City Seventeen: From arid desert scenes to cosmic apocalypse, three-piece City Seventeen create soundtracks to unmade films.

e.p. hall: e.p. hall creates thinky creepy, guitar-and electrobuzz folk music.

Line Spectra: Random compositions, textures, drones and ambient soundscapes provide a richly layered experience rewarding of repeated listening.

Sarah Lain: With a voice to die for and an ability to turn out songs both melodically interesting and lyrically enthralling, Sarah Lain delivers her own brand of sweet indie-pop-rock. In a good way.

Thomas J: Genre-defying DIY artist Thomas J creates bedroom compositions more captivating than most full-blown "studio" releases.

Toma: Intense, dramatic, sweeping, and emotional, Toma's music is a breath of fresh air in post-rock.