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Don’t get them confused with the next great American novel, but TNGAN is a Brooklyn folk band bringing the California vibes with them. Thanks to Sean Cahill, who was born on the west coast, is still trying to nail down the band’s sound but successfully incorporates a range of melodies and instruments on the new album, Careless Moon, out now. “I think we got pretty close to seeing this vision all the way through. Going from a primarily acoustic act especially,” says Cahill. The founding members are Sean Cahill and fellow band mate Jason Cummings. It was not until that…

Wild Yaks have been partying it up at Rippers on Rockaway Beach for most of their career. Now, the indie punk-folk rockers are ready to branch out and be heard. The band was formed in the fall of 2007 in Brooklyn, New York by singer/guitarist Rob Bryn and drummer/vocalist Martin Cartagena. While many players have come and gone through the Yaks’ over the years, today’s lineup is Jose Aybar (bass), Patsy Carroll (guitar), Giovanni Kincade (Farfisa), Matt Walsh (guitar), plus Cartagena and Bryn. The Yaks’ discography also includes the EP 10 Ships (Don’t die yet, 2009), and full-length albums Million Years(2012),…

Rising indie band Sexy Pigeon met by chance. Robin Cause, a hitchhiker from Amsterdam, and Darrel Dier, an enthusiastic skydiver met in 2017. Cause was exploring America, specifically California, when he was dropped off next to an airport and met Dier. Their friendship blossomed into the collaboration of the indie band called Sexy Pigeon. Their love for music and art made for an enduring friendship. Their Pastel Summer EP, based on relationships and love, is out May 28. We tackled the origin of the band’s name, their new single “Hold My Hand Sunshine”, and their Sexy Pigeon Challenge on Instagram…

Newcomers alt rock act Hello Mary (drummer/backup vocalist Stella Branstool, bassist Mikaela Oppenheimer, vocalist, guitarist Helena Straight) are a blessing in disguise as they are bringing back good ol’ fashioned rock music. The Brooklyn threesome’s aesthetic is drawing a ton of praise from Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming and the Breeders’ Tanya Donelly. Their gritty rock tunes make you want to mosh like it’s 1992 in a basement somewhere in Brooklyn, right at the helm of Grunge itself. I talked with the ladies about their aesthetic, growing up in the social media age, and not being able to play this past…

NYC artist Tigerlily, originally from Seattle, has been singing since she was a child and noticed she first had the pipes when the Wii Rock Band came out “I remember the first song I attempted was Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” and I got 100% and I was like huh, well looks like I’m a singer!” The Asian American grew up on a healthy dose of grunge, alternative, and indie rock music growing up in Seattle area, but her love for pop music never left her. Modern Frequency sat down with the budding pop star to talk her roots, growing up in Seattle,…

Electro/pop artist SLOANE has been running along the Los Angeles circuit for quite some time now. You just didn’t realize it. He is rubbing shoulders with his friends with Phantogram’s Josh Carter, rapper Mykki Blanco, and choreographer and actor Derek Hough. The artist, who wears a mysterious pixelated mask, wants his listeners to delve deep in his music, as her poured out his emotions into his upcoming EP, Too Young To Be Lonely, due out this October. Modern Frequency sat down with SLOANE to talk about his music history, his electro-pop sounding EP, and how it is okay to be…