The Streets
The Zutons, Múm, The Charlatans, Mystery Jets, Bon Iver, Saint Etienne, 65daysofstatic, Idlewild, Teitur, The Lightning Seeds, Oi Va Voi, Chairlift, Bombay Bicycle Club, Emmy the Great, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Beat, The Dykeenies, Frank Turner, Maybeshewill, Port O'Brien, Jeremy Warmsley, The Qemists, My Latest Novel, Dananananaykroyd, Fanfarlo, James Yuill, Sonic Boom Six, The Joy Formidable, Dan Black, Future Of The Left, Filthy Dukes, Woodpigeon, First Aid Kit, Broken Records, Chipmunk, David Thomas Broughton, Ash Grunwald, Imelda May, The Kabeedies, Easy Star All-Stars, Karima Francis, BLK JKS, The Legion, Golden Animals, Devon Sproule, Kingsize, Kid British, Flashguns, Baddies, Micachu and the Shapes, Her Name Is Calla, Monotonix, Skint & Demoralised, Hugh Cornwell, Woodstock, Mr Hudson, John Smith, Morph, The Yellow Moon Band, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Minnaars, Kevin Hewick, Shortwave Fade, Beth Jeans Houghton, Cantaloop, Refuge, BeardyMan, Giles Likes Tea, SaltPeter, The Cheek, Martin Harley, Jake Flowers, The Breakdowns, Jim Jones Revue, Frontiers, sound of rum, Kamila Thompson, Gren Bartley, Mr Plow, Yunioshi, David Wyatt, Dumbfound, You Fellows of All Souls, Becky Syson, echolocation, These Furrows, Great Imitation, out of karma, FREE CONTROL, Abi Moore, Daryl Kirkland, Hopscotch Boulevard, Radio Collective, new beautiful south, and The Deap People
Data via last.fm
- Artists:
- Flashguns »
- Minnaars »
- Kevin Hewick »
- Shortwave Fade »
- Beth Jeans Houghton »
- Cantaloop »
- Refuge »
- BeardyMan »
- Giles Likes Tea »
- SaltPeter »
- The Cheek »
- Ou Est Le Swimming Pool »
- The Yellow Moon Band »
- Baddies »
- Micachu and the Shapes »
- Her Name Is Calla »
- Monotonix »
- Skint & Demoralised »
- Hugh Cornwell »
- Woodstock »
- Mr Hudson »
- John Smith »
- Morph »
- Martin Harley »
- Jake Flowers »
- echolocation »
- These Furrows »
- Great Imitation »
- out of karma »
- FREE CONTROL »
- Abi Moore »
- Daryl Kirkland »
- Hopscotch Boulevard »
- Radio Collective »
- new beautiful south »
- Becky Syson »
- You Fellows of All Souls »
- The Breakdowns »
- Jim Jones Revue »
- Frontiers »
- sound of rum »
- Kamila Thompson »
- Gren Bartley »
- Mr Plow »
- Yunioshi »
- David Wyatt »
- Dumbfound »
- The Deap People »
- The Streets »
- Bombay Bicycle Club »
- Emmy the Great »
- The Airborne Toxic Event »
- The Beat »
- The Dykeenies »
- Frank Turner »
- Maybeshewill »
- Port O'Brien »
- Jeremy Warmsley »
- The Qemists »
- Chairlift »
- Oi Va Voi »
- The Zutons »
- Múm »
- The Charlatans »
- Mystery Jets »
- Bon Iver »
- Saint Etienne »
- 65daysofstatic »
- Idlewild »
- Teitur »
- The Lightning Seeds »
- My Latest Novel »
- Dananananaykroyd »
- Ash Grunwald »
- Imelda May »
- The Kabeedies »
- Easy Star All-Stars »
- Karima Francis »
- BLK JKS »
- The Legion »
- Golden Animals »
- Devon Sproule »
- Kingsize »
- David Thomas Broughton »
- Chipmunk »
- Fanfarlo »
- James Yuill »
- Sonic Boom Six »
- The Joy Formidable »
- Dan Black »
- Future Of The Left »
- Filthy Dukes »
- Woodpigeon »
- First Aid Kit »
- Broken Records »
- Kid British »
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About the artists
The Streets
The Streets are one man, Brummie Mike Skinner. The Streets combine smooth garage grooves with devastatingly real and vivid lyrics. Talent.»
