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Lauren Auder is a singer/songwriter born in the United Kingdom and raised in the south west of France. Lauren honed her craft in her teenage years producing and lending her baritone drawl in the underground french rap and experimental electronic scenes. Over the last two years Lauren has been developing her own sound in bedroom studios across provincial France and London, adopting the ethos of classic era baroque pop to fuse elements of post-rock and soul with modern classical, ambient and experimental electronics. Read more on Last.fm

Suede, known as The London Suede in the United States, is an English rock band formed in London in 1989 by singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Justine Frischmann, and bassist Mat Osman. Drawing on glam rock and post-punk influences, the band gained early attention from the British music press and were labelled "The Best New Band in Britain" by Melody Maker in 1992. Their debut album, "Suede" (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the fastest-selling debut album in nearly a decade. Read more on Last.fm

A pseudonym of Annie Clark (b. 28 Sept 1982), a USA multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter. She was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens' touring band. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she began playing the guitar at the age of 12 and as a teenager worked as the tour manager for her uncle's band Tuck & Patti. She grew up in Dallas and attended Lake Highlands High School, graduating in 2001. Following this, she went on to attend Berklee College of Music, dropping out 3 years later. Read more on Last.fm

Launched in 2017, Star Moles is the musical project of American musician and songwriter Emily Moales. Originally from New Hampshire and later based in Philadelphia, Moales has released a large catalog of independent recordings spanning indie pop, bedroom pop, and folk music. Read more on Last.fm

Le Tigre (/ləˈtiːɡrə/) is an electronic rock band formed in 1998 in New York City, coming out of the riot grrl movement. Members were vocalist Kathleen Hanna (formerly of punk rock band Bikini Kill), guitarist Johanna Fateman, and Sadie Benning; producer JD Samson joined in 2001. Le Tigre is known for its left-wing politics and feminist lyrics, as well as adding multimedia and performance art to their live shows. As of 2010, Kathleen Hanna now plays in The Julie Ruin. Read more on Last.fm

Sunnan is a Swedish five-piece band from Stockholm. Read more on Last.fm

DIIV (previously known as Dive) is the ongoing project of Zachary Cole Smith, who has already made a name for himself in the New York music scene playing for bands such as Beach Fossils, Darwin Deez and Soft Black. Smith formed DIIV in Brooklyn in 2011 as his solo project, but soon put together a live band with Devin Ruben Perez, his childhood friend Andrew Bailey, and ex-Smith Westerns drummer Colby Hewitt. DIIV's first release, the single Sometime , was released as 7" on Captured Tracks on Oct. Read more on Last.fm

New Order are an English new wave/synthpop band which formed in 1980 in Salford, England, United Kingdom by the three remaining members of Joy Division. The band's classic lineup consists of Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Peter Hook (bass, electronic percussion), Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums, keyboards). The group effectively disbanded in 1993 but reformed in 1998. Gilbert left in 2001 to look after her and Morris' children and was replaced by guitarist/keyboardist Phil Cunningham. Read more on Last.fm

Badly Drawn Boy is Damon Gough, born October 2, 1969 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, although the family moved to Bolton, Lancashire before Gough reached the age of one. Gough chose his stage name from a character that appeared in the cartoon show "Sam and His Magic Ball" which he saw on TV at a party in Trafford, Manchester in 1995. Before he thought of using this name he made some 'business cards', each one unique, with a printed picture of a drawing by his nephew, and a small collage by Gough. Read more on Last.fm

Adult DVD are a six-piece dance-punk band from Leeds, England, formed during the COVID-19 lockdown by friends Harry Hanson and Greg Lonsdale. The pair began writing tunes to each other over the internet while exploring their shared interest in dance music. As their ideas developed into complete songs, they recruited Jonathan Newell, Danny Blackburn, Jake Williams and Charlie Howard to form a full band. Their sound combines post-punk, synth-punk, acid house and indie rock Read more on Last.fm