Music: http://demeritsamuel.bandcamp.com
Bio: A blend of bedroom pop and “folktronica,” my most recent album Halfhearted is a collection of homemade demo recordings.
“A latchkey orchestra’s ode to cardboard fortresses composed on golden pages, poorly bound. Catcalls and dogdares of hindsight held up by thumbtacks, five times fast into a tattered tin can.”
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Key Songs: Organic Robots, Off and Running , Double Knots
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Music: http://www.myspace.com/thewinethieves
Bio: The Wine Thieves have performed at universities, clubs, coffee shops, and — most notably — on the mtvU/EA Games Rock Band Tour.
Don Libido of New Orleans said Party.Picasso’s beats “resemble something like Prince Paul and DJ Premiere collaborating with Bob Dylan and Danny Elfman for a French midget porn infomercial.”
Hype’s rhymes were then compared to “jazz music making love to the slick, gravity-defying moves of famous male dancer Nijinsky!”
Location: Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Key Songs: Tits & Trips, 32 Bullets, Jake the Snake, Do Drugs
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Music: http://grygiel.bandcamp.com/
Bio: A supporter of the It Gets Better Project, Grygiel writes about love, painful experiences, and things that piss her off. The lead track on her latest EP, 5:30 am, is a result of nights spent lying awake prior to a break-up, while “Drive Me” is a hopeful track that captures those excited moments after finally meeting a “sweet girl.” With the help of Woolly Mammoth Sound, she will be releasing a single this fall, “Make it Out,” which is a song-ified version of her It Gets Better story.
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts
Key Songs: Reckless Woman
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Music: http://www.reverbnation.com/mayhemofems
Bio: Mayhem’s music is a mix of ’90s and early ’00s hip-hop. Mayhem learned valuable lessons about hardships and struggle with his family coming from Nigeria to settle in America and pave a way for themselves. That in itself shaped Mayhem into the man and MC he is today. This 28-year-old’s smooth flow, combined with a mixture of poetical fluidity and a rapid-fire rhyme scheme, put him in place to be Boston’s next voice of the youth. Mayhem compares his sound to the likes of Tupac, Nas, Pharoahe Monch, and Masta Ace.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts/Providence, Rhode Island
Key Songs: I Ain’t Lyin’ by Mayhem ft. Craig G and The Symphony by The Legendary Juice Crew
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Music: http://www.myspace.com/mrmag
Bio: I love making music I believe in. My music is like “hip-hop soul” music.
Location: Bronx, NY
Key Songs: Paper Airplanes (Freedom), Rich & Famous feat. Zach Berkman ($5 Cover), Blinder’s (I Ain’t Goin Back to Retail!”)
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Music: http://twinguns.bandcamp.com
Bio: New York’s Twin Guns features Andrea Sicco (Oscura, Rockethouse) and “Jungle” Jim Chandler (The Cramps, The Makers). Despite being just a duo, Twin Guns has the power and chops to really bring it. Drenched in reverb, fuzz, and an overdose of atmosphere, Twin Guns combine parts Jesus & Mary Chain, the Count Five/Seeds vibe, and the New York “No Wave” scene into its own dark stew.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Key Songs: Safe (Playing with Fire), The End of the Ride, Druggy & Suicidal
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Music: http://mieka.bandcamp.com, http://mieka.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-rockwood-nyc-nov-12-2010
Bio: I’m like a Jeff Buckley/Patty Griffin hybrid touring the country constantly.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Key Songs: All The Same Mistakes, Colossal, Marked Man
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Music: http://brokenumbrellaacademy.com
Bio: From the combination of classical instrumentation including cello, trombone, classical acoustic guitars, piano, and glockenspiel, to the dual male/female vocals and choral effect, BUA has the dynamic range to blow socks while laying you gently down.
Location: Austin/San Marcos, Texas
Key Songs: Wrecking Ball (single) and Taste the Clouds (B-side)
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Music: http://www.reverbnation.com/rasbmusic
Bio: My music is a mix of meters and emotions conveyed through toe-tapping melodies atop a solid rhythmic base.
Location: Saxtons River, Vermont
Key Songs: Apple Dance, Funky Uke, Lemon Drops
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Music: http://www.reverbnation.com/meganheavlinochoa
Bio: I like to think that my music is sensual. I ride on waves made by the likes of Amy Winehouse and The Black Keys, as people all over the world are showing that they are not slaves to auto-tune and house music. I have been told after a performance several times by members of the audience (male and female) that they are “turned on.” Now if that is not cool, I don’t know what is!
