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Indie Music : Directory of Indie Bands and artists
2 men in a boat
Originally from Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and the Midlands, 2 Men met at university and are steadily moving up the ranks of the London music scene, having recently played at the Tate Britain's first ever outdoor music festival. 2 Men in a Boat are unique in that their songs cross genres ranging from spoken word poetry, to folk, to heavy rock and lyrics ranging from the subjects of British foreign policy to gypsy handjobs.They are known for their upbeat tunes and downbeat lyrics.
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21st Century Beatnik
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8 Lives Down
Dan, Nigel, Luke and Jamie are 8 Lives Down. The lads from Sutton-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire love to record and perform their original material and with prolific song writer Nige having 400 plus (and counting) songs, they have plenty to choose from!!! Thanks to Dean Jackson of BBC Radio Nottingham, Katie Trinder and Joe Sentance of Mansfield 103.2 and Jo and Twiggy of 96 Trent FM For all the support.
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A Certain Type Of Person
A Certain Type of Person is the offspring of Adam Myers, Russell Calverley and Rob Lewchenko - now a six-piece band, the group is having a pop at the old music business thing.
if you like what you hear please pop along to our official website at www.actop.co.uk and leave us a message.
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A day Away
Nottingham Four-piece looking to push the musical envelope in a few new ways. Performing all their own material, building up a solid local fanbase proved not too complicated for the band, who are looking to step up their gig history by supporting a few major bands in the new year.
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AAJE
I am a solo artist (guitars and vocals) who sometimes plays with session musicians occompaning my music, most of the time it is a solo set.
My influences are Stereophonics, Neil Young, Damien Rice, The Beatles and Starsailor. And sometimes a Kurt Cobain influenced voice, depending on what track and mood it is.
The lyrics are bitter sweet and truthful, with great meaning to them.
Currently demos are being produced, with AAJE (Alex) playing every instrument you hear. An EP should be ready soon.
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Ability, No
Lead Singer : Ric
Guitar and backing vocals : Alex
Bass : currently looking
Drums : Lee
"No Ability" formed at the end of 2004 under the name "Senseless Addiction". The four piece met and started creating music at their school in Macclesfield. Practices became more and more regular and they soon found and perfected their "sound" playing covers. They have now moved on to writing and performing their own material.
The band are currently looking for gigs in their local area
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About FAce
The band started in the summer months of 2004 with a common interest in music and similar levels of talent. At first we found it difficult to settle on a name, let alone a certain style of music. We eventually agreed on the name as it is now; About Face, which gave us confidence in ourselves as a band and allowed us to progress and confirm a style.
As yet we haven't played too many gigs, but we have involved ourselves in parties, school performances and private showings for friends/family. We managed to practise at least once a week during our school terms, but have recently found a lot more free time following our A level completion.
We don't really see what is in store for us, but plan to stay together and play music for as long as possible with as much commitment as possible. We are currently recording our songs and working on writing new ones, with the aim to play gigs/shows over the remaining time in the summer.
The website encapsulates us as a band so far; our successes and our general progression. The pictures and recordings are designed to give you some insight into what we are about. (Face)
List of members:
-Sam Crosby (Guitar/Bass/Vocals)
-Paul King (Guitar/Bass/Vocals)
-Samuel Tyndall (Drums(/Vocals))
-David Wright (Guitar/Bass)
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Air Traffic Control
Personnel
Kirk Comstock (lead vocals/guitar)
Jordi Comstock (drums/vocals)
Luke Comstock (bass)
History
Brothers Kirk and Jordi were founding members of long-standing East Coast indie rockers, Madhat - a band they started while barely old enough to go outside without supervision. That outfit managed to release three joyous CDs of youthful rebellion as well as touring the country and finding their often self-produced videos on MuchMusic. They learned by doing and now they've grown up.
The New Story
Although Kirk and Jordi have always been the center of the action, other components of the band have been about as permanent as the harbour ice in their native Lunenburg. The ironic addition of Comstock cousin Luke has provided the necessary glue for a new permanence, a new mature sound and, ultimately, a new band. That band is Air Traffic Control. As the name suggests, it promises to put order to chaos and give these young but seasoned pros a definite flight plan for the future.
The New Record
Air Traffic Control, is the first release by this new line-up and was produced by the band in their home studio (Electro Land), the same space that cranked out Madhat's "To The World," easily one of the best records to come out of Canada's Atlantic provinces in recent memory.
The album has just been released by MapleNationWide/Universal and has garnered Air Traffic Control a nomination for new group of the year at the NSMW conference. The album's lead cut, "Feel Proud" is a great introduction to the new sound and has already found its way onto EA Sports' Rugby game for PlayStation2, Xbox and PC to the tune of 800,000 units and counting.
The sound is dynamic, the lyrics are thoughtful and the performance is rock-steady. The band is ready to face the nation. We hope you like it.
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And All The Colours Between
We are a 5 peice band, are 5 lads with a passion for playing! Encompassing catchy guitar hooks, grooving bass, filthy drums and imaginative lyrics, the colours between produce what they see around them. Tales of small town life and the hope of something better. A band with the attitude and tunes to match, Catch this train and jump on the bandwagon. With too much passion not to make it, The Colours will capture you...
!Join the Revolution!!
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Anderson Shelter
Anderson Shelter are a 5-piece band from basildon who have quickly made a name for themselves as one of the best live bands around! With gigs in London, Manchester, Wigan, Blackburn and around Essex, crowds have been stunned by their strong lyrics and melodies, inspiring guitar riffs and solos and their hard drums and base lines! They have generated strong interest from promoters from the north and the south and are even being talked about in canada and L.A. This band rock and need to be seen!
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Anxiety
Fresh sounding 3 piece, from brighton with a twisted indie sound.
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Aura4
Formed 4 years ago in Manchester, Aura4 have been said to be 'A potentially great band...'. The formula is there and the breaks will come, which will set them to achieve thier potential!!
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Avarice
formed in 2005, based in leeds
influences - nirvana, chilli peppers, led zepplin, radiohead....
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Azwel
Azwel is a project that involves New York songwriter Jason Perrillo. He describes the music as interesting melodic pop. The songs are influenced by various styles of music ranging from the early britpop sounds of Blur, Suede to Radiohead or even the Pet Shop Boys. All of the album recording sessions take place in his home studio.
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Barcode
A 4 piece band from Sunderland, influced by Kasabian, U2, Muse &
Bloc Party. Formed autumn 2005, the band bring a brand new sound to
the local music scene.
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Ben Cassidy
Acoustic singer/songwriter.
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Benjamin Luke
Not really indie as such, more alt. country but i supose it covers a range never the less. Singer songwriter. working on songwriting more than anything else. The music has gotta be described as love sick, blue, heart on ur sleeve music. The best way to describe it would be as a Ryan Adams kinda sound. If u dont know who he is then, u probably wont like this.
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Bit of Glory
Bit of glory were conceived on the idea of appreciating and trying to emulate many different styles in the rock/indie genres.
With some refreshing tunes developed early in 2006, they look set to take Edinburgh's scene by storm.
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Bleedin shotgun
Four piece rock'n'roll band Bleedin Shotgun formed in London, although the band members hail from Hartlepool, Leeds, Stockport and Southend. Their single 'Pretty Face' has been supported by Radio 1 and more recently London based radio station XFM.
Incorporating elements of past rock legends such as The Who, The Doors and Guns 'n' Roses , updating them with a modern contemperary twist, Bleedin Shotgun have a raw exciting sound which Is completly their own.
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Blue Gurus
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BOOT50
Described as "BUSTED on amphetamines", BOOT50 are the next big thing in power punk pop! Already hailed on Radio 1, XFM, GLR and Essex FM, they have already released 2 singles and enjoyed touring success throughout the UK.
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Brad Kenstler
Brad Kenstler Releases Double CD Entitled "Just Go To Sleep"
"Just Go To Sleep" is a haunting melancholy into a ghostly ether, it teeters upon a revelation of hope within its balance of transcribed demons and soul embrace. Listen to its sweep in its entirety in a quiet place. In its mastery of depravity, within its percussive swirl, in its orchestration, philosophic technique, in its tenderly arranged ballad, in its will to reach you, let it, and you will, weep, as I did... or dance atop its Id.
