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TOMAS “FLOEX” DVORAK
The subject of Groovemine’s first-ever interview podcast, Tomas “Floex” Dvorak is a remarkably talented electronic music composer residing in the Czech Republic, known to many people for his video game soundtracks to Machinarium and...  [continue reading]

THE SIGHT BELOW
Ambient may be one of the easiest types of music to make, and arguably the hardest to make well. Amidst a veritable horde of sonic texturers, manipulators, and laptop artists, a handful always manage to stay a few steps ahead, creating new paradigms almost...  [continue reading]



HORSE FEATHERS
Portland band Horse Feathers can hold captive a packed audience at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern for an entire 50-minute set. This is a big feat for any band, but especially one that plays soft, wispy music with no drummer. Additionally, a previous performer that...  [continue reading]



GRAND ARCHIVES
Grand Archives brings me back to breezy summer afternoons spent in my great aunt’s backyard. Drinking lemonade and watching the cows graze in the pasture. As the wind rustles through the tall grass, you hear a soft guitar strumming, and somebody whistling...  [continue reading]



THE LONG WINTERS
Listening to The Long Winters is like watching a series of short films. Every song paints a picture, bringing life to new characters. There’s Honest, a teen girl whose mother warns her of the dangers of falling in love with a singer. Honest, it seems, is the product...  [continue reading]

KING KHAN
King Khan hits the stage wearing a shimmering gold smock and a feathered headdress. He aims to shock and mixes his costumes just like his garage-soul-funk music. Arish Khan says he was dubbed the “King” by homeless people in the German town he was...  [continue reading]

YEASAYER
Yeasayer bases its music on the importance of harmony, guitarist Anand Wilder said in an interview with Pitchfork, that’s what makes the song. The simplistic technique apparently worked for the electro-tribal group of three, which including Wilder...  [continue reading]



SHE & HIM
She & Him, incognito in name but not in personalities, came together accidentally, through a movie set meeting on The Go-Getter, and quickly became the image of the quintessential indie group. She (Zooey Deschanel) and...  [continue reading]




THE NATIONAL
With four full lengths and two EPs under its belt, The National is gearing up for the release of it’s fifth album, High Violet. The band released its first album, a self-titled...  [continue reading]




A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW
The definition of a shoegaze band is one that hardly makes eye contact, introspectively playing their music, letting it exist without too much explanation. While...  [continue reading]



BLUE SCHOLARS
Blue Scholars have emerged out of the erupting Northwest hip-hop scene with soulful beats, poetic yet political rhymes and a reputation for dynamic live performances...  [continue reading]



LOS CAMPESINOS!
“Los Campesinos” means “the peasants” in Spanish. For the Welsh indie-pop septet that is treated as royalty in the eyes of the critics, the name for this... [continue reading]



THE MALDIVES
I'd been hearing a lot about The Maldives for a while these past few months. Being relatively new to Seattle it can be overwhelming trying to figure...  [continue reading]



PYLON
To describe Pylon as ahead of their time is somewhat misleading, because it implies that there was ever a moment when music finally caught up...  [continue reading]



SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
Like many bands before them, School of Seven Bells were born as the result of a late-night revelation. Benjamin Curtis connected with sisters Alejandra...  [continue reading]



MIIKE SNOW
We've been hearing songs from this Miike Snow all summer long of 2009. "Who is this new guy?," we wondered silently to ourselves several times as...  [continue reading]



DIRTY PROJECTORS
In 2002 David Longstreth released The Graceful Fallen Mango under his own name. A year later, The Glad Fact reintroduced his experimental rock...  [continue reading]



EARLY DAY MINERS
Early Day Miners are a 'musical-cooperative' based in the rolling hills of Bloomington, Indiana. The group formed when Daniel Burton and Rory...  [continue reading]



SISTER FA
Sister Fa entered this world in the early '80s in Dakar, the vibrating capital of Senegal. She took her first steps in music back in 2000 by getting acquainted with the local rap...  [continue reading]



THE THERMALS
Hi, we're The Thermals. We're a three-piece alternative/indie/punk band. We live in Portland, Oregon. You know, the place all your friends are moving. So they can...  [continue reading]



JOHN VANDERSLICE
John Vanderslice's albums have gained critical acclaim for their melodic quality and sophisticated narrative lyrical content. In 2000, he gained national media...  [continue reading]



THE HORRORS
The Horrors have their origin in the early 2000s where they became interested in obscure vinyl and DJing. During trips to London and on the Southend circuit, Rhys "Spider"...  [continue reading]



ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
Their very name, “Ancient Astronauts,” implies a mash-up of the distant past and the far future; traits exemplified in their melding of old school hip hop, funk, and...  [continue reading]



FOALS
Christening themselves Foals in a nod to Yannis’ surname (which means “little lover of horses” in Greek), the band installed themselves in a tiny rehearsal room and....  [continue reading]



FLEET FOXES
Founding members Robin Pecknold & Skye Skjelset grew up listening to the music of their parents. Robin notes, “The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, The Zombies...  [continue reading]



M. WARD
M. Ward's rise to international renown has been something of a slow burn. Initially a well-kept secret of his peers in the Portland folk scene, his star continued to...  [continue reading]



TELEKINESIS
Telekinesis is the project of Michael Benjamin Lerner (second from left above). Michael recorded Telekinesis! at Two Sticks Audio in Seattle with producer Chris Walla (Death Cab... [continue reading]



RA RA RIOT
In 2006, at Syracuse University, Milo Bonacci (guitar / architecture) had an itch to start a new band, something different from the bands he'd played in most of his life. Bonacci...  [continue reading]



ONEIDA
Oneida is a rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their influences include psychedelic rock, krautrock, and hard rock, but the overall structure and intent of... [continue reading]



MICACHU
Micachu is the moniker of major new talent, 21-year-old songwriter and producer, Mica Levi. Despite her relative youth, Mica arrives as something of a Midas touched, Renaissance artist: equally at... [continue reading]



CROCODILES
San Diego's Crocodiles are as dangerous and sneaky as their chosen power animal. The duo, featuring Brandon Welchez of spry rockers The Payers and formerly of... [continue reading]



LONEY DEAR
Hailing from the small city of Jonkoping, Sweden, Loney Dear's primary member Emil Svanängen first began recording homemade, overdubbed tapes of delicate,... [continue reading]



BLK JKS
BLK JKS defy description. With a wrecking crew rhythm section, debonair vocals, and guitar concoction of one part shred and two parts soul, BLK JKS shoot an African music... [continue reading]