Brandon Hagen (guitar, vocals) and Drew McDonald (drums) formed Vundabar in high school as neighbors, then rounding out with Zack Abramo (bass) as they emerged from the DIY scene of Boston and Western Massachusetts. Their story became one of constant grind and slow-burn ascent: house gigs to small clubs to opening for Beck, the music growing bolder and more ambitious, yielding one of the sharpest catalogs of the past decade.

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For decades the bright lights of New York have drawn artists to its storied city streets — those seeking their tribe, those looking to solidify their identity, and those hungry for inspiration and fresh encounters, all there for the taking on this new, broadened horizon. And now 26-year-old Ryan Kaiser has joined those ranks, moving from Nashville to Brooklyn, at the tail-end of 2022. Except, unlike so many who have come before him, Kaiser’s already made a name for himself creating daydreamy, sun-blasted, Polaroid-pop as Yot Club.