(PRWEB) March 5, 2005 -- Brad Kenstler releases debut solo CD, a self-taught bassist, guitarist, and pianist started song writing and performing in Las Vegas in 1985, and thru numerous all original bands, winning the Battle of the Bands, gigs and touring, press coverage and radio play, self produced CD sales, and a diverse following, his experience as a songwriter and band leader became well known.
After 11 years of college at UNLV, from classical piano, classical guitar, jazz guitar, history, poetry, and finally music theory and composition, with an emphasis on advanced orchestration, his training resulted in a professional composer, arranger, and orchestrator, with numerous compositions under his belt, as well as a premiere composer's concert for orchestra, Kenstler's Solitude, conducted by Hanlon, and performed by the UNLV orchestra, and recorded by the resident engineer, Kurt Miller.
With a background like this, raised on Cat Stevens, Marty Robbins, Eddie Arnold, and Neil Diamond, from punk rock to classical composition, an articulate, melodic, harmonious, and almost tribal rhythmic texture, wholly original emerged, cultish, pure and lyrically superior.This body of music is a remarkable precious arrangement of haunting ballads and sweet lasting melody, an allegorical masterpiece, it truly is the Fine Art of Transcribing the Return , a universal philosophy chiselled into song.
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Brandon Steep
Brandon Steep are an unsigned band from Hereford, England. A very individual sound, loved by a vastly growing national following. The band are about to take on a tour of wales in April 06, tour warm up dates include manchester, bristol and shewsbury. To find out more visit the official website or myspace page.
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Brandy Alexander
Whether you want foot stomping, gut wrenching, spaz-out rockers or beautiful melancholy, spine tingling, daydream inspiring melodies, Brandy Alexander will help you get through the day.
We are a 3 peice indie/alternative rock band from the south coast.
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brass monkey
4 piece indie band from birmingham formed in 2004
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Buendia
Formed In 2004 Buendia have played such venues as The Cavern and The Zanzibar.
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Burn the Mona Lisa
Burn the Mona Lisa: to overthrow the over-rated. To produce a body of work that is as provocative, evocative and memorable as the moniker it's created under. To create a soundtrack to sing to, dance to, fuck to, dream to, and quit your job to.
B.t.M.L. have rapidly carved out a reputation for themselves as one of the most exciting bands currently blazing through England’s venues. Like most successful projects, it was all about waiting for the slots to fall into place. As members of 'amigo', Nick, Mark and Rob had spent years honing their sound in venues around the North West, never quite obtaining the elusive 'x-factor' that marks the difference between the good and the great.
With the departure of a key member came the opportunity to go back to the drawing board and start again - new direction, new line up, renewed sense of purpose. With the arrival of Simon in February 2004 came a shot in the arm for the group and it soon became undeniable that they'd found the perfect chemistry.
“There’s a well deserved buzz around these compadres…a cult following at least beckons, huge sales entirely possible.” John Earls - Channel 4 Teletext
Ambitions are great for the release of ‘PLASTIC POP’ (Gazelle Records). Recorded at Blueprint studios in Manchester on a tight budget, the disk was finished in 24 hours and we're more than happy with the results. The cd will be available through all good independent record shops from Monday October 25th.
“This is a band definitely on the verge of bigger things…. its only got to be a matter of time” ukmusicsearch.co.uk
“Perfect–There’s no escaping the originality and possibilities of this fresh faced outfit…They have the songs to feed even the greediest labels.” Manchester Music.co.uk
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Catherine Campbell
21 year old Singer/songwriter influenced by all good roots music ranging from Rock n Roll, blues and country to folk and everyday quality pop music.
Currently based in Cardiff but still doing gigs 'back home' in Luton.
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Cherry Cobb Cartel
4 piece from Hull playing the future of indie rock n roll
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Clobber The Mob
C.T.M are a three piece rock band from Enfield. We are all 19 and met at school. We have been playing together for about two years and recently recorded a demo. We are currently performing around London
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clownprince
Clownprince are not your run of the mill, average four-piece band.
Since arriving on the Wigan music scene, a little over a year ago. This curious quartet has established themselves as one of the most exciting and notorious on the Wigan music scene. Their influences range the dulcet tones of Johnny Mathis, to the sneer and brutality of the sex pistols. They describe their style of music as council house. Clownprince’s song writing encapsulates all aspects of life as viewed by people born on the wrong side of the tracks. They blend pathos with tongue in cheek humour in the most English self- deprecating way as only they can.
For more information, mp3 samples, images and the forthcoming gig dates, please check out www.clownprince.co.uk
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COMEG
COMEG's first self produced album was released in 2002 and he has since recorded 4 more albums.All albums are freely downloadable from his website - http://www.comeg.org
COMEG has also written several tunes for independent movies. He also has 4 tracks featured on the soundtrack of a new PS2 game soon to be released called "London Taxi"
COMEG is also played on both local and international radio stations including Pulse rated and Kerrang and the Mike Mendoza show on TalkSport
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Crash Course
Hey,we're a punk band from Luton/dunstable.The average age in the band is 15.The members are:
John Blunt-guitar,vocals
Ross Greer-Lead guitar
Lindon Francais-Bass
we play PROPER punk music like the pistols,clash,bad religion etc not crappy so called "punk" nowadays,greenday im talking to you!
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CROWMAN
A 3 PIECE KICK ASS GOOD TIME INDIE OUTFIT WITH ACCOUSTIC & ELECTRIC SETS ALL ORIGINAL SOUNDS.
PAUL LOCKER GUITAR & VOX
HEATH WATERFIELD BASS EFFECTS & LIGHTS.
KANE WATERFIELD DRUMS.
KANE HAS JOINED US RECENTLY AND HAS ADDED MUCH NEEDED DEPTH.
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Dastards
UK Midlands based 4-Piece aged 18. Influences Muse, Jam, Blink 182, Dylan etc.
Dynamic lyrics with a distictive vox over intricate guitar patterns.
The Dastards are Coming!
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Dave Gum
From the small Island of Canvey, south-east Essex emerged the young original sounding songwriter, Dave Gum.
After many years of contributing ideas to bands in his teenage years, Dave has now moved on to singing, songwriting and recording. Influences include The Beatles, Nirvana, David Bowie, and newer artists such as Damien Rice, Jack Johnson and James Blunt.
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DEAD DISCO
Punk/disco, electro new wave 4 piece (all female) band, based in Leeds. Formed in 2005.
DEAD DISCO:
Victoria Hesketh = Vox/Synth
Lucy Catherwood = Guitar
Marie France = Bass/B.Vox
Kirsty Brinn = Drums
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Dead Girl On Pavement
Dead Girl On Pavement are from Luton and are neither proud nor ashamed by this fact. Kinda the Joy Division vs Portishead (ish)
er... Goth-Hop?
They still can't be bothered to look for a drummer...
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DECODER
The best catchy and noisy indie beats.
check out their great sound!!
ready for rock n roll??
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definitive
classcal no rock somewhat in the times yes
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DELIVO
Were and Alterantive surf Rock band from cumbria, We've been around quite a bit and played with Shed seven , Tom Hingley on the mainstage twice at Solfest our music has rousing harmonies and catchy rifs to create some quite anthemic music
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Dexter
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dillon
a young four piece band from kidderminster. chunking guitar, melodic synths, pounding bass and a drum kit
matt - guitar
will - drums
rich - keys
sarah - bass
yay
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Ebb-Tone
Ebb-Tone are from Sheffield, England and were formed by David Hall (Vocal, Guitar, Songwriter) and Jonathan Oxley (Guitarist).
We started out learning covers by favourite artists such as Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, Nirvana and tinkering around with original material.
After a year or so or crafting our sound we recruited a drummer and a bassist and went out gigging with original material. With this line up we generated a good local following and a couple of well sold self promoted demo cd’s.
We then changed our line up and recruited Greg Weller on Bass which helped us to strengthen our identity.
