 | | Looking for an outlet for his own songs, the Killers' drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. formed Big Talk after his main gig went on hiatus in 2010. |
 | | The Canton, Ohio-based rock band Lovedrug, led by singer/guitarist Michael Shepard, has shared the stage with artists as diverse as the Killers, Robert Plant, Switchfoot, Sam Phillips, Creeper Lagoon, Eisley, and Matchbook Romance. |
 | | Earthsuit is a five-member rock group made up of acoustic guitarist Dave Rumsey, keyboardist Paul Meany, bassist Roy Mitchell, drummer David "Hutch" Hutchison, and vocalist Adam LaClave. |
 | | Whittier, California’s Funeral Party mixes dance-punk’s surging energy with emo’s anthemic charge. Named after a song by the Cure, the band features vocalist Chad Elliot, guitarist James Torres, and bassist Kimo Kauhola; the trio formed the band to escape their hometown. |
 | | Company of Thieves are rooted in Chicago, IL, where vocalist Genevieve Schatz and guitarist Marc Walloch launched the co-ed indie rock group after striking up a friendship at Union Station. |
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 | | Assembling in the late '90s, in the town of Kilmarnock, near Glasgow, Scotland, Biffy Clyro featured a three-piece lineup, fronted by vocalist and guitarist Simon Neil along with James Johnston (bass) and drummer Ben Johnston. |
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 | | Based in Los Angeles, the Belle Brigade is a pop duo featuring Barbara and Ethan Gruska, the grandchildren of Oscar-winning film composer John Williams. |
 | | The christian rock band Deas Vail (translation: "God's Humble Servant") features the falsetto vocals of Wes Blaylock along with guitarist Andy Moore, drummer Kelsey Harelson, keyboardist Laura Beth Hudson, and bassist Jonathan Childs. |
 | | California-based Christian rock act known for its moody, dramatic, modern alternative sound......... |
 | | Formed in 2009 by London-based vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Max McElligott, English indie rock outfit Wolf Gang blends swirling, symphonic alt-rock with quirky electro-pop. |
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 | | With a bold, bombastic sound that seemingly took its cues from U2 and Kings of Leon, Mona began making waves in 2010. |
 | | An enthusiastic addition to the bumper crop of early-'80s-style retro new wave by bands only barely old enough to have been in diapers as the scene was cresting, Jonezetta is an unapologetically lighthearted pop band with no more agenda than sharing their influences from MTV's early days with their equally youthful audience. |
 | | Boxer Rebellion's moody clatter drew from a cross-section of acts including the Verve, Radiohead, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. |
 | | Rambunctious Danish indie rockers New Politics formed in the late 2000s around the talents of vocalist David Boyd, guitarist/vocalist/keyboard player Søren H, and drummer Poul Amaliel. |
 | | Indie electronic duo the Limousines make atmospheric, dancy '80s synth and '90s shoegaze-influenced pop. |
 | | The Features are a psychedelic rock outfit that plays fresh, off-kilter pop that sounds like a head-on collision between Ray Davies and Elvis Costello with the Elephan 6 Collective picking up the pieces and putting them back together in the American South. |
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 | | Half bracing post-punk and half tuneful indie pop, Glasgow's We Were Promised Jetpacks feature vocalist/guitarist Adam Thompson, guitarist Michael Palmer, bassist Sean Smith, and drummer Darren Lackie. |
 | | An Iowa-based band with a healthy case of Anglophilia, the Envy Corps draw inspiration from Radiohead's anthemic Brit-pop, New Order's rhythmic sensibilities, and the atmospherics of early-'90s shoegaze bands. |
 | | With their combination of driving guitars, manic energy, and big singalong choruses, Sleeper Agent merge pop-punk's sugary effervescence with garage rock swagger. |
 | | The gritty English trio Band of Skulls craft bluesy and ballsy slabs of atmospheric indie rock that echo the work of contemporaries like the Kills, Duke Spirit, and the Black Keys. |
 | | Pomegranates hail from Cincinnati, OH, where drummer Jacob Merritt, guitarist Isaac Karns, and vocalist/guitarist Joey Cook launched the pop-based indie rock band in 2006. |
