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  • Atlas Sound
    Listeners: 122,184 Playcount: 3,205,812
    shoegaze experimental ambient psychedelic electronic
    Atlas Sound is the name of a musical solo project of Bradford Cox, the lead singer of Atlanta five-piece Deerhunter. Cox was born in Athens, Georgia in 1982. The singer has released an album entitled Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel on indie-label Kranky to favorable reviews. In explaining his reasoning for a solo project, Cox has stated, "It's just that I have ideas that I can't make work with a five piece rock band...
  • Bis
    Listeners: 47,099 Playcount: 665,398
    electronic indie J-rock indie pop Scottish
    There is more than one artist with this name: 1. bis, a Scottish electro pop/twee band popular in the 1990s 2. ｂｉｓ, a Japanese pop-punk band. 3. BiS, a Russian rock band 4. bis!, a Dutch band 5. BiS, a Russian pop duo. - Formed in 1994, bis (written all in lowercase and taken from a previous bandname "Black Iron Skyline") were a Scottish band featuring Steven Clark (Sci-fi Steven) (vocals, guitar), John Clark (John Disco) (vocals, bass), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin) (vocals, keyboards).
  • Camarón La Leyenda Del Tiempo
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  • Circulatory System
    Listeners: 43,869 Playcount: 755,466
    Elephant 6 psychedelic indie indie pop Lo-Fi
    Circulatory System, founded by Will Cullen Hart, John Fernandes, and Peter Erchick after the 1999 break-up of The Olivia Tremor Control, make dense, psychedelic noise pop rife with harmony. Other contributors include Heather McIntosh of The Instruments, Hannah Jones of The New Sound Of Numbers, and Derek Almstead of M Coast.
  • Cold Cave
    Listeners: 15,610 Playcount: 346,892
    electronic cold wave no wave experimental darkwave
    Cold Cave is an electronic music project led by its sole member Wesley Eisold (formerly of Some Girls, American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost, and XO Skeletons).
  • Delorean
    Listeners: 48,241 Playcount: 490,805
    electronic indie spanish disco punk indie electronic
    There is more than one artist with this name. 1. A melancholic pop group from Zarutz, Spain. 2. An art/space rock group from Memphis, TN that was active from 1998-2000. 1. Zarautz, Spain, located in the Basque Country, has always been a place of soft, quiet and melancolic pop music, but there's also place for the danceable and dark pop made by punks that Delorean offer here in their second album and first one in bcore disc.
  • Dr. Dog
    Listeners: 138,276 Playcount: 2,679,707
    indie Lo-Fi indie rock alternative indie pop
    Dr. Dog is a psychedelic rock group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which formed in 1999. The current lineup consists of Scott "Taxi" McMicken (vocals, guitar), Toby "Tables" Leaman (bass), Zach "Text" Miller (keyboards, guitar), Frank "Thanks" McElroy (guitar) and Juston "Trouble" Stens (drums). "There's a little folk, blues, indie rock, soul, bluegrass--and a whole lot of down-home harmonizing. It conjures images of old friends sitting on a porch swapping instruments and just letting the tape recorder run." - Doug Wallen
  • Dum Dum Girls
    Listeners: 6,136 Playcount: 69,978
    Lo-Fi noise pop noise rock noise female vocalists
    The sound of the Dum Dum Girls, actually consisting of only girl Dee Dee (aka Kristen Gundred of Grand Ole Party), is categorized as "blissed out buzzsaw". Headquarter-ing in Los Angeles, Dum Dum Girls have a similar sound to the Vivian Girls, among other stereotypical comparisons to female fronted lofi bands.
  • Fuck Buttons
    Listeners: 119,962 Playcount: 1,512,708
    noise experimental drone electronic post-rock
    Fuck Buttons is a two-piece electronic group based in London, England. Formed in late 2004 and signed to the ATP label, releasing the "Bright Tomorrow" b/w "Little Bloody Shoulder" 7" single during the fall of 2007. They released their first album, Street Horrrsing, in 2008 and received widespread acclaim. A single, "Colours Move", followed later that year. Their second album 'Tarot Sport' was released in October 2009.
