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Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (born March 24, 1992) is a Danish musician best known for his work with main band Iceage. Rønnenfelt expands upon ideas of megalomania and emotional detachment in his work as well as creating vivid story lines within his recent songs (i.e., Marching Church's "Your Father's Eyes," Iceage's "Glassy Eyed, Dormant, and Veiled"). He has also been dubbed "Rocks Most Difficult Frontman" by FADER magazine and has a reputation of often being unsatisfied with music journalists questions and portrayals of his music Read more on Last.fm

“I like that it can't be pigeonholed,” says Lev Ceylan of Ebbb’s genre-eschewing debut EP, All At Once. “We really do love plot twists – where it just explodes into something completely different.” Despite being together for barely a year, the band (comprised of producer Ceylan and vocalist Will Rowland, with added live drummer Scott MacDonald) have already landed on something truly singular. Fusing pulsing rhythms, immersive electronic production Read more on Last.fm

Oliver Sim is a British musician and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist and male voice of The xx. Produced by bandmate Jamie xx, Sim's solo début album, Hideous Bastard, came out in September 2022. Read more on Last.fm

Sparks is an American rock and pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron Mael (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals), initially under the name Halfnelson. Best known for their quirky approach to song writing, Sparks' music is often accompanied by cutting and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell's wide-eyed hyperactive frontman antics and Ron's sedentary scowling. The band's long career has seen them successfully adopt many different musical genres; including glam pop Read more on Last.fm

There are 5 artists with the name Gretel 1. Gretel (previously known as Gretel Hänlyn) is a singer & songwriter from London. Having been raised on a diet of Nick Cave it was no surprise that she started writing her own gothic songs at 11. As she grew & fell in love with gothic, folk, and high energy live bands like Nirvana and Wolf Alice, her songwriting began to morph into what it is today; a mix of grunge, goth-pop and indie ballads. https://gretelhanlyn.com Read more on Last.fm

Get ready to be blindsided - your new favourite band is going to be these four Naarm/Melbourne-based 20-somethings. Radio Free Alice's angular sound feels fresh and immediate – guitars with clean tones and clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drumbeats, the occasional sax, and an operatic swagger that should have been honed in a New York art school rather than in the land of Oz. On top of selling out shows across Australia, the band have opened for The Killers Read more on Last.fm

Get ready to be blindsided - your new favourite band is going to be these four Naarm/Melbourne-based 20-somethings. Radio Free Alice's angular sound feels fresh and immediate – guitars with clean tones and clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drumbeats, the occasional sax, and an operatic swagger that should have been honed in a New York art school rather than in the land of Oz. On top of selling out shows across Australia, the band have opened for The Killers Read more on Last.fm

Noise pop band from Bristol, England. They describe themselves as "two guitars, two vocals, pizza, beer and a laptop. Loud, childish and aggressive noise pop." Home Counties reside in Bristol and combine angular guitar work with furious percussion. Born from the evolution of previous incarnation, Haze - a band that made a name for itself supporting the likes of Shame and Pip Blom - the 5-piece make melodically rigid, socially-charged anthems that are lyrically tongue-in-cheek and scathingly satirical. Read more on Last.fm

Aiwa Laurel D-G (More commonly known as Ava Laurel, or stage name Lava La Rue) is a London based visual artist and musician and founder of NiNE8 collective. Lava La Rue, west London rapper and singer is a jack of all trades; Under their belt at the age of 20, they've set to continue making a positive impact on the UK art scene. Their pronouns are they/them/he/her. Read more on Last.fm