We spent several months of practice re-working a lot of old material and writing a lot of new material.
In 2002 we recorded the Funny Thing EP and set about a heavy gig schedule consisting of venues such as the Cavern in Liverpool, Casbah, Sheffield, and 3 musical festival to promote the EP which generated numerous positive reviews (see attached)
In 2004 we recorded Autumn Girl EP (reviews attached) which we are currently completing artwork design for before circulating to our contacts in England and the US.
We are hoping to generate interest for management of the group for representation to Record Labels as we all share the common ambition of making this band the best we can.
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Eden
Melodic Indie Rock band with great riffs and better lyrics, energetic
and exciting. This young band have been compared to U2, The
Counting Crows and REM, First single "Future Past" out now.
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Eventide
Eventide are a female fronted alternative acoustic band with influences including Damien Rice, The Goo Goo Dolls and James Blunt.
Eventide play all over London and Essex. Check out their website to see where they are playing next.
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Every Other Sunday
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Evolvin Rage
Evolvin Rage are a well established funky/indie band from Lichfield,Staffs. Formed in 2004 the band have a unique sound that satisfies all different styles. Frontman LUTON C,AJ,SAMMY,STEVIE & PHIL never fail to impress with there catchy retro sounds and fantastic lyrics.
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exit tahiti
5 piece west london indie band
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Fake Bad News
Fake Bad News are a four piece based in Cardiff who have supported Nme acts such as The DSuke Spirit, Dogs and The Arctic Monkeys. Played all over the country.
High profile gigs lined up
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FiCTiON
Now a four piece band, girl on guitar and vocals. . with some great poppy/rock tunes! been compared to blondie!
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FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE
Check our website for everything you need
Beats Manuvre - Drums
Diamondtrim T. Sneed - Guitar
Wildman Sinister Da Key Minister - Keyboards
Snake Eyes Flash Flex - Bass
Treacherous Dale Fresh - Vocalist
Mr White chocolate C. Sweetness - Vocalist
Influences: Saved by the bell, Back to the Future, Bill murray, James Brown, Snoop dogg, Sugerhill Gang, Capdown, Farse, Sports. ZACK MORRIS
Sounds Like: Capdown, Snoop dogg, Ozomatli, FLC, Manu Chao
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Forgotten Fable
We're a 5 piece indie/rock band and looking for as many gigs as possible. We're happy to support bands
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FreeBooter
Dave met Marcel at work. Together with Will, whom they met later, they worked on a few songs they had written. Natasha showed interest in joining the band as the bass player and her influences have made the whole band's reportoire complete.
Soon the first Demo EP will be released.
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Giant Loop Of Sound
Dusty Springfield meets The Jam, with next door neighbours of The Smiths and The Clash, with The Supremes coming to visit!
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Harlequin Abattoir
Dundee based rock 5 piece:
"Sounding a bit like Nick Cave with deep sick sounding vocal and moody guitars, this is something that really grows on you. Potential as recording artists is apparent. It's chilled out like a late night bar session behind closed doors"
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High Rising
We are a 4 piece band from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. Formed in 2004 we have enjoyed a great musical journey so far and just want to continue writing and playing live shows. We border on the Melodic indie/rock catagory and have many influences. We are constantly being noticed for our musical diversity while keeping our some-what distinct, commercial sound.
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hookah
4 piece southend band, hotly tipped. playin january 7th@chinnerys 8pm, 8th southend high st 545pm on essex fm stage 16th @maritime rooms at cliffs pavilion
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Hush Collector
"a slightly dark brand of acoustic-tinged slowcore, rich in melody and texture - a gorgeous musical statement" - (Somewhere Cold)
Hush Collector formed in the coastal city of Brighton when Poppy Gonzalez and Katie Mummery came together with a mutual desire to record an album of candid songs of an organic sounding nature.
As a taster, they released the self-produced 'Flowby ep' - their own Candy Cone label.
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Hypersonic
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inde-cisive
addictive melodic tones, from performance driven professionalisms.
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James Severy
Singer songwriter of sorts
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Justin Grant
Justin Grant is a charismatic singer/songwriter from Newry city Northern Ireland. He has been performing in public since he was fifteen, Initially as lead vocalist/guitarist with his own six piece band and latterly as a solo artist playing venues all over Ireland. Justin is a prolific writer and has an exstensive catalogue of wonderfull songs of which an eclectic selection are on cd. Justin is currently seeking worldwide recording and publishing deals.
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Kaleido
Kaleido are an original, four-piece Indie rock band from South Essex. The band formed in 2004 & consists of:
Pete Laws- vocals
Leigh Nicholson-Guitar
Lisa Haines-Drums& backing vocals
session player- bass
Since recording their debut EP Kaleido has enjoyed an excellent response to their music, with the band writing and performing their own brand of Indie rock, which is constantly developing.
The band is passionate about music & has strived to create their own sound.
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Listen To Johnny
Rob Taylor and Tom Wigley met at an open mic night in Lichfield in late 2003. Rob had been writing and performing his own material for a few years and Tom had jus split from his previous band. After a couple of months of meetings at the open mic night the pair decided to join forces and try to put something together. They began rehearsing immediately and were soon performing as a duo around Lichfield. It wasnt long before Rob and Tom decided their sound needed to be "bigger", and that's when they set about looking for other members to form a band. It wasn't long before Yarnall, an old acquaintance of Rob's was announced as the bass player, and Tom got into touch with Reggie, the drummer of his former band, who agreed to join, thus making the line-up complete. Listen To Johnny had officially arrived
The band have been practising and writing material together for about 18 months. During this time they have performed at various events. Their main musical influences come from 60's groups such as The Beatles and The Beach boys as well as more recent bands like Oasis,Ocean Colour Scene and Blur amongst others. This gives the band a unique pop-esque sound with a dash of indie for good measure, much like the "brit-pop" bands of the 90's. The mix of acoustic driven rhythms, effect-laden lead lines and sing-a-long melodies give the band a unique and unforgettable sound unlike anything else in the local scene.
The band are now tighter and more confident than ever and their skill for writing together is getting better all the time. Armed with a plethora of good, original material, the band are now ready and willing to make a big impact in the music scene. Even if it's just for being different.
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London Road
London Road are 5 piece indie rock n roll band from Nottingham. Please click on to www.londonroadmusic.com to view details of upcoming gigs and listen to some of our tracks.
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Looks Like Rain
An established band with many influences, LLR blend soft melodies with hard edged and acoustic guitars.
The 4 of them have been playing both electric and unplugged gigs around London and Essex since 2000, and have recently been recording tracks with producer Dave Young.
Only gravity can keep them down....
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LOTUS EATER
Lotus Eater began as a showcase for my music & has since developed into a web site and live band.
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Lucky Bullet
Nottingham based band - Quoted by Steve Charlesworth Bookmaking 'These will be Nottinghams biggest export since Robin Hood'
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Making Scenes And Killing Queens
A 4 man-band with influences ranging from the mellow to extreme side of the rock genre as well as Dance.
4 members are:
Tom Groves - Vocals, Guitar
Nick Philpott - Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Alan Johnson - Bass - backing vocals
Estall - Drums, keyboards
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Michael G McGee
Mixture of Hard rock, Rock and Guitar Rock. Michael is a solo rock musician, songwriter and guitarist. He's been rock'n for many years as the lead singer and guitarist in a local band, but due to lack of dedication by band members, michael decided to go solo with his new cd "Social Insanity"
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middleman
middleman are a 3-piece indie/rock (if you must pigeon-hole) band from Kilmarnock that have been on the go now for 5 years.
With their mix of gentle arrangements to their bounce-about-the-room anthems, they have something that everyone can enjoy.
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Mississippi Delta
Rock n Roll music
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mixed motives
we are a three piece band.my name is robbie and my fellow ban members sre paul and ian
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Moonjelly
With support slots alongside bands such as the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Gay Dad and Baby Genius........and national radio airplay already under their belts, Kaleidoscope Records signed Moonjelly released their hugely succesful debut album 'Unforgettable Year' in December 2002 and are currently recording the follow up, which is due for release in the summer of 2004. Visit their website now for all the latest news and gig info.
