East Hundred

Philadelphia-based East Hundred play melodic pop/rock with layers of guitars and synths, a sound that fits somewhere near that of Death Cab for Cutie if the Cardigans' Nina Persson were handling the singing. The group began as a trio in 2004 when brothers Brooke and Will Blair (guitars and drums, respectively) asked Brooke's girlfriend at the time, Drexel University film student Beril Guceri -- who had previously asked the brothers to score a film project of hers -- to sing on some tracks they'd laid down. She agreed, and East Hundred formally began, taking their name from a s...