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Show Me the Body started as a band in 2009 consisting of Julian Cashwan Pratt (banjo and vocals), Harlan Steed (bass), and Gabriel Millman (drums). Noah Cohen-Corbett (current drummer) joined the band in 2014. Their unique sound is heavily influenced, both sonically and in attitude, by the city that reared them: New York, United States. The band has been at the forefront of the city's underground since the release of their 2014 EP Yellow Kidney. Over Read more on Last.fm

Born in 1984, bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding began playing in small jazz and blues venues around her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Soon after picking up the acoustic bass at the late age of 14, she helped form Noise For Pretend, an eclectic band fusing jazz and pop for which she sang and played bass (often simultaneously). The group signed with indie rock imprint Hush Records, which released two albums of their original compositions. Read more on Last.fm

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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

OutKast is an American hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Over 25 million copies have been sold of Outkast's seven releases: six studio albums—including one double album—and a greatest hits release. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk. Since then funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues have been added to the group's musical palette. Read more on Last.fm

Dry Cleaning are an English post-punk band formed in South London in 2017. The group consists of vocalist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, bassist Lewis Maynard, and drummer Nick Buxton. Noted for their distinctive blend of motorik riffs, angular guitar work, and Shaw’s spoken-word vocal delivery, Dry Cleaning quickly gained attention for their unconventional lyrics, dry wit, and minimalist approach. After initially coming together as longtime friends experimenting with instrumentals Read more on Last.fm

Porij (as in porridge) is a British four-piece band that blends house, garage, new wave and lo-fi pop. Comprising Eggy (vocals and keys), Tommy (vocals and guitar), Jammo (bass) and Tom (drums), the four were sharing university halls and studying popular music together at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Having tentatively started to make beats, it was when a friend’s band pulled out of a live show that they were asked to step in with only a week to write a setlist. Read more on Last.fm

Pulp are a British rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. At their most prominent period the band consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass) and Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards). The group became associated with the Britpop movement during the 1990s, and Cocker was often regarded as one of its prominent figures. Their lyrics Read more on Last.fm

Keli Holiday is from the mind of a man living off New Order records, beer, sleepless nights and the sheer excitement and love of exploring an unknown city named New York. This project was created by Adam Hyde (one half of multi-ARIA award-winning, 10x platinum-selling duo, Peking Duk) who had come off the back of a two-month North American tour with back-to-back dates. He was told he had time for a holiday when he got home but instead of flying to a beach somewhere, decided to use an old guitar to create something special. Read more on Last.fm

Everything But the Girl (EBTG), are a Hull, Yorkshire, UK, sophisti-pop / Downtempo duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. They débuted with a single for a Cole Porter cover, Night And Day (Mar 1982, Cherry Red). Ben met Tracey when they were at Hull University and she was singing in pop girl-band Marine Girls. Ben contributed a photograph, for a forthcoming album cover, after which, the pair became partners (later getting married). They formed Everything But the Girl in 1982 Read more on Last.fm