Ted Leo

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———– Ted Leo is one of the finest songwriters of our generation, even if it’s not entirely clear what generation that is. Starting in New York Hardcore with Citizen’s Arrest, making the ‘90s safe for power-pop and Weller-esque hair with Chisel, then singing our turbulent lives like we were smarter than we were Read more

S U R V I V E

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Formed in 2009, the prolific Austin, TX experimental synth quartet S U R V I V E have released numerous albums, EPs, and singles since their inception, including recent contributions to the soundtrack for the acclaimed indie horror film The Guest. Additionally, two of the group’s members recently scored the soundtrack for Read more

Mike Krol

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Of all the breakups in Mike Krol’s songs, the most harrowing story is about his breakup with music. In 2015, coming off his best record yet and the ensuing world tour, Krol found himself in the midst of a full-blown existential crisis. He’d invested everything to create the rock-and-roll life he’d always Read more

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— In the annals of film and television, certain musical themes manage to transcend the moving image. From the iconic whistle introducing Morricone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme to Tangerine Dream’s “Love On A Real Train,” memorable scores have the uncanny ability to sum up an epoch, an entire aesthetic. Read more

Girls Against Boys

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Girls Against Boys is a band from Brooklyn that started as four people from Washington, DC, fully schooled in the art of noise from the Dischord punk rock scene. Barely surviving their move to the perils of destroyed, crack-addled 1990s New York City, they released their highly acclaimed Venus Luxure No. 1 Read more

Frankie Rose

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Love As Projection is the new album by Frankie Rose, her fifth studio LP and her first since 2017’s Cage Tropical. Frankie Rose has forged an enviable musical legacy, from playing with bands like Crystal Stilts and The Vivian Girls but on Love As Projection she takes a bold step into electronic Read more

Fear of Men

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— 2016 sees the return of Fear of Men with Fall Forever, an album that builds on the melodicism of their acclaimed debut album Loom and takes it in a bold and modern direction, pushing the limits of their instruments to take on new and alien forms. After extensively touring in support of Read more

FACS

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Chicago trio FACS have been perfecting their brand of intense, cathartic art rock over the course of four ever-evolving albums. Beginning with 2018’s Negative Houses thru 2021’s landmark Present Tense, the trio digs deep into the gaping maw of a black hole and pulls back whatever debris they can grasp onto. Their Read more

Ex-Vöid

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ———— Ex-Vöid is a new musical group featuring former Joanna Gruesome members Owen Williams and Alanna McArdle. After having written two short albums of ‘critically acclaimed’ hyper-aggressive pop music, touring the capitalist west, and winning a kind of ‘National Music Prize’ with Joanna Gruesome, McArdle & Williams went their separate ways. Following the Read more

The Ex

Agent: Mahmood Shaikh ——— The Ex have defied categorization ever since they started playing in 1979. Born out of the punk explosion, when anything and everything was possible, the band have still managed to retain both curiosity and passion for their music. Using guitars, bass, drums and voice as their starting point The Ex have continued Read more