Bat for Lashes
All Your GoldThe Haunted Man 2012 via Capitol
Scott Hansen, professionally known as Tycho, is an American ambient music artist and producer, who is known as ISO50 for his photographic and design works
Winston Yellen, the Colorado native and Nashville transplant who records as Night Beds, will release debut album Country Sleep next month. “Ramona,†a song from the album, is a warm and spacious piece of confessional, falsetto-laden country-rock, about halfway on the aesthetic spectrum between Bon Iver and Kathleen Edwards. -Stereogum
Performing at The Pyramid Scheme Tues. 2/12! http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/01/video-premiere-erin-mckeown---proof.html
this is the son of a Yoruban king and he was the lead vocalist on the seminal Super Afro Soul LP, considered by many to be the birthplace of the Afrobeat sound (the band also featured a certain Fela Ransome Kuti on trumpet).
http://www.rhythmsdelmundo.org/ Rhythms Del Mundo is a project created by Artists Project Earth to raise awareness of climate change and protect it’s victims through the power of music. Sales from Rhythms Del Mundo have funded over 300 vital environmental projects.
The group was formed early in 2012 after Britt suggested to Boeckner that they form a band together from their respective bands--Spoon and Wolf Parade.