotional, talented folkster
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From Indian Lakes
Dark alternative post rock from California.
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Gentlemen Hall
Fresh faced synth-pop upstarts, arena-ready and quick to show it.
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Glossary
Tight Southern indie rock from five superbly talented musicians.
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Goldhouse
Partyrock at its finest.
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Good Old War
Good Old War captivates audiences with their acoustic-driven, sing-along-inspiring songs and live performances.
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Go Radio
"In an age where many groups do whatever is fashionable to become as popular as possible, Go Radio puts honesty and integrity first in front of any careerist concerns."
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Graffiti6
It’s trick-pop, catchy on the outside but wilting with quirks and humor on the inside.
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Greylag
When it works, it works: it’s the folk-soaked rock’n’roll chemistry of Greylag.
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H2O
High energy, straightforward NYC punk since 1995.
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Heartless Bastards
Wilco-y, Black Keys-ish blues rock Americana with one spectacular vocalist.
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Hedley
Canadian Imports making a name for themselves in the States with bright catchy pop punk.
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Henry Clay People
For fans of Waters, bar chords.
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A roving band of carnival musicians traveling the desert, high-fiving strangers.
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Hot Water Music
20 years in and still the most reliable name in punk.
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HRVRD
Post-rock, post-hardcore, whatever. This is dark, smart, guitar music.
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IAMDYNAMITE
Guitar/drums duo: catchy, anti-cerebral, high energy pop rock.
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Imagine Dragons
Instantly likable, pop-knowledgeable, refreshing as hell.
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Into It. Over It.
Notable: this guy wrote a song a week for a year. Pretty cool.
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I The Mighty
“And the thing we hope for most…is that our music means something to someone, the way that other artists have meant so much to us in our lives.” - Brent Walsh
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Jamuel Saxon
Siamese synths and beats for buttshakin’: it’s Jamuel Saxon.
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Jenny Owen Youngs
A seriously hard-to-forget singer/songwriter with an ear for folky pop stuff.
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Jesse Thomas
Jesse Thomas is a redheaded firecracker from Kentucky, whose whiskey soaked soul drips into every song that she sings.
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John Feldmann
Goldfinger frontman, animal lover, music industry journeyman: Hey everybody, it’s John Feldmann!
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Junior Battles
Pop punk from Toronto eh?
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Koji
Surrounded by and collaborating with the best in punk and post-whatever, but this man is a standout.
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La Dispute
Through engaging, thought-provoking and passionate expression, La Dispute takes the medium of music to dynamic heights.
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Lagwagon
High speed punk veterans.
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Lights
When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream.
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Like Moths To Flames
One of the funnest live shows you'll see.
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Man Man
Weird, fun, eccentric pop capable of pretty much anything.
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Man Overboard
“Defend Pop Punk” is the motto. Man Overboard makes it easy.
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Mansions
No tricks here, just the sharp, gritty brilliance of Mansions.
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Maps & Atlases
Syncopated playful guitar lines, algebraic rhythms, clever songwriting from top to bottom.
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Matt Pryor
Former Get Up Kids frontman alone with his guitar.
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Megan Reilly
Singer-songwriter/best kept secret putting a twist on alt-country.
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Mike Mains and The Branches
Tight garage rock pop, stream of consciousness lyrics, eccentric vocals.
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Milo Greene
Bright choruses & warm sand, Milo Greene brings their sunburnt charm to melodic folk.
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Minus The Bear
Indie-y punk driven by guitars, riffs, guitar riffs.
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Miss May I
A standout in the overpopulated, under-defined genre called 'metalcore.'
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Moon Taxi
Eclectic pop, done right, never gets old.
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Moving Mountains
Moving Mountains is: concise post-rock with an edge of sharp, emotional lyricism.
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Murder Be Death
Dark country, Western folk, gloomy rock. And some of the finest vocal chords we've ever encountered.
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Nada Surf
Slow and steady indie perfection for two straight decades.
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Native
Midwest four-piece, serious technicality and seriously reckless songwriting.
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Neon Trees
"Take hook-happy new wave, add to it the classic-rock story-telling humanity and leaven with other-worldly charisma, and you begin to understand the palette Neon Trees are working from."
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Nightbeast
Nightbeast has been writing and performing songs to make himself and his friends laugh since 2002. He will stop making songs when it stops being fun.
