
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is an American band formed in 2001 by two former members of At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and…

Ellie Goulding
Born in the English city of Hereford on December 30, 1986 as Elena Jane Goulding, pop singer Ellie Goulding signed in…

Mudhoney
For many, Mudhoney was the father of grunge, a movement that in the early 1990s revealed to the world Nirvana, Pearl…

The New Pornographers
The Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers was formed in Vancouver in 1997. Carl Newman, Daniel Bejar, Kathryn…

Luscious Jackson
Band formed in 1991 in New York City, Luscious Jackson received critical acclaim for their music that veered between…

Lana Del Rey
One of the revelations of the year 2011, Lana Del Rey immediately reverberated on the music scene with her atmospheric…

M83
The French Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau formed the M83 in 2001 in the city of Antibes, in France itself. In…

Frankie Rose
After passing through the bands Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and Dum Dum Girls, the American Frankie Rose decided to…

U.S. Girls
Although the name suggests that it is a band of American girls, U.S. Girls is a solo project by Meg Remy, practicing a…

Fever Ray
Fever Ray is the solo project of Karin Dreijer, one half of the Swedish electronic music duo The Knife. Karin Dreijer…

Gorillaz
Gorillaz emerged as the first "virtual band", mixing elements of hip hop, dub, britpop and electronics. Created in 1998…

Wry
The Brazilian band Wry was formed in 1994 in the city of Sorocaba, São Paulo, under the influence of British rock…

Young Fathers
Formed in 2008 in Edinburgh by Alloysious Massaquoi (born in Liberia), Kayus Bankole (Scottish to Nigerian parents) and…

The Go! Team
English group formed in 2001 in Brighton, The Go! Team had their debut album - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004) -…

The Arcs
After The Black Keys was forced to go on hiatus, due to drummer Patrick Carney suffering a shoulder injury, vocalist/…

We Are Scientists
We Are Scientists was formed in 2000 in Berkeley, California, but in 2001 moved to New York with vocalist and…

Ladytron
One of the most critically acclaimed electropop bands of the early 2000s, Ladytron was formed in 1999 in Liverpool (…

Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was formed in Ellensburg, near Seattle, Washington, in 1985, by friends Mark Lanegan (vocals), Van…