With bounding rhythms and infectious hooks, Ra Ra Riot’s high-speed chamber pop combines “Arcade Fire’s orchestral reveries with Vampire Weekend’s pop sensibility” (Rolling Stone).
Delicate Steve is a wildly energetic and uplifting instrumental band led by the talented guitarist Steve Marion, who is rumored to play 39 other instruments.
Local duo Buke & Gass uses strange tools—a mutant bass/guitar hybrid, a modified baritone ukulele, effects pedals, and tricked out foot percussion—to create what NPR describes as “a throttling yet joyful sound and a handcrafted sensibility.