Location: Los Angeles, California
Key Songs: Crazy
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Music: http://johnvournakis.bandcamp.com/album/j-v-the-petty-thieves
Bio: My music draws on a wide variety of influences to create something that I think is truly accessible to almost anyone. I’m influenced by the folk/country traditions of American music, but my music also has the DIY blue collar attitude of punk rock.
Location: Austin, Texas
Key Songs: 22, Bloody Ground, Around
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Music: http://edwardo.bandcamp.com/
Bio: My songs represent an attempt to meld classic songcraft from the last 100 years to modern storytelling. Show tunes, ’20s/’30s standards, ’60s pop, glam, punk, and current indie rock are all referenced in the mix.
All the musicians in The Edwardo Show are very skilled players, and the music uses primarily acoustic instruments recorded live in the studio.
Location: Los Angeles, California
Key Songs: Another Song, Masterplan, Maybe Next Time
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Music: http://soundcloud.com/condordubstep
Bio: Our music is considered dubstep with mixes of a little bit of everything.
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Key Songs: Optimal Performance, Tax Man, The Gunslinger
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Music: http://home-body.bandcamp.com
Bio: Home Body is a sonic adventure exploring the joys, challenges, and magic of being human. We pair synthesizers and drum machines with vocals to create experimental pop music that animates time and space and amplifies reality. We sound like lightning mixed with warm apple crisp. We make music from our edges and perform it from our hearts. We care about your ears and we think they deserve some fun!
Location: Northampton, Massachusetts
Key Songs: Fire, Hustle Bustle, Jungle, Kamikaze
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Music: http://www.facebook.com/dividingthemasses
Bio: Dividing the Masses are four posi dudes playing some of the angriest-sounding music in the Midwest. A fan recently commented on DTM’s new EP, More Than This, saying that “if Emmure and Oceano had a baby that went to church, this would be it.”
While staying true to Dividing the Masses’ deathcore roots, the new EP showcases influences from hardcore and beatdown genres with bouncy riffs, two steps, and, of course, hard-hitting breakdowns. But don’t let all this talk about heavy music fool you. It’s not uncommon to catch members of DTM blasting bands like The Story So Far, Take It Back!, Such Gold, Defeater, or City and Colour. In a world of heavy music full of hate and gore, isn’t it time for someone to change it up?
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Key Songs: Three Years Deep, More Than This, Unworthy, Blink Theory
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Music: http://cndmtl.bandcamp.com/album/zebras-in-reverse
Bio: Chix N’ Dix consists of two chix and two dix playing highly energetic punk that gets the crowd going every time. The music is fast and heavy with a good balance of high guitar tones and tricky bass lines that make for a unique sound. Kryztera’s loud, incredibly distorted vocals put the icing on the cake. This is a band that puts life back into the underground music scene.
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Key Songs: Egyptian Song, Virus, Pigs
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Music: http://thecathysantonies.bandcamp.com/
Bio: “By the way, which one’s Cathy?”
No one. That’s a rarely-seen character from the old ’80s T show “Full House.”
The Cathy Santonies are a subversive mix of riot grrrl and cock rock…now don’t you wanna hear what that sounds like? Classic rock riffs, basslines, and a kick-drum that pounds a message of girl rock revolution into your soul. We’re cocky, loud, full of wild energy and catchy as hell!
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Key Songs: I’m Your Friend, I’m Your Revolution, Dance Real, 21st Century Girl, Living Free
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Music: http://www.facebook.com/alexabordenmusic
Bio: I am a self-taught pianist. I produce all of my own work, and write honest and unique music, delicate and intricately composed, with poignant/haunting vocals and lilting melodies.
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Key Songs: Will Love Ever Grow, Lungs, I Want To Be Near To You, Gold Rush, Skyscrapers, Nightwish
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Music: http://kimonodraggin.bandcamp.com
Bio: We’ve been around for more than eight years and have always been a “self-released” band. We play some very odd/off-kilter rock that Germans really dig…hence why we were invited to play Zappanale in 2007. We’ve heard plenty of references from Zappa/Beefheart to Stooges, Big Black/Shellac to Talking Heads.
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Key Songs: You Never Die Twice, Allan Sherman’s Father Was A Racecar Driver, Super Jew, Pete and Repeat
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Music: http://www.facebook.com/alabastermusic
Bio: Alabaster sounds like if Rise Against and Paramore got it on with Anberlin.
