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Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis (born January 8, 1976, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an indie folk singer/songwriter/guitarist, who is best known for being the lead singer and guitarist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. She has released two solo albums, 2006's "Rabbit Fur Coat" (with The Watson Twins) and 2008's "Acid Tongue". She is also a former child actress. Music In 1995, she formed the indie rock band Rilo Kiley along with her friends Pierre De Reeder, Blake Sennett and Dave Rock (later replaced by Jason Boesel).

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Pinwheel

There are multiple artists named Pinwheel: 1) a band Ben Gibbard was in before Death Cab for Cutie
2) a band featuring Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne.
3) a Minneapolis hard rock band formed in 2008 1) In the Ben Gibbard version, Ben shared lead vocal duties with Justin Kennedy, who now fronts L.A. popsters Army Navy. The band sounds more like Built to Spill than it does Death Cab.

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Concubines

"straddling the indie pop spectrum of the past 30 years... grabbing elements of Bowie" Sonic Masala Blog www.facebook.com/concubines P E O P L E /// A L L /// R A C E S /// N A M E S /// T O /// F A C E S /// T H I S /// I S /// Y O U R /// C H A N C E /// B O Y /// D O N 'T /// W A S T E /// I T /// T H E /// W O R L D /// W O N'T /// W A I T /// F O R /// Y O U R /// F A T E /// I T'S /// N E V E R /// T O O /// L A T E /// T O /// D E M O N S T R A T E. ///

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Stereo War Favourites

Based in Belfast, Stereo War Favourites are an embryonic six-piece hailing from the Mid-Ulster and Derry City areas. Formed in Summer 2008 and compromising of former members of Coda, The Remains Of Youth, Angelfall, Shiro, Assassinate The Itch and The October Connection, the six-piece have spent the guts of a year writing and recording with a view to hitting the ground running in Summer 09. A colourful bunch, they are steadfastly developing a dangerous swagger and unshakeable belief that what they have to offer is good.

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The Rembrandts

The Rembrandts are best known for their song "I'll Be There For You", which was the main theme for the hit television show Friends. Their signature, almost Beatles-esque sound, coupled with ringing guitar and fresh harmonies, rocketed them to stardom in the 90s, and their third album LP went platinum as a result. Despite that they are remembered primarily as a one-hit wonder, The Rembrandts had a fairly long history before "Friends" made them a household name. Lead vocalist Danny Wilde began his musical career as the lead singer of The Quick, an L.

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Joshua Radin

Joshua Radin is an acoustic singer/songwriter. When close friend and actor/film-maker Zach Braff heard a demo of Radin's song "Winter," he was immediately interested, and got the song onto the show Scrubs in the episode "My Screw Up." The song received an overwhelmingly positive response and gave Radin substantial exposure with the show's demographic. The songs "Today", "Closer", "Don't Look Away" and "These Photographs" were also used on the show.

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Singer Songwriter

Vincent Vega

There are four aritsts with this name: 1) Indonesian indie rock band
WEB LINK(S) :
- http://www.vincentvegatheband.net
- http://www.myspace.com/vincentvegatheband
- http://www.youtube.com/vincentvegatheband BIO:
When was the last time you heard an unknown local band with a few demo songs that went straight inside yer head? Never. Yes, we ARE that brilliant! Don't you forget it! LAWLZ... DISCO:
- LA LIGHTS INDIEFEST COMPILATION ALBUM - FFWD RECORDS INDONESIA ( 2006 )
- ALWAYS HARD TO MAKE A CHANGE, JUST LIKE HOW TO STAY THE SAME - VAGUE RECORDS & S.C.A.N.D.A.L (2008))

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Lonely drifter karen

Lonely Drifter Karen was born from the union of three people with very different geographical and musical backgrounds (from folk and rock to cabaret, experimental, classical, indie pop & more). Started as a solo project by Viennese-born Tanja Frinta while she was living in Sweden, LDK became a band when Tanja moved to Barcelona and met Italian drummer Giorgio Menossi and Mallorcan keyboard player and arranger Marc Meliá Sobrevias.

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The Balconies

It’s a birds and the bees sort of question… Or maybe a chicken or the egg sort of question… What came first the rosined violin strings, major falls, classical theory or the smashed guitars, split finger tips and sweaty bodies? To see the Balconies play is nothing short of grasping at science. Even when placed down neatly in a Petri dish underneath thumbs and forefingers – the DNA-code of their infectious pop hooks interweaved with classical sensibility and theory is hard to discern.

Read more about The Balconies on Last.fm.

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