Hannah Levin

It's difficult to think of another indie-pop record in the past 20 years as influential and surrounded by romantic lore as Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 masterpiece, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Frontman Jeff Mangum, then part of Athens, Georgia's legendary Elephant Six collective, spun timeless tales of love, longing...

Thanks in part to the benevolent gaze of previous tourmates My Morning Jacket, Dr. Dog's status as Philadelphia's lo-fi-loving motley crew has been rising steadily in recent years. Last month's well-received release of We All Belong just might extract the group from the underground for good. Grander production techniques and...