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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Timbre wrote:Timber Timbre is a Canadian music group, featuring Taylor Kirk, Simon Trottier, Mathieu Charbonneau and Olivier Fairfield. The moniker refers to an early series of recordings made in a timber-framed cabin set in the wooded outskirts of Bobcaygeon, Ontario.Timber Timbre's sound has been described as "an aesthetic rooted in swampy, ragged blues" and "beautifully restrained blues from an alternate universe", which creates an atmosphere that is cinematic and spooky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Aeroplanes wrote:The Blue Aeroplanes are an English rock band from Bristol,[1] the mainstays of which have been Gerard Langley, brother John Langley, and dancer Wojtek Dmochowski. All three had previously been members of the new wave “art band” Art Objects from 1978 to 1981.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_You_On_Tape wrote:I Got You On Tape is a Danish rock band formed in 2004 in Copenhagen originally made up of five members, namely Jacob Bellens (on vocals and keyboard), Jacob Funch (guitar), Jakob Bro (guitar) Jeppe Skovbakke (bass) and Rune Kielsgaard (drums). Jakob Bro left the band after touring their second album.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Verlaines wrote:The origins of New Zealand’s Verlaines can be traced back as early as 1979, with the group’s founder Graeme Downes took direct inspiration from fellow Dunedin group, the Clean to form a band of his own.

It wasn’t until 1981 that the group made their first public appearance with their initial five-piece line-up.

The band have so far released seven full-length albums on three different labels, one mini album, three singles and two compilations.

Their most recent album after a 17 year hiatus from the Flying Nun stable is 2007’s Pot Boiler. In 2008, the group released a free online-downloadable single, Yanghtze Cod & Chips.

The Verlaines were noted for their angular, “difficult” song structures, wordy and downbeat lyrics, unusual subject matter all contained in often frantic up-tempo playing. The Verlaines were led by songwriter and vocalist/guitarist Graeme Downes although many other New Zealand musicians played guitar, bass, drums and brass instruments during the different stages of the band.

These members came from or later joined the likes of the Chills, Snapper, the Same, the Dead C, Trash, the Able Tasmans and Sooty & Sweep to name but seven.

Their signature songs included Death And The Maiden, C.D. Jimmy Jazz & Me, Bird-dog and Ballad of Harry Noryb.

The band’s recorded debut was on the seminal Dunedin Double EP released by Flying Nun Records to debut several bands who would go on to be central to the mythology of the Dunedin Sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangelove_%28band%29 wrote:Strangelove were an English alternative rock band, formed in Bristol in 1991 and led by singer Patrick Duff. They released three albums before splitting up in 1998.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_Boy_%28Irish_band%29 wrote:Whipping Boy formed in Dublin in 1988, the band comprising Fearghal McKee (vocals), Paul Page (guitar), Myles McDonnell (bass, vocals), and Colm Hassett (drums). They initially performed cover versions of songs by The Velvet Underground and The Fall, and went by the name Lolita and the Whipping Boy, shortening their name when their female guitarist left.After a couple of EP's on the Cheree label, they released their low-key debut album, Submarine in 1992 on Liquid Records . Their live performances raised their profile, with McKee known to cut himself with broken glass on stage.The album was critically acclaimed though commercially unsuccessful, and led to a deal with Columbia Records, who issued the band's second album, Heartworm, in 1995, along with three minor hit singles.[Heartworm received much critical acclaim, with Allmusic calling it "an earth-shatteringly powerful experience". The group split up in 1998 after being dropped by Columbia, leaving a third album unreleased. The self-titled album was eventually released in 2000 on their own Low Rent label.

The band reformed in September 2005, announcing several Irish dates and mentioning the possibility, which never materialised, of recording another album.

http://www.last.fm/music/Magic+Trick wrote:Magic Trick is an indie rock band from San Francisco, CA, United States. It is the backing band of The Fresh & Onlys frontman Tim Cohen.

