Discovered by Black Francis, signed to American Recordings by Rick Rubin. Has recorded and/or performed with Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and Maynard James Keenan among others. "He does it with soul."
-Jeff Buckley "This guy was born to be a rock star and he makes the music to back it up."
-Black Francis of the Pixies
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Anek is an alternative rock band formed in 2001 in Lecce, Italy. Become more popular in 2009 with the release of their “5439" EP and their first single, "Bella", that aired on several local radio stations. Founding members Pete Sandon, his brother Jan Sandon and their friend Dario "Rock-D" Scordari welcomed guitarist Dave Tufano in 2006. At the end of 2009 Jan and Dario left the band and new drummer Loris De Carlo, son of the famous Italian drummer Enzo De Carlo, joined the band. The new line up finished to write and arrange new songs and travelled to London to record Anek first full length.
Plain White T's are a pop-punk band formed in 1997 in Illinois, United States. They are best known for "Hey There Delilah", an acoustic song performed solely by singer Tom Higgenson originally released in 2005 and later hit #1 in the US in 2007. For over a decade, Plain White T's have been playing to packed audiences craving for that perfect pop-punk punch. Their journey, which began in a small suburban basement playing covers, has taken the band to Warped Tour three times, and landed them opening slots for bands like Jimmy Eat World and AFI.
The Shydogs are an indie/punk/pop band from Basingstoke (a.k.a Blazingsmoke). The band consists of Daniel Newbrook (Vocals/guitar), Bryn Hendry (Guitar), Richard Park (Vocals/Bass) and Calum Vaughan (Drums).
There is more than one artist with this name. 1. The Sweethearts aren't trying to capture a sound or chase a trend. They just play the music that drives them: catchy, buzz-saw punk with a nod to garage rock and the girl groups of the 1960's.
There are at least five (5) groups with the name (Jackson): [1]
Jackson and His Computer Band is an IDM artist signed to Warp Records consisting of Jackson Fourgeaud, a 26-year-old Parisian composer. His style has been described as "a style orgy, a psychedelic celebration of conflict."
After his acid house debut on Pumpking records in 1996, Sound Of Barclay released the "Sense Juice" and "Gourmet EPs" under the name Jackson & His Computer Band.
Electro/garage/punk trio Bosom have been delivering their special brand of awesome to Sydney's rock venues (including Oxford Art Factory, The Annandale Hotel, The Lansdowne hotel, The Excelsior Hotel in Surry Hills, Sosueme, The Factory Theatre & The Red Rattler) since 2006. Influenced by seventies punk and eighties new wave acts like X-Ray Spex, Ramones, New York Dolls, Devo, Blondie and Transvision Vamp, Bosom’s infectious tunes are delivered like a piece of bubble-gum snapping in your face.
United by a love of US punk and alternative rock, ambitious Leeds based punk-pop-rock trio ALL THOSE HEROES formed in mid-2009 and enjoyed a hectic first six months as a band.
All musicians since their teens (frontman Daniel Pearson is an accomplished singer-songwriter with a solo album under his belt, while drummer Mike Quarry and bassist Dan Newsome are talented veterans of various rock bands), the three soon gelled into a formidable musical unit and headed into the studio to record their first single.
Ninetynine is an indie band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band was founded by Laura Macfarlane, who played drums in Sleater-Kinney, in 1996 as a solo project. The first album, 99, was recorded with her playing all the instruments. Not long after she assembled a band with Cameron Potts and Rhonda Simmonds - who has since left the group and now plays in Origami. Other former members of the band are Iain McIntyre (who played with Laura in several earlier bands) and Amy Clarke (formerly of The Vivian Girls). Meg Butler joined in 2006.