Indie Rock

There is more than one artist with this name:
1.: A band from Oakland, California who play both indie rock and alternative hip-hop
2. A folk rock band from England active in the 1990s. 1) WHY? is an American hip-hop indie rock band based out of Oakland, California, USA originally only featuring Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf. It has since gone on to include Doug McDiarmid, Austin Brown, and Yoni's brother Josiah Wolf. They are one of the founding groups of the anticon record label of Oakland, California.

The Magnetic Fields is a New York-based group fronted by Stephin Merritt. Recent albums released under the name "The Magnetic Fields" usually consist of synth-pop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics which are often heavily ironic. While synth-pop often forms the foundation of their music, The Magnetic Fields' music borrows from many other styles, notably country, folk and indie pop. The band was originally formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990 by friends Merritt and (percussionist/pianist/vocalist) Claudia Gonson.

Hailing from Seattle, but arriving seemingly out of nowhere, Welcome are both distinct and familiar, at once drawing the listener in, and suggesting worlds of possibilities. An essentially traditional line-up of guitar, bass, drums, dual (often double-tracked) vocals, and a couple of guitars (admittedly augmented by some unconventional home made pedals and FX), they manage to wrench or coax new shapes at will.