Calamity Magnet is led by Sara Radle, formerly of nerd pop band The Rentals.    For this project, Sara goes a little old-school, delivering songs that sway with a '50's innocence, reminscent of girl group projects from that era. ...

We recently interviewed Shana Levy of Let's Go Sailing, as part of our SXSW series, but the group also stoppped for a Groupee Session to share a few of their songs with us.  The band has released one full-length record, The Chaos In Order, and...

Marry the elliptical, dark, stream-of-consciousness energy of The Pixies with the loopy fun of The B-52's and you approximate the sound of our artist of the month, The Happy Hollows.  This is a band that marches to the beat of its own drummer in...

Recently profiled as one of our Buzz Bands, The Jakes delivered some outstanding performances in this Groupee Session (see videos below).

For the song "A Play To End All Plays," singer Joshua Hanson begins: "there's a play i've been meaning to see it's about you and me and our growing receipts it's about medication, it's about our bad habits and the tickets were free, yes the tickets...

Barrett Johnson is part of a collective in Orange County that is producing some very fine music.  He hangs out with a crew that includes Johnny Hanson of Melanoid and studio owner/musician/producer Dallas Preston Kruse.  Barrett sings gentle...

Correatown is the solo project of Angela Correa.  Her songs are first person narratives, delivered with a voice that embraces with a world-weary expressiveness.    For this Groupee Session, she was joined by Wendy Wang of The Sweet...

"I've never written a love song, but I will for you," declares Avi Buffalo in the song "Remember Last Time," before launching into a searing guitar solo that expresses this love more powerfully than the words ever could. The guitar is truly elevated...

The Shys’ new album is titled You’ll Never Understand This Band The Way That I Do.  It alludes to the passion and unique connection that you have when you discover a band that has meaning for you.  You build up your own...

For this Groupee Session, The Sweet Hurt performed three songs from their new EP, In the Shade of Dreams, as well as one song ('Take This Away') from their last record, Everyday Mistakes.  Recently featured as one of our Buzz Bands, The Sweet...

Melanoid is the solo project of Johnny Hanson, an unassuming sort who just happens to be prodigiously talented.  The best way to describe John Hanson is that he is a cross between Roy Orbison and Elliott Smith.  Seriously.   He combines...

Queen Kwong is led by singer/songwriter Carré Callaway.  Carré first received some notoriety a few years ago when she opened for Nine Inch Nails on one of their tours.  Her music is not anything like Nine Inch Nails,...

We’ve brought in dozens of bands for our Groupee Sessions over the past several months and one name that kept coming up when I asked artists who they admired was singer/songwriter Liz Pappademas.  The first time I visited her website,...

For this Groupee Session, sound engineer (and leader of the most excellent The Idaho Falls) Raymond Richards was concerned about bringing a "punk rock" act into his small studio.  Well, I would not classify them as punk rock, but there was some...

Los Angeles-based The Weather Underground treated us to an amazing set of live performances at Red Rockets Glare studio in Los Angeles.  Bird in the Hand: This song appears on the band’s most recent EP of the same name, but for this...