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With their flowing, unusual, yet welcoming blend of sounds, the multi-national experimental electronic pop ensemble Vanishing Twin gives heart to heady concepts of identity and belonging. The group's music includes Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Stereolab, Martin Denny, and Can in its wide embrace, but Vanishing Twin know how to piece these influences together into their own playful explorations. Whether examining ideas about existence and evolution on 2016's Choose Your Own Adventure Read more on Last.fm

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Ear is an American electronic music duo, Yaelle Avtan and Jonah Paz. They met in 2024 while attending Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. They bonded over shared musical interests including British post-punk, IDM, and the work of Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. Read more on Last.fm

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Slow Fiction is an American indie / garage rock band from New York City, NY, United States. Influenced by the likes of poets like Anne Waldman, Ted Berrigan and the New York School era as well as the spirit of early 2000s garage rock bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, Interpol and The Walkmen, the group delivers a blend of their influences and personal experiences in a raw and melodic way. Through Craigslist ads and mutual friends, the band first joined forces at Julia Vassallo's East Village apartment. Read more on Last.fm

Standing on the Corner is an American experimental jazz and hip-hop group based in Brooklyn, led by Gio Escobar. Standing on the Corner emerged from the New York underground art and music scene and have been referred to as a post-genre group praised for their use and blends of different sounds. Standing on the Corner started off as a 2 member band called Children of the Corner, and then later integrated more members throughout the years including important figures like SLAUSON MALONE. As of 2025 the band has 7 members in total. Read more on Last.fm

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Makeshift Art Bar is an innovative, rising post-punk/art-rock band from Belfast known for their raw, visceral sound, featuring jagged guitar riffs, pulsating rhythms, and poetic, provocative lyrics, gaining buzz through festival appearances (like Left of the Dial, Borderline) and radio play (BBC 6 Music), collaborating with artists like Mount Palomar, and drawing comparisons to early Gilla Band for their energetic and dramatic live performances and tracks from their EP Lackluster Writing Makes Fundamental Reading. Read more on Last.fm