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Fontaines D.C. is an Irish post-punk band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2014. They have since moved to London, United Kingdom. The band comprises Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O'Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan III (bass) and Tom Coll (drums). After meeting while attending music college, and bonding over a common love of poetry, the band began self-releasing singles and performing live regularly, signing to Partisan Records in 2018. Read more on Last.fm

RIP Magic are a London-based dance-punk and post-punk band formed in 2024. The quartet consists of Marco Pini, Felix Bayley-Higgins, Beth Boswell-Knight and Pedro Takahashi. The project began with Pini, a DJ, sound designer and member of the London band Sorry, and Bayley-Higgins, a visual artist who had been Pini's friend since their school years. Having previously collaborated on music, the pair established RIP Magic as a joint project before expanding the lineup with bassist Takahashi and drummer Boswell-Knight. Read more on Last.fm

In the eleven years since her last project, Erykah Badu has gathered not conclusions but a series of existential insights. Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment exists within the tension between introspection and growth. Abi is Badu. Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, the album is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts—hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorize neatly. Read more on Last.fm

Lime Garden is a British indie rock band hailing from Brighton. Originally meeting in Guildford, the band changed its name from LIME upon relocating to Brighton. They are signed to So Young Records, a partner label of Communion Records. Self-described as "wonk pop," the band seamlessly blends various genres including disco, pop, and surf. Recognized as one of NME's top 100 artists for 2022, Lime Garden has garnered mainstream coverage in national press outlets such as The Independent, Dork, and Clash Magazine. Read more on Last.fm

Madra Salach are a six piece contemporary folk band from Dublin. Originally meeting whilst playing in various outfits on the city’s indie scene, their shared love of the Irish traditional canon led to Paul Banks, Adam Cullen, Jack Martin and Dara Duffy quickly forming a bond playing impromptu sessions in pubs around the Northside. Taking inspiration from the growing experimental folk scene in Ireland, Madra Salach began focusing on original writing and composition, utilising electronic equipment. Read more on Last.fm

Big Thief is an American indie folk-rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2015 and comprises Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia. Big Thief's music, rooted in the songs of Adrianne Lenker, paints in vivid tones "the process of harnessing pain, loss, and love, while simultaneously letting go, looking into your own eyes through someone else's, and being okay with the inevitability of death," says Adrianne. Masterpiece, Big Thief's debut album Read more on Last.fm

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Mary Lloyd (1916–1993), also known as Molly, was an accomplished poet and songwriter. She was the mother of famed folk artist Nick Drake. In 1934, she met Rodney Drake, and they were married in 1937. Molly gave birth to Nick in 1948. Her poetry is somewhat maudlin but beautiful. Her compositions for piano are marked by the same looping style that characterized her son Nick's guitar work. Her daughter Gabrielle asserts that her mother's work is unquestionably a strong influence on Nick's work. Read more on Last.fm

There are at least two artists called Mountain Man: 1) Formed in 2009, hardcore punk band from Worcester, MA, US, Featuring members of I Rise and Last Lights. 2) Also formed in 2009, an American folk trio from Bennington, VT, US. 1) Mountain Man is an American hardcore band from Massachusetts featuring members of I Rise and Last Lights.. Beginning in 2009, Mountain Man produced a self-released demo and subsequently signed a deal with indie label, Mightier Than Sword. Read more on Last.fm

Germaine Dunes (real name: Germaine van der Sanden) is an indie folk singer and songwriter, born in The Netherlands, but based in California, United States. Totally unknown in her country of birth, she moved to the U.S. to live with her lover, Buck Meek of Big Thief. There, she recorded and released her début mini album, Midnight Game (February 2023). Read more on Last.fm