"...Balún makes dreamy, twinkling electro pop. The classically trained musicians use barely-there guitar motifs, mournful accordion swells, and delicate...

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"The past few weeks have heard me relentlessly blasting Big Spider’s Back Memory Man from bedrooms, fire escapes, and cuddle puddles, and our ecosystem is better...

“Guitarist Cliff Usher and keyboardist Lindsay Pitts have embodied the very essence of a beachy, Brazilian bossa-nova and tweaked it with their own eerie,...

Boy Without God is the songwriting project of Boston native Gabriel Birnbaum. His songs have been described as “moody and richly literate” by the Boston Globe,...

Eric Lindley’s small-scale music sounds equally invested in what draws you in and what throws you off. It’s appropriate that he’s recording under the name...

Since 2005, Dooga has been consistently impressing nightly skeptics and wallflowers with his solid mixing and well thought out song selection. Recently, he has been...

"It’s extremely technical stuff, marvelously fast, and so rhythmically precise that it generates momentum with ease, and many of the songs are notably driving for...

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New York's hottest afrobeat crew EMEFE was formed in 2009 by drummer Miles Arntzen. The band plays an original mix of afrobeat as created by the late Fela Anikulapo...

“Polish artist Ela Orleans views the world of song through a cracked lens, recycling vintage-pop samples into haunting sound assemblages…” - Time Out New York

“Elizabeth Devlin is a creative young singer from Queens, with a voice at once strong and ethereal. She accompanies herself on Autoharp, which casts her every song...

NYC/LA-based singer/ songwriter, Elle King has "got an old soul's voice" and a banjo. She hints at remarkable folk and blues influences, but forges a distinct,...

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"Emily Reo just sounds good period. No matter what she’s doing, whether its hi-fi or lo-fi or chilled folk wave retro garage diddies. Emily Reo’s music just...

As part of Brooklyn based trio Au Revoir Simone, Erika Spring has been playing joyful keyboard-based electronic pop since 2003. She began playing shows for her solo...

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The Fishermen Three play mystical country music and blues of every color. Simon Beins, member of New York City's weird folk trio The WoWz, writes the songs and plays...

With over 3 decades in the music industry, Greg Garing has inspired two generations of musicians with his unique blend of country, bluegrass, rockabilly, and...

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Born in Savannah, GA, Hartwell grew up amidst real estate goons and sharecroppers in neighboring South Carolina. At age 17 he joined the road crew for soul legend...

From Stereogum: "Hospitality are a minimalist Brooklyn indie-pop trio fronted by Kansas City expatriate Amber Papini, who also handles guitar and piano. Her voice is...

“There was also an African apparition: Janka Nabay from Sierra Leone, wearing a straw skirt and singing and dancing to recorded tracks of what he said was a...

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Jose Gonzalez will perform live on the roof prior to the New York premiere of this lovely, lyrical, thoughtful look at the day to day life and creative processes of...

"Steph Brown is probably better known as the face behind the keyboards for Fredericks Brown, one of New Zealand’s best. Currently based in Brooklyn, Steph has now...

"Y'know how we fret that the music industry is collapsing, the big stars have fallen, so how do we 'make it' in an era of internet noise and blah blah blah? Lady...

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Les Sans Culottes is the revolutionary French rock n roll band created by Clermont Ferrand in 1998 and featuring Kit Kat Le Noir, Courtney Louvre, Jean L'Effete,...

In 2008 a humble basement apartment in Brooklyn became the laboratory for the Brooklyn-based electroacoustic duo, Live Footage. Mike Thies and Topu Lyo first met at...

The NYC-based collective orchestra, Lullabies for Falling Empire boasts stunning ambient soundscapes, accompanied live by hypnotic film and video work. Combining...

North Highlands formed in Brooklyn in the early summer of 2009. The group originally followed the vision of singer and principle songwriter Brenda Malvini. Her shy...

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Darth Vader vs Sun Ra "Blasting with energy unlike anything since the golden days, they are the perfect representatives for the new generation of jazz musicians:...

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"Sam Buck Rosen is a New Yorker who simply makes some awesome music. He’s signed to the Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar imprint called St. Ives, a...

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The bulk of the last decade brought Baltimore's hyper-color acts—the dance epics of Dan Deacon and the guitar spirals of Ecstatic Sunshine and Ponytail, or even...

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"The sound of Sherlock’s Daughter is a fascinating hybrid of delicate female lead vocals and somewhat unsettling instrumentation, leaning towards the droney and...

"With graceful electronic-pop artists like Portishead and Ladytron showing off as influences, Silver Swans produce sounds detailing a perfect fusion of both members....

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Brooklyn's Snowmine embraces a sound rich with echo pedals, tribal beats, electro-acoustic soundscapes and classical orchestrations. Inspired by love found and lost,...

“Sondra Sun-Odeon sings as if reading ancient chants straight out of the Cosmonomicon…” -TimeOutNY “Sondra Sun-Odeon’s trembling voice calls to mind Karen...

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Sport of Kings call their music 'indie yacht rock', updating the sounds of 70's smooth rock for the modern era. Hailing from Brooklyn NY, but featuring members from...

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New York Balalaika Duo (Mikhail Smirnov and Lev Zabeginsky) is based in New York City, and is part of the Russian music, dance and song ensemble Barynya (Russian:...

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The Billy Nayer Show is a band infused by an entirely unique, internal mythology outside and beyond any trends.

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"Brooklyn’s the Hairs remind me of something you’d find on a Blue Tongue cassette in the mid ’90s. Or, to update the reference — Knight School-er Kevin...

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THE SUZAN are a Japanese all-girl band formed by Rie(Key&G), Saori(Vo&G), Nico(Dr) and Ikue(Ba)-self proclaimed "riot-girls". They gathered as a band in 2004 after...

"The band may only consist of two members, but don’t let the name fool you: Tiny Victories packs a big punch. With Cason Kelly manning the drums and Greg Walters...

Simple, droney guitar chords, bare-bones drums, and alluring siren vocals combine into a power trio called Widowspeak. This new Brooklyn based band sounds like Kim...

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Wires.Under.Tension is a duo based in The South Bronx. Combining homegrown audio sampling instruments with ferocious beats and adventurous orchestration, WUT's...

Zachary Cale is a songwriter's songwriter, as prolific as he is original. His voice can be delicate for love or wry for satire. The ability to hear what is in a song...

Zeb Gould, a New York based songwriter and guitarist, was born and bred in the mid-west where he began the guitar at a young age. He has opened for such acts as...