• Talking Heads

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    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads was an American new wave band formed in 1975 in New York City, New York, United States. The band originally consisted of David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums), who had met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. The band added Jerry Harrison (keyboards & guitar) in April 1977. The band released eight studio albums before disbanding in 1991. Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Pearly Drops

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    Pearly Drops

    A music duo based in Helsinki, Finland, crafting eerily haunting pop dirges; Pearly Drops feature Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin. With concise and sparse compositional methods, ethereal vocal performances underlined by dreamy, precise synths and percussion, Pearly Drops are in the process of weaving - something made for keeping the hope inside and the unmeaningful at bay. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Belle and Sebastian

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    Belle and Sebastian

    Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band that formed in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band have an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop. Murdoch has a gift not only for whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality. Belle and Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996: Tigermilk Read more on Last.fm

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  • Bromheads Jacket

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    Bromheads Jacket

    Bromheads Jacket (formed in 2005) were a three-piece garage rock group from Sheffield, UK consisting of Tim Hampton on vocals and guitar, Dan Potter on drums, and Jono West on bass. They released seven singles and two albums on the independent Marquis Cha Cha label as well as a split 7" with The Streets doing their punked out version of "When You Wasn't Famous". Their second album, On the Brain took a much more retro feel after an obsession with The Stooges amongst others. Read more on Last.fm

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  • The Vaccines

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    The Vaccines

    The Vaccines is a London, UK indie rock band formed in 2010, consisting of Justin Young (vocals, guitar), Árni Hjörvar (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar), and Pete Robertson (drums). After signing to Marshall Teller Records, they released their debut single, "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)"/"Blow It Up". The band recorded their first radio session for Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show in December 2010. They also performed live on Later with Jools Holland. On 5th January 2011 they were placed third in the BBC's 'Sound of 2011' poll. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Temples

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    Temples

    1) Temples consist of lead singer/guitarist James Edward Bagshaw, bassist Tom Walmsley, drummer Rens Ottink and keyboardist Adam Smith. The Kettering band released their debut album Sun Structures on 10th February 2014, including the singles Shelter Song, Keep in the Dark, Colours to Life and Mezmerise. The four-piece have supported Interpol, Suede, The Vaccines and Kasabian. 2) Temples is the name under which Avalon Kalin produces spacious house tunes. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Franz Ferdinand

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    Franz Ferdinand

    Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish alternative rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2002 and played an important part in the post-punk revival of the 2000s. The band consisted of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion and backing vocals) until 2016 when McCarthy left them. The next year Julian Corrie (keyboards, synthesiser, guitar and backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (guitar and backing vocals) joined the band. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Broken Social Scene

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    Broken Social Scene

    Broken Social Scene are a Canadian indie rock collective formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. The band's core members were Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. This duo recorded and released the band's ambient debut album Feel Good Lost, in 2001, with contributions from Ohad Benchetrit (also known as Years), Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Bill Priddle, and Charles Spearin. All of these musicians would emerge as key members of Broken Social Scene in future endeavors. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Friendly Fires

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    Friendly Fires

    Friendly Fires is an indie band formed in 2006 in St Albans, United Kingdom. They consist of Ed MacFarlane (vocals), Edd Gibson (guitar) and Jack Savidge (drums). The band released their self-titled debut album on 1 September 2008. It contains the singles "Paris", "Jump in the Pool", and "Skeleton Boy". The band's second album, "Pala", was released on 16 May 2011. According to the Pala Songfacts, the title Pala is a reference to the doomed utopia of English writer Aldous Huxley's novel Island. Read more on Last.fm

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  • Wolf Alice

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    Wolf Alice

    Wolf Alice is a rock band from North London, UK formed in 2010. The lineup consists of Ellie Rowsell (vocals, guitar), Joff Oddie (guitar), Theo Ellis (bass), and Joel Amey (drums). The band began in 2010, initially as a solo project of Ellie Rowsell, with the name taken from a short story by Angela Carter. She was joined by guitarist Joff Oddie and later by Joel Amey and Theo Ellis. They released a self-titled EP, Wolf Alice in 2012 as well as a Read more on Last.fm

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