The Zutons
The Zutons are a four piece band from the dusty streets of Liverpool, they consist of: :-
Dave McCabe - Vocals & rhythm guitar
Sean Payne - Drummer
Russell Pritchard - Bass guitar
Boyan Chowdhury- Vocals & Lead guitar »
The Charlatans
The Charlatans are...
- Tim Burgess - vocals
- Mark Collins - guitar
- Martin Blunt - bass
- Tony Rogers - keyboards
- Jon Brooks - drums
- Jon Baker - guitar (left 1991)
- Rob Collins - keyboards (died 1996)
As baggy became passé, The Charlatans began to suffer the beginning of a long period of misfortune. As they embarked on a tour of the USA, they were legally obliged to add 'UK' to their moniker to avoid confusion with a 60's group of the same name. On their return to Britain, the band lost their guitarist Jon Baker, who was later replaced with Mark Collins, and suffered from a spate of bad reviews and general public disinterest upon the release of their second album, Between 10th And 11th (1992). On top of this, at the end of the year keyboardist Rob Collins had been arrested and was later sentenced to eight months imprisonment for accessory to armed robbery.
Despite this, the group's next effort Up To Our Hips (1994) marked a return to the Top 10 and rejuvinated their shaky relationship with the media. The band headed further into dance territory for their eponymous album the following year - a move which seemed to pay off with the public, returning them to Number One after a five year gap since their last charttopper.
Just as everything appeared to be going their way, tragedy struck in '96 when Rob Collins was killed in a car accident on his way to the recording studio. Tellin' Stories (1997), which featured much of his distinctive organ-work, became the band's most popular album as Britpop fever consumed the UK marketplace. Hit singles pulled from the album included 'How High', 'North Country Boy' and the genre-defining 'One To Another'. A singles collection, Melting Pot, brought the band to end of their run on the Beggars Banquet label and they began 1999 with a new keyboardist in Tony Rogers, and a new deal through Universal.
The first fruits of the partnership came in the form of Us And Us Only (1999), which displayed a more frenetic and experimental approach to songwriting. The darker direction echoed Tim Burgess' work outside the band with The Chemical Brothers and Primal Scream. Wonderland (2001) again gained critical plaudits and was quickly followed with a trio of compilations: a rarities set, Songs From The Other Side, a videos collection, Just Lookin' and a live set Live It Like You Love It (all 2002). Tom Edwards
Mystery Jets
- Blaine Harrison - vocals, percussion, keys
- Will Rees - guitar, keys, backing vocals
- Henry Harrison - guitar, keys, mellotron, backing vocals
- Kai Fish - bass, backing vocals
- Kapil Trivedi - drums
Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne are...
- Sarah Cracknell - vocals
- Ian Catt - guitar, keyboards
- Bob Stanley - keyboards
- Pete Wiggs - keyboards
Formed by childhood friends Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs in 1991, Saint Etienne immediately carved a niche with their unique brand of quintessentially English, breezy indie-pop. The first album, the classic Foxbase Alpha set out the agenda: coo-ing vocals from new-recruit Sarah Cracknell, lush Northern Soul beats and a giddy 60s pop sensibility unheard of in the indie-schmindie world of the early 90s.Foxbase Alpha and the follow up, 93's So Tough became the band's love letter to London. The lyrics are infused with (fairly) idealised London-centric imagary whilst playful vocal and musical samples are interwoven into the mix.
After the folk-tinged Tiger Bay in '94 and the 'He's On The Phone' single of '95, the band split. Stanley and Wiggs went into production and Cracknell released a solo album, the Etienne-esque Lipslide. Mercifully however, they returned in '98 with the more euro-sounding Good Humor. Produced by The Cardigans' Tore Johansson (quite fitting as The Cardigans were one of the many Et-influenced bands to emerge in the 90s) it saw the band move away from the more 'dancey' soft electro vibe of old to a more striaght-forward 'live band' sound. Though it has many super tracks, Good Humor disappointed many hard-core fans. It's follow up though, more than made up for it.
