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The Silent League

The Brooklyn-based orchestral pop band THE SILENT LEAGUE originated as the solo identity of singer Justin Russo in the late nineties. While a keyboardist with Mercury Rev in support of the critically acclaimed albums "Deserter's Songs" (V2) and "All Is Dream" (V2), Russo secretly stole each available moment in a busy tour schedule to write and record his own fragile and epic LP, "The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused".

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The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets is a band that consists of Alex Turner of Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals. They released their debut album, The Age of the Understatement, on the 21st April 2008 in the U.K., and 6th May in the U.S. The album also features James Ford (producer and half of the duo Simian Mobile Disco) and string arrangements from Owen Pallett a.k.a Final Fantasy. The album went straight to number one in the U.K. Albums Chart.

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All Saints

All Saints are a English/Canadian pop music girl group that enjoyed considerable critical and commercial success. The group comprises founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton. Their debut album, All Saints, was released in 1997 with the first single "I Know Where It's At" reaching #4 on the UK charts. The next single, "Never Ever", launched All Saints as stars, selling over two million copies in the United Kingdom also. They later went on to release their second full length studio album, Saints & Sinners in 2000.

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D-Finitive

D-FiNiTiVE
Jacob Howard-Almond Lead Vocals/guitar
Caleb Howard-Almond Lead guitar/vocals
Matt Biggar Percussion
Jed Steward Bass We are a young exciting indie band, blending all that’s best in Britpop and guitar based rhythms always providing lots of energy and passion to our performances. With airtime and live performances for BBC Radio, KMFM and One Network’s Music Control, we have had lots of positive feedback.

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Flying Pickets

The Flying Pickets is a British a cappella vocal group, that had a surprise number one hit in 1983 in the UK singles chart, with their cover of Yazoo's track Only You. The name 'Flying Pickets' refers to mobile strikers who travel in order to join a picket. The group of six was founded by Brian Hibbard in 1982 by a group of actors , the "7:84 Theatre group", a fringe theatre group who had sung a capella in their production of One Big Blow, based on the 1984 UK miners' strike.

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The Lightyears

The Lightyears are a UK-based 3-piece trading in Glorious Technicolour Power-Pop. The band have toured extensively across the world including South Africa, USA, Thailand, South Korea and mainland Europe. They were awarded BEST POP/ROCK ACT at the first ever UK INDY Awards in 2007 and following this were invited to work with legendary producer Hugh Padgham, famous for selling over 50 million records with Sting & The Police, Genesis, Paul McCartney and more.

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Dogstand

Dogstand are a "prog-pop" band from Bromley in Kent (South-East London) and formed in 2000. The band were formed from the ashes of brit-pop band Bum!, and led by songwriter and guitarist Graeme Martin. They have multiple influences including brit-pop, progressive rock, punk and techno. The current line-up stands as Graeme Martin (Lead vocals, guitar), Carli Dogstand (Lead vocals, sax, recorder), Paul Langford (Lead guitar),Si Keefe (Bass), Leo VK (Keyboards) and Jimmy "Dirty Boy" Martin (Drums).

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The Candyskins

Emerging from the same Oxford, United Kingdom pop scene which also yielded Radiohead and Supergrass, the Candyskins were formed in 1989 by frontman Nick Cope, his guitarist brother Mark Cope, lead guitarist Nick Burton, bassist Karl Shale and drummer John Halliday. Debuting with the UK hit single "Submarine Song," the group was soon signed by Geffen, which issued their LP The Space I'm In in 1990; Fun? followed in 1993, but the Candyskins' major label tenure was largely disappointing, and two years later they signed with the British label Ultimate.

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