...The Canadian indie-rock outfit Arcade Fire formed by late 2001, with Win Butler, Josh Deu, and Régine Chassagne uniting to form a trio that began recording demos and performing live. Through 2003, the lineup changed often. After...
...The indie group Belle and Sebastian emerged from relative obscurity in Scotland to become critically acclaimed and a staple of dorm room listening parties on either side of the Atlantic. Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David formed the group...
...The Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country/southern rock band from Georgia, USA. The band was named the 2002 Band of the Year by music journal No Depression. The band has worked with various artists such as Betty LaVette and Booker T....
...One of the pioneering figures in Nigerian apala music, Haruna Ishola helped popularize the genre and aid in its transition from religious to secular music throughout his long career. Born in the town of Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria...
...Richard and Linda Thompson were a British husband and wife duo performing in the folk rock genre. Though they met in 1969, they only formed as a musical duo after their marriage in 1972. Richard (b. April 3, 1949) performed as a guitarist...
...Through the 1980s, the San Pedro-based punk outfit the Minutemen provided a much-needed infusion of political and aesthetic maturity into the developing punk scene dominated by SST Records. When they were both aged thirteen, Mike Watt...
...Phish is an American rock band that had a significant influence on the neo-hippie jam band movement. The band has also claimed to be the inheritor of the band Grateful Dead’s legacy. Trey Anastasio (vocals), Jon Fishman (drums), and Jeff...
...The Stone Roses were an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester, UK, in 1983. The Stone Roses led the wave of British alternative rock music during their time. John Squire (guitar) and Ian Brown (vocals) originally came from...
...Sonic Youth was a pivotal influence in the alternative rock and indie rock movements. The band also pioneered the genre known as noise rock, identified within the music of Sonic Youth by its combination of recognizable 1980s punk rock...
...When the Afghan Whigs signed to Sub Pop Records in 1989, it helped establish the growing grunge and alternative rock trends as transnational rather than isolated in the Pacific Northwest. Formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1986 by Greg Dulli...
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