A new decade, a new century, a new beginning, a new label (Mantra). A gorgeous, sprawling epic-as-single, 'How We Used To Live', and the serious headphone-music album Sound Of Water showed that Saint Et were starting the 'noughties' as they did the nineties: by crafting shimmering modern pop music in their own distinctive style; walking their own path; declaring their undying love for love, life and music.
"Put on your teenage head - this is a love thing!"
65daysofstatic
65daysofstatic is currently Joe Fro, Paul Wolinski, Rob Jones and Simon Wright; Feedle, Iain Armstrong and Gareth Hughes are former members.
The band are primarily instrumental, using beats and glitches alongside crunched guitars and hardcore drums.
65days originally formed, allegedly, to try and write music to fit the unreleased and little known John Carpenter flick Stealth Bomber starring Kurt Russell. Set over "65 Days of Static", a period of time after some unknown global infrastructre and communications breakdown, it also gave 65 their name.
Apparently.
For more information visit www.65daysofstatic.com.
MySpace
Idlewild
Formed in late 1995 and playing their first gig in 1996, Idlewild were picked up by Food/Parlophone for a series of acclaimed LPs. They've recently (2007) found a new home at Sequel.
The band's current line up is as follows:
- Roddy Woomble - vocals
- Rod Jones - guitar
- Allan Stewart - guitar
- Gareth Russell - bass
- Colin Newton - drums
For more information and a full biography, ish, click to the band's Wikipedia entry here, or to their MySpace.
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Emmy the Great
Emmy The Great used to be in a band. Then one day the band stopped showing up to rehearsals. And when she bumped into the band at college or at Sainsburys, her band would go 'Look! Frank Sinatra!' and scarper. So Emmy took the hint and started playing by herself.
Sometimes she plays with a mysterious man with a violin bow. Sometimes she also plays in groups.»
The Dykeenies
Band members:
Brian Henderson (lead vocals, synthesiser)
Alan Henderson (guitar)
Andrew Henderson (bass, vocals)
Steven Ramsay (guitar, vocals)
John Kerr (drums, vocals)
About:
The Dykeenies will release their rabidly anticipated debut single 'New Ideas / Will It Happen Tonight' on 17 July 2006. A time for new beginnings as well as New Ideas, the single is also the first release on King Tut's Recordings, the label run by the team behind Glasgow's legendary King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. Reflecting the venue's global reputation for identifying and supporting now-household names at their earliest stages, the label will act as a launch pad for new bands of the highest quality.
The Dykeenies certainly fit that description. Formed in June 2005 in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, this art-pop five-piece - three brothers (Alan, Andrew and Brian Henderson) and two childhood friends (Steven Ramsay and John Kerr) with a natural knack for constructing snappy pop songs. With synth hooks that Brandon Flowers would give up eyeliner for, and guitar riffs that could frazzle We Are Scientists until they're nothing but memories through the bright flame of a bunsen burner, The Dykeenies have struck gold.
Throw in a few handclaps and choruses so welcoming that the words sit in your memory as comfortably as the alphabet after only the first listen and a rehearsing schedule heavy enough to flatten the average man, all The Dykeenies needed to complete the set was an adoring fan base.
Through word of mouth and the power of the internet alone, The Dykeenies sold out their first ever gig: not at their local pub with a capacity of fifty if everyone really squashes in like sardines, but the 350-capacity ABC2 venue in Glasgow's city centre. If the sell-out show a month later at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut was anything to go by, the shiny new band went down rather well with their expectant audience.
It wasn't long before they were being drooled over all around Glasgow and the band soon ventured East for the first time, to play two gigs to increasingly excitable crowds in Scotland's capital, not to mention a sensational show with the Mystery Jets at Glasgow's QMU sandwiched inbetween. Now, with the band barely a year old, a performance on the T-Break stage at T In The Park has been confirmed.
With enough killer tunes already waiting to be unleashed on the world to pop out an album tomorrow (although you'd have to freeze time to give them a chance to lay down the tracks), they may list The Cribs, The Futureheads and Bloc Party amongst their influences, but it won't be long before those guys are asking The Dykeenies for tips.
Both tracks on this double A-side have been a staple of The Dykeenies fans' diet for some time. Now it's time to give the country a taste of the best New Idea since crisps.