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Munkey Juice
Munkey Juice originally sprouted from the backwoods of Ohio, to emerge as a rock n’ roll beast in the great twin cities of the north. Munkey Juice has released eight full-length albums, and four EP’s on their own label: Choose To Lose Records. Nelson Heise established the band in 1995 with his brother Robert. The band has had several drummers and currently Stacie Archer plays drums for the band in his triumphant return to MJ. MJ 's eighth album "Fatty Arbuckle's Coke Bottle" will be released stimutaneously with "Ten Under Sixty Vol.3" early 2006. Rick Pavlik and Dan Kaping accompanied the brothers on the "Fatty Arbuckle" release. Need to know more, contact the band at the information provided below.
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Newclear View
Five piece set of musicians who put their heart and soul into each gig. Memorable chorus's, pounding drum beats, dimensional bass lines, creative guitar work and a frontman that bellows the room with melodic precison. Unsigned, but for how long?
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Nine Ashes
Forming in the spring of 2002 in the wilds of South Woodham Ferrers and Burnham On Crouch, Nine Ashes were formed with the pre-tense for rockin and funky melody.
The band is fronted by Egg, 22 from Chelmsford, Essex. Playing the guitar for 12 years, Egg has played in several acts encompassing covers bands, rock bands and hip-hop collectives performing on drums, keys, vox and guitar throughout. Will Elliot, 22 from Burnham plays Bass and has also played for many years in various punk-rock bands around South Essex and now works at the Royal Opera House, London. After the departure of Alex Hume in August 2004, Nine Ashes have installed 22 year-old Graeme Howell onto drum duties - an estate agent who's not afraid of pushing the hard sell… or rock…
Their influences are wide and varied, including Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Pink Floyd, The Jam, Green Day, Reef, The Clash, The Roots, and other groovy dudes.
By early 2003, Nine Ashes had played their first gig at Soundhouse, Colchester headlining a very busy Saturday night, and going down a storm with all around. After this success the boys took their show on the road over the following months, clockin up gigs over Essex, Kent and Surrey and playing shows to music fans in Soho and Camden. Nine Ashes' recorded a 3-track demo in January 2004, 'The Shadow' which shifted over 500 copies locally (in and around South Essex)…
In 2004 gigging highlights have included supporting fellow Essex band The Stunts and NME favourites Razorlight at Cambridge Girton Ball, 'DawnTreader', in March of this year.
"Nine Ashes blending myriad influences; ranging from The Coral to The Roots; this Essex-based three-piece kick off proceedings on the Main Stage with a blast of funky, indie rock: the perfect start to a fantastic line-up" DawnTreader Program, March '04
With this success behind them, this summer the boys have worked on rockin' new demo 'Wasting Time' which brings rock, drum and bass, and new wave all into one tidy package. Working with Graeme, Nine Ashes are now perfecting their new live show, which should start rockin and rolling around your local venue around Jan 2005.
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Nine Ashes
Forming in the spring of 2002 in the wilds of South Woodham Ferrers and Burnham On Crouch, Nine Ashes were formed with the pre-tense for rockin and funky melody.
The band is fronted by Egg, 22 from Chelmsford, Essex. Will Elliot, 22 from Burnham plays Bass and completing the line up, Graham Howell on drums.
Their influences are wide and varied, including Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Pink Floyd, The Jam, Green Day, Reef, The Clash, The Roots, and other groovy dudes.
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No Image
No Image are a three piece band from the Brentwood area consisting of Dan (Guitar), Tez (Bass) and Ben (Drums).
They have been playing for about a year now and will be making a demo cd mid 2005.
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No Refuge
We are No Refuge. Dean Baker on Vocals and Ollie Southgate on guitar. We have been writing songs together for the last few months.
Influences:
Ollie: Blues, Jazz, Bon Jovi, Brooks and Dunn, Country, Live, Counting Crows. The Black Crowes, Damien Rice, James Blunt.
Dean: David Gray, Simply Red, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrisson, Sting, The Who, Oasis, Richard Ashcroft.
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Noble Savage
We are a 5 piece rock/Indie band from Rochdale, Lancashire. We are playing gigs all around the north west including rochdale, bury, manchester, and preston. Our sound is a mix between The Clash, the Rolling Stones and Ocean Coulor scene.
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North Free Ride
Proper coll rocking band from Rugby with style and tunes
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opustrees
Established in kents medway delta, opustrees have supported aqualung and fat boy slim's 'jonny quality', opustrees have recently recorded with producer Jim Riley (UPCDOWNC/Billy Childish/Buff Medways).
"Dirty Ripper- '...the singer starts spunking his weird sex pest vocal all over the twinkling guitars..'
'First and Last-'...is brilliant-like going out at night with Richard Ashcroft, smoking crushed up butterflies and talking philosophy with unicorns."
james jam-NME Feb 2006
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pacific
Some people still care about music. The more intelligent you are, the more you need music to move or challenge you, like a great book or an original movie that seems to expand your mind and open you up to new possibilities.Whether that music is the White Stripes or Tom Mcrae, Nirvana or Free, we just don't care anymore as long as it takes us somewhere. We like to think we're somewhere in between all these, with a little bit of Hendrix, Dylan, blah.
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Pete Teo
Multiple award winning independent artist from Malaysia. Works in
English and boasts rave reviews from all over the world. Featured on
National Public Radio (USA) and NHK FM (Japan). Buzziest
Malaysian English act for decades on the verge of breaking into Asia
region. Looking for European representation.
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Phenol
Phenol. A collective of friends real and virtual. A constant metamorphosis of people, ideas, styles. A band; a pop group characterised by their own exclusive, elusive nature. A blend of varying creative influences and structural hypotheses. An experiment in modern music marketing. A rock band for now and for the future? Maybe you will want to join. Maybe we'll want you...
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Porchlight
Formed late 2005, Porchlight are an up-tempo 3-piece based in Cardiff.
Writing catchy and melodic indie tunes the band all in their early twenties have tracks ranging from composed, heartfelt waltzes to vibrant and dynamic punk/pop songs. Porchlight’s sound has previously been compared to that of Pavement, Feeder and Supergrass. As well as regularly supporting touring bands, Porchlight won the GTFM battle of the bands in March 2006.
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Primary School Hero
The Strange combo of 2 bass players a classically trained pianist and a drummer who sings is not your every day run of the mill Rock and Roll line up.. But this is how Primary School Hero started out, Nowadays we have more of a classic line up of Vocals/Guitar, Guitar, Bass and a Drummer (who still sings by the way)...
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Puzzle Project
-five members
-funky rock and roll
-music explains us
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Red Box Conspiracy
Manchester based band, Cream meets Velvet Underground.
Olie - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Adam - Guitar, Vocals
Cam - Bass
Thom Drums, Vocals
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Relica
Relica is a 4 piece rock band based in Dublin formed in 2003.
Distinctive sound comprising driving bass and drums combined with strong melody and striking riffs.
Latest release is Simian Says EP - due in Oct 05.
Members:
Dec Hughes (vocals, rhythm guitar, piano)
Mick O'Connor (lead guitar, backing vocals)
Adrian Fernandes (bass)
Paul Connolly (drums)
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Reverend Cleatus and The Soul Saviours
Hammond Funk outfit playing a mixture of original and covers. Think funky breaks with rumbling basslines, screaming Hammond, chitlin's guitar backed up by a solid three piece horn section. No vocals just grooves
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Revolver
Revolver are a original indie/rock band from Hull. They have been gigging and writing now since early 2005. Their aim is to get a record contract and tour England and Europe. Revolvers fan base grows with every live performance so try to come to a Revolver gig to find what Revolver are all about.
