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Although they had been friends for years and played in other bands together, Portland, Oregon’s Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster found their niche making raucous, punk-inspired anthems as the Thermals. Simple, smart and brimming with ire, the Thermals’ two- and three-chord songs can be surprisingly thoughtful, tackling such topics as religion, politics and culture and…

Rilo Kiley are a restless lot. They adopt countless musical styles, switch labels with nearly every release and make time for solo careers. Even within a single song, the LA band can jump from theme to theme. The group began as a duo of former child actors Jenny Lewis (vocals, keyboards, bass) and guitarist Blake…

Stockholm trio Peter Bjorn and John piece the shards of broken relationships together to create well-groomed, hooky indie pop full of levity and nostalgia. Singer-guitarist Peter Morén met bassist Björn Yttling at a Swedish performing arts high school in 1992 where — in contrast to their classmates’ pursuit of jazz and classical music — they…

Perhaps because Leslie Feist (raised in Calgary, Alberta but based in Toronto by way of Paris) grew up singing in choirs, she never grabs for the spotlight — but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t belong there. More anti-diva than classic chanteuse, Feist uses her dynamic alto to glide between musical styles, blending her leading role…