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m(h)aol is a Dublin-based punk band with a real attitude. This band of like-minded souls is keen to bring it's feminist and animal rights messages to the masses. The band is made up of Roisin NicGhearailt [Vocals], Constance Keane [Drums], Sean Nolan [Guitar] and Zoe Greenway [Bass Guitar]. Shortly after forming, the band released the single 'Clementine' in March 2015. The single made headlines due in part to its unorthodox sound but more important the subject matter. Read more on Last.fm

Undergraduates at Cambridge University in England, Richard Lewis and Mark Tomblin, decided to make a record. Both were members of the college party band The Wobbly Jellies, which played cover songs at drunken parties, and which even supported Elvis Costello when he visited the campus to play. The two decided to work on two minimalist disco tracks, given their love of Chic and Gang of Four, and to call themselves the Jellies. They booked a few hours of studio time at the local Spaceward Studios Read more on Last.fm

The War on Drugs is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Band member Adam Granduciel (born Adam Granofsky in Dover, Massachusetts) moved from Oakland, California to Philadelphia in 2003, where he met Kurt Vile and began playing music with him. They began playing as The War on Drugs in 2005, and self-released a demo EP. While Vile and Granduciel formed the backbone of the band, they had a number of accompanists early in the group's career Read more on Last.fm

James K (a.k.a. Jamie Krasner) is a visual artist and experimental musician from NYC. She released the album PET in 2016. She is also one half of Seth with Gobby. https://soundcloud.com/jamesk_1 Read more on Last.fm

There are at least four artists sharing the name Fine. 1) The stagename for a singer/songwriter and producer Fine Glindvad from Copenhagen. Her debut album "Rocky Top Ballads" released June 7, 2024 on Escho. Woven around Fine's voice, with guitars, drums, samples, and synthesisers, the album visits both country and folk moods but with an underlying electronic world counter weighing. 2) An elegant unit led by Eichi Tenshouin. fine is a unit whose polished and polite fanservice allows them to take command of their audience. Read more on Last.fm

Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles. The group consists of Del Naja and Marshall. Their debut album, "Blue Lines" (1991), is frequently cited as the first major work of the trip hop genre. The single "Unfinished Sympathy" achieved chart success in Europe, including reaching number one on the Dutch Top 40. Their second album Read more on Last.fm

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ppj (formerly Páula, Povoa & Jerge) is a new collaboration between three eclectic talents: producer Jules Rosset aka Povoa, vocalist Páula, who fronts the Brazilian/French electro-pop band Tampon Tango, and Myd collaborator and Christine and The Queens live member Jerge. Read more on Last.fm

Orbital is an electronic music duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll formed in Sevenoaks, Kent, England in 1989. Orbital take their name from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house. One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, being particularly known for an element of live improvisation during their shows Read more on Last.fm

In the eleven years since her last project, Erykah Badu has gathered not conclusions but a series of existential insights. Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment exists within the tension between introspection and growth. Abi is Badu. Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, the album is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts—hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorize neatly. Read more on Last.fm