Burning Buildings are a three piece noisy band from Warrington (sandwiched helpfully between Manchester and Liverpool), who play a fuzzy mix of drums, guitars, synths, and a barber shop trio of vocal harmony. GRRRRRR-EAT! Their self-titled debut EP was released February 2011 by the band, with packaging by the brilliant www.acdsleeve.com, and is available as a free high quality download from www.burningbuildings.bandcamp.com
In early 2008, LoveLikeFire signed to Heist or Hit records and went into Tiny Telephone studios in San Francisco with producer Bill Racine (Mates of State, Rogue Wave) to record their full-length debut, Tear Ourselves Away. The band spent one month there living and breathing the creation of the album. Many talented artists lent their musical strengths to the album including John Vanderslice who contributed his vocal talents on the track I’ve Pissed Off My Friends.
Alexz Johnson (Born on November 4th, 1986, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) is never quite what you'd think: she is always, instead, a surprise. While she writes intimate, down-to-earth lyrics, they’re delivered with a larger-than-life, crystalline voice. “Growing up I was afraid of it,” she says, about realizing she could sing big as a small child- the sixth in a brood of ten-- in Vancouver. “I thought it would blow me away.
Songs are a Sydney based band (featuring members of New Zealand's post-punk wailers This Night Creeps and Ela Stiles of sisterly-duo The Said Sos) that do only simple things. From their single-syllable handle to their hand-drawn artwork to their music itself; it all has to be simple. Born in mid-2007, Songs have only been playing to the public as of this year (2008). They have signed a deal with Sydney label Popfrenzy (home to other acts such as The Gossip, Black Mountain, Jeremy Jay, The Ruby Suns and a whole bunch more) and have since played shows with Deerhunter...
Elbow are an alternative rock band based in England. The band formed in the English town of Bury, Greater Manchester whilst at sixth-form college during 1990, and currently comprises:
Guy Garvey - lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist,
Pete Turner - bassist and keyboardist also co-writer of lyrics
Craig Potter - keyboardist and backing vocalist,
Mark Potter - guitarist and backing vocalist,
Richard Jupp - drummer.
There are several artists that go by the name Physics: 1. A Swedish deep house duo consisting of Mikael Surdi and Torbj
Last Gang are: Kristan Walker -Vocals/Guitar
Ritchie Townend - Guitar/Vocals
Maff Smith - Bass Guitar/Vocals
Matt Knee - Drums Further emerging proof of the wealth of talent beavering away in practice rooms in the north. No northern monkeys these lads. Kristian Walker & Ritchie Townend, old school friends, used to go around one another's house listening to all the old classic albums of the time and thought that they had some great ideas of their own. Matt Knee & Maff Smith soon joined and Last Gang was formed late last year.
Bright Eyes is a band consisting mainly of American singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst. Bright Eyes also features multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, keyboard player Nate Walcott and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha, Nebraska, United States' indie music scene. Having been deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner, Conor Oberst has been recording music since the age of 13. He released his first three albums at the ages of 13, 14, 15, respectively, all under the name "Conor Oberst" and released only on cassettes.
No Age is a noise rock band from Los Angeles, California which formed in December, 2005. The band consists of Randy Randall (guitar) and Dean Spunt (vocals, drums). The band has so far released two albums, 2007's "Weirdo Rippers" (a compilation of early material) and 2008's "Nouns". In mid-2008, the band released the single "Eraser", which has since become the band's best known song. Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, two perfectly nice fellows from the LA skate/art/punk underworld, comprise No Age...
PHARMACY is a duo electronique from Perth, Western Australia. PHARMACY prescribes harsh tasty beats in an easy-swallow coating of synthesizer techno-pop, hip hop smarts and cameo appearances from acclaimed house-trance vocalist, Sir David Attenborough. PHARMACY are the raison d'etre. For the rock band from Seattle, please change your tags to The Pharmacy.