The first album Cohen released as Magic Trick, The Glad Birth of Love (2011), was essentially a Tim Cohen solo album. The backing band he formed for his live shows morphed into a proper band, so that the second Magic Trick album, Ruler of the Night (2012), is very much a band album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fink_%28singer%29 wrote:Fink, aka Fin Greenall, is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and DJ, born in Cornwall and currently based in Berlin and London. From 1997–2003 he recorded electronic music and DJ'd internationally, releasing in 2000 his debut album Fresh Produce on Ninja Tune. Since the 2006 release of his album Biscuits for Breakfast, the name Fink has also referred to the recording and touring trio fronted by Greenall himself, completed by Guy Whittaker (bass) and Tim Thornton (drums). Well known for the 2007 song "This is the Thing" and the 2011 album Perfect Darkness. Greenall's skills as a songwriter have created a demand for his talents among fellow artists. Most recently he has written in collaboration with John Legend, Banks, Ximena Sarinana and Professor Green. With Amy Winehouse he co-wrote the song "Half Time", which appears on Winehouse's posthumous collection Lioness: Hidden Treasures. In 2012 Fink collaborated and performed with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, resulting in the live album Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Fink is currently signed to his own label, R'COUP'D Records, a subsidiary of Ninja Tune. In 2014, he released the album Hard Believer, his most successful album to date, charting in a great number of European Albums Charts.

http://www.last.fm/music/Junip wrote:Junip formed in 1998 in Gothenburg, Sweden, by José González (guitar, vocals), Elias Araya (drums) and Tobias Winterkorn (organ, moog). Their first 7-inch came out in 2000, but as José González’s career began to take off, their first substantial release, the self-released Black Refuge EP, came only in 2006 and their first full album, Fields, in 2010. The band’s second album, Junip, was released in April 2013.

The band’s sound may be familiar to those who have listened to José González’s critically acclaimed solo records, with organs, synths, and drums featured alongside his nylon-stringed guitar and distinctive voice. The songs are often dynamic, melodic and shadowy, with a remarkable sonic approach that is simultaneously intimate and atmospheric.

http://www.last.fm/music/Two+Wounded+Birds wrote:Rock and Roll has always been the music of the outsider, it’s always been a snub to the mediocrity of mainstream norms and aspirations. Yet, in a world where marketing rules, rock and roll has too often been co-opted as a method of selling records. One day a band is a nu-folk sensation , and then they’re leather clad poster boys posing in front of Triumph Bonneville’s. But for Two Wounded Birds, there’s always been Vince Taylor on the stereo and Elvis’ picture on the wall. There’s no marketing strategy with this band, no friends in high places, no favours to pull in.

They’re from Margate, But there’s a benefit to being so isolated. As wave after wave of the next big things have engulfed England’s cities, singer Johnny Danger has quietly amassed a mountain of classic records in his quiet corner of the country, collecting everything from doo-wop to New York punk of the late 70s. From this fountainhead of pop, Two Wounded Birds have steeped themselves in the defining sounds of the last 60 years, creating their own micro-community in an unreceptive, generally hostile home town.
This all-encompassing love of rock and pop has acted as a block to the relentless buzz of the hype machines and instilled in the band a fervent appreciation of melody and a deep reverence for the song. And it comes across in the music: listen to All We Wanna Do and try and get that melody out of your head, or put on Night Patrol and try not to catch a chill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Love wrote:Formed in 1986, the band rose to prominence in the UK as a leading indie rock band in 1988 and split up in 1993, eventually reforming a decade later in 2003. The band is best known for its detailed psychedelic guitar sound and for the successful singles "Shine On", "Christine" and "Destroy the Heart". The best-known members of The House of Love are singer/songwriter/guitarist Guy Chadwick and lead guitarist/backing singer Terry Bickers, who were the creative core of the original band until an acrimonious split in 1989 and who reformed the band together in 2003.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essex_Green wrote:The Essex Green were an indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY that released three albums between 1999 and 2006. The band was primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron, Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter, and specialized in a classic sound inspired by 1960s–1970s pop and folk in the tradition of bands like The Left Banke and Fairport Convention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_Foundation wrote:The Phoenix Foundation is a progressive indie rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand
The band was founded by Conrad Wedde, Samuel Flynn Scott, and Luke Buda in 1994 while students at Wellington High School. In 2001, the band expanded their lineup, and were joined by Tim Hansen (bass), Richie Singleton (drums) and Will Ricketts (percussion). The band took their name from a fictional organization on the popular television show MacGyver