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Night Moves
A great understated take on oldschool psychedelic blues/soul/country/funk...or whatever. Get acquainted.
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Noble Hunter
Folk played on electric guitars.
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Now, Now
The perfect balance of laid-back indie songwriting and serious heart.
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O'Brother
Balancing dense metal with somber atmospherics, O'Brother is both invigorating and a bit unnerving.
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Of An Empire
Young indie-rock band finding its footing in heavy post-rock influences. And sounding good while doing it.
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OK GO
Slick, fun-loving pop music with some of the best music videos you'll ever see.
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Our Last Night
Melodic metallic hardcore from seriously talented kids,
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PAPA
Who knew old-school soul and indie-rock would get along so well? PAPA, that's who.
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Papa Bear & The Easy Love
Warm sunny 60s style folk from some warm, sunny people.
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Parachute
A rock pop sugar high between friends.
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Patrick Joesph
Patrick Joseph is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Pet Clinic
This is gonna get loud.
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Pianos Become The Teeth
Clever, gloomy, heavy hardcore from Baltimore.
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Polar Bear Club
Polar Bear Club's lighthearted punk rock is populated with heavyhearted lyricism.
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Pretty and Nice
Indie-Pop gone bright, bizarre and beautiful.
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Princeton
Identical twin brothers Matt and Jesse Kivel collaborated from two different continents across the Atlantic to create Princeton.
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Punchline
Punchline has released 7 albums, toured the globe, and launched their own record label while amassing a dedicated following of worldwide fans.
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Quiet Company
This band plays lots of instruments and they're good at it.
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Rah Rah
We swear we don't think every Canadian band sounds like Arcade Fire, but these folks do. That's a good thing.
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Ramona Falls
Former Menomena member taking the reins for himself.
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River City Extension
Indie-folk doesn't do them justice. You'll have to hear it for yourself.
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Robert DeLong
He calls it Electronic Rock and Roll.
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Rocky Loves Emily
Pop music like summer camp for your ears. Rocky Loves Emily just wants you to smile.
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Run, Forever
Pittsburgh trio playing 3-chord punk & 3+ chord folk.
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Sainthood Reps
Tight grungy driven guitar rock, hints of post rock.
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Saint Motel
With sophisticated savvy and singularity, the Los Angeles quartet Saint Motel has built a formidable reputation on the back of inventive indie pop.
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Savoir Adore
The darkest, prettiest, original fairy tales you'll hear today.
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Set Your Goals
Set Your Goals is an American punk rock band from Walnut Creek, CA formed in 2004.
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Sharks
Sharks sharpen timeless melodies with an explosive edge tempered by intricate riffing and hypnotic harmonies. It’s pure, poetic, and powerful.
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Shiny Toy Guns
Explosive electronics and hard rock that makes you move.
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Silver Snakes
Grungy modern guitar rock.
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Silverstein
Silverstein is scream-soaked metal weaving tradition and subversion into unfamiliar territory .
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States
Displaced members of two beloved indie outfits starting anew.
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Such Gold
Young NY-based hardcore band with one of the best albums of 2012.
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Superhumanoids
Superhumanoids make dreamy pop that shouts summery ’60s harmonies, garage rock’s raw tonality, slick new-wave electronics, and the adventurous dissonance of ’90s indie rock.
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Talkdemonic
Beats that uplift, scare and turn on, it’s the awesome weirdness of Talkdemonic.
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Tallhart
Bright concise guitar rock, formerly Marksmen.
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Team Spirit
Singalong hooks and everything you love about party punk.
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Terror
Always hardcore punk, but somehow never the same way twice.
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The Acacia Strain
It's good to let the anger out.
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The Cab
The Cab is straight-faced, unapologetic pop-rock done right.
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The Composure
The Composure is: where bright choruses and pop punk charm meet polished and intelligent production.
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The Dear Hunter
The combination of progressive experimentation, multi-instrumentation and expansive storytelling is just the foundation for The Dear Hunter's sonic exploration.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan
The most confounding, adventurous, nerdishly assaulting band we know.
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The Drowning Men
It's the Tom Waits/Arcade Fire style you've been waiting for...
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The Dunwells
Sunny day vibes, drunk on 60s Brit-pop and acoustic guitars.
