Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. His work frequently explored themes of faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Leonard Cohen (Spotify)
Fabulous Poodles
Fabulous Poodles was a British pre-New Wave band founded in 1975 and disbanded in 1980. The band comprised Tony De Meur (also known as Ronnie Golden) (died 2026) on lead vocals and guitar, Bobby Valentino on violin, mandolin and vocals, Richie Robertson on bass and vocals, and Bryn Burrows on drums. Many of the lyrics for the bands songs were written by John Parsons. The band started out just as the Poodles before adding the "Fabulous" prefix, a term reportedly coined by Frank Zappa. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Fabulous Poodles (Spotify)
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson is a folk musician from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His 2014 album Nothing Important was released by Weird World and was met with critical acclaim. His 2017 album Peasant received similar acclaim, and was chosen by The Quietus as their album of the year. A much-loved musical spectacle in his native Newcastle for many years now, Dawson is a skewed troubadour who sings and plays guitar with a rare intensity and a very singular style. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Richard Dawson (Spotify)
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Although not commercially successful during its existence, the Velvet Underground became regarded as one of the most influential bands in the history of underground and alternative rock music. Reed's distinctive deadpan voice Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Lou Reed (Spotify)
Prolapse
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.fmArtist image: Prolapse (Spotify)
Fire Engines
Fire Engines are a post-punk band from Edinburgh, United Kingdom and comprised David (Davy) Henderson (vocals/guitar), Murray Slade (guitar), Graham Main (bass), and Russell Burn (drums). The band name was inspired by a 13th Floor Elevators song. Henderson, Main, and Burn had previously been members of The Dirty Reds, along with Russell Burn's brother Tam Dean Burn, while Slade had played in Station Six. Fire Engines' debut release was the Get Up And Use Me/Everything's Roses single Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Fire Engines (Spotify)
Thee Cybermen
Formed by three school friends, Thee Cybermen have been thrashing out their particular melodic brand of Garage rock for 20 years. Influenced by the music of Medway Garage bands like The Milkshakes and The Prisoners they attempted to shake up the local music scene of Shropshire in the early nineties until a tape they had produced using 'ancient Rhino horn technology' found it's way into the hands of Bruce Brand (Drummer with The Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats etc. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Thee Cybermen (Spotify)
nick nicely
Nick Nicely—real name Nick Laurien—is a musician from London, UK (though born in Greenland), active from the early 80s to the present . Single , Wrottersley Road released April 2013 was described by Pitchfork as 'Prime shoegaze bliss' . In concert nicely has shared bills with artists such as Maria Minerva ,Ariel Pink and John Maus . Although often described as psychedelic, his music is not retro and has little in common with paisley revivalist bands. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Nick Nicely (Spotify)
Magic Arm
https://www.facebook.com/magicarmmusic Magic Arm released Outdoor Games in 2007, a collection of home-recorded songs by singer/songwriter Marc Rigelsford, he recorded the EP himself in his Manchester bedroom. The layered harmonies and lo-fi crafted sound captured the attention of Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear who wrote on his blog: ‘Two Things I Love’ My dog and This new band “Magic Arm” out of the UK. “Incredible music” Marc claims that Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Magic Arm (Spotify)