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Roadhouse76
Roadhouse76 is made up of 4 members, JBT who plays bass, Paulo 'The Hitman' Manchini Bangs the drums, Sonny malone plays lead guitar and Chopper harrison sings whilst keeping a rythym on his guitar, The first testoment goes summut like this: Chopper was in a band with JBT who left the band cause they where shite, Chopper soon followed and decided to form a new band, He joined forces with JBT, And they brought Paulo out of semi retirment to keep a rythym for them, Sonny relocated to Coventry and word soon reached Chopper he could play a mean guitar, A few phone calls later and the line up was complete, The band started jamming and the songs came thick and fast, A year later the lads braved the cold wet streets of coventry, To play a one off gig at the 'Fairfax' on spon street, They went down so well that the gig offers soon came pouring in, With a little help from the legendry John Oliver and 'Woody' they are fast becoming one of coventrys hottest bands
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RSI
Young band from belfast - studio album summer 2005. were starting to think about getting signed, although its never been high up in prioritys as we've spent the last 3 years perfecting our music. Our biggest influences differ from musician to musician in the band, Our Guitarist, Jonny is influenced by Joe Satriani and the writings of Robert Smith. Mark, our drummer has been influenced by audislave and G'n R. Anton loves the Chillis and ruth is a fan of snow patrol. This Combination means INDIE!
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Ryan Is Fun
North East based, electronic / indie / alternative.
Excellant original material
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S.K.M
An Indie ballad band from Bucks.
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Samuel Wade
I'm a singer/songwriter just starting out from Burnham, Bucks.
I'd compare my acoustic style to many indie bands i.e. radiohead, snow partol and solo artists like Damien Rice.
I hoping to record soon and start gigging with it too.
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SAN FROYD
JORDAN-GUITAR VOCALS
AL G BLACK-LEAD GUITAR
SMEE-BASS
TOMMY P-DRUMS
This four piece band all met at university and formed around 2004. Although AL and JORDAN have been writing music together since around 2003. With all the group members coming from different musical backgrounds we amalgamate to form a unique musical genre. With songs ranging from upbeat indie anthems to all out power ballads with raging guitar solo's.
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sandbox
“One girl, three boys and a fine selection of indie tunes – enter the world of sandbox”
Chris Long, BBC Manchester, January 2005
Formed in Manchester in early 2004, sandbox are Andy (drums), Lennie (vocals, guitar), Righini (guitar) and Will (bass guitar).
The past year has seen sandbox play more than 30 gigs, including support slots for Four Day Hombre, Rooster and Jack Cooper. The band are now regularly playing to crowds of 200 or more, having built up a dedicated and ever growing fan base through gigs and the forum on the band’s website (www.sandbox-online.co.uk).
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Save Ernie
With influences from Radiohead, Weezer, Bluetones and Feeder, Save Ernie have a sound which crosses many styles of the brit-rock scene. The band have recorded 2 3-track demos, and a self released 6-track EP named 'Arrival'.
Based in Essex, the band have played many large venues around the South East, including Chinnerys (Southend) Thurrock Music Festival (Main Stage), Gossips (Soho) and many more.
Check out the website (www.save-ernie.co.uk) for MP3 downloads, news, gigs and pictures.
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Scientist The Orange Pip
from plymouth england. all four members have had previous band experience but have never got ver far, hence deciding to start up a new band which was later titled 'scientist the orange pip'. drawing influences ffrom every band they have ever listened to they started to develop a unique a blend of indie/emo/progressive and old skool post ########. we are all about being individual and we will not play music just to live up to scene expectations.
gigging wherever and whenever possible.
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Sella dor
Sella dor are a quartet of talented indie rockers with a flair for song-writing. The group, originally from Essex, are now living in Charlton and are enjoying strong popularity in London. They have had positive reviews in two publications; the stool pigeon and Who's Jack and are now starting to generate some record company interest. A new demo and music video will soon be available on the band website.
Visit www.myspace.com/sellador or E-mail sellador@hotmail.co.uk for our demo
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Shameless Faith
Popular 5 piece indie rock band.
Check out website for further details
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Shannon Hurley
Formed out of the embers of UK pop and retro lounge....sounds like the Cardigans or Skye Edwards of Morcheeba.
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shepherds pi
Indie/Rock/Hip-Hop
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Shrinkin Violetz
The Shrinkin Violetz are a four piece Rock Band who have taken the best of Punk, New Wave, Psycho, Rock, Blues and molded it into their own unique sound - check out the website for more info.
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Silent Spring
Been goin a few months with the current line-up, music has been described as "Led Zepplin being raped by Nirvana whilst making sweet love to The Libertines" Come an see us when you can
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Six Foot Children
A dynamic 3-piece band - complete with raw passion, first rate songs and compelling lyrics.
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Something Poetic
Poets, intellectuals, future kings of Spain – despite being Something poetic, alas poor Yoric, we are none of these things. Which brings me nicely around to who we actually are – a band. We have a mean age of 14.8, and our music is always of the amplified variety, although we have been spotted topless in our local park, jamming among the birds and bees. Some bands we have found ourselves being influenced by are: Pink Floyd, Joy Division, U2, Smiths, Pixies, Doves, Radiohead, Interpol, British Sea Power, Arcade Fire and ahem, Trivium. As for our overall sound, we'll be honest…we're not all that sure ourselves yet, but it appears to come somewhere from the alternative side of things. Love and hugs… Something poetic …
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Son O' Brinksmat
Line up: Max Mitchell - Guitar/Vox, Gus Gussar - Bass/Vox, The Kid - Drums
Son o' brinksmat are the arch dukes of rock n stroll ,a three piece from Shepherds Bush,London of no gentle birth. They have a sound that combines the raw energy of the Clash with the percussive intensity of the Cream this is modern urban rock n roll as it should be, uncompromising and bowing to no one.
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SOULDRIVER
Souldriver are a powerful 4-piece indie/rock band hailing from Aberdare South Wales.
They have been playing in and around Wales since 2003 in venues such as The Barfly, The Pop factory, The Inferno, Margam park (yellow chopper festival), RM’s rock club and many more,
They have also had airplay and interviews on valleys radio, green dragon radio and live sets on gtfm.
They have just finished recording a new 3-track demo that was recorded at Notting pill studios (Newport) and was produced by Jeff and Ginge (former guitarist and drummer from dub war and skin dread)
Souldriver are:
Wayne Morgan: vocals/guitar.
Andrew price: lead guitar.
Anthony hicks: drums.
Dorian Holmes: bass.
For more information about SOULDRIVER please contact:
Webmaster@souldriver.zzn.com
TEL:07810470687
www.souldriver.cjb.com
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Spin
Spin are a 5 piece melodic indie band from Northampton. Beautiful melodies and cutting lyrics make for an engaging and emotional mix. The current line up has been together just six months now but have already been in the studio working on what will hopefully become their first album.
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Stanleys Choice
From the heart of Birmingham Stanley’s Choice deliver a new appetite of smokey bar blues, with insightful lyrics and impassioned performance this duo creates melodies that last.
Formed in 2003 Stanley’s Choice have played to a wide range of audiences to wide acclaim. They have worked with Birmingham’s most innovate producers and have been featured on local radio playlists. The balance of intricate guitar and rustic vocals make for a contemporary slice of the singer songwriter genre.
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star27
"The cult of Star 27 continues apace. It’s old school rock ‘n’ roll shindigs with the finger on fast-forward. Clonking falling-over-itself melodies crash into crunching chords and wailed lyrics, before another rolling foot-taper comes along without so much as an introduction. Quite chaotic but endearing and somewhat beautiful, all within 20 minutes." © Liam Pennington 2004
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Starstudded78
5 piece Glasgow-based band, strong local following. Have twice supported Biffy Clyro and regularly play in the city.
Range of Influences such as the Killers, Snow Patrol, The Doves and The Smiths to create a powerful and unique upbeat sound. Formed in 2005.
Website currently under re-construction.
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Starter
Eddie - Lead vocal/guitar
Rob - Rhythm guitar
Lee - Bass/vocals
Kav - Drums
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stonedrifters
5 piece band from billingham 2 guitars ,keyboard and drums
1 vocals .lookin to make a breakthrough into the big music scene .check out our website for more....
