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Patricia Louise Holte (born 24 May 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She began her career in the early 1960s as the lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group was renamed Labelle in the 1970s, they achieved a US number-one single with "Lady Marmalade". Following the group’s disbandment in 1977, LaBelle pursued a solo career and attained mainstream success during the 1980s with songs including "If Only You Knew", "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Read more on Last.fm

Dermot Henry is an English singer-songwriter making intimate, rustic alternative folk with a sharp eye for storytelling, humour and the everyday. Born in Wiltshire and now based in Bristol, Henry spent a year living in Paris, where he busked and played bars before building an audience through his songs online. His music draws on influences ranging from Adrianne Lenker and Elliott Smith to his parents’ records by The Beatles, Tom Waits and Nina Simone. Read more on Last.fm

The Muffs is a rock band based in Southern California, formed in 1991. After releasing their initial 7" EPs and singles independently and on local labels, The Muffs signed to Warner/Reprise in the early '90s. The band was heavily promoted along with acts such as Mudhoney in the hope of repeating the commercial success of Green Day. Despite the wide exposure afforded by appearing on a wide variety of movie soundtracks ("Clueless" director Amy Heckerling Read more on Last.fm

Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli xcx, is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before becoming involved in the London rave scene. After signing with Asylum Records in 2010, she released a series of singles and mixtapes in the early 2010s. In 2012, she co-wrote and provided vocals for Icona Pop's "I Love It", which became her first number-one single in the United Kingdom and achieved international success. Read more on Last.fm

Soft Cell is an electronic music duo that came to prominence in the early 80s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of "Tainted Love" and influential multi-platinum debut ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret''. In the UK, they had five Top 5 hits, including "Bedsitter", "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", "Torch" and "What!", and also had four Top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. Read more on Last.fm

Blondshell is an indie rock project by American musician Sabrina Teitelbaum, based in Los Angeles, California. Following an early pop-leaning career under the name BAUM, Teitelbaum began writing more rock-centric music during the COVID-19 pandemic and debuted as Blondshell in June 2022 with the single "Olympus". This was followed by the singles "Kiss City" in July and "Sepsis" in August. Teitelbaum signed to Partisan Records in December 2022 and simultaneously released another single, "Veronica Mars" followed by "Joiner" in January 2023. Read more on Last.fm

Polly Jean "PJ" Harvey, born 9 October 1969, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known primarily as a vocalist and guitarist, and is skilled in playing multiple instruments. Harvey started her music career in 1988 by joining the local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist, and saxophonist. John Parish, the band's frontman, has remained a long-term collaborator with her. In 1991, she formed a trio called PJ Harvey, marking the beginning of her career under that name. Read more on Last.fm

Little Grandad is a band whose musical style blends elements of 90s grunge and Americana. Their music features prominent melodies, four-part vocal harmonies, and unconventional time signatures. Their live performances incorporate dynamic shifts and trumpet instrumentation. Read more on Last.fm

Pretenders are a rock band who came to prominence during the punk and new wave movement of the late 1970s due to their innovative songwriting and charismatic performances. The original band consisted of group founder, songwriter, vocalist, and rhythm guitarist Chrissie Hynde, lead and rhythm guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon, and drummer Martin Chambers. Save for Hynde, a native of Akron, Ohio, the original band members were all from the U. Read more on Last.fm

Dacoury Dahi Natche (born March 10, 1983), known professionally as DJ Dahi (or simply Dahi), is an American record producer, songwriter, disc jockey and singer from Inglewood, California. Working primarily in hip hop and R&B music, he has been credited on commercially successful singles including "Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar, "Worst Behavior" by Drake, and "I Don't Fuck with You" by Big Sean. He made his vocal debut on Lamar's 2018 single "Loyalty", which he also produced. Read more on Last.fm