Quantic & Alice Russell

CARE

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds

Khaira Arby

Tycho

Tycho is the music project of San Francisco based artist and producer Scott Hansen. Hansen began his foray into electronic music with 2002’s The Science of Patterns EP which was followed in 2004 by his first full length, Sunrise Projector. 2006 saw the release of Past Is Prologue on the now defunkt IDM label Merck Records. In 2007 Ghostly International released Tycho’s first single under that imprint, “The Daydream / The Disconnect”.

Sufjan Stevens

The Walkmen

Theresa Andersson

Wavves

Andrew Bird

Fiona Apple

to be released 6/19/12

Beach House

Tortoise

Kimbra

Kimbra's musical style harbours "smoky soul, flights of dazzling invention and intricate layers of deeply felt emotion". Comparisons have been drawn with Architecture in Helsinki, Amy Winehouse, Katy Perry, Meiko, and Björk. Her songs are heavily thematic and laced with "quirky" jazz chords. Kimbra's music pertains beyond the "four chord cliché but still maintains strong hooks and catchy melodies that are sometimes unpredictable but satisfying"

Jamie Lidell

M. Ward

Grace Potter And The Nocturnals

to be released 6/12/12

Rufus Wainwright

Miles Davis

Dr. John

The Bombay Royale

Grimes

Helado Negro

Craft Spells

Toward the end of 2009, in a bedroom in Stockton, CA, a 21-year-old Justin Vallesteros began layering simple synth and guitar lines to create the sound that would become Craft Spells. What began as an experiment soon became a vibrant world of elegant guitar chords laced over looped rhythms, heavenly synth melodies, and pulsating bass. When Vallesteros recorded his first track "Party Talk,” an outpouring of online enthusiasm led him to return to his native Seattle and flesh out a full band for the debut LP Idle Labor, released on Captured Tracks in Spring 2011. If you love Felt, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, and the beautiful monotone drone of Ian Curtis... Craft Spells might soon be your favorite nuevo-new romantics.

Regina Spektor

Yellow Ostrich

Florence + the Machine

Pyne

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Best Coast

The War on Drugs

Nick Waterhouse

Nick Waterhouse has been called a young man who makes old music. The 25-year-old's R&B doesn't just sound classic; he actually records on vintage equipment. He released a single on vinyl last year which sold out instantly. He released his full-length on May 1st on Innovative Leisure. Waterhouse's live performance has won fans across the country, and is what convinced Innovative Leisure to sign him. Waterhouse is currently touring the country with a full band, playing what he calls "American music."

Norah Jones

Father John Misty

"Lets just call this what it is// The jealous side of mankind's death wish// When it's my time to go// Gonna leave behind things that won't decompose"

Father John Misty

Joshua Tillman is an American folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is also the former drummer for the Philadelphia-based band Saxon Shore and the Seattle-based band Fleet Foxes. Musically, Fear Fun consists of such disparate elements as Waylon Jennings, Harry Nilsson, Arthur Russell, “All Things Must Pass,” and “Physical Graffiti,” often within the same song.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

The 12-member band has just released its second album, Here. It's the first of two albums the group will release this year.

Paul Simon

WYCE shares its 25th anniversary with 'Graceland'

Sarah Jaffe

COMPILATIONS

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COMPILATIONS

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Hot Chip

Due out 6/12/12 "Hot Chip is about unity: The word that stands out most on In Our Heads, the band's excellent fifth album, is "we." It pops up again and again, and underlines the single topic that most obsesses Hot Chip's songs — the need for human connection expressed through desire (almost always to dance) and the rush of freedom that comes with fulfilling that need." -NPR

Santigold