Jeff Schroeder 

To date, Jeff has largely been defined by his work with bands. In the late '90s and early '00s, he played in The Lassie Foundation, a shimmering shoegaze group that was a part of the LA indie rock landscape. Since '06, Schroeder's been a member of Smashing Pumpkins, providing electrifying guitar work. However, his debut single, a fuzzed-out shoegaze-pop gem called "Haenim," offers another side to the meticulous and thoughtful musician. A cover song written by Shin Joong Hyun, "Haenim" boasts a guitar solo hewing toward elegiac hard rock, and sculpted sounds full of gently buzzing ambiance. The resulting sonic architecture represents his long-time sweet spot. "What's influenced me more than anything is an internal spiritual journey," he says. "You realize at a certain point in your life that you have all these experiences within yourself—all these tastes and likes that I have, and things that I enjoy—and then there's part of you that has to translate that and present it to the world."