Artists

• Dave Alvin
  Dave Alvin
  Dave Alvin , is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been one of the leading proponents of 'roots' or 'American' music, bringing together elements of rock-and-roll, blues, rural and tejano music....
  
  
• American Princes
  American Princes
  American Princes is an indie rock band from Little Rock, AR. The band started in 2003 when David Slade, then-bassist John Beachboard and drummer Matthew Quin moved to Little Rock from New York City. Within their first year in Arkansas, they met guitarist Collins Kilgore and released their first...
  
  
• The Apples in Stereo
  The Apples in Stereo
  The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...
  
  
• BeauSoleil
  Beausoleil
  BeauSoleil is an American musical group specializing in Cajun music. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, the group members are brothers Michael Doucet and David Doucet , Jimmy Breaux , Billy Ware , Tommy Alesi , and Mitchell Reed .-Band history:Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil BeauSoleil (French, beautiful...
  
  
• Bell X1
  Bell X1
  Bell X1 are an Irish rock band from County Kildare in Ireland. They have released five albums which received much acclaim in Ireland.. They have represented Ireland in the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, received several major award nominations and headlined several festivals in their own country...
  
  
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
  Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
  Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys is a western swing/country boogie musical band from California.They began as rockabilly revivalists in the late 1980s, then dug deeper into the music which rockabilly came from: western swing and particularly the country boogie style of the late 1940s and early 1950s,...
  
  
• The Bigger Lovers
  The Bigger Lovers
  The Bigger Lovers were a power-pop band from Philadelphia.The band features singer/guitarist Bret Tobias, guitarist Ed Hogarty, bassist Scott Jefferson, and drummer Patrick Berkery.They played their farewell show on Nov 5th 2005.-Discography:...
  
  
• Billy Bragg
  Billy Bragg
  Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
  
  
• Doyle Bramhall
  Doyle Bramhall
  Doyle Bramhall was an American singer-songwriter and drummer, closely associated with the music of Austin.-Biography:...
  
  
• The Butchies
  The Butchies
  The Butchies are a punk rock band from Durham, North Carolina, that existed from 1998 to 2005, and are currently on a hiatus. The frequent focus of their lyrical content concerned lesbian and queer themes....
  
  
• Caitlin Cary
  Caitlin Cary
  Caitlin Cary is an alt-country musician.Born to Hall Cary and Carol Campbell Thomas in East Cleveland, Caitlin Cary was raised with her half-brothers, Brian, Craig, and Keith Thomas, in East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights. She began playing the violin at age six. She attended the College of...
  
  
• The Cake Sale
  The Cake Sale
  The Cake Sale are a collective of mostly Irish musical artists including Swedish singer/songwriter Nina Persson of The Cardigans and Australian musician Nick Seymour of Crowded House....
  
  
• Peter Case
  Peter Case
  Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to folk rock to solo acoustic performance.-Early career:...
  
  
• Chatham County Line
  Chatham County Line
  The members met in 1996 when lead singer/songwriter Dave Wilson was playing for "Stillhouse". Wilson was living in the Blue House, an infamous Raleigh crash pad and romper room for the areas hottest young musicians. The other members are banjo picker Chandler Holt, upright bassist Greg Readling,...
  
  
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• Thad Cockrell
  Thad Cockrell
  Thad Cockrell is an American singer-songwriter. He has released three solo albums, along with a collaborative album with Caitlin Cary. Cockrell often writes emotional songs, and is frequently associated with his goal to "put the hurt back in country"....
  
  
• The Comas
  The Comas
  The Comas formed in Chapel Hill, NC, in March 1998 as a joke country band, a sort of counterweight to the hyped No Depression movement. Before long, however, both the "joke" and the "country" parts of the concept were eliminated, thus allowing the band to develop into a quirky alternative rock outfit...
  
  
• Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell
  Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
  
  
• Spencer Dickinson
  Spencer Dickinson
  Spencer E. Dickinson, a Democrat from South Kingstown, won the race for Representative in Rhode Island's 35th district, which encompasses the village of Kingston and West Kingston, and parts of the neighborhoods of Tuckertown, Wakefield and Peace Dale....
  
  
• John Doe
  John Doe (musician)
  John Doe is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical performances and compositions span the rock, country and folk music genres...
  
