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Grian Chatten (born 19 July 1995 in Barrow-in-Furness, England, but raised in Dublin, Ireland) is best known as the lead singer and frontman of Irish post-punk / alternative rock band, Fontaines D.C. April 2023 saw the release of his debut solo single, 'The Score'. A full-length album, Chaos for the Fly, followed in June of the same year. Chatten was born in England to an English mother and an Irish father, but the family moved to Dublin, Ireland, when Grian was just a month old. Read more on Last.fm

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Whitney is an American band from Chicago formed in 2015 by Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, formerly of Smith Westerns, and Ziyad Asrar and Malcolm Brown, formerly of Touching Voids, as well as Will Miller and Josiah Marshall. The band released their debut album, Light Upon the Lake, in June 2016 and have toured internationally. The second album, "Forever Turned Around" was released on August 30, 2019. Read more on Last.fm

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish alternative rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2002 and played an important part in the post-punk revival of the 2000s. The band consisted of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion and backing vocals) until 2016 when McCarthy left them. The next year Julian Corrie (keyboards, synthesiser, guitar and backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (guitar and backing vocals) joined the band. Read more on Last.fm

There are 5 bands with the name 'SLAG': 0. A grindcore band from San Jose, California. http://slagband.bandcamp.com/ 1. Bare bones hardcore punk from Chicago, IL. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SlagChicago 2. Slag was a streetpunk/Oi band from Birmingham, Alabama with two members of Korova. They released a self titled EP on Victimized Records and gigged around the Southeast. 3. Slag was also an Old School EBM band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Read more on Last.fm

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Lime Garden is a British indie rock band hailing from Brighton. Originally meeting in Guildford, the band changed its name from LIME upon relocating to Brighton. They are signed to So Young Records, a partner label of Communion Records. Self-described as "wonk pop," the band seamlessly blends various genres including disco, pop, and surf. Recognized as one of NME's top 100 artists for 2022, Lime Garden has garnered mainstream coverage in national press outlets such as The Independent, Dork, and Clash Magazine. Read more on Last.fm

The Hives is a rock band from Fagersta, Sweden, formed in 1993. They gained recognition in their home country during the 1990s and achieved international success in the early 2000s as part of the garage rock revival movement. The band's original lineup included vocalist Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Nicholaus Arson, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Vigilante Carlstroem, bassist Dr. Matt Destruction, and drummer Chris Dangerous. Read more on Last.fm

Kneecap are an Irish hip hop trio from West Belfast, NI, composed of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí, the stage names of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, and J.J. Ó Dochartaigh, respectively. They rap in a mixture of English and Irish, and their lyrics often contain Irish republican themes. They released their first mixtape 3CAG, short for 3 Chonsan Agus Guta, on the 28th of June 2018. Their debut album Fine Art was released on the 14th of June 2024. Read more on Last.fm