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1. She & Him - Vol. 1 (Merge)

Click above to watch a live performance of "The River" from Samantha Crain's new album Confiscation EP, out now on Ramseur Records.

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Photos taken by Ashley Melzer at Sharkori HIlls 2008

[Above: White Rabbits]

Mugison
Hometown: Ísafjörður, Iceland
Album: Mugiboogie
Why He's Worth Watching: Mugison likely embodies the person Led Zeppelin envisioned when writing “Immigrant Song.” One moment, this man from the land of the ice and snow is sounding the hammer of the gods, alternating between an infernal howl (much like Robert Plant’s) and a guttural heavy-metal groan, the next, he’s crooning to twanging guitar over eerie strings. He’s a shape-shifter and a funnyman, and Mugiboogie builds on his four previous genre-transcending works.  
For Fans Of: Tom Waits, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Led Zeppelin
Acceptance Speech: “When I was 14 years old, I was voted the best-looking guy in school, but after the ceremony I found out that some of the girls in the school were running a campaign behind my back. The campaign was called ‘Vote the Freak.’ I also found out they did this to piss off the guy who’d won it three years in a row—they had some unfinished business with him. Is this something similar?”
Mugison on MySpace

Hometown: Shawnee, Okla.

Fun Fact: At the tender age of 17, Samantha Crain debuted at her hometown's now-defunct coffeehouse, Bean and Berry, performing a set chock full of Radiohead and Creedence Clearwater Revival covers.

Why She's Worth Watching: Vocalist/guitarist Crain, along with her band The Midnight Shivers [drummer Jacob Edwards, bassist Andrew Tanz and guitarist Nate Hendricks], delivers a refreshing brand of indie-folk that fuses accessible, narrative lyrics with a home-grown wholesomeness reminiscent of her rural origin.

For Fans Of: Martha Wainwright, Pete Seeger, Neko Case, Feist

Samantha Crain is not your stereotypical Southerner.