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Madam Laycock and Her Dabeno Pleasures

Madam Laycock and her Dabeno Pleasures are a Leeds based band who play a kind of dark cabaret music with Romany and Eastern European influences. Band members include Franz (the mutated freak), Sparrow (Madam's one and only child), the Voodoo Grandma and Our Solicitor who play (in no particular order) accordian, trumpet, glockenspiel, violin and drums. Their debut album "Come My Pretties" was released in May 2009.

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The Nightjars

The Nightjars are a currently active group in Manchester, England. The line-up is Ollie Wright on bass guitar and vocals, Phil Arnold on guitar and vocals and Seamus O'Kane on drums. The group formed in January 2005, when Wright and Arnold, childhood friends, recruited O'Kane and guitarist Dan Sims. The Nightjars quickly gained a reputation for fiery live shows, helped by a 90-minute improvised show as backing band for the legendary CAN vocallist Damo Suzuki at Manchester's Night & Day Cafe.

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