  
• Dolorean
  Dolorean
  Dolorean is an American band based in Portland, Oregon. They have, at times, acted as the backing band for Damien Jurado. Their current line-up is: Al James, guitar/vocals; Jay Clarke, organ/piano; Ben Nugent, drums/percussion/vocals; James Adair, bass; and Emil Amos, guitar.-Hiatus:After the...
  
  
• Drink Up Buttercup
  Drink Up Buttercup
  Drink Up Buttercup was a band from Philadelphia, PA. Band members were James Harvey , Mike Cammarata , Farzad Houshiarnejad and Ben Money . The band came together in Bucks County, PA in late 2007, making their debut performance at a cigar parlor.Drink Up Buttercup released their first 7" single,...
  
  
• Amy Farris
  Amy Farris
  Amy Farris was an American fiddler, singer and songwriter. She toured or recorded with artists such as Dave Alvin, Exene Cervenka, Ray Price, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis and Brian Wilson. Her 2004 solo album Anyway was released on Yep Roc Records...
  
  
• Liam Finn
  Liam Finn
  Liam Mullane Finn is a New Zealand musician and songwriter. Born in Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child...
  
  
• The Fleshtones
  The Fleshtones
  The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York formed in 1976.- 1976-1979 :The Fleshtones were formed in 1976 in Whitestone, New York by Keith Streng and Marek Pakulski The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York formed in 1976.- 1976-1979 :The...
  
  
• Fountains of Wayne
  Fountains of Wayne
  Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...
  
  
• Robbie Fulks
  Robbie Fulks
  Robbie Fulks is an American alternative country artist originally from Pennsylvania but who is a longtime Chicago, Illinois resident...
  
  
• Gang of Four
  Gang of Four
  The Gang of Four was the name given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution and were subsequently charged with a series of treasonous crimes...
  
  
• The Go-Betweens
  The Go-Betweens
  The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,...
  
  
• The Gourds
  The Gourds
  The Gourds are an American alternative country band that formed in Austin, Texas during the summer of 1994.-Career:Primarily evolving from the Picket Line Coyotes and the Grackles, The Gourds original line-up consisted of Kevin Russell , Jimmy Smith , Claude Bernard , and Charlie Llewellin...
  
  
• Darren Hanlon
  Darren Hanlon
  Darren Hanlon is an Australian singer/songwriter who plays urban folk music. He has released five solo albums, three EPs and eight singles on Candle Records and Flippin Yeah industries , as well as several compilation tracks...
  
  
• Heavy Trash
  Heavy Trash
  Heavy Trash is an American rockabilly band based in New York City, formed by Jon Spencer of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray . The band's music draws from an eclectic mix of genres, including rock & roll, blues, alternative country, Americana and garage punk...
  
  
• Heloise and the Savoir Faire
  Heloise and the Savoir Faire
  Heloise and the Savoir Faire are a punk outfit based in Brooklyn, New York. Fronted by Heloise Williams , the band's live lineup was originally composed of Williams singing over a pre-recorded track and was accompanied by the dance stylings of Joe "Juge" Shepard and Sara Sweet Rabidoux...
  
  
• Kristin Hersh
  Kristin Hersh
  Kristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also continues to perform as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave...
  
  
• Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....
  
  
• Ian Hunter
  Ian Hunter (singer)
  Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...
  
  
• The Iguanas
• Jukebox the Ghost
  Jukebox The Ghost
  -Everything Under the Sun:Jukebox the Ghost's second album was released on September 7, 2010. 'Empire' the first single, was released on June 1, 2010.-External links:* * * * *...
  
  
• The Kingsbury Manx
  The Kingsbury Manx
  The Kingsbury Manx are an American indie rock group from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.-History:The original members of The Kingsbury Manx met in middle school. They then attended different colleges and reunited during the summer months to play and record together...
  
  
• Laika & the Cosmonauts
  Laika & the Cosmonauts
  Laika & the Cosmonauts were a Finnish rock band. They had the same lineup from the time they formed in 1987 until they stopped recording in 2008. Their sound is usually described as Surf Rock, but a Boston Globe review noted that the band's sound is "far beyond the limitations of any specific...
  
  
• Jim Lauderdale
  Jim Lauderdale
  Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
  
  
• Los Straitjackets
  Los Straitjackets
  Los Straitjackets is an American instrumental rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1988. Originally comprising guitarists Danny Amis and Eddie Angel and drummer L. J. "Jimmy" Lester under the name The Straitjackets, the band split up soon after forming and reunited as Los Straitjackets...
  
  
• Nick Lowe
  Nick Lowe
  Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...
  
