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Intricate, melodic and vivid: The sound of North Carolina's Annuals is the epitome of sunny indie-pop. The band's thoughtful harmonies, anthemic orchestration and percussion, and bright electronics are given an excellent showcase on Annuals' new album, Such Fun.

With a layered pop sound that sometimes recalls Death Cab for Cutie and Snow Patrol, the band has been around for a few years under various names and members. Republic Tigers' Keep Color mixes synthesizers and acoustic instrumentation, resulting in a sound that's altogether organic.

With The Cure's renewed rock edge driven by original guitarist Porl Thomson, and signature keyboards and synths pushed to the background, the raw energy of 4:13 Dream is infectious. The band performs classics and new songs in a session from WXPN.

Singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen's music sounds heartfelt, inspirational, and real. While primarily a solo artist with a penchant for great lyrics and soft acoustic guitars, she now tours with a band, The Get Down Stay Down.

Matthew Houck has been called the pilot light for the Brooklyn-based band Phosphorescent, an indie-folk and rock outfit whose music has been described as "celestial country." He is currently touring to promote his sixth album, the little-bit-of-everything Here's to Taking It Easy.

This Philadelphia band has been described as whimsical, quirky and energetic. Hear the trio perform live in the WXPN studios.

A New York band that plays smart, jazz-tinged, sometimes-topical indie-pop music, Elizabeth and the Catapult fuses sweet chamber-pop melodies with the charismatic vocals of Elizabeth Ziman. Hear the group in a session from WXPN.

Photographer Adam Kissick captured amazing SXSW moments in GIF form: an epic jump from Diet Cig's Alex Luciano, pop alchemist D∆WN's killer moves and thrash metal band Black Fast's shredding.

The British band's third full-length is proof of just how vivid and inviting psychedelic music can be in the 21st century.

To many, the life and career of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister personified heavy metal. Now his fans want his name on one of four new elements on the periodic table.