  • Ganglians
    Listeners: 12,420 Playcount: 135,321
    psychedelic Lo-Fi indie noise psychedelic pop
    It's a chorus of voices, a lot of reverb echo, some electronics of the messed up cheap variety, or toy pianos. It's far away...a little underwater. A lot of noise and yelling, a garage a thon, sounds recorded live in that way that most live stuff doesn't come close to. From Sacramento, CA
  • HEALTH
    Listeners: 84,792 Playcount: 1,547,366
    experimental noise rock noise post-punk indie
    There are two bands with the name Health: 1. HEALTH is a noise rock band consisting of four members including Benjamin Jared Miller, Jake Duzsik, John Famiglietti, and Jupiter Keyes. All are from different cities including Seattle, San Diego, and their current home base, Los Angeles. HEALTH released HEALTH in 2007, //DISCO in 2008, and GET COLOR in September 2009. HEALTH plan to tour continuously doing what the love and do best, make eccentric and original music. Jake met Jupiter in college. John met Jake in a guitar store. Jared was drawn to the fold by way of Internet courtship.
  • Here We Go Magic
    Listeners: 24,066 Playcount: 418,913
    psychedelic experimental indie folk psychedelic pop
    Developed over a two-month period of stream-of-consciousness recording in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Luke’s self-titled debut under his new moniker Here We Go Magic is a remarkable departure from his signature singer-songwriter material. Luke recorded the album at home using analog synths, a cassette 4-track, and his trusty SM-57 mic, coloring the sound with warmth and creating textures you want to wrap yourself in. -From "Tell All Your Friends"
  • Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
    Listeners: 65,544 Playcount: 865,906
    female vocalists dream pop indie shoegaze singer-songwriter
    Hope Sandoval (born 1966) is an American singer-songwriter who was lead singer for Mazzy Star and later Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. Hope formed The Warm Inventions and released their first album called "Bavarian Fruit Bread", in 2001. This album sounds, again, little different in terms of theme, voice, and instrumentation than that of her work with Mazzy Star. However, with a larger band behind her, and more time under her creative belt, Hope's voice has matured on these songs.
  • Japandroids
    Listeners: 39,672 Playcount: 660,602
    noise rock Garage Rock indie Canadian shoegaze
    Japandroids (JPNDRDS) are a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This 'band' started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intended to be a trio, the boys decided to forgo the logistical nightmare of having a 'lead singer' and do it themselves. As a consequence, Japandroids were/are/will be 1 guitar, 1 set of drums, and 2 vocalizers. They call it garage rock. They don't care what you call it, as long as it's not minimal. Japandroids are maximal - a two piece band trying to sound like a five piece band.
  • Joker featuring Nomad
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  • Lee "Scratch" Perry
    Listeners: 175,946 Playcount: 1,780,723
    dub reggae roots reggae roots ska
    Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal, Jamaica) is one of the most influential people in the development of reggae and dub music in Jamaica. Perry began his career in the late 1950s working with Clement Coxsone Dodd's sound system. He eventually performed a variety of important tasks at Studio One as well as recording about 30 songs, but the pair eventually stopped working together due to personality and financial conflicts.
  • Liquid Liquid
    Listeners: 46,920 Playcount: 360,841
    post-punk no wave experimental funk electronic
    Liquid Liquid was a New York City post-punk band that was active from 1980 to 1983. Their track "Cavern", from the Optimo EP, recorded by Don Hunerberg was sampled (actually played by the Sugar Hill house band) on Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Do It)". Since the band’s inception in 1980, the sounds of Liquid Liquid have haunted the clubs. The original records were pressed in very limited quantities on the 99 label, and can now fetch high prices. Though the pressings were small the impact the music has made is lasting and far reaching.
  • Low
    Listeners: 252,143 Playcount: 5,852,148
    slowcore indie indie rock post-rock alternative
    Low is an american slowcore group from Duluth, Minnesota. The group was formed in 1993, by Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals), Mimi Parker (drums and vocals) and original bassist John Nichols (bass guitar). Zak Sally replaced Nichols after Low's first album and tour. In 2005, Sally quit the band; Matt Livingston replaced him shortly thereafter. In 2008 Steve Garrington took over on bass creating the current lineup of Sparhawk, Parker and Garrington.
  • Mission Of Burma
    Listeners: 133,494 Playcount: 1,911,149
    post-punk punk indie indie rock alternative
    Mission of Burma is an American post-punk band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979. The band was formed by Roger Miller (guitar), Clint Conley (bass), Peter Prescott (drums) and Martin Swope (tape manipulator/sound engineer). Miller, Conley and Prescott share singing and songwriting duties. Like many of their post-punk contemporaries, Mission of Burma's efforts are largely concerned with extending punk's original vocabulary without losing its essential rebellious spirit.
