“Mean Creek is a four-piece American rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2006, the lineup consists of Chris Keene, Aurore Ounjian, Mikey Holland, and Erik Wormwood. To date, the band has released 2 full-length studio albums, a 4-song EP, and 2 singles. A full length release is slated for a spring 2012 release.”…

“Five years after his first release, the 2007 EP The Hard Way, Wood Ear auteur Nate Tarr returns with his second EP, Steeple Vultures. The Durham resident’s debut vacillated between twangy college rock, introspective folk and jangling country-folk, offering a nice cross-section of tunes buoyed by durable hooks and keen phrasing. Tarr’s vocals sally forth with a slacker’s fishtail, his plaintive tone harking back to late ’80s acts like Sebaboh, Dinosaur Jr. and Meat Puppets.” – Chris Parker…

Three years in the making, Red Collar’s Welcome Home fulfills the promise of the band’s acclaimed debut full-length, 2009’s Pilgrim. Welcome Home continues the tradition of heart pounding indie punk & roll from the Durham, NC quartet but expands the palette with dynamic results…

“The Cold War was about tension, propaganda, and the struggle for global influence. So is Rock and Roll. Metropolis America began in Philadelphia in 2010 when musician and songwriter Cristian Mora connected with drummer Rick Eddy. Mora and
Eddy, both children of the Cold War, forged a bond that led to the creation of a sound they call “Cold Pop”- a 21st Century take on the sound and sentiment from the Cold War era in the United States. The first product of this connection and sound
was the band’s “The Cold Pop Singles” ep in 2011. The addition of Greg Kinter on guitar in 2012 helped to shape the latest creation.”…

“Half Undressed’s soft, breathy shoegaze blows outta Gainesvegas. The two use simple guitar strums and fuzzed-out vocals to make hazy, easy-to-swallow harmonies.” – Beca Grimm (Paste)…

Sun Hound is a Blues-Rock duo based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After months of experimenting with various musicians, drummer Nicole Pyeritz contacted Jess Joseph about forming a band. The two hit it off immediately, and joined together to form Sun Hound. Along with the crunch and grit of their Blues-Rock sound, Sun Hound is also heavily influenced by the Psychedelic genre….

“Superhuman Happiness was founded in 2008 to seek joy and love through shared rhythm and melody, composed and improvised. Their mission is to pursue a happiness greater than that experienced by an individual mind. The group is currently mixing their second full length record, collaboratively composed over the course of a year using various theater/music games to develop a potent and fresh style of performing music.”…

Like a Rum Soaked Cool Breeze Off An Island Shore, Joe Moorhead, offers a musical escape from the daily grind. “Life Is A Beach” for the band Joe Moorhead. Born in the most unlikely of places, the gritty urban jungle of Cleveland, Ohio, the band took their laid back attitude and tropical party mentality on the road playing college campuses, music festivals and venues throughout the Americas…

It’s not uncommon to form a band while in college, and that is exactly what Quilt did. Its primary members, Shane Butler and Anna Fox Rochinski (as well as Taylor Mcvay—who plays on much of the record, but has since left the band amicably) were all visual art students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, but bonded over their mutual love of weird, experimental jams and classic pop harmonies. John Andrews joined the band as drummer after opening for every Quilt show on tour in 2009…

We formed out of the pieces of a couple of Jackson bands. Just kinda worked out and we’ve kept doing it…

A pop/folk six piece blending their unique styles to create a dynamic alliance you won’t forget. By mixing folk and pop, this group will leave you with an emotionally enveloped feeling of comfort and musical satisfaction…

Many years later”, the tenor saxophonist Branford Marsalis recalled, “a lot of younger musicians were hanging around with Elvin Jones, and they were talking about, ‘Man, you know, you guys had an intensity when you were playing with Coltrane. I mean, what was it like? How do you play with that kind of intensity?’ And Elvin Jones looks at them…

Brothers Andrew and Dan Callaway have created their own unique ‘grandwave’ sound, combining Andrew’s smooth vocals and Dan’s soaring french horn with thick synths and pounding beats…

The Artless is a 4-piece Indie-Rock outfit based out of Pittsburgh. We were formed out of a previous band that all the members were in. We created the new band with a collective agreement to explore new musical ideas, and to also tour…

Since its formation in 2010, Wild Ones has insisted on operating as a DIY collective. The band recorded and mixed its debut as a group (with help from engineer David Pollock). Sometimes considering each members’ opinion meant endless revisits and tweaks to the album’s tracks. The process was time-consuming, but it was also worth it…

Terry O’Hara pops up every couple of years to drop a beautiful, understated alt-folk album, then disappears again…the result is hypnotic and resigned…

Naked Gods, formed during the third millennium, are a five piece rock and roll band hailing from Boone, an otherwise sleepy town in western North Carolina’s mountains. Don’t let that geography mislead you; as a unit the band combines the influences of big, noisy guitar indie rock, abstract bass warbling, frenzied drum bursts & vocals capturing the sensitivity…

Psychophant is a singer/songwriter that has been recording songs in his bedroom since 2009. Armed only with his voice and an acoustic guitar, he keeps things colorful and demented by using a range of distorted and altered sounds as instruments as well. His self-released debut album, By a Lonely Campfire, and its follow-up EP…

Tess was the driving force behind deadboy & the Elephantmen (We Are Night Sky). She also was the drummer for Generationals (Trust EP). She also backed Lady Bo of Bo Diddley on drums…

“Kevin “Slim” Forsythe mosied down from the Bradford county Northern Tier in the seventies to head to Pitt, and hasn’t left his new stompin’ grounds yet – well, not for long anyway. Forsythe now leads a western swing band, but his life reads more like the C&W songs he and the group perform…