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SubRosa5
psychedelic grooves with balefuls of Country Soul a pinch of stoned blues and your general guitar noise and we're almost there. Inspired to revolt by Campag Velocet/Ryan Adams/ Ride / Verve/ Stones/ James/ The Stooges/ The Velvets/ U2/ The Bunnymen/ Gram Parsons/ Graham Kendrix
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SUBWAY
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Summer Born Wild
Summer Born Wild are a three piece band from Eastbourne. We recently performed a live session on BBC Southern Counties Radio. We have a performance at the Concorde 2 on the 11th Febuary 2006 at 6.00pm. We will put Eastbourne on the Music Map!.
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SUPERFISH
Superfish, is an austrian Band that won second place at the international poetry convention, held in Floriday in march, sending their Song "NO 1 BUT U". Getting signed with their label later in the year, the band toured throughout Austria and is preparing to tour trough out europe early next year. Their very indiependent Rock is beeing played on radiostations throughout austria and is delt as the number 1 Rock Export of Austria - well worth taking a look at!
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Sushi
sushi are a 7 peice band from the north-west playing innovative and original music, fusing together many styles such as rock, blues, funk and ska! The addition of trumpet and saxophone to the bands line-up make their music and shows like nothing heard before.
sushi are:
Ed Rice- Lead guitar/ Vocals
Nathan Longhurst- Rhythm guitar
Will Blevins- Bass
Alex McManus- Drums
Ben Millest- Keyboards
Adam Seed- Trumpet
Richard Yates- Trombone
For further info please visit our web-site...
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syzlak
3 peice indie/rock band from southend-on-sea area:MATT REEVE guitar/vocals NICK HANSON bass TOM BROWN drums. Met through freind.been playing for 8 months and we have just started giging locally.we play a mix of catchy mellow rock tunes with original and clever lyrical songs, and thats my personal opinion but I am a drummer!!!
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Ten O`Clock Scholars
A very powerful, upbeat five piece with more melody than you could wish for! !
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The 88's
An Indie/Rock genre band from the Midlands. The 88's are:
Vocals & Bass - Steve McMeikhan
Backing Vocals & Guitar - Toby Warren
Drums - Ben Woodall
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The Amateurs
Melodic, thoughtful songs played by a Kidderminster based 3-piece. Bass, Drums and Guitar/Piano with very memorable melodies and a very passionate live set.
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The Applewhites
4 piece from Hull playing Rock n Roll infected 60's blues.
played with the likes of The Ordinary Boys, Blueskins and Blackwire.
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the article
cardiff based indie/rock band playing Cardiff,Bristol area at moment but branching out very soon....
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the baker street irregulars
A boomin 9 piece pop rock band formed end of 2004 and quickly developing a large and devoted following in the area
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The Beehive Project
Kick-ass indie rock band from north wales. Guaranteed to blow ur f**kin minds!
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THE BENIDICTINES
SHIT HOT
COOL
GREAT TUNES
TALENTED MUSICIANS
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The big game players
we are a 4 piece indie rock band from Daventry and northampton,
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The Chancers
Stong band with everything a band could want. Some of the best vocals around with talent shown on every instrument played.
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The Chorus
We tried to be a band in the nineties, back in a small riverside town in Essex, its all a bit of a blur but we did meet and wrote some songs but it didn’t quite fit right, so we split from each others lives to taste the real world.
But it wasn’t up to much.
So five years later our paths crossed again when these boys had become men. We acquired a wad of grimy cash and turned it into instruments. This was the plan, Sam HAD to play piano, that we all agreed on, if Jim slides his fingers up and down that bass and Phil knocks out a rhythum in his head then all it needs is Benjamin to do that thing where he paints with the guitar, and if Barton sings over the top it…..well, it sounded like a plan.
We’ll call ourselves The Chorus.
With our future all stacked on the table we knuckled down and wrote, but what would people think of this stuff? One minute there’s a squall of guitar and drumming like the thunder of horses, next a lonesome piano, a melody on the bass, a string section plucked out of the classics and songs about sad, lost men.
We played beneath some arches with the London train clattering above…and everyone loved it.
But now we need more.
The songs keep coming and the shows keep getting better. We’re ready to take the next step.
Good evening, we are The Chorus.
Benjamin Hobden – Guitarist
Sam Milverton – Pianist
Phil Smith – Drummer
Jim Van-Win – Bassist
Barton Young – Vocalist
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THE COMING
The 4 piece outfit set sail mid-2003 and have done a fistful of shows around the Greater London area.
Described as a cross between, Jesus and Mary Chain & The Stone Roses.
All focus has now shifted towards a collaboration with a production team to record the debut album and plan a national tour.
A band you'll be hearing a lot more from...
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the critix
3 Piece Original Brit Rock Band. Also play rock/pop covers and classics.
The band gigs at every opportunity and play as much original material as we can. We intend to take the songs that we write and make a living from them. We know that these songs are great, it's just the rest of the world that we've got to convince!!!
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The Culture
Sean Keegan: Guitar/Vocals
Daniel 'Ezzy' Ayres: Lead Guitar
'Little Dan': Bass
Craig Shields: Drums
Based in Luton the Culture are a band with an original style and catchy sound . Originally, solely an acoustic band The Culture have broadened there sound drawing on the influences from the 60's to the modern day. Bands such as the Beatles the Stone Roses and Oasis offer a lot to there sound. Basing the songs around powerfull, catchy chorus' The Culture are a band not to be missed.
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The Dawn Chorus
Dynamic, Melodic indie-pop in the same vein as Bright Eyes, Magic Numbers, Travis.
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the deads
the deads are a 5 piece band from pompy with a dirty sound and energetic live show, see them live to appreciate what dirty rock is!!
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The Delights
Inspired by The Pixies, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and Talking Heads, their unique hybrid of wild, anthemic, guitar music is catching the attention of the gig-going public. With their debut double A side single ‘My Little Girl/Society’ due for release on 15th September ‘05’, and a live show that has been described as ‘throbbing with emotional turbulence and sinew straining dynamic’, surely it’s time to jump aboard The Delights ride.
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The Della Roccas
Check out the website for all the info!
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The Denizens
The results of various musical backgrounds can sometimes sound either lost or too much like another band. This is not the case for the Wigan based band the Denizens. Fusing acoustic rythm with witty and story like lyrics The Denizens paint a clear picture of what goes on in the world and personal experiences that everyone can relate too.
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The Dirty Lips
A four piece band from North Notts recently formed from the remnants of LCS. A fresh line-up consisting of singer/songwriter James Foy, former Flourish drummer Paul Exton, guitarist and singer Ryan Beardsley formerly of Little Mono and bassist Richard Lowe. The band are currently working on new and old songs and have recently recorded a 5 track demo which will be available online as soon as the tracks have been mastered. Gigging will commence in the latter part of the year and early 2006.
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The Distance
The Distance blends raw ability, head-bobbing grooves, strange time signatures and challenging lyrics, producing songs that will engage the listener on both intellectual and emotional levels. Influences include Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Muse, Nick Drake, Ben Harper and U2. Song styles include acoustic anthems, rhythmically-intriguing rock, dance floor fillers and electric ballads to break your heart. Underpinning this diversity is soaring vocals, intelligent arrangements, and progressive song-writing.
In 2003, The self-financed album “Here You Are” was released under the former name of “ReVolition”. It attracted significant attention and positive feedback regionally and nationally. Later that year, the band gave a copy to a member of Elbow. The record was given an immediate airing on the Elbow tour bus, and was followed up by a phone call the next day. Elbow then introduced the band to Skinny Dog records, the Manchester label set up by Elbow and I am Kloot. The Distance have since been invited to appear with the two bands on a compilation album due to be released on the label later this year.
A new member was introduced into the band in February 2005. The new line-up has been rehearsing hard at their studio in Stoke-on-Trent. They now have a collection of 20 songs for the next album, and an exciting live set that will be showcased at gigs from 27th July onwards in their home town of Stoke-on-Trent, London, Manchester, and around the UK.
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The DIY Cravings
Hip swinging raw pop rock n roll.
Franz Ferdinand meets Nirvanna, down a dark alley with The Clash pissing on the walls.
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The Dominoes
The Dominoes are three 19 year-olds from Peckham looking to get
their music danced to by as many people as possible!