  • No Age
    Listeners: 126,982 Playcount: 3,091,127
    noise rock experimental noise indie rock indie
    No Age is a noise rock band from Los Angeles, California which formed in December, 2005. The band consists of Randy Randall (guitar) and Dean Spunt (vocals, drums). The band has so far released two albums, 2007's "Weirdo Rippers" (a compilation of early material) and 2008's "Nouns". In mid-2008, the band released the single "Eraser", which has since become the band's best known song. Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, two perfectly nice fellows from the LA skate/art/punk underworld, comprise No Age...
  • Orbital
    Listeners: 470,837 Playcount: 6,539,538
    electronic techno ambient electronica idm
    "Orbital" is an electronic duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll formed in London, England whose career originally lasted from 1989 until 2004. Orbital took their name from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house. One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, being particularly known for an element of live improvisation during their shows, a rarity with techno acts.
  • Panda Bear
    Listeners: 250,869 Playcount: 4,298,673
    experimental psychedelic freak folk indie folk
    Panda Bear is the moniker of Noah Lennox, a founding member of Animal Collective who is also a member of Jane. Lennox grew up in the Roland Park section of Baltimore, Maryland. As a child, he played sports, studied piano and cello. He later sang tenor in his high school chamber choir. After graduation, he attended Boston University but dropped out in 2000 and moved to New York to dedicate his efforts towards music. His first solo release was the self titled Panda Bear in 1999, which was released under Soccer Star Records, a label founded by fellow Animal Collective member Deakin.
  • Pavement
    Listeners: 520,553 Playcount: 17,631,076
    indie indie rock Lo-Fi alternative rock
    Pavement are an American indie rock band from the 1990s. Although they experienced only moderate commercial success, they achieved a significant cult following, and their music has been a major influence on many bands of the late 1990s and beyond. They are largely considered as one of the first rock bands of the current age to gain a moderately wide degree of success without the support of a major label. In effect, the band gave rise to a deluge of indie rock bands who have succeeded on that same premise.
  • Pixies
    Listeners: 1,129,257 Playcount: 39,758,514
    alternative indie rock alternative rock indie rock
    Pixies are an American alternative rock band which formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in 1986. They consist of Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV (vocals, guitar; also known as "Black Francis" and later ''Frank Black''), Kim Deal (bass, vocals), Joey Santiago (guitar) and David Lovering (drums). The band officially split in 1993 and reunited in 2004. They went on hiatus in 2007, with each band member pursuing projects of their own, only to reunite in 2009, with the announcement of a new tour commencing in Europe that summer.
  • Polvo
    Listeners: 47,361 Playcount: 785,965
    math rock indie rock post-rock experimental indie
    Polvo is an influential indie noise rock band of the 1990s from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. The band was fronted by guitarists/vocalists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski. Eddie Watkins played drums, and Steve Popson played bass guitar. The band reformed in 2008 with Brian Quast assuming drum duties. Polvo are considered by some to be one of the key proponents of a genre which came to be known as math rock, although in interviews the band disavowed that categorization.
  • Real State
    Listeners: 8 Playcount: 74
  • Shellac
    Listeners: 62,489 Playcount: 1,398,136
    math rock noise rock post-punk indie rock indie
    Shellac (sometimes referred to as 'Shellac Of North America') is an american rock music group formed in chicago, illinois, in 1992 by Steve Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass guitar vocals) and Todd Trainer (drums). They have been classified as noise rock and math rock. Albini has claimed they refer to themselves as 'Shellac of North America', "when we're being pretentious."
  • Sic Alps
    Listeners: 16,888 Playcount: 231,294
    psychedelic noise rock noise Lo-Fi noise pop
    Sic Alps are a noise pop group from San Francisco consisting of Matt Hartman, Mike Donovan and Noel Von Harmonson. Sic Alps' sound could be described as a combination of early nineties lo-fi and Bay Area's sixties psychedelia. Even though Sic Alps are a fairly new band, they're already notorious for their exciting and energetic live performances. They have released music on Siltbreeze, Mt. St. Mtn, 777 was 666, Animal Disguise, Skulltones, Almost Ready, Slumberland and Drag City.
