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Hanni El Khatib

One Man Rocker Hanni El Khatib Combines “Old Weird America” With A Modern Esthetic

May 20, 2013 - Hanni El Khatib is a first generation American who grew up with a Palestinian father and a Filipino mother in San Francisco. His music has origins in the 50’s and 60’s soul, blues, r&b and garage rock, and all those influences are filtered through a love of punk.

Laura Stevenson

Singer Songwriter Laura Stevenson Continues To Confront Life’s Terrifying Questions

May 13, 2013 - Sometimes dark (yet often humorous!) Long Island raised Laura Stevenson describes herself as an “unfunny Woody Allen.”

Treetop Flyers

Brits Treetop Flyers Channel LA In The 60's

May 6, 2013 - London’s Treetop Flyers effortlessly capture the CSN&Y sound of California Folk-rock in the 60’s on their debut The Mountain Moves. They all met on the periphery of the London folk scene that gave the world Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling.

The Saint Johns

A New City And A New Sound For The Saint Johns

April 29, 2013 - A little reinvention never hurt. The Nashville duo of Jordan Meredith and Louis Johnson met in St Augustine, Florida, and quickly discovered how well they sang together.

Bleached

LA Sisters Bring Energy Of 70’s Punk To Bleached

April 22, 2013 - You could hear it in their first singles in 2011 - sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin and their band Bleached are onto something.

Escondido

Nashville's Escondido Sounds Like “Desert Sex”

Luella and The Sun

Raw Gospel and Roots at The Heart of Nashville’s Luella and The Sun

Waxahatchee

What’s It Like Inside A Twenty-Something’s Head? Listen To Waxahatchee’s New Cerulean Salt To Find Out

Duquette Johnston

After a three-year intermission from the music world, Duquette Johnston is back on the national stage with his upcoming release, Rabbit Runs a Destiny.

Birdie Busch and The Greatest Night

There’s something so warm and so likeable about Birdie Busch, West Philly’s whimsical, verse-weaving siren—that hearing her sing is like being greeted with a wave of energy. Her lyrics are quirky, candid, and refreshing, and she infuses each song with a real sentimentality that makes you think she’d make a great listener and a great best friend.