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Tall Poppies

The Tall Poppies are from Perth, Australia. So let’s not pretty this up now, for what they lack in enviable roots they make up for in charisma. There is indeed no-holds-barred at this party, and everyone’s invited.
They’re blissfully out of step with current fashions, but aren’t all the best bands? Although most bands think they are unique, few are. Tall Poppies, twins Susan and Catherine, are possibly inimitable. Their music is whimsically clever and the lyrical storytelling is enigmatically amusing while grasping the imagination and daring it to think outside the circle of the CD.

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Great Waves

Great Waves officially began in an old portable converted classroom at Pine Lake Middle School. Paul told his desk-mate Will that he could "play bass and sing real good... Chris Cornell style." Although Paul never quite backed up his claim, the two became friends and over the years played in several bands together. After adding Ashley on lead vocals and later Ryan on drums, they found collaborators that pushed the band to become greater than the sum of its parts.

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Flyscreen

Back in the days when Newport was famous for fighting and everyone was skipping about to Brit Pop (a lethal combination, I’m sure you’ll agree) Flyscreen were the big kids in the playground - harder, louder and angrier than anyone else without stealing your dinner money. Together with 60ft Dolls, Dub War and Novocaine they created their own particular brand of post-grunge mayhem – a punk-pop cocktail of thrashing guitars with pithy, often witty songs about school, football and shagging.

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The Hall Brothers

The Hall Brothers are: Nick Hall - Vocals, guitars
Duncan Hall - Vocals, guitars Usually joined by: John Carey - Violin, melodeon, etc. They also play rock shows as The Hall Brothers Band, with either Chris Bunyan or Nic Shipp on drums. Yorkshire-born brothers Nick and Duncan Hall have played music together for as long as they can remember. They first performed as The Hall Brothers in 1991. Since then they have played concerts and festivals throughout the UK and in Ireland and Holland.

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Alex Blood

Alex Blood is an artist from the Midlands, United Kingdom. His roots are in the underground UK hip hop scene of the late 90s, making waves on the live circuit as part of the Deprogrammed collective.
His most notable work to date are his solo efforts, which from 2006-2007 saw him make his debut on MTV and national radio BBC Radio 1. Considered to be one of the freshest up and coming uk artists, he has toured alongside international producer Mark Ronson, and supported Jay Z on his 2008 world tour.

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Maclean

Maclean is a band. They are based out of Langley, BC, Canada, and play an ambient, melodious rock, with hints of electronica and progressive rock. Stop what you are doing and check them out right now. They are, in alphabetical order by last name:
Maclean Carlson - Drums/Glockenspiel
Denver Harris - Vocals/Guitar
Andrew McTaggart - Vocals/Guitar
Scott Neufeld - Guitar/Bass
Steve Sawatzky - Bass/Piano/Good looks

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ALTERED STATES

There are four different bands named Altered States, listed in order of popularity: a Japanese free/noise jazz / avant-prog group from the 90s, an 80s gothic rock band, a Bass music production trio from Manchester and a psychedelic rock band from Dallas. 1. If pure musicianship is the guiding criterion, Altered States are arguably one of the greatest guitar/bass/drums trios in the history of rock, which may strike some as an overstatement but the evidence is there for anyone willing to seek out the band's Japanese label releases.

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jesus christ this rips you a new one

improvised music from japan

free-jazz

multiple artists with the same name

experimental jazz

lesser known yet streamable artists

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John Boy

Born 3 months premature, this child had no name... Just Boy. Born with a rare lung disease, his parents wanting to give him a strong name, they decided on John. John Boy was born. This NYC based artist blends rock/pop/goth/dance to create his "dark pop" sound. Filled with raw emotion, sexual expression, sexy darks vocals, and edgy lyrics...he shines a blinding light on loneliness, comformity, fear and confusion. Called a "new recording star" by Next Magazine, John Boy's been compared to Nine Inch Nails, Robbie Williams, Incubus and been called the male version of Madonna and P!NK.

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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musical research center: artists that i should listen to

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Immorality

Five piece Black Metal/Death Metal outfit from Cambridgeshire, UK.
They formed in 2008 as a sideproject (members being involved in the other local bands 'This Mantra' & 'Matter Of Distance', which both later disbanded)
Taking huge influence from death & black metal new and old, hardcore, grindcore & most other metal influenced styles, Immorality have caused a stir within the East and South Midlands, playing numerous shows with bands such as, Trigger the Bloodshed, Suffocation, All Shall Perish & Annotations of an Autopsy...

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black metal

death metal

born of osiris

disfiguring the goddess

Trigger the Bloodshed

metal

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