The New Pornographers ,

is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their music is often described as power pop.
Carl Newman shares the lead vocal duties with Dan Bejar and Neko Case. The band’s songs are generally written by either Newman or Bejar, and vocal responsibilities are decided once the songs are written. ….Read More

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The National ,

are a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999. The band’s lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Scott and Bryan Devendorf. Aaron plays guitar, bass and piano, Bryce plays guitar, Scott plays bass and guitar, and Bryan is the drummer. Padma Newsome, from sister band Clogs, often contributes strings, keyboards, and other arrangements and instrumental flourishes. ….Read More

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Kate Marie Nash ,

(born 6 July 1987) is an English singer based in London. She had a UK #2 hit “Foundations” in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. She was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards.

Her second studio album, entitled My Best Friend Is You was released in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2010 and spawned her second biggest chart hit to date “Do-Wah-Doo”. ….Read More

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Christina Rosenvinge ,

(born May 29, 1964 Madrid) is a Spanish singer born to Danish father and English mother.

She was a member of several Spanish groups (including Christina y Los Subterráneos or Alex y Cristina) before she started a solo career with help from Lee Ranaldo, the guitarist of Sonic Youth. She moved to New York City in 1999 and her partner, Ray Loriga, took the photos of her album Foreign Land. ….Read More

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She And Him ,

is an American indie folk band consisting of Zooey Deschanel (vocals, piano, banjo) and M. Ward (guitar, production).
The band’s first album, Volume One, was released in March, 2008. The duo is augmented by session musicians Rachel Blumberg (drums), Mike Mogis (pedal steel guitar, mandolin) and Mike Coykendall (bass, guitar). ….Read More

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She & Him ,

is an American indie folk band consisting of Zooey Deschanel (vocals, piano, banjo) and M. Ward (guitar, production).
Volume Two is thier second album. It is released on March 17, 2010 in Japan, March 23, 2010 in US, and on April 5, 2010 in UK.

The album’s track listing was announced on December 8, 2009.”In the Sun” was published online by Pitchfork Media on January 22, 2010 and was released as a single with “I Can Hear Music” on February 23, 2010. A video of “In the Sun” was released on March 9, 2010.

On 9 February 2010, She & Him were interviewed on BBC 6 Music and performed “Thieves” and “Gonna Get Along without You Now”. Two versions of the song “Thieves” were made available on-line. One was that played for the BBC interview and two weeks later Stereogum premiered the studio version from the album. On 14 March 2010, the entire album became available for streaming on NPR’s website. ….Read More

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Vampire Weekend ,

is an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings.
Vampire Weekend’s name is derived from lead singer Ezra Koenig’s amateur film of the same name. The band gained attention via a variety of blogs, such as Stereogum. The band claims to be influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music, describing their genre of music as “Upper West Side Soweto”, with such songs as “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” referencing Congolese soukous music.
The band’s second album, Contra, was released on January 11, 2010 in the UK and the following day in the US. On October 5, 2009, “Horchata” was released as a free download on the band’s website. The album’s first single, “Cousins,” was released on November 17, 2009. Initial copies of the CD and LP sold at independent records stores in the US include a 3-track bonus CD containing two “melts”, which featured bits of album tracks and a remix. Contra was the band’s first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. ….Read More

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Spoon ,

is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Jim Eno (drums); Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).
The band was formed in late 1993 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno, after the two met as members of The Alien Beats. The name Spoon was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde band Can, whose hit song “Spoon” was the theme song to the movie Das Messer. Eno describes Spoon’s music as “rock ‘n’ roll.” ….Read More

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