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Big Thief is an American indie folk-rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2015 and comprises Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia. Big Thief's music, rooted in the songs of Adrianne Lenker, paints in vivid tones "the process of harnessing pain, loss, and love, while simultaneously letting go, looking into your own eyes through someone else's, and being okay with the inevitability of death," says Adrianne. Masterpiece, Big Thief's debut album Read more on Last.fm

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California, USA, from remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal. Mazzy Star is best known for the song "Fade Into You", which brought the band some success in the mid-1990s and was the group's biggest mainstream hit, earning extensive exposure on MTV, VH1 and radio airplay. Roback and Sandoval were the creative center of the band Read more on Last.fm

Dr. John (born Malcolm John Rebennack on 20 November 1941; died 6 June 2019) was an American singer, pianist, guitarist, and songwriter whose music combined blues, boogie woogie and rock and roll. The winner of six Grammy awards, Rebennack was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend on Monday, March 14, 2011. He was variously known as Mac Rebennack, Dr. John Creaux, Dr. John, the Night Tripper. Dr. John began making his own idiosyncratic music in the 1960s. Read more on Last.fm

Madder Rose is a New York City-based alternative pop band who recorded in the 1990s. The band is fronted by Mary Lorson, who shares songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. Several of their songs, including "Panic On" and "Car Song", were featured in John Peel's end of year roundup the Festive Fifty. The band released three albums on Atlantic Records and one on independent label Thirsty Ear before breaking up in 1999. Their music has been described as suggesting the druggy languor of a heroin high Read more on Last.fm

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Chris Darrow (born Christopher Lloyd Darrow on 30 July 1944; died 15 January 2020) was an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He was a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, including Kaleidoscope and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Kaleidoscope, heralded by Jimmy Page, as his "favorite band of all time" was one of the seminal bands of the sixties. With David Lindley, Solomon Feldhouse and Max Buda Read more on Last.fm

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The name Osees is the name the band formerly known as OCS, Thee Oh Sees and Oh Sees has been using since late 2019. Read more on Last.fm

Yeah Yeah Noh were a post-punk group formed in Leicester, England in 1984. They released two albums and five singles while still together, and have had two compilation albums issued since they split in 1986. The group reformed in 2011, an announcement appearing on the Cherry Red Records website: "STOP PRESS: Yeah Yeah Noh are back together and are playing live as of summer 2012, on the lookout for 'interesting gigs in fields; gardens with expansive lawns considered'." Read more on Last.fm

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