Formed in 2005 by veteran Dallas musicians Toby Pipes (who hit the big time in1993 with the Top Ten hit “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with the band Deep Blue Something) and Nolan Thies, Texas-based indie rock outfit Little Black Dress crafts arena-sized pop songs in the style of classic shoegaze, synth pop, and Brit-pop acts like My Bloody Valentine, Depeche Mode, Catherine Wheel, Cabaret Voltaire, and Swervedriver. Rounded out by guitarists Brent Elrod and Taylor Tatsch, drummer Earl Darling and electric drummer/keyboardist Cooper Heffley, Little Black Dress released its full-length debut, Snow in June, on Exploding Plastic/Idol Records in 2009. ~ James Christopher Monger