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White Denim is a bluesy, jazzy, garage-rock trio, hailing from Austin, Texas USA. According to vocalist/guitarist James Petralli, White Denim’s songs are the musical manifestations of abstract paintings or philosophical tracts. He explained to UK music magazine the NME: "The things that I like to read are generally abstract. I like patterns, I like reading poetry and avant-garde prose and I'm more interested in musical patterns in literature than I am in long-form narratives. 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

Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; 22 August 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, recognised for her classically trained mezzo-soprano voice. A child prodigy, she entered the preparatory division of the Peabody Institute at age five but left at eleven, later developing her skills performing in bars in Washington, D.C. Amos was the lead singer of the 1980s pop-rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving a solo breakthrough in the early 1990s. Her music often explores themes including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Read more on Last.fm

Stephen Lee Bruner, stage name Thundercat (b. October 19 1984, Los Angeles, CA, USA) is a virtuoso bassist, composer, producer and singer. Born into a family of musicians, he and his brother were part of legendary thrash punks Suicidal Tendencies (since 16 years of age) - Bruner has collaborated with many, including jams with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller and Stanley Clarke. “I do believe that hip-hop can be the new jazz, and I’m helping create that”, Bruner said in an interview to Bass Player, in 2008. Read more on Last.fm

Jamaican female singer Marcia Aitken recorded at Joe Gibbs' studios in Kingston, Jamaica. She has a solo LP called 'Reggae Impact'. Read more on Last.fm

Daniel Johnston (born Daniel Dale Johnston in Sacramento, CA, on 22 January 1961; died in Waller, TX, on 10 September 2019) was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes. Most of his work consisted of cassettes recorded alone in his home, and his music was frequently cited for its "pure" and "childlike" qualities. His music has been acclaimed by many artists including David Bowie, Sonic Youth, and Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Read more on Last.fm

PVA is a British trio that released its debut single Divine Intervention on the Speedy Wunderground label late 2019. Members are Ella Harris, Josh Baxter and Louis Satchell. Read more on Last.fm

Danish band Iceage started out as an abrasive punk rock quartet before exploring a more multifaceted approach to songwriting. The cold, abrasive, Joy Division-informed sound of early albums like their 2011 debut New Brigade quickly grew as the band expanded their concepts of instrumentation, arrangement, and atmosphere on more sophisticated outings like 2021's Seek Shelter. Iceage formed in 2008, led by singer and guitarist Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, guitarist Johan Suurballe Wieth, bassist Jakob Tvilling Pless, and drummer Dan Kjær Nielsen. Read more on Last.fm

The all-female Mo-dettes was formed in early 1979, originally calling themselves The Bomberettes. And although the assumption is that they were a mod band, this is incorrect: some called them punk, others thought they were more pop-punk, while still others compared their music to that of early Raincoats or Slits. Guitarist Kate Korus, who had previously played with the all-female bands the Castrators and also Slits, was originally from the States, although she'd lived in England since 1974. Read more on Last.fm

The Anchoress is Welsh multi-instrumentalist songwriter and author Catherine Anne Davies (born 1985 in Glynneath). Prior to starting The Anchoress project in 2013, Davies self-released music under her own name and as Catherine A.D.. The Anchoress's debut album "Confessions of a Romance Novelist", co-produced by Paul Draper, was released on 15 January 2016 via Kscope. The album was listed as one of the Guardian newspaper critics’ Albums of the Year Read more on Last.fm