  • Spoon
    Listeners: 774,932 Playcount: 21,697,149
    indie indie rock alternative rock indie pop
    Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band was formed in late 1993 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno. Current members also include: Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals) and Rob Pope (bass, backing vocals - replaced Joshua Zarbo in 2007). After releasing their debut LP Telephono on Matador Records, the band signed with Elektra in 1998, but the contract was dropped soon after the band released A Series of Sneaks.
  • Standstill
    Listeners: 20,905 Playcount: 428,242
    post-hardcore alternative indie rock indie rock
    There are more than one artist with this name. 1) Standstill is a Spanish indie rock band from Barcelona. Their first two albums were hardcore, sung in English and reached some popularity in European hardcore scene. After those two records, they released an acoustic EP, and since then, they've been singing in Spanish (the last two albums). Their style has changed radically as well, and they play alternative rock now instead of hardcore. website myspace
  • Superchunk
    Listeners: 71,020 Playcount: 1,218,509
    indie rock indie alternative rock post-punk
    Superchunk is an indie rock band which formed in 1989 in the college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. The band consists of Mac McCaughan (vocals, guitar), Laura Ballance (bass), Jim Wilbur (guitar) and Jon Wurster (drums). McCaughan and Ballance founded the indie record label Merge Records mostly to distribute the band's material, but has since grown into one of the largest indie record labels in the United States.
  • The Antlers
    Listeners: 75,724 Playcount: 1,379,084
    indie slowcore indie rock Fuzz-Folk singer-songwriter
    The Antlers are an indie rock band currently based in Brooklyn, New York, fronted by Peter Silberman. Initially, The Antlers was a solo project created by vocalist and guitarist Peter Silberman immediately after he had moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2007 where he had isolated himself from family and friends. Silberman wrote the first album, "In the Attic of the Universe" by himself and under his own name. Afterwards, he recruited Lerner and Cicci, becoming a collaborative group. The band recorded two EPs: "Cold War" and "New York Hospitals".
  • The Big Pink
    Listeners: 70,192 Playcount: 1,149,084
    shoegaze electronic indie british rock
    The Big Pink are an electro rock duo which formed in 2007 in London, England. The group consists of Robbie Furze (vocals, guitar) and Milo Cordell (keyboards, synths, vocals). They are best known for their 2009 single "Dominos", which peaked at #29 on the UK Singles Chart. This London duo use gritty beats, droning guitars, abstract effects and dreamy vocals to create a soundscape that is arty yet tuneful. They have previously supported TV on the Radio, Florence & The Machine, Crystal Castles and Klaxons.
  • The Bloody Beetroots
    Listeners: 134,274 Playcount: 2,052,236
    electro electronic italian dance indie
    The Bloody Beetroots are an electronica and dance music duo from Vicenza, Italy. Formed in late 2006 by producer Bob Rifo, an international indie producer, and DJ tommy tea. Often compared with French band Justice, the duo wear Venom masks while performing. The duo had a short tour of the United States in early 2008, alongside label-mate Steve Aoki. In 2008, their song "Butter" was included on the soundtrack for FIFA 09 and "Mac Mac" was featured in 2K Sports' NBA 2K9.
  • The Clean
    Listeners: 19,495 Playcount: 485,415
    New Zealand post-punk indie rock flying nun Kiwi
    The Clean were an influential band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978, inspired by punk filtering through to the relatively isolated New Zealand, as well as the classic '60s influences. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled down to the well-known line-up with bassist Robert Scott. Early incarnations of the Clean included Peter Gutteridge, later of the Chills, Snapper and others, and who wrote "Point That Thing"...
  • The Fall
    Listeners: 204,280 Playcount: 4,803,807
    post-punk punk indie new wave alternative
    Famously described by John Peel as being "always different, always the same", The Fall were formed in Manchester, England in 1976 during the punk era although their style quickly evolved into something more idiosyncratic. The one permanent fixture amidst the Fall's ever-changing line-up is Mark E. Smith. Smith's lyrics are free, unboxed and unpredictable, touching on an extremely wide range of subjects and places and caring little for being tied down to easily digestible messages.