 | | London residents Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell formed the Big Pink in their home studio, where the two musicians began mixing the droning soundscapes of Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine with the lush electronics of M83. |
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 | | Dead Confederate take a post-grunge approach to their music, which also leans heavily on the group's psychedelic and Southern rock influences. |
 | | Merging the studied cool of the new wave revivalist movement with the sleek textures and commanding rhythm of electronic pop, Hockey burst out of the Portland, OR music scene in 2009 to become cult favorites in the United Kingdom on the strength of a handful of live appearances and a self-produced demo EP. |
 | | English alt-rock outfit Graffiti6 were formed in 2008 around the talents of singer/songwriter Jamie Scott and writer/producer and DJ Tommy D. |
 | | Brit-pop ensemble Viva Brother make classicist pop/rock that owes a heavy debt to such '90s acts as Blur and Oasis. |
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 | | Infectious London-based indie rock outfit the Vaccines formed in the late 2000s around the talents of Justin Young (vocals, guitar), Árni Hjörvar (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar), and Pete Robertson (drums). |
 | | Emerging from London, England in the mid- to late 2000s as an up-and-coming indie pop band, Fanfarlo got their name out with a series of singles, a strong Internet presence, and an engaging live show that took them as far as the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. |
 | | The members of Nashville's Aireline had all been longtime friends before forming the band in December of 2000. |
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 | | Like the glittery offspring of the New York Dolls, Billy Boy on Poison create a debauched, glammy, gender-bending style of rock & roll. |
 | | Continuing the lineage of fuzzed-out guitar pop bands that stretches from the Ramones to the Strokes and the Drums, Minneapolis' Howler is the brainchild of vocalist/guitarist Jordan Gatesmith. |
 | | Frequently compared to the elaborate orchestral sound of the Arcade Fire (in fact, the same artist designed their album cover), the Kissaway Trail hails from Odense, Denmark, and includes Thomas Fagerlund (vocals, guitar), Søren Corneliussen (vocals, guitar), Daniel Skjoldmose (guitar, keyboard), Rune Pedersen (bass), and Hasse Mydtskov (drums). |
 | | A melodic emo band with an overtly Christian cast to their lyrics, Sullivan sticks to the straightforward, Sunny Day Real Estate-inspired end of emo instead of the increasingly prominent post-hardcore and screamo bands. |
 | | Northern California-based Lakes is lead by vocalist/guitarist Seth Alan Roberts, formerly of Christian indie rock band Watashi Wa, who released a record on Tooth & Nail before breaking up in summer 2004. |
 | | After spending three years as the guitarist in the Christian rock band Falling Up, Oregon native Joseph Kisselburgh decided to strike out on his own. |
 | | Perry Farrell is quite simply, one of the most important and original musical figures of the '90s. Born Perry Bernstein in New York City on March 29, 1959, Perry moved with his family to Miami, FL as a youngster, and eventually wound up in Los Angeles, CA, where he discovered the liberating punk rock movement. |
 | | Bombay Bicycle Club is a melodic, guitar-driven indie rock outfit from North London, comprised of frontman Jack Steadman, guitarist Jamie MacColl, drummer Suren de Saram, and bassist Ed Nash. |
 | | Mansfield, TX, emo rockers Terminal were known as Letter Twelve before they signed with Seattle's Tooth & Nail in 2004. |
 | | Rock quartet As Tall as Lions formed in 2002 in Long Island, NY, after its members had been playing in a previous incarnation called Sundaze. |
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 | | After touring in support of Longwave’s fourth album, Secrets Are Sinister, frontman Steve Schiltz took some time off to record a solo set of songs. |
 | | Named for the Great Lakes Native American tribe the Odawas, the Indiana indie pop trio's quirky tales of myth and mayhem bring to mind everyone from Randy Newman and the Beach Boys to Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamanti. |
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