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Frank Turner
Former Million Dead man gone solo as an acoustic folk troubadour. Sometimes he tours with a backing band consisting of members of Dive Dive.
Debut album Sleep Is For The Week was released by Xtra Mile in January 2007.
»Maybeshewill
Maybeshewill are:
Robin Southby - Guitar, Keyboards
John - Guitar, Electronics
Tanya Byrne - Bass, Glockenspiel
A post rock band from Leicester, Maybeshewill sound like Mogwai would if the latter had ever found love in an arthouse cinema. And then were beaten around the head with a keyboard.
Jeremy Warmsley
Jeremy Warmsley lives in London and started making electronic music with songs in them in January 2005. He is currently putting out records with the help of the lovely people at Transgressive Records. He lives in London and is half-French.
A songwriter since the age of seventeen, he had an epiphany in Jan 05, realised all the music he'd ever made up till then bored him, and started again from scratch. Since then his music has encompassed a curious mixture of the new and the old, the traditional and the atypical, all things archaic or experimental. He insists on self-producing all his songs, only bringing in other musicians to sing backing vocals.
Jeremy's live appearances are wildly unpredictable; in the past six months he has played as many times with his seven-piece backing band the LMNOPs (including laptop-ist and trombone section) as he has on his own. Recent gigs (including a tour with Regina Spektor) have seen him ably assisted by pianist TOM ROGERSON, Jeremy singing and switching between guitar, piano and percussion.
Having put out a single in June 05 and an EP in November 05, he is preparing to release his next EP, Other People's Secrets. With contributions from ADAM BEACH (also of Optimist Club) on bass, TOM ROGERSON on piano, MATT INGRAM on drums (all members of the LMNOPs), as well as a string quartet and brass section, it will be his first record to feature musicians other than himself. It is out on Transgressive on April 10th.
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My Latest Novel
My Latest Novel are Chris Deveney (vocals, guitar, bass), Paul McGeachy (vocals, guitar, xylophone), Gary Deveney (vocals, guitar), Laura McFarlane (vocals, violin, piano), Ryan King (drums, percussion).
Having played just a handful of gigs in their native Scotland, My Latest Novel secured a slot at Manchester’s In The City music convention last year. Since then, the band have recorded sessions for XFM, supported Smog, British Sea Power and The Dears, and recently signed a deal with Bella Union records.
'Sister Sneaker Sister Soul' is the bands brilliantly-titled, and indeed rather brilliant, limited edition debut single taken from their forthcoming debut album due for release later this year.
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Dananananaykroyd
Dischord-esque post-hardcore band, apparently "formed from spacks of Multiplies, Michael Dracula, Kill Yourself, Acrnym and Simplestorm. Fight-pop anthems that are as 'right-on' as they are 'smellin'"»
Fanfarlo
- Simon Aurell - vocals, guitar
- Mark West - guitar
- Leon - trumpet, piano
- Justin - bass
- Cathy - violin, keys
- Amos - drums
"They sit alongside Semifinalists as one of a crop of new British(ish) bands mapping and defining those dark pastoral territories most recently explored by the likes of Mercury Rev and Grandaddy." - Playlouder
Photograph by Ellie Atkins
»James Yuill
Bittersweet English folk-pop»
Future Of The Left
Future Of The Left feature a couple of ex-Mcluskys and a former Jarcrew. Perhaps more information will be here SOON.
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Broken Records
Jamie - vocals, guitar, mandolin
Ian - guitar, piano, glockenspiel, melodica
Rory - violin, accordion, mandolin
Arne - cello
Dave - piano, trumpet, harmonium
Gill - bass, guitar
Andy - drums
Much-championed by DiS, Broken Records are an emerging group from north of the border who have kicked up one heck of an industry buzz. And rightly so, too. For once. For fans of: Murder By Death, Dirty Three, Arcade Fire, Bruce Springsteen, Cursive, Guillemots.
Photo: Neil Thomas Douglas
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David Thomas Broughton
Biog taken from label website
In this day and age, where an artist’s merit is often judged by a snippet of an MP3, David Thomas Broughton has created an anomaly- a work that deserves your undivided attention. Spreading 5 tracks across 40 minutes, Broughton develops his eerie folk songs into epic mantras on death, war, love, and sex.
