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There are at least six artists with the name Chalk 1. Chalk is an artist from Brighton, UK . Bio: “Chalk” is the sound of a thousand cigarettes in an empty room. Raw, stark, devastating – it is less a simple collection of doubts and disappointments than a full-blown window to purgatory. At its core is a question: is this it?" Chalk's first album was released through Sonic Anhedonic Recording Company on the 2nd September 2013 and Second Album Via Kissability and Sonic Anhedonic Recording Company on the 27th October 2014. Read more on Last.fm

Radiohead is an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass); Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals); and Philip Selway (drums, percussion). Since 1994, they have frequently collaborated with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood. Radiohead are noted for their experimental approach, which has influenced the development of alternative rock. Read more on Last.fm

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Yard Act is a minimalist rock group based in Leeds, UK. The band currently consists of James Smith (vocals), Sam Shipstone (guitar), Ryan Needham (bass), and Jay Russell (drums). Formed in 2019, Yard Act began life when friends Ryan Needham and James Smith started creating minimalist rock tracks using a primitive drum machine and borrowed bass guitar. Later drafting in George Townend on drums, and Sammy Robinson on guitars whom they met at their spiritual home Read more on Last.fm

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Super Furry Animals is a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993. The group’s long-term lineup consists of Gruff Rhys (lead vocals, guitar), Huw Bunford (lead guitar, vocals), Guto Pryce (bass guitar), Cian Ciaran (keyboards, synthesizers, electronics, occasional guitar, vocals), and Dafydd Ieuan (drums, vocals). An earlier version of the band featured actor Rhys Ifans as lead vocalist. The band emerged as part of a wave of Welsh music in the 1990s Read more on Last.fm

There are more than on artists/bands by the name of Georgia. 1. Multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Georgia Barnes. Born and raised in a deeply musical household in north west London, Georgia combined music study at London's SOAS with a stint working on the counter at Rough Trade and quickly made a lot of very natural musical connections, being invited to play drums with DIY innovators such as Kwes and Kate Tempest. Georgia herself is a warm Read more on Last.fm

Idles are an English post-punk band formed in Bristol, England in 2009. The success of the band’s debut EP “Welcome” did not go unnoticed and so it happened that BBC Introducing in the Southwest honoured the group as “Band of The Year” in 2012. After a hiatus, the band returned in 2015 with “MEAT EP” and “META EP”. “Divide & Conquer” and “Well Done” were released in 2016, when it was announced their debut album “Brutalism” was released on March the 10th Read more on Last.fm

Yard Act is a minimalist rock group based in Leeds, UK. The band currently consists of James Smith (vocals), Sam Shipstone (guitar), Ryan Needham (bass), and Jay Russell (drums). Formed in 2019, Yard Act began life when friends Ryan Needham and James Smith started creating minimalist rock tracks using a primitive drum machine and borrowed bass guitar. Later drafting in George Townend on drums, and Sammy Robinson on guitars whom they met at their spiritual home Read more on Last.fm

Self Esteem is the moniker used by British singer and musician Rebecca Lucy Taylor (born 15 October 1986) (formerly one half of Slow Club) for her solo work. Taylor released Your Wife, her first single under the Self Esteem moniker, in 2017. Her debut album, Compliments Please appeared in March 2019 on Fiction Records , preceded by a string of singles. To support the album, she toured the UK, including festival performances at Glastonbury, British Summer Time and Latitude. Read more on Last.fm