  
• Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
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• Marah
  Marah (band)
  Marah is an American country band that formed in the early 1990s and is closely associated with the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York...
  
  
• The Mayflies USA
  The Mayflies USA
  The Mayflies USA were a Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based power pop rock band signed to Yep Roc Records. The band was a classic example of power pop, as their songs featured catchy melodies, vocal harmonies, and prominent guitar riffs...
  
  
• Mercury Rev
  Mercury Rev
  Mercury Rev is an American alternative rock group, that formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker , Jonathan Donahue , Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a...
  
  
• The Minus 5
  The Minus 5
  The Minus 5 is an American rock band, headed by musician Scott McCaughey and featuring R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.-Band history:Formed in 1993, McCaughey designed the Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup...
  
  
• Ian Moore
• The Moaners
  The Moaners
  The Moaners are a Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based Indie rock band signed to Holidays for Quince Records. They were previously signed to Yep Roc Records...
  
  
• Bob Mould
  Bob Mould
  Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:...
  
  
• Peggy Sue
• Josh Rouse
  Josh Rouse
  Josh Rouse is an American folk/roots pop singer-songwriter.-Biography:Born in the small town of Paxton, Nebraska, he moved to various places in the Midwest during his childhood due to his father's military career...
  
  
• Chuck Prophet
  Chuck Prophet
  Chuck Prophet is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. A Californian, Prophet first achieved notice in the American psychedelic/desert rock group Green on Red, with whom he toured and recorded in the 1980s...
  
  
• Reckless Kelly
  Reckless Kelly (band)
  Reckless Kelly is an Austin, Texas based Americana/Texas Country band. The band was formed in Bend, Oregon, but moved to Austin in January 1997...
  
  
• Radio Birdman
  Radio Birdman
  Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974...
  
  
• The Reverend Horton Heat
  The Reverend Horton Heat
  The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician Jim Heath as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio. Heath is a singer, songwriter and guitarist....
  
  
• Rock Plaza Central
  Rock Plaza Central
  Rock Plaza Central is a Canadian indie rock band. After a pair of glowing reviews from the influential music website Pitchfork Media, they have come to prominence as a major indie rock band...
  
  
• The Sadies
  The Sadies
  The Sadies are a Canadian indie rock and alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario.-Background:The band consists of Dallas Good , Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky...
  
  
• Ron Sexsmith
  Ron Sexsmith
  Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
  
  
• Simple Kid
  Simple Kid
  Simple Kid, real-name Ciaran McFeely, is an Irish-born solo musical artist. In early 2011 it was announced on the official website that there will be no further music or tours by Simple Kid.-History:...
  
  
• Robert Skoro
• Sloan
  Sloan (band)
  Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...
  
  
• Southern Culture on the Skids
  Southern Culture on the Skids
  Southern Culture on the Skids, also sometimes known as SCOTS, is an American rock band that was formed in 1983 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
  
  
• Chris Stamey
  Chris Stamey
  Chris Stamey is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. After a stint playing with Alex Chilton, and a brief partnering with Mitch Easter under the name Sneakers, he formed The dB's, whose stewardship he would share with Peter Holsapple.In 1977 in New York, Chris founded the...
  
  
• The Standard
  The Standard (band)
  The Standard are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon.-History:The Standard formed in Portland in 1999 out of members who had all previously played in Portland indie groups. The group signed with Touch and Go Records in 2002 for one release, and had two releases on Yep Roc in...
  
  
• Ken Stringfellow
  Ken Stringfellow
  Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...
  
  
• Tres Chicas
  Tres Chicas
  Tres Chicas are an alternative country group from Raleigh, North Carolina.The members of Tres Chicas first began singing together in 1999; their first performance was an impromptu singalong at an Alejandro Escovedo show in a Raleigh bar. The name was bestowed upon them by the owner of the bar after...
  
  
• Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
  Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
  The Legendary Shack Shakers are an American punk blues band. They are inspired by punk, Delta blues, rockabilly, Texas polka, gothic rock, and other traditional Southern music genres, formed in Paducah, Kentucky in the mid-1990s...
  
  
• Trailer Bride
  Trailer Bride
  Trailer Bride was a Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based alternative country rock band signed to Bloodshot Records. Formed in 1993, the band consisted of Melissa Swingle , Robert Mitchum , Brad Goolsby , Bryon Settle and Scott Goolsby...
  
  
• Paul Weller
• You Am I
  You Am I
  You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
  
  

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