  • The King Khan & BBQ Show
    Listeners: 20,764 Playcount: 405,139
    Garage Rock garage trash blues Montreal garage sleazerock
    The King Khan & BBQ Show is a Canadian garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec. The band is comprised of former The Spaceshits bandmates Mark Sultan and Blacksnake. Mark Sultan, under the pseudonym BBQ, contributes vocals, guitar, tambourine, bass drum, and snare drum; while Blacksnake, currently using the pseudonym King Khan, provides lead guitar and vocals. Both BBQ and King Khan had previously collaborated together while the two were members of the Montreal-based Spaceshits, however, following a European tour...
  • The New Pornographers
    Listeners: 401,413 Playcount: 14,176,429
    indie indie rock Canadian indie pop alternative
    The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their sound is influenced by that of such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, but they use much more sophisticated keys and chord changes. Although it was widely reported that the New Pornographers got their name from a pamphlet put out by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart condemning rock ‘n’ roll as “the new pornography,” Carl Newman has stated that he came up with the name after watching a Japanese film called The Pornographers.
  • The Psychic Paramount
    Listeners: 4,022 Playcount: 40,687
    experimental psychedelic noise rock noise post-rock
    The Psychic Paramount are a trio from Brooklyn consisting of Drew St. Ivany (guitar), Ben Armstrong (bass) and Jeff Conaway (drums).
  • The XX
    Listeners: 108,766 Playcount: 5,340,983
    indie post-punk british electronic dance
    Formed in 2005, The xx are an alternative trio formed in London, England, featuring the dual lead vocals of Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim (who also play lead guitar and bass guitar respectively), and Jamie Smith (beats, MPC sampler). Rounding out the group was keyboardist Baria Qureshi. Bonding over a shared love of dark, emotive 80s guitar sounds and the high-end sheen of American R&B, The xx’s unique sound befits a band whose wide range of influences combine via beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a brilliantly inventive use of samples and low-end frequencies to produce stark...
  • Ui
    Listeners: 8,761 Playcount: 83,440
    post-rock experimental instrumental post rock math rock
    Ui (pronounced ooo-eee) was an American post-rock band based in New York City, which started in 1990 and ended mid-2000s. The group was started by Sasha Frere-Jones and Clem Waldmann, with Wilbo Wright joining the group in 1993. What set Ui apart from other post-rock groups was their emphasis on bass instead of guitar (Ui had two bass players). But besides their emphasis on bass, Ui also expanded their sound with supporting instruments; such as banjo, synthesizers, tuba and timpani (the group also had a high reliance on samplers and other studio equipment to flesh out their sound further).
  • Wilco
    Listeners: 671,965 Playcount: 27,425,005
    Alt-country indie indie rock rock alternative
    Wilco is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure from that group. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remaining from the original incarnation. The other current members are guitarist Nels Cline, multi-instrumentalists Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen, and drummer Glenn Kotche.
  • Wild Beasts
    Listeners: 56,911 Playcount: 988,362
    indie rock indie british indie pop Leeds
    Wild Beasts are a 4 piece band from Kendal, United Kingdom now based in Leeds, UK. Their debut single, Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants backed with The Old Dog was released on Bad Sneakers Records on 20th November 2006. Their second single Through Dark Night backed with Please, Sir was released 23rd April as their last single on Bad Sneakers. In February 2007 the band signed to Domino Records.
  • Wire
    Listeners: 227,253 Playcount: 4,298,986
    post-punk punk new wave alternative Post punk
    Wire is a band formed in 1976 in Watford, England and after splitting in 1980, have reformed three times. They consist of Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (vocals, bass) and Robert Gotobed (drums). Founding guitarist Bruce Gilbert left in 2004. In 2008, Margaret Fielder McGinnis of Laika joined the band as their touring guitarist. Wire emerged out of the British punk explosion but, from the outset, maintained a distance from that scene and resisted easy categorization.
  • Yeasayer
    Listeners: 186,633 Playcount: 4,159,359
    experimental psychedelic indie rock indie folk
    Yeasayer (pronounced "yay-sayer" /'jeɪseɪ.ər/) is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York. Live performances sometimes include trippy, psychedelic visuals projected in the background. The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton. They describe their music as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel". Yeasayer recently revealed in an interview with Pitchfork that they had finished their sophomore album and it would be released on February 9, 2010. On October 30th, 2009 Yeasayer revealed details for the first single release from "Odd Blood" entitled "Ambling Alp".