Seeking to capture the controlled chaos of David’s live show, the album was recorded in one complete take in Wrangthorn Church, Leeds, England, with minimal tweaking and tampering in the subsequent mix. The result is a truthful representation of Broughton’s music, warts and all.
The church is as integral a part of the sound as any other instrument, making its presence known in subtle ways throughout the album. Its ghostly reverb creates a solemnity and sense of isolation, and when Broughton sings “My body rots while she is weeping/And I’ll remain forever sleeping,” one can easily envision him calling from beyond the grave. The pealing church bells at Wrangthorn also create a chance moment of beauty at the end of “Unmarked Grave,” unexpectedly becoming part of Broughton’s vocal loop.
The Complete Guide to Insufficieny is comparable to such forebears as John Fahey and Nick Drake, as well as contemporaries Antony and the Johnsons and Neutral Milk Hotel, but even these comparisons don’t fully convey the scope and beauty of Broughton’s sound.
Using simple tools- an acoustic guitar, some looping pedals, a cheap drum machine - Broughton has created a singular statement of purpose and artistic intent. Long after “freak-folk” is no longer a trend, listeners will still be pulling The Complete Guide to Insufficiency off the shelf.»
Easy Star All-Stars
Californian reggae collective, responsible for Dub Side Of The Moon, a reggae reworking of Pink Floyd, and more recently Radiodread. Guess who that impersonates..»
Kingsize
Shoreditch-based quartet, listing influences such as The Specials and Bob Dylan and at the same time The Liars and The Detroit Cobras. Sounds interesting, non?
Having had national airplay on Virgin Radio , the changing sound of Kingsize now incorporates ska off beats with driving garage rock, and the culprits are:
Mike McCartney - Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Zanny Ali - Lead Guitar
George DL - Drums
Joe Abrams - Bass
Hugh Cornwell
Ex-Stranglers frontman»
John Smith
John Smith is a guitar player and singer from Devon. He has gigged with folks like John Martyn, John Renbourn and Jools Holland, and sounds a bit growly and a bit soft at the same time. His first album, he Fox and The Monk, is out now. It is self-released, one hour long, and home to thirteen songs.
»Morph
Morph are almost a small riot. Seven guys making a lot of noise for most of the time and for the last half dozen years or so the band have been working hard- writing, recording and performing their unique,(ok,ok,…and eclectic), style of music. Morph was born at the start of the nineties out of a need for brothers Richard and Stephen to pen their own compositions, especially after Nirvana and Pearl Jam had then just unleashed their type of musical pain. Guitars were back in vogue then, guitars have never been out, but as the line up changed so did the direction of the music and other influences seeped in eventually shifting the Morph sound towards a funkier and more thoughtful groove. There are literally hundreds of influences among seven blokes, everything is represented- blues, jazz, rock, rap and hip-hop, Motown, dance. The only missing style is Country and the boys are happy enough with that. If pushed they would cite The Beatles,(the only band, besides Air, that all seven of them can sit down and listen to together), Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Prince, The Smiths, Radiohead and the other head…Portis…, De La Soul, Stevie Wonder and the list goes surely and steadily on and on and on. From their cosy two room studio,(with working toilet and kitchen), located in the country, Morph have been recording quite listenable demo's. The first five have found their way onto the Peoplesound.com site which has done wonders for the seven piece. Morph have always kept the gigging end of things up by playing in Dublin and nearly every venue big enough,(and not many were!), in and around Belfast. They soon take this a stage further by looking at Glasgow, Manchester and London. With their knack of being able to experiment with sounds and styles, the whole Morph direction is blossoming and maturing and with every day bringing an education and a lesson, the band are willing to learn. Should make them a musical force to be reckoned with. Some day. »
Minnaars
Minnaars are :
Minnaars are playing post-punk that you can dance to, not unlike the Futureheads. They are releasing an EP soon.
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Shortwave Fade
'Devaststing Guitars x Electro Rock + Bleeps & Beats = Shortwave Fade This four-piece from Leicester, despite only being together for two years already have "songs that a lot of the leading forces in the Indie game would be proud to call their own." A storming live show, combined with the kind of songwriting aimed squarely at the hairs on the back of your neck has swiftly brought them to brink of discovery. One listen will show you why...'»
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