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Paintings of Ships

Paintings of Ships are a trio from North London, formed in early 2009, who offer up a heartfelt, poppy, nautically tinged kind of grungey, melodic indie. Londoner Daniel Clancy (vocals and guitar) formed the band with Northerner Catherine Wilson, previously of St Elmo's Fire, on (bass and vocals). They went for the geographical middle ground when choosing Midlander Matt Hill, of Faster and Port Sunlight, on drums.

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Arthur and Martha

Arthur and Martha is an electronic two piece formed in London, UK in 2004. The original lineup consisted of Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley. Arthur and Martha follow in the footsteps of the great electronic two pieces of our time; Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Sparks, 2 Unlimited and others. Their live show has been described as "Gilbert & George, disguised as The Carpenters, steal the hits of Kraftwerk and bash them out on an old moog in the style of Section 25" Their debut single Autovia was released on Happy Robots Records in April 2008.

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Mice

Revolving around a central core of Julianne Regan, Tim McTighe, former Levitation luminary Christian Hayes (aka Bic) and original All About Eve drummer Mark Price, Mice released their first single Matt's Prozac in November 1995. Countrywide touring followed as did an album Because I Can recorded for indie label Permanent Records. Many collaborators took part in this band, including both Marty Willson-Piper and Andy Cousin which lead to people questioning why this band wasn't launched as another incarnation of All About Eve.

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Sinking Cruise Ship Rescue Drama

Sinking Cruise Ship Rescue Drama are a post-rock band from London, UK, consisting of Samson Walton, Mark van der Vord (guitars), henry scowcroft (bass), Rui Teimao (electronics) and Ruth Francis (drums).
They take their name from the London Evening Standard's front-page headline on the night of their first rehearsal (21 November 2007), whose accompanying story told of the evacuation of the stricken MS Explorer after she struck an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean.

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San Cisco

San Cisco are from Fremantle in sunny Western Australia. On the weekends they love to go skateboarding, play Nintendo 64 and make a bit of indie pop on the side. Scarlett bangs the drums, Nick plays the electric bass, Jordi & Josh are the guys that play the guitars, write the songs and sing them. San Cisco have spent the last year graduating high school, performing at some festivals and playing round town pretty much every weekend.

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doldrums

Doldrums are band based around Bill Kellum, Matt Kellum and Justin Chearno. They get together every now and then (lately its been mostly then) and record. Bill Kellum has been running the amazing Vhf label since 1991, which has released a stream of essential recordings from Skullflower, Flying Saucer Attack, Pelt, Rake, Wingtip Sloat, Total, Sunroof!, Richard Youngs/Simon Wickham-Smith and others.

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These New Puritans

These New Puritans (formed in 2006) are a four-piece band from Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, consisting of Jack Barnett (vocals, guitar, computer, sound), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, tapes, percussion), Tomas Hein (bass guitar, sampler, backing vocals, percussion) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (synthesizers). They mix indie with samplers and electronic experimental sounds. These New Puritans were commissioned by Hedi Slimane to compose the soundtrack for the 2007 Dior Homme show. The band's debut album "Beat Pyramid" was released in the UK in January 2008.

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