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A Chance to Cure
Bleep-pop, robot love and other sounds of circuitry.
Au Naturale
Stripped-down Indie with folk, country, lo/fi and acoustic tunes. Home to Bon Iver, Iron & Wine and Fleet Foxes.
Chamber Pop
Sweeping orchestrations, beautiful melodies and grand compositions from groups like Stars, As Tall As Lions and Winterpills.
Dance Rock
These tunes wouldn't feel out of place on the dance floor, but haven't shed their rock innards. Groups range from The Arctic Monkeys to !!! and Datarock.
Flux
A trip through the outer limits of experimental music.
Lo-Fi
Recorded on boomboxes, in bedrooms, and in spite of all producers.
Noise Rock
Raw tracks from Dinosaur Jr., The Vivian Girls, Sleater-Kinney and more. Plenty of hooks, smothered in feedback and abrasive unfiltered rock.
Post Rock
Layered guitars and massive instrumentals. This is post-rock territory. Home to Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai and My Bloody Valentine.
Singer Songwriter
From Jose Gonzalez to Sufjan Stevens, the best indie singer/songwriters.
Twee-Pop
With upbeat clapping, big smiles and happy-go-lucky melodies, this stuff from acts like Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian outshines the sun.
Across the Pond
Indie rock from England, Scotland and Ireland.
Austin, TX
Home of Voxtrot, Ra Ra Riot and Okkervil River, Austin's on the cutting edge of new music.
The Big Apple
New York's finest indie rock from groups like Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
The Chicago Scene
Windy City Indie from the likes of Russian Circles, Andrew Bird and Office.
Georgia
The juiciest indie -- from Of Montreal to Mastodon -- hand-picked and delivered fresh from Atlanta, Athens and more.
Great Lakes Soundtrack
Music from Detroit, Ann Arbor and the UP. Frontier Ruckus, Sufjan Stevens and Mason Proper live here.
Indie Down Under
Indie artists like Flight of the Conchords and Architecture in Helsinki from Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.
L.A.
The latest and greatest indie out of la-la-land. Silversun Pickups, Irving and The Submarines.
Maple Leaf Citizens
Canada's Indie titans including Tokyo Police Club, Broken Social Scene and The Arcade Fire.
Nordic
Indie from the icy depths of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. All your favorites, like Sigur Rós, 120 Days and José González can be found here.
Portland
The home of such greats as The Decemberists and The Thermals.
San Francisco
Indie straight from the Bay. Deerhoof, Rogue Wave and Film School's home turf.
Seattle
A breeding ground for cutting edge talent like Band of Horses, Grand Archives and Death Cab for Cutie.
Lollapalooza 2009
Chicago’s multi-day music fest, this year featuring Depeche Mode, Tool, Vampire Weekend, Andrew Bird and more.
Pitchfork Festival 2009
A compilation of the bands playing at this year’s festival in Chicago, including The Decemberists, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Yo La Tengo.
Noise Pop 2009
San Francisco's Noise Pop music festival runs February 24 through March 1
SXSW 2009
The Mecca of indie, March 18-22 in Austin.


Canada's THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE sews together threads of rural folk rock, catchy indie pop and grungy noise rock. The trio's debut album, Hometowns, originally released independently in 2008 is being re-released this summer by Saddle Creek.

Featured on: Future Perfect Radio, Featured Artists, New Music, Au Naturale, Maple Leaf Citizens

Not much is known about the mysterious Pennsylvania group BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW, and maybe that's the way it should be. The lack of knowledge throws a veil of curious intrigue over the group's already captivating experimental, psychedelic-tinged music. Their latest effort, Eating Us, landed in late May.

Featured on: Future Perfect Radio, Featured Artists, New Music, Flux, A Chance to Cure

Norway's jumpsuit-clad dance stars DATAROCK rocked the music world with their catchy, fun-loving self-titled debut in 2005. Four long years later and the group has finally graced us with a second LP: Red, released this month.

Featured on: Future Perfect Radio, Featured Artists, New Music, Dance Rock, Nordic

Chicago natives THE FIERY FURNACES, though now living in New York, have been releasing albums at a furious pace since their 2003 debut. Their seventh and latest LP, I'm Going Away, lands this summer. Hear it now on Future Perfect Radio.

Featured on: Future Perfect Radio, Featured Artists, New Music, The Chicago Scene, The Big Apple
 
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