With influences including The Ramones, No Doubt, Phil Spector,
Madness, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Pixies and The Beach Boys. The Dominoes
play a combination of 60's influenced pop, punk, original ska and
good old fashioned rock 'n' roll.
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THE DUKE'S
5 PIECE FROM LONDON,LEADSINGER DODGER, BASS PLAYER STAIRZY ,DRUMMER GEORGE , SI CHEWIE SYNTH'S KEY'S
PLAY FREQUENTLY IN LONDON
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The fallacy
The fallacy is a London indie/rock/pop guitar band, based around the talented singer songwriter Ricki Webber.
Ricki takes his influences from bands such as The Rolling Stones, the Jesus & Mary Chain as well as many classic American rock bands like Green Day and Aerosmith.
The fallacy's press pack already includes many great reviews and articles, including a feature on the BBC Essex website, a rave review on Planet Sound (Channel 4 teletext) which generated a huge response, reviews in the Vanity Project publication and online American magazine Splendid.
To add to this The fallacy have also received plenty of radio airplay in the UK, online (BBC) and even from as far afield as Thailand.
The band had a song featured on the compilation album Hit Maker in November 2003, which was released on the Matchbox Recordings label. Another track was released on International Showcase, an album on the Chromium Records label, in February 2004.
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The Flow
Formed in August 2002, The Flow are an Essex based four piece Indie/Rock band. In a year and a half of gigs at major London Venues, Universities and Summer Festivals, The Flow have been able to forge and define their unique sound, spurred on by their ever-growing fan base.
The Flow recently played at the Mean Fiddler, LA2 at the Emergenza UK Final of the Battle of the Bands competition and were voted best London band.
For more information and gigs and news, check out www.theflow.info
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The Gents
The Gents are a Portsmouth based Indie/ Rock band who have been gigging for the last 12 months. We are a 5 pieced band and the members age between 17- 21.
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The Ghosties
The Ghosties are a 3 piece Indie/Alt band from Ayshire. The band has been together since Feb 03 and have played over 190 gigs all over Britain. Their music is a blend of syth rock with 3 part harmonies and percussion. The Ghosties have released 2 eps and a live DVD of their performance at the Rockin Beer Festival in Huntingdon where they played alongside The Stranglers, Wishbone Ash etc. The band have recieved great reviews and have recieved alot of radio airplay aswell.Catch them while you can.
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The Green
The band consists of Richard Booker, guitar and backing vocals, Matt Kent, drums, Dave Taylor, lead vocals and guitar and Steve Abram, bass and backing vocals.
The band have won 3 awards in America including best international band at the OC awards.
6 Songs from the new album have been selected by MTV america as well as an extreme sports DVD and compilation for the X Games in LA.
The band now want to concentrate on their native UK
www.officialgreen.com
www.myspace.com/officialgreen
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the inklings
“the INKlings”
are the band who put words and melodies back on the musical map. Formed by songwriter Gizz, Matt McConnell (bass), Murray Gardiner (guitar) and Rob Peters (drums/percussion) complete the line-up of fine musicians. With a strong ethic of songwriting and performing, the guys have already amassed a significant fan base due to their exciting originality. Busy with nationwide dates and radio appearances, most notably support dates with signed artists Rosie Thomas/XisGreaterThanY/
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The Jakals
4 piece positive funky rock band with real attitude, single handedley trying to make people remember what led zepplin gave the world!!
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The Labels
The Labels were born on a cold, boozy night in the November 2003 when Sam, Ves and Slee decided they were tired with what they were hearing on the local music scene and so decided to form a band. They slowly started to write their own songs, but something was missing, a drummer! They searched the four corners of the earth looking for somebody who could add that extra dimension to their tracks. With that in mind they asked long time friend Lizzy Kay to slap the skins for them. From that moment on the 4 friends knew they had something special. Going from strength to strength they embarked on their first gigs which went down... ahem...not as well as they had hoped. September 2004 came around and all their gear got stolen, never tobe rocovered. They decided to have a break, and so went their seperate ways. During december the same year they played a comeback show in Wakefield which went down well enough tobe asked to play a secret gig sharing the bill with The Cribs. This gave them the spark they needed and so got down to practicing again. With new songs and a new impetus they were asked to play a Battle of the Bands which they went on to win and earn themselves a place headlining at Clarence Park festival. They Started playing gigs across Leeds slowly building up a fanbass and reputation for a energetic, entertaining and enthusiastic live show. They also went on to play along side bands such as Nine Black Alps, Arctic Monkeys and The Kooks. A year after their gear was stolen, something they were all dreading finally took place, Liz left The Labels to go to uni in Lincoln. So the search was on to find a drummer who could fill the great void left by Liz. This time though they had a plan. They asked another long time friend and former guitarist with Merry-go, Jonny Booth if he'd be interested and he was. So with a full line-up again, and gigs planned, and a tour in the pipeline, they will carry on making this music we all know and love.
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The Lazarus Plot
Formed at the turn of 2003 in a South London pub, The Lazarus Plot shirked away from the teen angst music of the Britpop scene and instead created their own sound borne from a mesh of artists as diverse as Massive Attack, World Party, The Divine Comedy, DJ Shadow and even Duran Duran. It is this eclectic mix of influences which has helped them fuse as a band.
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The Lights Shine
Forming late summer of 2005 originally as "The Lights", we have managed to create what we believe to be a fairly unique sound. We changed our name to "The Lights Shine" recently to avoid clashes in the future with any bands we came across"
We have a huge range of influences from different styles of music and try to utilise everything.
You can describe our style in a way to be alternative/indie/rock, with soulful melodies and guitar based riffs.
We have since we joined played at small local venues and produced a 5 track demo disk at a budget studio.
We really hope you like our sound.
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The Maze
The Maze are:
Dave Woodcock- Piano, Vocals
Dan Clark- Guitar
Jamie Warner- Bass
Joe Lamb- Drums
The Maze are piano based indie band with a distinct undertone of jazz and blues. The band was started in the summer of 2003 when songwriter Dave Woodcock and guitarist Dan Clark met at college. They we're then joined by Joe Lamb on the drums and after many changes to bass players they finally found Jamie Warner to complete the line up.
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The Pilgrims
Local indie/punk band from Crewe. Young 3 piece plays own material and assures a great night out. musical similarities to the Pixies, Pavement, Violent Femmes and The Shins
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the psycs
Steve Kerslake (lead vocal/rhythm guitar) Rob Viscardis (Lead guitar/back up vocals) Jeremy Kelly (bass guitar) Jay Swinnerton (Drums). We play what ever comes out of our intruments, if it happens to have elements of jazz , punk, metal and even classical we will use it, we try to create a genre un heard of while mixing various vocal techniques to project a different mood for various songs. From Peterborough Ontario Canada.
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The RAID
The Raid are 5 piece Indie Punk, Rock + Roll band from Hertfordshire.
Originally The Raid started off as 4; Adam on vocals, Paul on lead, Sam on bass, and Tom on drums; who were all friends through school. Andy, the old man of the band, (rhythm guitar) also went to the same school but was 4 years above. He joined after bumping into the other at gigs in London . It soon became apparent that they had a similar taste in music, and it wasn't long till Andy was asked to join the band.
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The Ramblin Jacks
Mick Newman: Guitar/Keyboards & Vocals
Jamie Cook: Bass/Keyboards & Guitar.
The Duo's history can be traced back to 1981, performing in Punk/New Wave band "The Layabouts". Having discovered a shared interest in 60's Mod groups, they continued to write as a partnership in various bands throughout the 1980's.
Due to personal commitments, they stopped performing during the 1990's and reformed in 2004.
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The Renegades
We are a new band trying to acheive being good and to entertain others we have:
Lead vocals,Rythem Guitar-Aaron Cherry
Lead guitar-Callum mcnTyre
Bass-Glen Sinclair
Drums-Micheal leverton
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The Shaker Heights
The Shaker Heights are 4 piece rock'n'roll band consisting of vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. Fully formed in Sept 2004, the band already has an abundance of exciting original material.
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THE STORY
Southend Essex UK based melodic indie rock band formed by singer songwriter Steve Rudd and friends.
