Silver Apples on Wikipedia

Contrasting the flowery psychedelic rock music of the late-1960s, the New York-based Silver Apples created an avant-garde sound based on little more than a homemade synthesizer (named the Simeon after their lead singer - Simeon) and an extensive drumkit, originally played by Dan Taylor. They reformed in the 1990s, making new records and playing live again.

Silver Apples were one of the first groups to employ electronic music techniques extensively within a rock idiom, and their minimalistic style, with its pulsing, driving beat and frequently discordant modality, anticipated not only the experimental electronic music and krautrock of the 1970s, but underground dance music and indie rock of the 1990s as well.

(quoted from last.fm)

The Moon Upstairs on Myspace

After touring and collaborating with rock 'n' roll soul man Cody Chesnutt, singer/guitarist/keyboardist and Los Angeles native, Sharif Dumani and bassist Aaron Ebensperger, made The Moon Upstairs their fulltime project, along with guitarist Mark Sogomian and drummer Josh Mancell (later bringing on keyboardist/guitarist Dave Baine, ex-player in Good Time Women and Jonathan Wilson.) After a couple years of local praise and playing alongside such artists as Silversun Pickups, Moris Tepper, Damon & Naomi, and Dead Meadow, The Moon Upstairs together recorded eleven songs, co-produced by member Sharif Dumani and Dave LaChance (Los Super Elegantes, The Minstrels, Friends of Dean Martinez), four of the tracks featuring the intricate string arrangements of Steve Gregoropolis (Lavender Diamond, W.A.C.O.). For a year they sat on this release, while the members did side-work on outside recordings and Dumani toured with The Tyde (Rough Trade) as their lead guitarist for The Black Angels 2006 tour.