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The Apples In Stereo - 77% match to Of Montreal

Led by vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider (South Africa), Denver, Colorado, USA-based Apples In Stereo is one of a crop of allied bands, known as the Elephant 6 Recording Company and including the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel and Elf Power, who have spent their career trying to recreate the sonic abandon of classic 60s songwriting. The Beach Boys are by some wa Read more

Animal Collective - 70% match to Of Montreal

Having adopted (for reasons they have been unwilling to explain) the curious names of Avey Tare and Panda Bear, high school friends David Portner (USA; vocals/guitar) and Noah Lennox (b. USA; vocals/drums) evoke the strange and the magical via a music that has traceable precedents in the rituals of shamanism, the textures/structures of minimal techno, and the gentle folk roc Read more

Elf Power - 69% match to Of Montreal

This Athens, Georgia, USA-based lo-fi/indie quartet was originally formed by Andrew Rieger (vocals/guitar) and Laura Carter (keyboards/vocals) in 1994. The band has been compared to similarly styled outfits such as Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel over the years, and with good reason. Not only does Elf Power share the same record company (Elephant 6) with the aforem Read more

Neutral Milk Hotel - 57% match to Of Montreal

The creation of singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel formed part of the loose knit Elephant 6 Recording Company collective of psych pop bands based in Athens, Georgia, USA. Mangum grew up in Ruston, Louisiana with fellow 60s enthusiasts Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss and Robert Schneider, playing in various bands including Maggot and Cranberry Life Cycle. In 1990, Man Read more

The Fiery Furnaces - 36% match to Of Montreal

In the early years of the new millennium, in the wake of the massive success of the White Stripes, countless other indie rock bands popped up comprised of either only two members and/or a brother and sister combo. One of the most notable of these new acts was the Brooklyn, New York, USA-based Fiery Furnaces. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, the band is comprised of sister/bro Read more

The Magnetic Fields - 34% match to Of Montreal

The creation of Stephin Merritt (1966, USA), a singer-songwriter, keyboard and guitar player based in New York, Magnetic Fields have established a strong reputation on the US underground without ever achieving that success internationally, though Merritt remains a darling of critics worldwide. As a writer he is, if not unique, certainly unusual. The details of his dealings w Read more

The Flaming Lips - 33% match to Of Montreal

Formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, the Flaming Lips won a deserved reputation in the 80s and 90s for their discordant, psychedelia-tinged garage rock, and have recorded a fine body of off-kilter and unpredictable work. They are led by lyricist, vocalist and guitarist Wayne Coyne (Wayne Ruby Coyne, 17 March 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA), who started playing music Read more

Panda Bear - 32% match to Of Montreal

Noah Lennox, Maryland, USA. One of the musicians in the New York-based experimental band Animal Collective, multi-instrumentalist Lennox has also released several solo albums under his Panda Bear moniker. His 1998 debut was completed with future Animal Collective bandmate Deakin (the two men had been making music together since meeting at high school in Baltimore County), an Read more

Why? - 24% match to Of Montreal

Modest Mouse - 23% match to Of Montreal

Drawing from influences such as Pavement, the Pixies, and Talking Heads, the Issaquah, Washington, USA-based art-punk unit Modest Mouse initially featured Isaac Brock (9 July 1975, Issaquah, Washington, USA; vocals/guitar), Dann Gallucci (guitar), Eric Judy (bass) and Jeremiah Green (drums). Formed in 1992, the band rehearsed and recorded demos for nearly two years, before s Read more

Dirty Projectors - 22% match to Of Montreal

Dirty Projectors is the recording enterprise founded by experimental musician and singer-songwriter Dave Longstreth, with whatever musicians he chooses to work with on a particular record. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Longstreth began recording in the early 00s. His initial album, The Graceful Fallen Mango, was released under his own name and set the basic template for his musi Read more

Girls - 21% match to Of Montreal

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - 18% match to Of Montreal

Dan Deacon - 17% match to Of Montreal

28 August 1981, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Deacon grew up in Baltimore, with a great passion and talent for music. As soon as he graduated in the mid-90s he enrolled at the world-renowned Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, New York, where he played in many experimental bands. His love of the avant garde pushed him to work with musicians playing everything from grindco Read more

St. Vincent - 17% match to Of Montreal