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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spanned over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between genres, producing pop hit records Read more on Last.fm

The Monochrome Set is an English post-punk band originally formed in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides (whose members had included Stuart Goddard, a.k.a. Adam Ant). The band is notable for its witty lyrics, the laconic delivery of lead singer Bid, and the idiosyncratically retrogressive playing style of original lead guitarist Lester Square. The original line-up consisted of Indian born lead singer and principal songwriter Bid (real name Ganesh Seshadri), Canadian guitarist Lester Square (real name Thomas W. Read more on Last.fm

There are at least five bands / artists named Sorry. 1. Sorry are an alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom, formerly known as Fish. The band is the result of the collaborations of Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Brien. As Sorry, they started releasing singles in 2017 and put out two albums of demo recordings from their vaults (in 2017 and 2018) before finally releasing their début full length, 925 in 2020. Here's their Bandcamp: https://sorrybanduk.bandcamp.com. Read more on Last.fm

White Fence's trippy, distortion-laced, psychedelic pop-influenced tunes (sounding, in other words, something along the lines of a warped cassette tape featuring The Left Banke or The Merry-Go-Round) are the brainchild of Timothy Presley (also a member of the like-minded groups Strange Boys and Darker My Love). The project's self-titled debut was released on the Woodsist label in the spring of 2010. For the project's next release, White Fence Is Growing Faith , Presley didn't change much. Read more on Last.fm

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The Seeds was an American rock band. The group, whose repertoire spread between garage rock and acid rock, are considered an influential proto-punk band. Lead singer Sky Saxon had a musical career that went back to pre-Beatle music days, when he recorded a few 45-rpm singles under the name Richie Marsh. Born in Salt Lake City, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1960s. The Seeds were formed in 1965 with Saxon joining as a response to an advertisement. Read more on Last.fm

Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known by the recording alias Oneohtrix Point Never, is a Brooklyn-based American musician working in electronic and experimental music. He began releasing synth-based recordings in the mid-2000s, receiving initial acclaim for the 2009 compilation Rifts. He later explored varied styles, including sample-based composition and MIDI production, on albums such as Replica (2011), R Plus Seven (2013), and Garden of Delete (2015). In 2013 he signed to British electronic label Warp. Read more on Last.fm

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Lausse the Cat is a London-based anonymous rapper who describes himself as “prince of cats and lord of the bins of motor city”. Read more on Last.fm

1. Andy Santella, also known by his stage name Deer park, is a musician and producer from New York. His music spans over multiple contemporary genres, characterized by ambient synths and reverb-heavy guitars, touching aspects of slacker rock, cloud rap, and hypnagogic pop. 2. Deer Park is also an indie folk band made up of Mark Christopher Grassick (vocals, guitar), Ian Olney (guitar), Ryan Kalkman (bass) and Hiro Amamiya (drums). The band is currently based in London and released its self-titled debut in October 2009. Read more on Last.fm