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Elliott Smith

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, drums and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies.

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Lilly Wood & The Prick

Lilly Wood & The Prick are Nili Hadida (lead vocals, piano, glockenspiel) and Benjamin Cotto (guitar and backing vocals). Formed in 2006 in Paris, their first self-titled EP is composed of 6 tracks among which there is a folk version of hit L.E.S. Artistes by Santigold. The song Water ran is featured on the compilation Folk and Proud.
The first album Invincible Friends came out on May 31, 2010. A year later, they won the People's Choice Award at "Les Victoires de la Musique".

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Magistrates

Fresh, cutting edge and unashamedly sexual, Magistrates play music for the mind, feet and hips. Hailing from the armpit of England, Essex - Mark, Paul, Thom and Andy are constructing a master plan...to infect the world with a dirty groove like some out of control STD. Growing up in their teens in Essex listening to the Indie bands of their generation, they fuse what they were taught and combine it with influences from artists like Prince, Talking Heads and David Bowie creating what is Magistrates.

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I Know Jack

In Late 2007, Three awesome dudes by the name of...
-Tim (Stormin) Norman (Drummer)
-Alex (Scotty) Scott (Guitar and Vox)
-Tom (The Dude) Steggall (Bass and Occasional Vox)
Went out to merk the Ipswich music scene (from which there was very little!). They took their name from The term: "I know Jack Shit!" but thought that it would probably best to drop Shit from the name. Regardless if your name is jack then feel privileged as we used to dedicate songs to you!

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March of Dimes

At least two artists have used the name March of Dimes: 1. A Trinidadian calypsonian active in the 1950s. 2. Jonathan Moss: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica.
Cat Firman: Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals.
Thomas Surman: Drums, Bass, Harmonica, Backing Vocals.
Sean Murricane: Bass, percussion.
Gordon McKiernan: Electric and Acoustic Guitar,Backing Vocals.
Robin Moss: Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Harmonica, Backing Vocals.

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Faces

There are more than one act with this name: 1) Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the remaining members of Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan (keyboards) and Kenny Jones, (drums). The name "the Faces" refers to well known people about town, and the band's previous incarnation as the Small Faces also referred to the diminutive stature of the band members.

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Good Old Oldies That We Love

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Zowie

Auckland, New Zealand native Zoe Fleury (aka since 2010 Zowie

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The Exhibition

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Exhibition is a young Progressive Rock group from Salzburg (Austria).
2) The Exhibition are a four-piece alternative rock band based in Bristol.
3) The Exhibition is a four piece alternative/indie pop band from Barnsley South Yorkshire. 1) The Exhibition is a young Progressive Rock group from Salzburg (Austria)
“Inspired by the great works of important and well-known Progressive Rock-Bands like Camel, Pink Floyd, ELP or King Crimson, The Exhibition revive the sound of this style of music and present it with new compositions.”

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under 2000 listeners

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120 Days

120 Days found each other in Kristiansund, Norway, but decided if they ever were to reach out to a larger audience they'd need to move to another town. And so they pooled their money, bought an RV and drove it to Oslo and lived rent-free (you don't have to pay rent for the sidewalk) creating music in their tight-quarters studio/mobile home. Imagine a handful of Neu!, Spacemen 3 and XTRMNTR-era Primal Scream obsessed kids hanging in an RV in a city that sees periods of darkness that last for weeks on end. Then 120 Days makes a lot more sense.

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Expatriate

Expatriate is a Sydney-based band consisting of Ben King (vocals, guitar), Chris Kollias (drums), Damian Press (keyboard, guitar, sound engineer) and Dave Molland (bass). Expatriate derive their name from the collective experiences of their youth. Front man Ben King grew up in the midst of Jakarta, behind the walls of a United Nations meets ‘Dazed and Confused’ international school - he was living the contradiction of isolation in a big city.

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