Mandelbrot Set are a Loud band. They like their drones and their converse-gazing, they like to use sample pedals and to change instruments during sets, but mainly they like to be Loud, and they like to do it differently. Formed by Keung, from the ashes of his previous band, Hentai ("It's a relief to know that not all angsty teenagers listen to Radiohead and spend the rest of their adolescence trying to emulate Muse.
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! are a indie rock group from Adelaide, South Australia. They feature David Williams (vocals/guitar), Sam Stearne (drums), Caitlin Duff (vocals), Nathaniel Morse (guitar), Art Zinoviev (synth) and Josh Flavel (bass). Formed in 2006 into the vapid whirlpool era of fluro dance-punk, the quintet has since been impossible to pin down to any one sound or genre, opting for distinct stylistic strides between releases.
This Brighton band create the pulsating, fast paced post-rock energy of a stripped down 65daysofstatic.
8otto (the "8" is not pronounced) is a four-member rock band hailing from Osaka, Japan. Originally formed by drummer/vocalist Maenosono Masaki and guitarist Ryo in 1999 as Sugar For A Dime, the band adopted their current name in 2004, and released their first album we do viberation in 2006. To date, all of their studio albums have been produced by Yoshioka Toshikazu (a.k.a. BohQun) who has also written many of their songs.
There are multiple artists with this name: 1. Phase is a psychedelic rock band formed in Larissa, GR in 2003. 2. Phase is an incorrect machine tag for british techno producer Ashley Burchett's work.
1. The trip began in summer 2008 from when the party is collecting experiences and ideas which they are continuously filtering reaching to today
Martin Grech (pronounced ‘Greck’) is a Maltese-English singer, songwriter and musician from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, born in 1983. He is known for his dark and powerful music, remarkable voice, and frequent subversion of style and genre. He first achieved serious critical acclaim after his haunting falsetto track Open Heart Zoo (written when he was 19 years old) was featured on a Lexus car advert on UK television in 2002.
Dead Red Sun is an instrumental 3-piece from New Cross, with Mike Guppy (Guitar), Tom Murphy (Drums) and Ollie Bremner (Bass).
Braid is an American band from Urbana, Illinois that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on Bob Nanna on vocals and guitar, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar and vocals and Roy Ewing on drums. Roy was replaced in 1997 by Damon Atkinson. In 1999 Braid disbanded and went on to form Hey Mercedes with all band members minus Chris Broach (who went on to form The Firebird Band) and adding Mark Dawursk. The band reformed for a US tour in 2004 and, now that Hey Mercedes are defunct, apparently intend to tour sporadically.
Light Syndicate are one of the most musically creative young bands to emerge from Manchester in a long time. Choosing to be outside of any current scene or trend, Light Syndicate stand out from the crowd. Coming from an indie background light syndicate have spent two years locked away in an old mill somewhere in Manchester progressing and moulding their music to create a genre defying sound. An impressive culmination of contrasting dynamics...
“ Noisy electro-rock! HKBO are my new favourite Mexican band”
Keytars & Violins
"The Hong Kong Blood Opera is a mind-blowing, ear-melting, blast-furnace, band from Hermosillo, Mexico." "The Hong Kong Blood Opera are the new ÜBER-band from Mexico."
Reeperbahn Festival 08 (Hamburg Germany) "HYPE: It's what's next: HONG KONG BLOOD OPERA.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Synth-punks fight their way out of the Mexican
underground."
Meanstreet Magazine (CA) Aug,08 Hong Kong Blood Opera: Favorite SXSW'08 band by KVRX Student Radio