Some things I've written.

Marnie Stern

Ms. Stern is tough. If you need evidence, you need only consult her Rocky-inspired video for single "Ruler" off 2008's This Is It And... (+27 more words). Not convinced? Check her finger-tapping playing on "Transformer." When this blondie rock maven shows off her guitar skills she channels metal, riot grrl, indie rock and punk. It's no surprise she's teamed up with Zach Hill who plays and produces on Marnie's albums. The result is heady equation of Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs plus Sleater-Kinney times Tegan and Sara.



Four Tet

London-born Kieran Hebden has been playing with a laptop for the past decade. He chops up beats, noises, samples and instrumentals and then molds them into funky electronic grooves and hooks. 2005's aptly titled Everything Ecstatic was an explosion of glichey hip hop and a tightly constructed set best appreciated on a dancefloor. Most likely that dancefloor will go bonkers over the dozens of re-mixes he's pulled off for indie royalty (Madvillian, Battles, Notwist, Radiohead, etc.) and will probably pull out tonight



Ellen Allien

Ellen is a city child, quite literally, its the title of her debut LP, Stadtkind. She is a West Berliner through and through, titling her sophomore effort Berlinette. Inspired by the reunification of Germany, the skilled producer, re-mixer and DJ started picking up spinning residencies across the city and a radio show with Berlin's Kiss-FM. Combining elements of experimentalism, techno, house and minimal electro, she's been throwing parties and making people sweat for years. A decade, in fact, and tonight she celebrates 10 years of throwing parties and putting out records with BPitch Control.