Indie Rock

Covergirl were a Emo/Rock 4-piece from the town of Merthyr in South Wales. Ignoring the surrounding current Welsh scene of tuneless screaming and the likes, the band draw their influences from the likes of AFI Queen, Feeder, Placebo,The Movielife and Glassjaw. In 2005 the band released their latest EP entitled No Lycra, No Leotards, No Models, No Men, penned with previous member David Jones (dai dot) who left after recording to be replaced by Al.

Growing up in houses just two minutes away from each other in Swords, a working class town near Dublin airport, Steve and Mark met aged eight, when they were the only boys in the school choir. Skip forward six years and they recruited Vinny, also situated a stones throw away and together set about forming the first of myriad bands. The line-up for Kodaline was recently completed by the addition of bassist Jason Boland. The band's name, incidentally, means absolutely nothing for the moment they wanted something they could take ownership of.

Portugal. The Man is an experimental indie rock four-piece from Wasilla, Alaska, formed in 2004. Portugal. The Man is centered around frontman John Baldwin Gourley's abstract musical approach and corresponding upbringing. He was raised in a sort of technological isolation: his log cabin home in the winter wasteland of the fringes of Wasilla, Alaska was powered by a generator and had no telephone.

Hey Rosetta! hails from the rocky and cold northeastern province of Newfoundland, Canada. In 2005, frontman Tim Baker arrived home from a road trip with a suitcase full of poems and melodies. Hey Rosetta! was formed soon after with the addition of a string section (cellist Romesh Thavanathan and violinist Kinley Dowling) and rhythm section (bassist Josh Ward, drummer Phil Maloney, and guitarist Adam Hogan). Since then, they've blossomed into a powerful group whose explosive live shows have earned them a devoted following.