http://www.last.fm/music/Kitchens+of+Distinction wrote:Kitchens of Distinction is an alternative rock band which formed in 1986 in South London, England, United Kingdom. The band consists of Patrick Fitzgerald (vocals, bass), Julian Swales (guitar), and Daniel Goodwin (drums). The band split in 1996, but reunited in 2012.

Over the course of their career, the band has released five studio albums - “Love is Hell” (1989), “Strange Free World” (1991), “The Death of Cool” (1992), “Cowboys and Aliens” (1994), and “Folly” (2013).

Dan Goodwin (drums) met Julian Swales (guitar) at college in 1980, and Swales met Patrick Fitzgerald (vocals/bass guitar) at a party in 1985.The trio began rehearsing together that same year, taking their name from a company of the same name that specialised in home decor and kitchen and plumbing fixtures after Swales spotted one of their advertisements on the side of a bus while riding his bike. The Kitchens’ first single, “The Last Gasp Death Shuffle” (which featured Swales on lead vocals and bass, as well as guitar) was recorded in just one day on an eight-track in a Kennington basement, and was released in December 1987 on the band’s own Gold Rush Records. It was named a single of the week in the NME, and led to the band signing with the British indie label One Little Indian Records; it was around this time that Fitzgerald, a medical doctor, put his career on hold to devote himself fully to the band. Their first singles for One Little Indian, 1988’s “Prize” and 1989’s “The 3rd Time We Ope

https://skywatchersmusic.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-want-to-go-to-space-young-man wrote:SKYWATCHERS are Kevin Pearce, a gifted troubadour from Manningtree in Essex, plus Dean and Jarrod from Sheffield alternative pop band I Monster. Kevin sings and plays guitar. Dean and Jarrod play a million vintage keyboards, bass, guitar and drums. Sheffield's Mike Ward adds extra saxophones, clarinet and flute. The band love outer space. They'd love to be astronauts.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Amazing+Snakeheads wrote:The Amazing Snakeheads were a Scottish rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of Dale Barclay (Guitar & vocals), William Coombe (Bass) and Jordon Hutchison (drums). The bands intense live shows and debut album 'Amphetamine Ballads' have received huge critical and public acclaim.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/994113-Popealopes wrote:Band from Davis California.

With two albums produced by Russ Tolman, this Davis, California quartet isn't defying any laws of logic by bearing a certain stylistic resemblance to True West (not to mention the pride of Davis, Thin White Rope). The popeAlopes' quirky pop rhythms and trancey psychedelic flavors (the latter especially on a noisy cover of the Stones' "2000 Light Years from Home") provide An Adder's Tale with some personality; otherwise, the band's western-flavored guitar rock runs a bit on the generic side.

It's probably not due to the change in bassists, but the confident Kerosene is much better, a striking-sounding wash of layered guitar and Steven Dueker's quietly haggard vocals. While the heavy atmospherics overcome songwriting deficiencies, the popeAlopes spin echoes of U2, R.E.M. and the Psych Furs into the stew, making Kerosene a dose of the right medicine.

http://www.last.fm/music/United+Ghosts/+wiki wrote:Meet Los Angeles band United Ghosts. The band blends a seemingly dizzying collection of influences that range from Kraut-rock and electro to classic psychedelia and shoegaze into a cohesive sound that celebrates its influences, while keeping one eye firmly set towards the future.

https://www.facebook.com/airsmusic/info/?tab=page_info wrote:we play loud music and are firm believers that "fun house" was the last/greatest stooges record.