Musée Mécanique

The ethereal sounds of Musée Mécanique are reminiscent of a rainy evening in the band's home city of Portland, Oregon — lonely and slightly gloomy but full of hope for a brighter morning. Loaded with glockenspiels, lap steel, melodicas and bowed saw, the folky electronic quintet's 2008 debut release, Hold This Ghost, was mixed by Tucker Martine, who has produced albums for the Decemberists and Sufjan Stevens. Musée's sound combines vintage instruments, soothing vocals and synthesizers to produce haunting lullabies with an indie-pop sensibility. Featured on NPR's All Songs Considered back in November, the band is representative of the Pacific Northwest music scene and isn't far off from the San Francisco museum the band is named for: whimsical, quirky and ultimately charming.