alt-pop

Treasure Island, entering its fifth year on Oct. 15, will devote one day to dance music and the other to indie rock, with headliners including Australian electronic group Empire of the Sun and alt-pop stalwarts Death Cab for Cutie.

The Air, and Music, Get Cooler John Jurgensen 2011

The ElectedSoCal alt-pop unit The Elected is the brainchild of San Diego native guitarist/songwriter Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley distinction.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 176 Phil Ramone 2011

So there goes the one element that would have distinguished them from Best Coast and other bands producing similarly sunny-day alt-pop.

Grouplove: Never Trust a Happy Song – review 2011

Bat for LashesBat for Lashes is the alt-pop brainchild of British songstress Natasha Khan.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 158 Phil Ramone 2011

Eskimo JoeWestern Australian alt-pop/rock outfit Eskimo Joe was founded in the mid-'90s.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 187 Phil Ramone 2011

Insert current alt-pop hit here to underscore montage of training scenes a la "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid."

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010

Insert current alt-pop hit here to underscore montage of training scenes a la "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid."

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010

Nice trick, and it's that creative gravity of the musical space between that keeps Back & Fourth mesmerizing, in perpetual alt-pop motion, and on course as one of the best albums of 2009.

Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Review: Pete Yorn -- Back & Fourth 2009

Singer/songwriter Jens Lekman, Sweden's alt-pop man, was born in the port city of Gothenburg in February 1981.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Fifty-Nine 2009

"Four years ago, the already desperately loved Noise Pop Festival added a Film Festival component, making it an alt-pop lover's best friend in nearly every relevant medium."

GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 3/1. 2007