What’s the Deal? With an eclectic, drifting-in-midair-like mix of intricate pop songwriting and romanticized electronic renaissance, Air's outstanding studio debut Moon Safari has virtually invented the tangled indie rock make-out session of the past decade.

What's the Deal? Artful Philly bred duo melds traces of the '70s with glitchy chamber pop, replete with warm keyboards and billowing walls of well-orchestrated sound. Rich layers of antique-inspired accents, erratic and driving drums, and sweetly double-tracked vocals are wound tightly together at a consistent and energetic pace.

What's the Deal? The 26-year-old Jaymay, a.k.a. Jamie Seerman, vividly crafts series of vignettes that play like a novel, illustrating the intensity and incredible emotion that come with the highs and lows of an involving relationship in a setting as alive as New York City.

What's the Deal? The D.C.-based band draw from the post-grunge inspiration of Sugar and Bob Mould while exploring challenging rhythms like the gleefully erratic Dismemberment Plan.

It's hard to find many people who will make it out on a Monday night in downtown Athens, Georgia, but Norman, Oklahoma's outrageously awesome rock quartet Evangelicals made the west side of town come alive last night (Feb. 18) as they converted a crowd of in-the-loop music lovers at the Caledonia Lounge into psych rock believers.

Who? Since disbanding chaotic dance punk outfit Test Icicles in 2006, Dev Hynes has transformed himself into a pop folkie touched by contemporary American alt-country, a.k.a. Lightspeed Champion. Having spent the spring touring with the likes of Bright Eyes and Patrick