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Indie band Blind Pilot plays a song on CNN Live, and then speaks briefly about touring the West Coast on bicycle. (check out the site for the rest of the story!)

It would be easy to describe Deas Vail simply by pointing at vocalist Wes Blaylock's upper register range and falsetto and then to slap on the indie label. (check out the site for the rest of the story!)

Classifying themselves as "New Garage", The Swipes are a German band with a track record of success. (check out the site for the rest of the story!)

If you like what Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis did with Postal Service, you will LOVE Owl City. (check out the site for the rest of the story!)