Spoon (Miss.)

Mississippi’s contribution to ’90s slowcore, This Living Hand played haunting, downbeat songs that evoke a 3 a.m. of the soul. Founded by childhood friends Neilson Hubbard and Clay Jones (later joined by violinist Helen Lamb), the band self-released two albums as Spoon (not the Austin band of the same name) before adopting the name This…

Ultramarine

Emerging from the vibrant UK electronic scene of the early ’90s, Ultramarine has often been described as “techno-folk,” although the range of the group’s interests defies easy pigeonholing. Essex natives Paul Hammond and Ian Cooper started working together in A Primary Industry with a trumpet player, a drummer and a female vocalist. The result was…

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