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Lykke Li

Bravely exceeding the five-­letter maximum typically accorded female singers from Scandinavia (e.g., Björk, Robyn, Annie), Lykke Li is the stage name of Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, a 22-year-old upstart who was born in Stockholm but partially raised in Portugal, Nepal and India thanks to her free-spirited artist parents....

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Queen Ifrica

BY David Dacks

Queen Ifrica is one of the most dynamic performers in reggae today. Born Ventrice Morgan, daughter of ska legend Derrick Morgan, Ifrica has Tina Turner–like energy coursing through her ...

Kevin Barnes

BY Sarah Liss

One of these unmissables is an unconventional solo appearance by Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes. We tracked down the psych-pop visionary, who took time from working on Of Montreal’s ...

High Places

BY Sarah Liss

Cohabitating collaborators Mary Pearson and Rob Barber hang their hats in Brooklyn when they’re not touring, an increasingly rare occurrence these days. Together, they make raucously joyous ...

The Verve

Richard Ashcroft may be the public face (and cheekbones) of The Verve, but as the UK psych-rockers’ tumultuous history has shown, guitarist Nick McCabe is its heart and soul. In 1995, following the release of ...

Wye Oak

The musical couple formerly known as Monarch, Baltimore residents Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner borrowed the name of their state’s honorary tree after realizing they shared their former moniker with about 50 ...

Cadence Weapon

For the follow-up to his much-lauded, Polaris-nominated 2005 debut, Breaking Kayfabe, Cadence Weapon (a.k.a. Rollie Pemberton) decided to tackle Canada’s most surreal economic bubble, calling his new album Urban ...

Ensiferum

Europe is generally credited with fostering progressive heavy metal, spawning death, grindcore and countless other extreme subgenres. However, Finland in particular is quickly establishing itself as a hotbed of ...

Cancer Bats

Combining the energy and attitude of hardcore with the chugging weight of Southern metal, Cancer Bats have been touring rigorously since their formation and subsequent release of debut album Birthing the ...

The Recroom

Singer/songwriter and record-store employee Jackie Game (a.k.a. “The Noise”) first met upstart drummer Sarah Felgemacher (a.k.a. “The Backbone”) back in 2005. The two holed up in Game’s basement in the wilds of ...

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