Aesop Rock (born Ian Bavitz on June 5, 1976) is an alternative hip hop artist/producer from Northport, New York, United States. He has released six albums: "Music for Earthworms" (1997), "Float" (1999), "Labor Days" (2001), "Bazooka Tooth" (2003), "None Shall Pass" (2007 ) and "Skelethon" (2012). He is also a member of the groups Hail Mary Mallon, The Weathermen and Two of Every Animal.
Spiderbait are an alternative rock band formed in 1991 in Finley, New South Wales, Australia which consists of Mark "Kram" Maher (drums, lead vocals), Janet English (bass, vocals) and Damien Whitty (guitar). They have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me A Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.
Special Needs were formed in 1999 by Daniel Shack, Zachery Stephenson, Philip James and Andrew Pearson, later joined by drummer Neil Allan.
Signed to Poptones in 2004 and later Mercury, the band broke up at the end of 2005. Their album 'Funfairs & Heartbreak' was 'posthumously' released in 2007 by Re-Action Records.
There are at least three artists which use this name
1. A noisecore / sludge band from the United States
2. An alternative rock band from the United Kingdom
3. A drum and bass producer 1) Cable is an American noisecore band formed in 1994 in Rockville, CT. Though they have changed their style over the years, Cable was originally part of the first wave of bands playing in the so-called noisecore style (as it later became known), combining a hardcore/emo aesthetic with a rhythmically complex, often discordant metal-influenced musical approach.
The Sleepless Nights perform dense yet ambient indie rock under the influence of the Halifax scene, past and present. With multiple songwriters and vocalists, The Sleepless Nights cover a lot of musical ground while maintaining a coherent sound. The tasteful playing aesthetic in The Sleepless Nights prevents the music from losing its focus on songcraft.
There are 5 bands named Cities: 1. an indie rock band, 2. A Massachusetts metal/grindcore band 3. a Canadian Hardcore Rock band, 4. an American-style powermetal band, 5. an indie/alternative piano influenced rock band out of New Jersey. 1. Cities in an unsigned post-hardcore band from Florida, they have recorded 3 demo songs so far of which one features Oceana's singer Brennan Taulbee.
2. Cities is an indie rock band from the Chapel Hill scene. They formed in 2005 and the current lineup is Josh Nowlan [vocal/guitar], Robbie Mackey , Jeremy Paschall and Joey Ingram .
There are two bands with the name Galaxie 500:
1) an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split in 1991
2) a francophone indie garage rock formed in 2002 in Montreal, Canada, and now known as Galaxie 1) Galaxie 500 formed in Boston, MA in 1986 and comprised vocalist/guitarist Dean Wareham (a transplanted New Zealand native), bassist Naomi Yang and drummer Damon Krukowski, longtime friends who first met in high school in New York City before all three attended Harvard University.
A raging two-headed monster of an indie band, calling to mind Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth, Grandaddy, and Pedro the Lion, delivering apocalyptic rock-club thrash with a maple-syrup coating, we stand up and take notice. We think you will, too.
Sharon is from New Jersey with strong roots in TN.
She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she plays shows often and records at home in her bedroom.
Her songs are available on myspace (myspace.com/sharonvanetten)
and her website (www.sharonvanetten.com)
She went on her first UK tour with Meg Baird in January 2008. Sharon will be opening for Great Lake Swimmers on their European tour in May, kicking it off with a show in London with Beirut and Shearwater. She has a new album coming out on Language of Stone called 'because I was in Love'.
