Sep 12, 2012 ... There is something truly unique about the music that pours out of the four lads
who comprise the experimental, indie outfit, Alt-J. It has a ...

Dec 12, 2012 ... OK, so we might describe Apollo Run's sound as a bit baffling, but that's only
because of the sheer amount of musical terrain this New York City ...

Mar 27, 2012 ... For the final video installment from last autumn's Launch Pad Series, we turn to a
chirpy capture of Oxford outfit Jonquil. Led by singer Hugo ...

May 23, 2012 ... It might not be obvious, but English outfit Graffiti6 owe a great deal to folk music's
splendid past. Joni Mitchell's Blue fluttered through ...

Nov 6, 2012 ... One wouldn't expect to find a cabin on Wall Street, but lo and behold, that's
exactly where we were able to catch up with the English duo, ...

Sep 25, 2012 ... Riding golden chords, impeccable harmonies and lyrical imagery steeped in
pools of naturalistic beauty, Husky traveled to Austin Texas last ...

Nov 8, 2011 ... Southern Californian rock outfit Thrice have a decade long reputation for
unleashing enthralling bouts of electric aggression and emotion, ...

Oct 12, 2012 ... The Whigs aren't afraid to slay you with heaps of shameless college rock riffage,
which makes sense for a band that hails from the fertile rock ...

Jul 12, 2012 ... K.Flay is an absolute whiz kid, not the biggest shocker considering she's a proud
Stanford grad. But the Bay Area MC (real name Kristine ...

Nov 29, 2011 ... Los Angeles rock quartet Dawes are informed by a great, American musical
tradition. Lurking in the folds of their amplified crunch of guitars, ...

Aug 7, 2012 ... Some might call Van Pierszalowski nautically inclined. His projects -- first Port O'
Brien, and now WATERS -- always seem interested in the wide ...

Feb 14, 2013 ... Bat For Lashes' first two albums were wonderfully witchy, electro-tinged fantasies,
ripe with rich productions and poetic storytelling, propelled ...

Mar 12, 2012 ... Slam Donahue spend their days surrounded by publicists and sexy women...
that's just how it goes when you're an up and coming Brooklyn ...

Jan 19, 2012 ... Toeing the line between indie leaning, experimental concepts and pop of a more
commercial appeal, Maria Apetri -- aka Fallulah -- is an ...

Nov 15, 2011 ... It's been a crazy year for Donald Glover, but nothing has been more blazing than
his career as rapper Childish Gambino. The project, born of a ...

Mar 13, 2012 ... David Nail is a precocious character. The son of a music teacher and born with a
natural love for Elton John, Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder ...

Nov 27, 2012 ... Seattle-based indie-emo-rockers Barcelona drew The Launch Pad's most diverse
audience - including droves of faithful underage fans, which ...

Apr 24, 2012 ... Ben Howard didn't expect the enthusiasm the met him upon his arrival in America
. Perhaps the young British songwriter assumed audiences ...

Jun 26, 2012 ... Yellow Ostrich operate in an oddball musical realm; one which is almost as
unusual as their namesake. The Brooklyn-by-way-of-Wisconsin ...

Nov 29, 2012 ... Taking Back Sunday can claim one of alternative rock's seminal moments; the
release of their 2002 classic Tell All Your Friends. It was a record ...