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National Park are a Scottish band formed in 1997 in Glasgow. The band's music has been described as having some similarities to Velvet Underground, Galaxie 500 and Yo La Tengo "without sounding like anything else[1]." The band was formed by former BMX Bandits and Telstar Ponies member John Hogarty and Scott Walker.[2] In August 1997, the band played their first gig. Simon Shaw and Michael McGaughrin of the band V-Twin joined Hogarty and Walker, and played the bass and drums, respectively. Read more on Last.fm

There are multiple artists with this name. 1. Brooklyn’s Telltale showcases an intriguing mix of experimental no-wave, reverb-soaked post-punk, and dark shoegaze. Featuring Eric Gilstrap, Laurie Ruroden, Stephan Cherkashin, and Lauren Andino, the quartet's ear-splitting washes of guitar feedback, deadpan chants and ominous droning wastelands doesn't so much blanket you as it does envelop you, overpowering you with Sonic Youth caterwauls and JAMC-esque walls of sound. Read more on Last.fm

Herbert "Bert" Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician remembered as a founding member of The Pentangle and for his solo work and collaborations with other musicians such as John Renbourn and Anne Briggs. In 2001, Jansch received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and on 5 June 2006, he received the MOJO Merit Award at the Mojo Honours List ceremony. In 2007, Jansch was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Edinburgh Napier University Read more on Last.fm

There is more than one group called The Fates. 1) The earliest group was started by Una Baines(The Fall, Blue Orchids) and two other women. The Fates were formed when Blue Orchids broke up after a brief stint as Nico's backing band for a European tour. The Fates released the album Furia, a "dark, sometimes ritualistic, folk with much electronic sounds though and much improvisational parts", on Una Baines' own label, Taboo, in 1985. It was reissued on Bird Records (016EGGSCD) in 2014. Read more on Last.fm

Famously described by John Peel as being "always different, always the same", The Fall was formed in Manchester, England in 1976 during the Punk era although their style quickly evolved into something more idiosyncratic. The one permanent fixture amidst the Fall's ever-changing line-up was Mark E. Smith (1957 – 2018). Smith's lyrics are free, unboxed and unpredictable, touching on an extremely wide range of subjects and places, and caring little for being tied down to easily digestible messages. Read more on Last.fm

Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, in Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British-based Dub poet. He became only the second living poet to be published in the Penguin series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Creole over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell . Most of Johnson's poetry is political, dealing mainly with the experiences of being an African-Caribbean in Britain. Read more on Last.fm

Prolapse are band from Leicester, United Kingdom, active from 1992 to 2000 and reformed in 2015. They formed under a table at Leicester Polytechnic's (now DeMontfort University's) Friday night disco and their music has been variously described as krautrock, punk, post-punk and 'voodoobilly' (!). Over the years they toured with bands like Arab Strap, Pulp, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth and Stereolab. They performed sessions for John Peel. They released five albums: three between 1992 and 2000 Read more on Last.fm

There are at least three bands under the name Them: 1. a Northern Irish rock and roll band that was formed in Belfast in 1963. 2. a US/German Heavy Metal band formed in 2008. 3. a Seattle-based pop-rock band formed in 2020. 1. Them was a Northern Irish rock and roll band that was formed in Belfast in 1963. Best known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and for launching singer-songwriter Van Morrison's careers, the group had an energetic sound that fit right into the British blues and rock boom of the 60s. Read more on Last.fm

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