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“HARMONY…the order of the universe, the combination of the elements, people, relationships, self-defined identities, or even more simplistic, the merging of symbiotic notes that 
join together to make the music louder, bigger…” – SERENA RYDER

Serena Ryder has a knack for stringing together beautiful lyrics with perfectly honed melodies. Ryder recently released Harmony on November 27, 2012. The first single “Stompa”, featured in an episode of ABC television’s Grey’s Anatomy, quickly climbed the charts and became certified platinum in January 2013.

The Rubens are brothers Sam, Elliott and Zaac Margin and good friend Scott Baldwin. Although they’ve only been playing together since early 2011, they have already won over a legion of fans with their rich, soulful take on blues rock.
Currently on a sold-out national tour (including memorable shows at The Forum Theatre in Melbourne and two Metro Theatre shows in Sydney) THE RUBENS seem to be on a dream run, with the band’s recently released debut, self-titled album coming in at #1 on the iTunes chart and an impressive #3 on the ARIA Album chart. The band’s video for ‘My Gun’ is also nominated for Best Video at the 2012 ARIA Awards. Not bad for a band that has been together just over a year.

Jasmine van den Bogaerde, also known by her stage name Birdy, is an English musician. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12.

Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel is a Danish singer/songwriter. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other European countries.

Foals are an English rock band from Oxford, England. They are currently signed to Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom and Sub Pop in the United States. Foals are an English rock band from Oxford, England. They are currently signed to Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom and Sub Pop in the United States. They released their debut album Antidotes on 24 March 2008 in the UK, and 8 April 2008 in the US. The band’s second album, Total Life Forever, was released on 10 May 2010. The band’s first mixtape Tapes was released on 3 July 2012 as part of the !K7 series. The band’s third album Holy Fire was released on 11 February 2013.

Chet Faker (born Nicholas James Murphy ca. 1989) is an Australian electronica musician.

A band formed by Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and artist Laura Bettinson. Conceived from a love of afrobeat, electronica, art and inspired by tequila.

Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist.

Standing firmly on the middle ground between the quirky, staccato attack of Modest Mouse and the spirited, arena-ready roar of Arcade Fire, Los Angeles-based indie rock outfit Grouplove came to fruition in the late 2000s around the talents of Hannah Hooper, Christian Zucconi, Sean Gadd, Ryan Rabin, and Andrew Wessen.

Delta Spirit is a band from San Diego/Long Beach/Orange County California. They currently reside in Brooklyn, New York. Delta Spirit are most known for their intense live performances, their congregational song writing, and their driving rhythm.

Tingsek is a Swedish pop/soul musician best known for his mastered ability to play a multitude of instruments.

Calexico are associated with a style that their name – borrowed from a small town of less than 40,000 inhabitants on the border between the US and Mexico – has always defined with an unusual precision. Their work has spoken of dusty deserts and the loners that inhabit them, mixing America’s country music heritage with that of a Latin persuasion.

The Sea and Cake are a band who need very little introduction. In their extensive 20 year career the band has bridged the gap between Brazilian music of the late 1960’s, African influenced guitar lines, and independent pop. A sound that is entirely distinct, centered around the delicate guitar interplay of Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt, driven by the versatile rhythms of bassist Eric Claridge and drummer John McEntire, and finally set apart by Prekop’s vocals and obtuse lyrics. The trademark soft spoken intimacy has been replaced by assured confidence and buoyancy. The band have a renewed sense of freedom and seem to be invigorated by their own explorations. The energy and excitement are palpable.

The Mountain Goats began life in a Norwalk employee-housing studio apartment that had awesome deco tiling on the bathroom floor but little more to recommend the place as a living space. In this room, equipped with a dual-cassette recorder, John D. started setting some of his poetry to music, using a guitar he’d gotten for a few bucks at a nearby strip mall music store. His idea at the time was that eventually his day job would be “poet.”After a while the songs became more like songs than poems set to music, and John started playing them for his friend Rachel, who as it turned out, played bass…the rest is history.

Mumford & Sons are an English folk rock band. The band’s first album, “Sigh No More,” was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Their music is best known for its captivating lyrics, strong acoustics, stunning vocal harmonies, and incredible live presence.

This five-piece band has all the hallmarks of the latest folk sensation: elemental name, beards, acoustic guitars, even a violinist. But what sets Dry the River apart is a background in hardcore and post-punk bands, hence the tattoos, lyrics that read like a Steinbeck novel and a sonic palette that sweeps from gentle to giant like an incoming storm.

Greg Trooper is a singer/songwriter who has released 11 albums since 1986. Raised in the shore town of Little Silver, NJ he became enthralled by the greater New York area’s rich music scene. He discovered a sort of holy musical trinity in the work of Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams, with their guiding lights of passion, literary dexterity and plainspoken honesty. It’s one reason Trooper’s music feels equally informed by Memphis soul, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang.

The Chevin is a Leeds, England based post-punk revival band that formed in 2010. The band is composed of four members, all of whom are childhood friends.

