Emeralds (US)

Minimalism, ambient, drone, psychedelia, and a smidgen of 80s synth-pop: this Cleveland trio really did their homework on Klaus Schulze, but they’re not here to erect musical monuments to the past. Emeralds want to invent the future. The writers of “Drowned in Sound” hailed their latest record, Does It Look Like I’m Here?, as “Album of the Year 2010,” one that “takes you where you want it to.”