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BENJI COSSA
Benji Cossa makes sincerely beautiful homemade melodic pop with roots. Classic, mad-genius charm, ragged edges, and other-worldly singing. Direct, joyful, richly detailed music made by a very nice man who enjoys flying a kite.
DOWNLOAD: "Sunset" by Between the Blue and the Green (SBR13)


ROCKETSHIP PARK
Josh Kaufman makes songs that are hard to forget about. Ultra-melodic, lush, cinema-scope folk-pop about family, life, loss. Tinges of country, Dylan, big hooks.
DOWNLOAD: "Run Away" from Off and Away (SBR16)


LOOKER
The Shangri-Las backed by the Pixies. "One collective stiletto heel in the Brill Building circa 1963 and the other in what used to be CBGB." Put the top down, turn it up, sing along.

DOWNLOAD: "After My Divorce" from After My Divorce / Master's Gone Away (SBR15)


THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND
The Gentlemen deliver original circus-country and dixieland-swing with plectrum banjo, string bass, dueling kazoos, foot percussion, & a triangle. Tight harmonies, matching suspenders, and good old Vaudevillian charm!
DOWNLOAD: "William Howard Taft" from Heavy Petting (SBR 18)


THE OCTAGON
To-the-point, tuneful, parsed and pared down but high in energy, The Octagon wails it briskly with effect. Sticky, hummable Rock and Roll abandon.
DOWNLOAD: "The Narrow Road to Oku" from Nothing But Change (SBR14)


THE UNSACRED HEARTS
American-styled old-school rock and roll. Riff-happy power trio fronted by one shoutin' drunkard. Weird chords. Songs about airlinebottles, Dylanology and giving up on rock and roll.
DOWNLOAD: "Point of Pride" from In Defense of Fort Useless (SBR07)


HIGGINS
Old pals who mine the fertile wells of the classic rock. The grooves are slow-burning and good-feeling. The playing is expert and soulful. There are layers of delicious melody tucked in every crevasse.
DOWNLOAD: "Yes I Know" [MP3] from 'Yes I Know' / 'Slap Or Pinch' digital single (SBR21)


JACK AND THE PULPITS
Josh Kaufman and Annie Nero, young and in love, sing sweetly and play like angels.
DOWNLOAD: "Dance Area" from Jack and the Pulpits (SBR24)


SECRET DAKOTA RING
Secret Dakota Ring is the homemade indie-pop brainchild of OK Go guitar-man Andy Ross. A candy factory! Symmetrical washes of electric guitars, sweet harmonies and tom-tom rolls. Hitsville chorii aplenty.
DOWNLOAD: "23" from Do Not Leave Baggage All the Way (SBR02)


DRACULA ZOMBIE USA
A future-world psychedelic party-jam super -partnership. Laptop gurgles and slinky synths joust with beats galore and fuzzy bass in a fast and furious fantasy realm.
DOWNLOAD: "Right Makes Might" from Right Makes Might / Long Shot (SBR17)


MAN IN GRAY
Noisy, sexy indie punk. One pretty guitar, one ugly guitar, one punk bass and one jackhammer drummer. Screaming and whispers from Tina. Chaos collides with beauty and, BANG, you're in love.
DOWNLOAD: "Stranded" from I Can't Sleep Unless I Hear You Breathing (SBR11)


KICKSTART
Kickstart carry the true heart of rock'n'roll in their collective chests. They play roaring, contagious pub-anthems about drinking, gambling, rocking, drinking and drinking.
DOWNLOAD: "Harmonica" from Kickstart (SBR12)

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"You have to love a record label that isn't driven by profits, hipness, or some misguided attempt to capture and define a style. New York-based label Serious Business is a label of love - love for music of all kinds (their roster is a diverse one seemingly guided by label founder Travis Harrison's personal taste) and, judging from their showcase at Pianos on Tuesday night, love for each other. Bands shared members and instruments, made sure to thank each other and Travis many times and, sweetest of all, they made sure the bands on stage were properly hydrated at all times by bringing up numerous cool refreshments."
-All Music Guide Blog


"Local indie label Serious Business (is) devoted to rock of the refreshingly unpretentious variety."
-Time Out NY

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