Unheard of until recently, their songs sound like conventional, if somewhat bland, indie rock. What surprises many listeners is that they're not even human. The millions of streams that The Velvet ...

You may have heard, or at least heard of, the Velvet Sundown. The band makes vaguely psychedelic ’60s and ’70s protest anthems; their first album, Floating on Echoes, debuted in June, and a few weeks ...