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Echo & the Bunnymen is a British post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was completed by a drum machine known as "Echo". Their debut album is 1980's Crocodiles, and their next, the critically-acclaimed Heaven Up Here, reached the Top Ten in 1981. So did 1983's Porcupine and '84's Ocean Rain. Singles 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

Several artists/groups: 1) Merrill Nisker (born 1966 in Toronto), better known as Peaches, is an electroclash artist whose songs are mainly focused on sexuality 2) A swedish kids band formed by Tåve and Isabelle in 2000. Their music is sing-a-long disco/pop tunes. The band is now on hiatus. 3) An all-female group from New Zealand, active in the late 1990s, containing several members from the group When The Cat's Been Spayed. 4) Peaches Lavon known from Peaches & Bobo Read more on Last.fm

Boy Azooga is an eclectic and wide-ranging indie project led by Welsh singer and multi-instrumentalist Davey Newington. Bearing a disparate spate of influences, from Run-D.M.C. to William Onyeabor and the Beach Boys, Boy Azooga's sonic imprint is just as unusual, with hooky pop melodies, strong doses of fuzz and funk, and a heavy emphasis on rhythmic elements. Initially a solo vehicle, Newington enlisted a trio of friends -- bassist Sam Barnes, keyboardist Dylan Morgan Read more on Last.fm

Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. The group consists of vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe. They are among the most commercially successful acts in British popular music, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. In the 1999 edition of "The Guinness Book of Records", they were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history. The duo achieved 42 top-30 singles in the United Kingdom Read more on Last.fm

A unique prospect in a sea of conformist new sounds, Opus Kink are the kind of band that thrive in the live environment. With a debut EP release in June, 2022 via the always on point Nice Swan records, they’ve got all the required stamps of approval. Plus, they instinctively know that – when it comes down to it – all we want to know from a new band is which is considered ‘the hot one’. What more could you ask for? "Horn-fuelled filth-funk, where punk and jazz combine in grimy circumstances.” (Thomas Smith, NME Magazine) Read more on Last.fm

Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian–born American singer, songwriter and pianist. After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's independent music scenes, particularly the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village, Spektor signed with Sire Records in 2004 and began achieving greater mainstream recognition. After giving her third album a major label re-release, Sire released Spektor's fourth album, Begin to Hope, which achieved a Gold certification by the RIAA. Read more on Last.fm

Baba Stiltz is a Swedish-Filipino musician, songwriter, deejay and beat creator, who made beats for international hip hop artists until he started writing songs of his own. Okay Kay is a Norwegian-American singer with several million-streaming hits to her name. Together, as Baba Stiltz & Okay Kaya they made a short album of lo-fi indie pop/rock songs, entitled Blurb (2025). Read more on Last.fm

Bloc Party are an English rock band formed in London in 1999 by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack. The band's music incorporates elements of indie rock, post-punk revival, electronica, and house music. The original line-up also included Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong, both of whom later left the group. The current line-up consists of Okereke, Lissack, Louise Bartle, and Harry Deacon. Okereke and Lissack first met in London in 1998 and decided to form a band after meeting again at the Reading Festival in 1999. Read more on Last.fm

There are five artists with this name: 1. A popular British alternative band active from 1993 to 1998 2. An active dubstep/techno producer from Coventry, England 3. An experimental hip-hop musician 4. A garage rock band from Oklahoma formed in 2008. 5. 90s emo / post hardcore band from Staten Island, NY. Later changed their name to Serpico after getting paid off by the English band. 1. Sleeper was a Britpop group which formed in 1993 in Manchester, England. Read more on Last.fm