Indie Rock

Ida Maria (full name Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen, b. July 13th 1984) is an indie rock/punk artist from Nesna, Norway, currently living in Sweden. Her first album, Fortress Round My Heart, was released in Norway and England on May 5th, 2008. Ida Maria won Zoom Urørt in 2006 and the Urørt-competition in 2007 (both are Norwegian competitions for unsigned artists) and played some of Norway`s biggest festivals. In 2007 she also won Alarmprisen (Norwegian music awards).

MAD STARING EYES are a 4-piece from London who have been described as a cross between the Cure and U2. In 2005, after releasing their debut EP, they won the prestigious John Peel 'Best New Band' competition and played Glastonbury Festival that summer. Since then they have toured the USA, Canada, Russia and Europe and played shows with everyone from The Fratellis to The Subways. Their debut album, 'Bored Of Looking Cool', recorded at Ray Davies' (The Kinks) Konk Studios in North London, was released in July 2008 on their own label, Retina Records.

Virginia "Gin" Wigmore is a New Zealand singer/songwriter who was born in Auckland, New Zealand, where she spent most of her childhood. However, while in Argentina at age 16 her father died of cancer. Upon her return to New Zealand, she articulated in song, the pain of losing her father. One of those early penned songs, “Hallelujah”, won the US-based International Songwriting Competition in 2004[2], when she beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the ISC.

Hailing from New Brunswick, New Jersey, Make Me combined the quiet and upbeat melodies of mid/late 90's emo like American Football with harsh, screamed vocals to create a fun and original take on the "screamo" genre. Existed from 2004 to 2006.

Read more about Make Me on Last.fm.