Cameron Lew is the songwriter and personality behind "aggressive elevator soul" project Ginger Root. Lew approaches his strictly DIY ethos with a light-hearted sense of joy embodied in retro funk grooves.
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Beach Bunny is the stage name of songwriter Lili Trifilio. Trifilio pens surfy, quirky alt-pop with fresh, upbeat melodies. Catch the nostalgic, full band performance themed after her new EP "Prom Queen."
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Gouge Away is a special kind of hardcore band. They create seething, aggressive music as melodic and catchy as it is cathartic and brutal.
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Den-Mate is the sometimes solo sometimes full band project of vocalist Jules Hale. Hale crafts a particularly danceable brand of darkwave with brooding, despondent electronic sounds and dreamy hooks.
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Sun June is an Austin quintet who write jazzy, bittersweet indie tunes self-categorized as "regret pop". The band matches each song's tone with a specific color; choosing a single's Cover Art based on the mood they want listeners to experience.
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Daddy Issues writes self-aware grunge pop about friendship, lost love and life as an urban twenty-something. They openly discuss complex issues like bodily integrity but graft in bits of snark and charm to the otherwise arresting topic.
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Remember Sports' peppy indie powerpop encapsulates the melancholy and excitement of growing up. Lead singer Carmen Perry has a particularly earnest lyrical approach; detailing her own pain and progress in vivid, animated detail. Remember Sports? You're about to.
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Honeysuckle is a progressive folk trio who employ traditional bluegrass instrumentation to form cozy, mindful tunes with flexible, modern melodies.
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The Dodos are an alternative indie rock duo who have released 7 albums through Frenchkiss and Polyvinyl since 2006. Over this decade plus of performances, they've experimented with acoustic stomp n'holler, synth pop, and electric anthems.
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Vein is a hardcore quintet who pen intense, catastrophic tunes with flecks of nu-metal and math-metal. They chug along with a relentless fury, revealing the high degree of musicality at the core of these brutal rippers.
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Tennis is a husband-and-wife duo who craft sentimental, minimalist indie pop indebted to the 70's. Their breezy textures, clean instrumentation and soft-rock sensibilities make for a profoundly nostalgic listening experience.
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Queen of Jeans is an indie rock band who describe themselves as "crockpot pop" and "denimcore". The quartet throws together 60's surf pop, doo-wop, indie and 90's radio pop to form a balanced, refined sound featuring plenty of hand claps.
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Palberta writes quirky, angular indie rock with cheeky song titles and absurd lyrical themes. There's a restlessness baked into the trio's jagged tunes embodied in the act of rotating instruments throughout a performance.
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Gia Margaret is a folk songwriter from Chicago whose warm, homey tunes provide a unique sense of closeness missing in the cold concrete confines of the Windy City.
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Bells Atlas is a band of highly proficient musicians who write Futuristic pop tunes with traces of psychedelia, soul, and indie rock. Sandra Lawson-Ndu (vocals, lyrics) has a deep personal relationship with science fiction and fantasy especially when told through a POC lens.
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This Patch of Sky is a Pacific Northwest Sextet who compose cinematic, expansive instrumental post-rock with ambient influences.
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Thin Lips is an indie punk band who find meaning in the construction of a supportive, humble, loving musical community. This "Chosen Family" is the subject of the quartet's most recent release featuring undeniably catchy, high-octane melodies and personal stories from singer/riff-slayer Chrissy Tashjian.
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Swearin' is a spunky, insular alternative rock band founded by Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride. The duo went on hiatus in 2015 so Crutchfield could hone her solo performance skills and Gilbride could focus on recording and producing DIY bands like Waxahatchee, Girlpool, All Dogs, and Quarterbacks.
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For nearly ten years Restorations have been writing heavy-hitting, guttural rock with gargantuan riffs filtered through a thick, noisy wall of sound. They fearlessly examine the human condition through the lens of seasoned Philly punks.
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Slow Caves is a Colorado quartet who write really good songs. They employ 60's surf pop melodies alongside early 00's riffs to craft these familiar, but forward-thinking rock tunes.
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