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Thee Headcoats was one of the various band monikers assumed by garage rock primitive Billy Childish (aka Bill Hamper), a native of The Medway Towns, Kent, England. Over several decades — and regardless of the fashion of the time — Childish has churned out no-frills garage rock, the likes of which saw a resurgence in hipness in the new millennium with groups such as the Hives and the White Stripes. The ultra-prolific bandleader/producer/poet/painter/publisher first emerged in 1977 with punk group The Pop Rivets. Read more on Last.fm

The Cramps were an American garage punk band formed in Sacramento, California in 1976. The band was influential in founding of a hybrid subgenre later known as "psychobilly," which is a fusion of punk and rockabilly. Their music is mostly in blues form, played at varying, (though usually fast) tempos, with a very minimal drumkit. An integral part of the early Cramps sound is dual guitars, without a bassist. The content of their songs and image is sleaze Read more on Last.fm

Arab Strap are an independent rock band from Falkirk, Scotland, UK, signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duo had a short lived flirtation with a major label at the peak of their critical acclaim (after "Philophobia") when they signed to Go!Beat records (a former independent label now owned by Universal). Vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton met in Falkirk, bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smog and Will Oldham Read more on Last.fm

Gang of Four is an English post-punk band formed in Leeds, England in 1976. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers". Read more on Last.fm

The Bobby Fuller Four, sometimes stylized as Bobby Fuller 4, was an American rock and roll band active in the mid-1960s. The group was founded by Bobby Fuller in 1962 in El Paso, Texas, and gained recognition for its recordings under Mustang Records in Hollywood, California. Some of the band's notable songs include "Let Her Dance", "I Fought the Law", and "Love's Made a Fool of You". Bobby Fuller recorded his first single, "You're in Love", in 1961 with a local band called the Embers, achieving a regional hit. Read more on Last.fm

Lande Hekt (born in Exeter) is a British indie rock musician who was previously the lead vocalist of the band Muncie Girls (with whom she released two albums). She has released a series of solo albums including Going to Hell (2021), House Without a View (2022), and Lucky Now (2026). Much of Hekt’s compositions act as a personal diary of what’s going on in her life at any given time. This is evident in her discography with Muncie Girls, the band which she formed in her hometown of Exeter as a teenager. Read more on Last.fm

Young Knives are an experimental rock group which formed in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England in 1998. The band consists of Henry Dartnall (vocals, guitar), Thomas (The House of Lords) Bonsu-Dartnall (bass, vocals) and Oliver Askew (drums, vocals). The band has released four full length albums, "Voices of Animals and Men" (2006), "Superabundance" (2008), "Ornaments from the Silver Arcade" (2011) and "Sick Octave" 2013. Three singles from "Voices of Animals and Men" made the UK Top 40 in 2006. Read more on Last.fm

Personal Trainer is an indie rock band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, fronted by Willem Smit, who also fronted Canshaker Pi, plays the guitar in Steve French and is an omnipresent force in the Amsterdam indie scene. Personal Trainer started out as a somewhat experimental side project of Canshaker Pi. It was Smit's constantly evolving garage rock collective, in which musicians came and went. They released a steady stream of stand-alone songs, singles and EPs since 2016, most of them somewhat under the radar, initially. Read more on Last.fm

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The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) is a post-punk band that formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, UK in 1981. They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever. The band initially released three studio albums in the 1980s, to solid critical acclaim. After their third release, Strange Times, in 1987 they abruptly disbanded following the sudden death of band manager Tony Fletcher. Read more on Last.fm