The Haves Have It
- Styled by EM/MA (Emily Weich and Maritza Ramirez)
The band: An angular, driving indie-rock trio led by the normally dressed-down (but occasional fashion plates) Portia Richardson (guitar/vocals) and Jenn Gallup (bass).
The clothes: "For Voltage we wanted to do something that would dramatize their naturally glamorous looks," says Weich. "The looks will be based on early-1900s magic shows, vaudeville-style."
Zibra Zibra
- Styled by Ivan Idland
The band: This outrageous dance-punk quartet already comes with its own visually flamboyant style to match the music.
The clothes: "Everbody gets a onesie!" says Idland. "The band will be dressed head to toe in bright flourescent lycra, with corresponding themes for each member."
Bella Koshka
- Styled by Ann Alyse Clothing (Meghan Cohen)
The band: The brightest -- and darkest -- new act of the year thrills with beautiful vocals, plaintive violin and moody dream-pop.
The clothes: "For the guys I have designed an updated tuxedo-style trouser and coordinated button-down shirts with hits of color," says Cohen. "For the ladies I have designed sculptural pieces.... The dresses have asymetrical hemlines that will move easily with them onstage."
MC/VL
- Styled by Erin Smith
The band: Sort of Minnesota's answer to the '80s Beastie Boys -- visually and aurally.
The clothes: "I perused a lot of old school hip-hop images to gather inspiration," says Smith. "The T-shirts have a very old-school cut to them, but they've been updated with graphics inspired by stencil graffiti. I etched large-scale metal [jewelry] pieces that would interact with the shirts, such as a tape that lays on top of a boom box graphic, a record on a turntable, and a mic on a mic cable."
