Led by Lucksmiths lead mouth Tali White the Melbourne (Australia) based 6 piece line up is its most rockin' incarnation yet featuring lead-cellist/bassist Cressida Griffith, Sax Prodigy Gus Rigby, drummer about town Phil Collings, trumpet from Roger the tall man Clark and guitar magic from Basic Shapes Gerry Eeman. The favourite band you may not have known you had, the Guild League make music that you'll want to hug hard.
Gauntlet Hair is a relatively unknown pair of dudes who are named Andy and Craig, from the small-ish (23,000 population) Colorado town of Lafayette. The pair garnered a fair amount of attention after being part of the Rhinoceropolis-curated block of Denver-based bands that played at the post-SXSW Mexican extravaganza MtyMx. The band's track "I Was Thinking..." is a pretty insatiable guitar stomp that throws some R&B and soul into the lo-fi revival pot, mixing heavily-reverbed guitars with a simple, but undeniably booty-shaking beat.
P.K.14 - Beijing based post-punk band. The abbreviated name P.K.14 is a continuous play on words. Primarily standing for Public Kingdom for Teens (??????), known to also stand for Pent Kilowatt One More Than Thirteen, Pelikan Kraut Seven Times Two and Psycho Killer Two Less Than Sixteen amongst others... Vocals - Yang Haisong (???) Guitar - Xu Bo (??) Drums - Jonathan (??? Bass - Shi Xudong (???)
A 90s alias of Jon Carter, for his breakbeat productions as opposed to the house flavoured Junior Cartier project. Inevitably lumped in with the "big beat" movement of the time, although their album Shoot the Boss had a dark mood and heavy dub influence that defied the "cheeky party antics" ethos of the genre.
We Were Promised Jetpacks are a four-piece rock band, formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 2003 by high school friends Adam Thompson (Guitar/Vocals), Michael Palmer (Guitar), Sean Smith (Bass) and Darren Lackie (Drums). They are currently signed to Fat Cat Records, with their first album due in 2009. http://www.wewerepromisedjetpacks.co.uk/
There are 2 artists with the name 'Lovesick'. 1) A punk band from Chicago. http://lovesick.bandcamp.com/ 2) A melodic, frantic 3-or-4 piece band from just outside the Ann Arbor, MI area in the late 1990's. Intimate, soulful, frantic, sweaty, and unpretentious. Folks from Lovesick are/were also in Saturday Looks Good to Me, His Name is Alive, Flashpapr, Charlevoix, Chore, Voglio Capirlo, and Little Rock Nine. Fred Thomas also runs Ypsilanti Records and performs solo. Band members include:
Nikki Margosian - bass, voice
Lead singer Mika Handa arrived in London in 1998, with the goal of playing in a punk band. Recruitment for the band began with the arrival in London of the guitarist Agi. Another Mika (Mika Kanayama) on bass introduced an element of musicality to the bass department while a North London boy, Ergi, provided the drums. In 2000, they signed with the Beastie Boys' label Grand Royal. Mika Bomb performed in the West Country plugging their singles "Super Sexy Razor Happy Girls" and "Heart Attack".
current line up:
Adam Ptacek-vocals
Matt Olson-guitar
Jason Ptacek-bass
past members:
TJ Kammer-drums (1996-2002)
Andy Blessing-drums (2002-2005)
discography:
Blown Out (1999)
All Lights Off (2002)
Untitled (2003)
Pecking Order (2006)
Rarities (2010)
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...
'Air Castles' is the solo project of Max Mansson. Max was born in 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to London, England at an early age where he still lives. Air Castles' debut EP 'Night and Day' was recorded at Tonteknik Recording in Umeå by Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna. It was self released on Max's own label 'Winter Hymns Records' in December 2008.