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The End of America
With the feeling of adventure behind their music, The End of America captivates with their harmonies and a lot of good banjo.
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The Flatliners
"life. punk rock, reggae, rock n roll, hardcore music. friends. family. the world."
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The Front Bottoms
Acoustic guitars and punk rock, pool-hopping and love letters; it’s the high-energy suburban splendor of The Front Bottoms.
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The Ghost Inside
"What do you stand for?"
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The Jezabels
The Jezabels don’t need no stinkin bassist.
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The Kooks
Bright pop channeling 60s rock, getting lost along the way and loving it.
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The Last Bison
Seven-piece traditional folk collective unlike anything you've heard in a long time.
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Catchy non-acoustic folk, upbeat uplifting upward bound.
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The Menzingers
"When people hear the songs from On The Impossible Past, I just hope people can relate to it and it makes them feel the way we do when we sing it." -Tom May
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The Mowgli's
Catchy, loving, lovable folk-pop from California. And it shows.
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The New Limb
You don’t know the words, but you’re singing along with The New Limb
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The Parlotones
It seems like pop is weirder, riskier and better in South Africa. At least when it's coming from these guys.
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There For Tomorrow
The name There For Tomorrow was never just a clever euphemism for the group of artists it embodies – it was a predetermined mission statement for their music.
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The Rocketboys
Sincere & simple songs, the perfect balance of catch and release.
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The Rocket Summer
Uplifting pop music from a prodigious young talent.
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The Saddest Landscape
Time away has only enhanced The Saddest Landscape’s aggressive vitriol.
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The Silent Comedy
The Silent Comedy brings all the playful ingenuity of modern folk without the pretense.
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The Stone Foxes
For your non-Auerbach heavy blues/hard rock fix.
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The Used
Punk foursome stuck between catchy and heavy since 2001.
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The Young Romans
The Young Romans are the result of a chance meeting that has led to the melding of beautiful harmonies over tight, clean indie pop.
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This Is Hell
In their own words: "The band started in 2004, recorded a ton of music and went on tour...a lot. That is still what we do."
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Those Who Fear
Impressive young hardcore outfit with big things ahead.
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Thursday
Veterans of DIY, pioneers of modern punk.
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Torche
Like early Soundgarden, it's sludgy, heavy, powerful stuff.
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Touche Amore
Bio excerpt: "...a great many of us take a look around and ask, "When did things get so shitty?" This, of course, happens on a daily basis. Especially with us Americans."
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Twenty One Pilots
Energetic synth pop tailor-made for the stage.
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Two Gallants
Simultaneously weird/straightforward guitar rock from San Fran duo.
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Tycho
Ambient and electronic, a soundtrack for the end of the world.
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Vanity Theft
Vanity Theft: punk has never been so danceable.
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Wake Owl
Smart, contemplative indie-folk from folks who know their business. And yes, he started as a rapper.
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Walk The Moon
Catchy, feel good, party-style, 2012 music.
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Waters
Former Port O'Brien frontman, world traveler, guitar fuzz auteur.
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White Wives
Six guys starting over on the indie side of punk-rock.
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WHY?
Genre melting pop stuff for ambitious ears.
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William Beckett
Former The Academy Is... frontman, braving it solo with an acoustic guitar.
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Windsor Drive
Named for a street sign, aiming for the top; it’s the charged and articulate pop rock of Windsor Drive.
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Woe, Is Me
"When it comes to creating art, don’t hold back. Put it all out on the table." - official WIM bio.
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Wolf Gang
Genre-bending producer-pop from the UK, catchy without being ditzy.
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X Ambassadors
X Ambassadors stretch the boundaries of genre-melding with their contagious blend of raw rock soul.
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Youngblood Hawke
Exceprt: "...captures the sound of 5 friends in mid-journey. It is the snapshot of a state of mind where, one mountain has been climbed, and there are more in the distance. But for right now, the view is beautiful."
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Young Statues
In the winter of 2010, a spontaneous trip to Athens, GA became the birth of New Jersey/Philadelphia indie-rock outfit Young Statues.
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You Won't
Acoustic + electric guitars, upbeat but laid back, good for your ears.
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Zao
Zao is: all the doom and gloom of metal wrapped in aggressive, hardcore mastery.
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Zechs Marquise
Top shelf musicians playing weirdo-rock fit for cartoons and nightmares.
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