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The Sub-Tonics
A Rotherham based 3 peice band formed in early 2005. Taking strong influences from British Punk, Mod and Indie.
The Sub-tonics' influences range from The Sex Pistols to The Beatles which gives a fresh, original sound. Playing a fast paced, in your face, live set we are currently playing Gigs in Rotherham, Barnsley and Sheffield.
We are looking for gigs/support slots, email thesubtonics@hotmail.co.uk to book us or leave a message on here.
This is the New Breed is currently number 1 on the mixposure indie charts!! and Out of Control is number 5, I have no idea how the charts are decided, but i know we have beaten 1000s of bands to number 1.
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The Sway
The Sway are an Indie/Mod/Rock ‘n’ Roll band hailing from the original Scottish Captial, Dunfermline. Young, fresh and exciting, they were formed in the summer of 2000.
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The Tenants
we are a group of 3 boys and 1 girl ranging from the ages of 15 to 18. we wright most of our own stuff but do covers as well. We have 5 songs of our own and are always expanding this number
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The Trees
The Trees are a Three piece band from Essex, with Simon – Guitar & Lead Vocals Tony – Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals big bad Bad Pete – Drums & Percussion
The band have been together for Two years and have over Ninety songs most of which are recorded on various demo’s and all are included in our live set at one time or another.
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The Turnstyles
From Ventura California, The Turnstyles are a new rock band, inspired by a long list of influences. Their debut recording was engineered, produced and mixed by the band at their very own "Loungepop Studios" in December of 2005. The Turnstyles will be showcasing their sound throughout California in the months to come. Stay tuned for more and check back for new songs!
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The Vertigo
A three peice band from tonbridge, been together 3-4 years now. Influences include The Jam, The Libertines, maximo park, the cribs, kings of leon etc.
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The Vexons
Gareth: Rhythm Guitar/ Vocals
Kenny: Lead Guitar/ Vocals
Adam: Bass/ Vocals
Isaac: Drums
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The vinnies
A four piece band which are based in Matlock derbyshire. Getting a big following for our own tracks and selling our demo like crazy. we recently won young band of the year competition and are ready for anything.
Lead vocals/guitar: George Moran
bass: Olly Brown
Drums: Joel Stevens
Backing vocals/lead guitar: Mike willis
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the wanted
Once in every while an indie-band comes along that embodies the spirit of their hometown. Manchester have bands like Oasis and the Stone Roses, Wigan have the Verve, Leicester have Kasabian and now Sheffield has its own indie-boy heroes is the shape of the Wanted. Indeed, if the soul of Sheffield had a voice it would be singing one of their tunes.
dan france - vocals, ben revill - guitar, rob nicholson - bass, dave nicholas - guitar, matt revill - percussion, james titterton - synths.
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Theone
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TheSleaze
One Part The Fall, One part Happy Mondays and one part Housemartins. Drop them in a lift together and the result is The Sleaze
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thestar69
ARTIST BIOG
Following last years single release “so what is the news”, which subsequently entered the UK national charts, thestar69 now present there debut album “this is modern soul”.
thestar69 are one of the best new Scottish bands to emerge of recent and already they have notched up appearances at venues such as Glasgows king tuts (headline), Londons mean fiddler (support), Manchester academy’s 1 2 and 3 (support), Glasgows carling academy (support) and Dublin olympia (support) amongst many.
The band also performed at last years music festival t in the park in the t-break tent where they were only one of a handful of bands in that tent over the weekend to attract almost a full crowd.
After spending most of the time this year recording the band will go on a Scottish tour (august/September) to promote the album “this is modern soul”.
We hope you enjoy listening to the bands debut album and look forward to hearing from you in regards to the record.
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Thought Parade
Thought Parade formed in March 2005 With singer/songwriter Rich Blunt, guitarist Owen Raybould, drummer Chris Forrester and Bassist Phill Heywood. They are predominantly a live band and their style has given rise to a sound that is melodic, catchy and very much of the moment. Already described as 'indie rock n roll at its best', Thought Parade have set out to take on the world and are definitely one to keep your eyes on. WATCH THIS SPACE!!
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Three A Day
Formed in September of 2005, Preston based Indie Rock band trio 'Three A Day' consists of year 11 students. Through the love of music, we work hard - we play hard.
Currently working on our debut EP 'Light and Loneliness'.
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Tin Soldier
Tin Soldier are a four peice melodic rock band based in the south east. Their sound is reminiscent of the Doves, Neil Young and Gomez. Intimate songwriting punctuated by souring rock chorus lines.
They appear regularly at venues in London (Spice of life, The Comedy and The Purple Turtle) and Essex (notably The Twist, Colchester). As well as venues in the north and south west.
For more details on gigs, releases and merchandise see the website, www.tinsoldierband.com
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Tokyo Rose
Tokyo Rose the Cover Girl of ROCK
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tolchuk
Actully this is my brothers band,which are shithot,but i on the other hand just want to sing for a band,and was'nt sure where to start to look! found this website and decided to send this.So if you have any bands looking 4 a singer im ur girl.you'll b amazed, ive put my email address in,get in touch if poss
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Tonik
4 piece Hull based Indie band with a funk edge.
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TRIBAL
three piece funk and alternative band have played all over
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Twenty Dollar Trick
Twenty Dollar Trick are a 5-piece experimental rock band form in 2005. Based in Nuneaton, the band are beginning to play venues in Birmingham and London after rave reviews. Featuring in the local press, the band look set for big things in 2006.
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Ulterior Motive
We are a young and fresh indie band, we play music like The Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs. but dont get us wrong we write our own music and have been excepted to the St.Ives battle of the Bands and play many gigs.
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Unclecon
I am a singer songwriter from Glasgow, mainly a guitar player with a little drum and bass.
Currently playing open mike in and around the city centre, liked to Neil Young, Paul Weller.
I love the guys who get up and sing armed only with a guitar I feel they have so much more to do to remain entertaining and I aspire to be like them.
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Unclejohnny
3 peice from west yorkshire
consisting of :
Martin Gardiner - Guitar / vocals
Stuart Robertson - Bass guitar
Dani Bleu - Drums
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Underdog
4 piece band from Essex. Friends since school, Underdog write soaring epic pop songs. Gigging both as a band & also acoustically, to big music industry interest 2005 is a big year for the band.
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Unexploded
Unexploded is a new indie band that makes their mark in the alternative rock genre. Their sound universe contains elements of triphop and dub, and the music is international; characterized by deep grooves, dubby basslines & guitars, choir arrangements and 2 strong vocals. Moods and emotions make out the foundation for the bands fussy style that experiments with the rock genres more outlined streams.
Unexploded performed on Roskilde Festival ’05 and is currently preparing their debut album.
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Vegitation
All original Rebel Reggae!
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Velta
An alternative indie band that has a very unique sound and heaps of potential. We have only been together 6 months (26/01/06). We are in the process of recording more great tracks. Give us your support!
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Waylaid
Waylaid formed in 2003 when Nicky and Gareth started playing covers in bedrooms, living rooms and even on football pitches in the summer evenings, then they started to develop their own ideas! Hmmm..... our own songs! The first few were far too 'poppy' and were later scrapped.
With new songs that felt more like what they wanted to be playing the search was on for a bassist and drummer! Nicky and Gareth persuaded Dan, a long time friend from school, to learn bass for the band. more recently, after a few drummer changes they asked Craig, who was already a competent drummer & guitarist to play drums.
Waylaid have now developed their own sound with influences from Coldplay, Radiohead, Athlete, Elbow and Travis. you have to hear them to decide 'what they are?'
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Wish Of The Day
Wish Of The Day only formed back at the beginning of 2005 but have already trodden the boards at well respected venues across the Black County.
Travelling around the counties playing at local venues such as the Jailhouse, Coventry, the Stourbridge Rock Café as well as venues such as The Cavern, Liverpool and The Carling Academy (Manchester and Birmingham)
Wish Of The Day have already begun to create a stir around their home area. With nearly 20 years of combined experience in playing their chosen instruments this Indie
band plays with the energy to take them places fast.
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