Motel Motel is a history of rock youth in a blender. They croon with the spirit of an old country ballad, but one careening through the tunnels and avenues of their home base, New York City. Finishing up their debut album New Denver (recorded in Colorado) Motel Motel is ready to understand life through in and above itself

Hailing from the suburbs of New Jersey, Chris Gennone is a young, fresh and fiery singer/songwriter soaked with the voices of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits with the ambition and spark of Bruce Springsteen. A sound that\'s been quoted as \"Relaxing\" \"Rootsy\" and \"Fresh,\" Gennone ranges his styles from indie-rock based

Dri has spent her music career lending her vocal and keyboard chops to bands like the much missed first wave emo-band The Anniversary, and Saddle Creek's Art In Manila. Her sultry debut "Smoke Rings" is a collection of kisses (and kiss-offs) blown to past and present loves; a swirl of stoned immediacy with feelings and melodies...

Armed with little more than an acoustic guitar and her fragile alto, Northern California neo-folk singer/songwriter Emily Jane White offers sparse, smoldering tales of melancholy and isolation. Her gothic blues are starting to catch the press' attention and her debut Dark Undercoat is among the year's strongest.

Like The Corrs, but not gay

Part Spoon and Beck with beautiful vocal bravados comes the sound of Kristoffer Ragnstam. Sure his name is more difficult to pronounce than an Oompa Loompa's hereditary line but who cares when you sound this good! The Swede is currently testing out the US market after winning over fans for years now in his homeland.

Amassing the power of the Big Star with the fury of the Sabbath (Black) and the mesmerizing wiles of the Badfinger, the gentlemen of White (F-in’) Whale are not afraid to ask the musical question “What’s an Ocean For?” Beware ye Decemberists and those who would set the Arcade (a)Fire, the Okkervil River can not contain the enormity.

Kansas based Ghostly can best be described as a marriage between alt-pop and guitar jams that can be most compared to the love child of Flaming Lips and Pavement.

What was initially a grove group headed by heavy bass licks hazed over by dance punk has evolved into harmonious upheaval of revival justification. With its mists of feedback to the catchiest hooks this side of 1983, Remember the Night Parties is potentially one of the most re-inventive alt punk movements in recent years.

An epic rock pop trio is in the making with the Boston, MA group The Slip with their grandeur guitars and hard kicking beats. Part Beach Boys brightness with the Built to Spill mysterious factor equals one engaging act.

Part Built to Spill and equal remains The Band and Shins, Los Angeles based Gertie Fox is all rock eletronica. The laid back pop outfit is restful in tone at times but never in action as they are constantly touring the West Coast and parts of the Midwest and Atlantic with their 60's influenced sound and optimistic melodies.

Chicago native Serengeti and his MF Doom style hooks are catching the attention of many in the Midwest as an up and coming act to watch. Equally witty and bizarre, and always unique, Serengeti takes a side-step approach to daily life and the hip-hop culture to produce some infectious grooves.