Location: Seattle, Washington
Key Songs: Overcome
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Music: http://thesuicidedolls.bandcamp.com/
Bio: We’ve developed our own sound — experimental jams inside of catchy rock/punk structures — and have played well over 100 live shows over the last five years. Our new album was recorded by Justin Pizzoferrato (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, The Hold Steady) at the legendary Q Division Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Location: New London, Connecticut
Key Songs: Drive, Smash, Pretty Lie, Senses
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Music: http://soundcloud.com/becca-riter
Bio: I am a student at SUNY Purchase where I study music (studio composition major). I’ve been writing music my whole life. I play a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, piano, and even ukulele. I also sing all of my songs. I’m very influenced by classic rock, jazz, and pretty much anything else I hear.
Location: Purchase, New York
Key Songs: Selfish Boy, Apollo’s Lyre, Erase My Mind
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Music: http://fereshta.bandcamp.com/album/global-citizen
Bio: I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion. My family escaped the country at the risk of being captured by the Soviets and the Afghan militia. When we came to America and settled in Virginia, I fell in love with the raw power and expression of rock n’ roll. Having been born to war and seeing the atrocities it brings, I felt my time was most useful as a spiritual activist. I decided to blend my love of western music with socially conscious lyrics and a poetic and powerful image. I am determined to liberate my people, especially the women, with my music. I am equally determined to show the world that Afghan women who are educated, self-expressed, and powerful do exist!
My songs blend my influences and my Middle Eastern roots. I’m a big fan of The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, PJ Harvey, Heather Nova, Collective Soul, and many other bands from the ’60s and ’90s.
Location: Los Angeles, California via Kabul, Afghanistan
Key Songs: Amends, Motherland, Untie My Hands, Global Citizen
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Music: http://colewilliams.bandcamp.com/
Bio: My music is a complete hybrid of my culture and influences. Its sound is true to the melting pot of Jamaican culture that rules the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn where I am from. There are remnants of old soul reminiscent of Sam Cooke and Stevie Wonder blended together. I give 200 percent to every music line written, every vocal sung, and every lyric…it’s me, not a compromised version of me. I make no excuses for my music, my performance, or my fashion sense, and believe in bridging the gap of fashion and music. I love to sing, I love to compose, I love to perform, and I love to win.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Key Songs: Good Thing, Little Me, Selfish, Part 1
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Music: http://www.facebook.com/theabsolutemusic
Bio: If we’re forced to compare our music to anyone else, I like to say “classic Radiohead meets the Foo Fighters.”
Location: Los Angeles, California
Key Songs: Glass’em, No Respect For Author
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Music: http://rundanrun.bandcamp.com/
Bio: Our music is reminiscent of the indies Broken Social Scene, Say Hi To Your Mom, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, and Yo La Tengo. It is a bit of a melting pot and can change a bit from song to song and still remain cohesive. Our latest album, Normal, released October 19, 2011, demonstrates this best.
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Key Songs: Box-Type Love, Cut-Outs, Gestures & Patterns
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Music: www.sonicbids.com/goodnightstates
Bio: Guitars erupt over vintage synths as Good Night, States fuses familial indie quirks with steady rock and roll sensibility. Three-part harmony, homemade guitar pedal white noise, and warbly vintage synths augment standalone songwriting to craft a memorable, melodic listening experience.
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Key Songs: Sometimes I See You On The Lawn, I Am The Loser
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Music: www.lauravall.bandcamp.com
Bio: Nominated for “Best Pop Artist of the Year” and “Best Rock Artist of the Year” by All Indie Music Awards 2012, Laura Vall is an indie pop artist from Barcelona, Spain based in Los Angeles, California with more than 10 years of experience as a singer and songwriter. Vall’s lyrical, warm, soulful, and hypnotic voice has brought her to work with several renowned artists like Stevie Wonder, Rhonda Smith, and Michael Bland, and with Grammy-winning producers such as Jeff Weber and Michael Clark.
Location: Los Angeles, California
Key Songs: Real, Little Star
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Music: www.thetweeds.bandcamp.com
Bio: The Tweeds emerged out of the Main Line of Philadelphia’s suburbs and the campus of Penn State University. Coming together after lineup changes and band mergers, The Tweeds create a sound akin to such greats as Ghosts and Vodka, My Bloody Valentine, and The Beatles: dance-y gaze-pop, to psychedelic drone rock with soaring vocal harmonies that will hypnotize the ear of the musician and everyday music fan alike.
The Tweeds have recently recorded and released their first full-length album Goliath and were named the Philadelphia and National Artist of the month for The Deli magazine in May 2011.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Key Songs: Christmas Time, We Can Fly Too, Weakend Guest, Goliath, Shut In Dark, Dreaming in Distortion, This Love of Mine, 90 in the Afternoon
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Music: www.thenovelideas.bandcamp.com
Bio: We write romantic folk-rock pop music about books, girls, summertime, and the ambiguous hours between night and morning.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Key Songs: On Fire, Artichoke Heart
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