Guardian Music — Daniel Martin-McCormick plays with house music conventions to create sounds as much designed for headphones as dancefloorsHometown: Washington DC.The lineup: Daniel Martin-McCormick (music, production).The background: Daniel Martin-McCormick is one o... more info

Guardian Music — Beautiful and eerie psychedelia that puts the 'hip' into 'hypnagogic'. Sounds like someone's been listening to Ariel PinkHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Paul A RosalesThe background: Paul A Rosales is only in his early 20s but he sounds way older. ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Grimes has signed with 4AD, the home of Ariel Pink, Gang Gang, St. Vincent, et... Read more » more info

Impose Magazine — We'd like to apologize for some editorial slackness when it comes to this list of the most average releases of 2011. Firstly, this list actually contains 228 average releases, but we included Radiohead three times, and Ariel Pink, acting like a l... more info

Impose Magazine — Royal Trux or RTX are not splitting up. Everybody got to keep their job, but one listen to "Rad Times" confirms the band had little choice in giving its new sound a new moniker. Even though we think Black Bananas would be better suited as a seminal s... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Arts & Entertainment covers lo-fi pop cult hero R. Stevie Moore on its new release, following in the footsteps of Ariel Pink before it. more info

Totally Fuzzy — If you like the hypnagogic soft rock of Ariel Pink and glo-fi slow jams of Washed Out, this will be right up your alley -- Paul Lester (guardian.co.uk) Read more » more info

Guardian Music — If you like the hypnagogic soft rock of Ariel Pink and glo-fi slow jams of Washed Out, this will be right up your alleyHometown: Philadelphia.The lineup: Benjamin Louisiana (more instrumental/less vocal) and Thomas Crystal (more vocal/less instrument... more info

Guardian Music — You don't get many political science postgrads making synthpop. But then you don't get many synthpop records like We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of OurselvesWhen Body Count released the song Cop Killer in 1992, it was considered so inflammatory ... more info

Guardian Music — You don't have to be a crate-digger to appreciate the soul brilliance of DarondoEven those suspicious of soul fans' thirst for obscure tracks should hear this one. Didn't I is transcendent, up there with the best of Curtis Mayfield or Al Green.It's a... more info