The Limousines Singer-songwriter Eric Victorino and multi-instrumentalist producer Giovanni Giusti, who together make up electro-pop duo the Limousines, might have met in the Bay Area, where they practically lived in one another's backyards. Instead, they wound up connecting online, while Victorino was touring England with another band. The ...

Sam Comen for AOL Ramona Gonzalez, better known as Nite Jewel, is used to getting lumped into the girl-with-voice-and-synthesizer category. But with her blend of shimmering vocals, lo-fi production and ethereal ambience, she's more a modern disco-soul songstress -- a maker of music you can dance to, but that also has heart. Spinner talked ...

Mario Camilo For folky songwriter Jack Milas and electro-pop producer Oli Chang, what began as "mucking around" in a recording studio in Sydney, Australia, has blossomed into a serious project, High Highs. Now based in Brooklyn, the duo makes ruminative, dreamlike pop, rich with falsetto harmonies and nuanced electronic glaze. High Highs ...

Partisan Records Since songwriter John McCauley founded Deer Tick in 2004, the rollicking folk-rock band best known for its go-big-or-go-home live performances has gone from from releasing cassettes to performing on 'Letterman.' Spinner talked with songwriter and guitarist Ian O'Neil, who joined the group in 2009, about their love for the ...

Courtesy Indian Jewelry Indian Jewelry make music that escapes description. The Wikipedia page for the Houston-based ensemble says they're known for their "droning vision music and seizure-inducing stage show," though the band will tell you that they just write songs -- let the audience and the lighting designers take care of the rest. ...

Courtesy the Good Natured The Good Natured -- the synth pop project of England's Sarah McIntosh -- isn't exactly what its name implies. McIntosh's lyrics are contemplative and contradictory, and range from musings on sex to self-destruction, all housed in a framework of dance-friendly beats and smart, textured production. McIntosh herself, ...

Lulu Devil Chicago-based electronic duo Houses -- principal songwriter Dexter Tortoriello and his girlfriend, Megan Messina -- followed a charmed path to early success: Go to Hawaii, write a record, put one song online and get signed, all before playing a proper live show. In an interview with Spinner, Tortoriello discussed how living ...