Blackhaine
Blackhaine is an artist based in Salford, Lancashire.
His practice concerns deconstructive and exhaustive technique contained within sound, film and movement. Read more on Last.fm
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Factory Floor
Factory Floor is a British electro duo consisting of Gabriel Gurnsey and Nik Colk Void. The band was formed in 2008 London, UK as a post-punk inspired foursome with a live drummer. This early sound can be heard on their 2009 debut (mini) album "Talking on Cliffs". By 2011 the band, now a trio, had made a stylistic change to sequencer-based techno and electro, and had signed to DFA. Between their eponymous 3rd album in 2013 and the 2016 follow-up "25 25", Dominic Butler left the group to form Bronze Teeth. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Factory Floor (Spotify)
Radio Free Alice
Get ready to be blindsided - your new favourite band is going to be these four Naarm/Melbourne-based 20-somethings. Radio Free Alice's angular sound feels fresh and immediate – guitars with clean tones and clever notes, melodic bass lines, urgent drumbeats, the occasional sax, and an operatic swagger that should have been honed in a New York art school rather than in the land of Oz. On top of selling out shows across Australia, the band have opened for The Killers Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Radio Free Alice (Spotify)
Moses Boyd
Drummer, composer, Producer and electronic musician Moses Boyd is The London Born Winner of the MOBO Awards 2015 Best jazz act, The John Peel 'Play more Jazz Award’ from the 2016 Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards. And the 2014 worshipful company of music young jazz musician of the year award. Moses has worked and collaborated with the likes of Lonnie Liston Smith, Ed Motta, Little Simz, Four Tet, Floating Points, Sampha, Zara McFarlane, Gilles Peterson, and many more. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Moses Boyd (Spotify)
Sampa the Great
Sampa Tembo, known professionally as Sampa the Great, is a Zambian-born Australia-based rapper and songwriter. Her debut solo album, The Return, peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she won Best Hip Hop Release for her second single, "Final Form". In the following year she won the same category for The Return, as well as Best Female Artist and Best Independent Release. Sampa Tembo was born in 1993 in Zambia and was raised there and in Botswana, as the middle of five children. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Sampa the Great (Spotify)
DIIV
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.fmArtist image: DIIV (Spotify)
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (abbreviated QOTSA or QotSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme following the breakup of his previous band Kyuss. Although originally associated with Seattle due to early activity there, the project is most closely linked to the Palm Desert, California rock scene. Homme has remained the only constant member through numerous lineup changes. Since 2013, the core lineup has consisted of Homme Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Queens of the Stone Age (Spotify)
Everything But the Girl
Everything But the Girl (EBTG), are a Hull, Yorkshire, UK, sophisti-pop / Downtempo duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. They débuted with a single for a Cole Porter cover, Night And Day (Mar 1982, Cherry Red). Ben met Tracey when they were at Hull University and she was singing in pop girl-band Marine Girls. Ben contributed a photograph, for a forthcoming album cover, after which, the pair became partners (later getting married). They formed Everything But the Girl in 1982 Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Everything But The Girl (Spotify)
Wet Leg
Wet Leg is an English alternative rock band from the Isle of Wight, founded in 2019 by Rhian Teasdale (vocals, guitar) and Hester Chambers (guitar). The band also includes Josh Mobaraki (guitar, keyboards), Ellis Durand (bass) and Henry Holmes (drums). They debuted with the single "Chaise Longue" in 2021. Their self-titled debut album debuted in 2022 at number one on the UK Albums Chart and Australia's ARIA Albums Chart. The album was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Wet Leg (Spotify)
Karen O
Karen O is a pseudonym of Karen Lee Orzolek (b. 22 Nov 1978 in South Korea), lead vocalist with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Karen O and the Kids. Her mother is Korean and father is Polish. She grew up in New Jersey, went to Dwight-Englewood high school, and attended Oberlin College, but transferred to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Orzolek has been noted for her sense of fashion. All of her costumes are designed by fashion designer and friend Christian Joy. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Karen O (Spotify)
