• Felt

    Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow Felt

    Felt

    There are at least five artists with the name Felt: 1) Felt was an English jangle pop band, formed in 1979 in Water Orton, Warwickshire, led by the mononymous Lawrence and usually included guitarist Maurice Deebank and drummer Gary Ainge. The band claimed to have released ten albums and ten singles in ten years but actually released 11 singles if you include their debut Index on Shanghai Packaging. They were influenced by, among others, New York band Television and 60's icon Bob Dylan. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Fala Fatoumata Diawara

    Fatoumata Diawara

    Fatoumata Diawara (born 1982) is a Malian musician currently living in France. Born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting, appearing in Cheikh Oumar Cissoko's 1999 feature film La Genèse, Dani Kouyaté's popular 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python, in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal Deluxe, and played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba. She later took up the guitar and began composing her own material Read more on Last.fm

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  • Tim Buckley

    Morning Glory (Radio 1 Top Gear Session, 1 Apr 1968) Tim Buckley

    Tim Buckley

    Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an experimental vocalist and performer who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock, in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s, ending with his death at age 28 from an alcohol-heroin overdose. Buckley often regarded his tenor voice as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums Happy Sad, Lorca, and Starsailor. His first marriage was to Mary Guibert, with whom he had a child, musician Jeff Buckley. Read more on Last.fm

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  • David Hurn

    If Heaven David Hurn

    David Hurn

    Singer and songwriter David Hurn's debut single 'Sick Of Hate' was released in 1999 on Day Release records. Live performances across the UK and Berlin swiftly followed. Signed to Fire Records in 2001, leading to support slots with Mark Eitzel, appearance at SXSW Texas, BBC Radio sessions, as well as composing music for a series of short experimental films. Debut album 'He Was A Woman' was released in 2002, followed by the critically acclaimed 'No Love' E. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Trashcan Sinatras

    Bad Husband (feat. Tracyanne Campbell) Trashcan Sinatras

    Trashcan Sinatras

    The Trash Can Sinatras, now generally known as Trashcan Sinatras, are a Scottish band who began in Irvine, Scotland in 1987. Their largest hit single was "Obscurity Knocks" taken from their first album Cake. The follow-up I've Seen Everything was released in the UK, USA and Japan in 1993, followed in 1996 by the UK-only album A Happy Pocket. (Note: The single "Hayfever" (1993) from I've Seen Everything may be considered a bigger hit than "Obscurity Knocks. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Cocteau Twins

    Ivo Cocteau Twins

    Cocteau Twins

    Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. The group was formed in Grangemouth, Scotland, by Robin Guthrie (guitar, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), with Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) joining in 1981. In 1983, Heggie was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde, completing the lineup most associated with the band’s career. Cocteau Twins became known for their ethereal, heavily layered sound and Fraser’s distinctive soprano vocal style, often featuring lyrics that avoid conventional language. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Swell Maps

    A Morning Star Swell Maps

    Swell Maps

    Swell Maps was a British experimental rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of post-punk. Influenced by the disparate likes of T. Rex and the German progressive outfit Can, they created a new soundscape that would be heavily mined by others in the post-punk era. Despite existing in various forms since 1972, Swell Maps only really came together as a musical entity after the birth of British punk rock. Consisting of Read more on Last.fm

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  • T. Rex

    Sun Eye (Radio 1 Session, 7 Nov 1970) T. Rex

    T. Rex

    T. Rex was a British rock band, formed in London in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. The band began as a psychedelic folk-rock combo called Tyrannosaurus Rex, a name that was later shortened to T. Rex. In the 1970s, the band had success with glam rock hits like "Jeepster", "Get It On", "Ride a White Swan", "20th Century Boy", "Children of the Revolution", "Hot Love", "Telegram Sam", and "Metal Guru". After their success in the early and mid-1970s, the band broke up after Bolan was killed in a 1977 car accident. Read more on Last.fm

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