Buy his newest album From the Ground Up in iTunes.

World Party is a British pop/alternative rock band, which is essentially the solo project of its sole member, Karl Wallinger. He started the band in 1986 in London after leaving The Waterboys.

In 2011 the band returned to the South by Southwest festival to play a free concert in which they opened for Blue October. In 2012 World Party released a new five CD collection titled “Arkeology”.

Welcome to World Party’s alternate reality. Arkeology features 70 tracks of new songs, rare studio tracks, concert recordings, radio interviews, covers, demos, and b-sides. It’s an absolute feast for fans and unusual but worthy place for newbies to immerse themselves in one of pop music’s mot versatile bands.

The Apache Relay was formed by chance in a Nashville college dorm when Michael Ford Jr. (vocals, bass) met Mike Harris (guitar, vocals). Ford Jr. happened to be looking for some musicians to help perform his own music live, when he heard about Harris’ newly formed band, The Apache Relay. Ford Jr. hired the trio, which also included Brett Moore (keys, guitar, mandolin) and Kellen Wenrich (fiddle), to back him at a show and it was immediately evident that the four musicians had a unique chemistry and were on to something special. Since the release of American Nomad, The Apache Relay, who round out their live show with the addition of drummer Aaron Early, have continued their regiment of non-­stop touring, amassing a fervent fanbase and performing over 100 dates in 2011 alone. 2012 will see the band continue to tour in support of American Nomad including stops at SXSW, Canadian Music Fest, and Newport Folk Festival.

Mississippi-based singer/songwriter and ukulele aficionado Dent May crafts elegant and whimsical pop tunes in the vein of Jens Lekman and Magnetic Fields, with a dash of Serge Gainsbourg and Jonathan Richman thrown in for good measure. In 2008 May inked a deal with the Animal Collective-founded Paw Tracks imprint, culminating in the release of The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele the following year.

Born in Nebraska, singer/songwriter Josh Rouse moved to various cities throughout his childhood and subsequent musical career, driven at first by his father’s military career and later by his desire to take inspiration from different environments. Throughout his travels and settings, his songwriting continues to exhibit the summery, rootsy appeal of his earlier work. For the 2011 release Josh Rouse & the Long Vacations, the singer/songwriter drew from the AM radio sounds he grew up with, as well as present-day influences from his adopted home of Spain.

After two years of jamming, writing and recording in various lounge rooms and basements, the five school friends that make up Snakadaktal emerged blinking into the spotlight and took Australia, as the saying goes, by storm. They won the triple j Unearthed High competition off the back of their very first single, ‘Chimera’, a dreamy, surreal track built of a home-spun art school aesthetic and accompanying Neverland-themed clip, which racked up 140,000 views on YouTube and kick started a whirlwind that picked them up and put them down very far away from Kansas.

In the fall of 2010, Chris Robinson, of the band the Black Crowes, launched a new project with the advent of the Crowes’ hiatus. Eventually, the project was titled the Chris Robinson Brotherhood (CRB), and a two months California tour was launched on March 29, 2011 in Santa Barbara, California. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood lineup includes Adam MacDougall (of the Black Crowes) on keyboards, George Sluppick on drums, Mark “Muddy” Dutton (of Burning Tree) on bass, and Neal Casal on guitar.

R&B Crooner, songwriter and actor Eric Benét is releasing his sixth album entitled The One on June 5th, 2012. Benét grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the 1970s and was the youngest of five musically talented siblings. He started out singing with a group called Gerard in the late 1980s; then Benét, his sister Lisa, and his cousin George Nash Jr. formed a band called Benét and in 1992, they were signed to EMI and released a self-titled album. Since launching his solo career, Benét has had several high profile relationships, including his four-year marriage to Halle Berry.

The Mynabirds are a collective of musicians fronted by singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn. Founded in 2009 following the split of her previous DC band, Georgie James, the Mynabirds are currently based in Omaha, Nebraska. Their debut album, “What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood“, released to critical acclaim by Saddle Creek in April of 2010.

When Afro Celt Sound System burst onto the music scene some 15 years ago their impact was so instant, so astounding, that it hit like a thunder crack. Here was a band unlike anything else, a band whose fusion of West African rhythms, Irish traditional music and cutting-edge dance grooves battered the senses and unleashed a wellspring of joy and liberation. Festival audiences did a double take then danced like dervishes. Albums flew off the shelves. There were awards. Grammy nominations. Star turns on big film soundtracks.

Bombay Bicycle Club are an English indie rock band from Crouch End, London. The band is composed of Jack Steadman (lead vocals, guitar), Jamie MacColl (guitar), Ed Nash (bass) and Suren de Saram (drums). The band were asked to play the opening performance of 2006’s V Festival after winning Channel 4’s “Road to V” competition. Following the release of two EPs and their debut single “Evening/Morning”, the band recorded their debut album, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose. The album was released in July 2009.