SPIN’s 30 Can’t-Miss Acts at CMJ 2011 Wise Blood Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Why We Like Him: This Pittsburgh-native native ignores any and all genre conventions, making cut-n’-paste sample pop that’s shaped by everything from ’70s rock (he samples Led Zeppelin, brazenly) to present day hip-hop (he loves himself some Slim Thug). Then there’s Christopher Laufman’s charming falsetto, which comes off like Smokey Robinson singing through your high school’s PA system. He’s post-millennial to his core. 

SPIN’s 30 Can’t-Miss Acts at CMJ 2011

Wise Blood

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Why We Like Him: This Pittsburgh-native native ignores any and all genre conventions, making cut-n’-paste sample pop that’s shaped by everything from ’70s rock (he samples Led Zeppelin, brazenly) to present day hip-hop (he loves himself some Slim Thug). Then there’s Christopher Laufman’s charming falsetto, which comes off like Smokey Robinson singing through your high school’s PA system. He’s post-millennial to his core. 

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