The Alternate Routes are a pop-rock quartet from Connecticut whose latest EP was produced by the guy who was behind the National and Interpol.

The Alternate Routes - Asked You Twice

Also featuring CW-network-type bedroom studio songwriter Katie Herzig, who has opened for and worked with the Fray and landed a sort-of Grammy nomination last year when The Duhks went up for a performance of one of her songs.

Katie Herzig - Hologram
Katie Herzig - Sumatra
Katie Herzig - Songbird
Katie Herzig - Shovel
Katie Herzig - How The West Was Won
Katie Herzig - Gypsy Girl

Herzig’s new album “Apple Tree” does the Radiohead thing, but with an added twist: in addition to letting you pay whatever you want, it lets you off the hook entirely if you tell five of your friends to check her out.