BRANDI CARLILE ! SWEET BLEND OF FOLK AND COUNTRY WI TH A PINCH OF POP BAKED IN THE MOLDS OF 2OSEMARY #LOONEY AND -ELISSA %THERIDGE ¯ THOUGH LESS SHOWTUNEY THAN THE FORMER AND LESS RASPY THAN THE LATTER

LIMBECK

(EAR THAT&(!!#x1f!!); )TŚ THE SOUND OF HIPSTERS GROWING BEARDS !ND EVEN THOUGH THEY´RE MORE ALT THAN COUNTRY THEY DO EMPLOY SOME SWEET STEEL GUITAR

TAB

!EROSMITH GUITARIST *OE 0ERRY MAY WANT TO SEEK A PATERNITY TEST BECAUSE HIS KIDS´ BAND TAB SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE THE 2OLLING 3TONES´ PROGENY

PAOLO NUTINI

! YEAR OLD 3COTSMAN WITH AN )TALIAN NAME WHO B Y TURNS CHANNELS *AMES "LUN T AND 2OD 3TEWART (EŚ AT HIS BEST WHEN ITŚ THE LATTER

GHOSTS

4HE LEAD SINGERŚ NAME IS 3IMON 0ETTIGREW 4HE BANDŚ NAME IS 'HOSTS #OMBINE THIS WI TH WHOLESOME JINGL Y JANGL Y SOMETIMES HAUNTING TUNES AND YOU HAVE A MODERN DAY MUSICAL REMAKE OF A $ICKENS CLASSIC

NICOLE ATKINS

4HE FEMALE 2UFUS 7AIN WRIGHT SHE´S GOT A VOICE THAT´S PART 3TEVIE .ICKS PART $USTY 3PRINGFIELD 2ICH 3OARING ,OVELY

 

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK %MO SCHMEMO -OTION #ITY 3OUNDTRACK IS ONE BAND THATŚ NOT AFRAID TO ESCHEW THE BROODING GLUMNESS SO OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR ±DEPTH² IN FAVOR OF THE MORE POPPY PUNK SOUND OF THEIR "LINK MENTORS /N THE ALTERNATIVE AXIS OF ROCK THEY PLOT SAFELY IN THE SKATEBOARDER QUADRANT AND AT NO POINT INTERSECT WITH PLATFORM WEARING VAMPIRES

YOUNG LOVE 4HIS IS WHAT 0ANIC !T THE $ISCO WOULD SOUND LIKE IF THEY ACTUALLY LIVED UP TO THEIR NAME EMO ELECTRO YOU CAN DANCE TO

MISSHAPES

2EVERED AS HIPSTER GODS WHO ±SPIN² FROM THEIR I0ODS THROW FASHIONABLE PAR TIES AND HANG WI TH CELEBS THEY´VE ALSO BEEN VILIFIED AS HIPSTER GODS WHO ±SPIN² FROM THEIR I0ODS THROW FASHIONABLE PARTIES AND HANG WITH CELEBS

 

GRIFFIN HOUSE .OT TO BE CONFUSED WITH 'RYFFINDOR SINGER SONGWRITER 'RIFFIN (OUSE IS THE PRODUCT OF AN INSTITUTION ¯ NAMEL Y THE 3PRINGS TEEN !DAMS 3CHOOL OF 2OCK !ND IF HE DOES HAVE A . IMBUS HEŚ BEEN USING IT TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR SINCE HIS DEBU T MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF URBAN PICK UP TRUCK DRIVERS EVERYWHERE

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GIANTS !ND IF YOU GAVE THEM A URINE TES T YOU´D FIND COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF 'EORGE -ICHAEL 0RINCE AND 3CISSOR 3ISTERS IN THEIR SYSTEMS

 

PORTUGAL THE MAN ! BAND THATŚ FUNKY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THEIR PUNCTUATION 7HEREAS 7AITER ±9OU 6ULTURES ² WAS A CONGLOMERATION OF EXPERIMENTAL WEIRDNESS #HURCH -OUTH SEES THE WEIRDNESS REINED WI THIN A LOOSE BOUNDARY OF SOUTHERN ROCK !ND THAT IN AND OF I TSELF IS WEIRD CONSIDERING THEY HAIL FROM !LASKA

 

MADINA LAKE (OW DOES FAME TASTE&(!!#x1f!!); &OR -ADINA ,AKE SOMETHING LIKE COW GUTS ¯ AT LEAST IT DID WHEN ONE HALF OF THE FOURSOME STARTED OUT AS CONTESTANTS ON &EAR &ACTOR &ORTUNATEL Y FOR THEM THE SPOILS OF THEIR EMO SCREAMO MUSIC ARE A LITTLE BIT SWEETER

 

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