Associated Press - The Lumineers performs at Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday Oct. 14 2012 in Austin, Texas.(Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP)
Divine Fits: Formed by Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs just early this year, somehow the band released an album by August and was booked on Letterman by November. They barely even had enough songs to play for their first gig, having to bolstering the set with covers. But the Divine Fits gathered tons of attention in that short time with their feel-good indie rock, the lovely likes of which we haven't heard since the 90s.
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