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Tortoise

Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

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The Fierce & The Dead

The Fierce & The Dead is the brainchild of Matt Stevens (guitars) Kev Feazey (bass) and Stuart Marshall (drums), a trio of friends who have been playing together for more than ten years, helping each other in different bands, and also as solo artists. This project actually was created after a recording session which was intended to be part of a Matt Stevens' solo album, but they decided to create a new band with an own style and sound.

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Subtle

Subtle is a music group consisting of artists, producers, rappers, instrumentalists Adam 'Doseone' Drucker, Jeff 'Jel' Logan, Dax Pierson, Marty Dowers, Jordan Dalrymple and Alexander Kort. Although both Adam and Jeff are founding and continuing members of the Anticon music collective, Subtle is not on the Anticon roster. Subtle started as an Oakland, California based band in 2001. While considered by the artists to be "genreless", Subtle has close ties to the and music scene. Alexander Kort has released CDs on anticon's official web store run by astropitch.

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Swansea Love Story

Swansea Love Story who formed in Manchester in early 2010, are named after the breath taking short film by Vice. The band was the seed of many other collaborations Adam Searle and Jack Yarwood had found themselves together in. Originally they played as a experimental duo using loop pedals and drum machines. Upon the release of their first Extended Play, they recruited established percussionist Conrad Ankers and guitarist Stuart Thornton, previously of The Oxygen Index
The band self-released their first EP in May 2011 , Labyrinth, produced by Nick Gozem (gozGull) of League Liege.

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Indiana

There are at least three artists with the name Indiana. 1. A West Australian rock band
2. An Italian eurodance project
3. A US indie rock / emo band 1. Indiana, a Fremantle, Australia based band have been playing their blues infused rock and roll around the state for 18 months. Formed from a strong friendship and plenty of beers, the band consists of the musicians Marty Thompson (Vocals, Guitars), Steve Jenkins (Bass Guitars, Vocals) and Shaun Tuia (Drums, Vocals).

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Coppola

After forming in 2010, Coppola have gone through several personnel changes in their short time as a band, but have now settled naturally into a sound they aim to craft and hone upon. Damian Morgan - Lead vocals/Rhythm guitar
Rhys King - Lead guitar/Vocals
Orhan Aydin - Bass/Keys
Rhys Morgan - Drums/Percussion/Vocals Coppola are currently writing their starting live set and debut album, ready for release in 2012.

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LANDS

There are multiple artists tracked as "LANDS" on last.fm. 3. Melodic hardcore from United Kingdom 1. LANDS is a special unit made up of ??? (Jin Akanishi; former co-lead vocalist of KAT-TUN) and ???? (Takeshi Kobayashi), a producer known for his work with Mr.Children, My Little Lover and other well-known contemporary pop/rock acts in the Japanese music industry, in promotion of the film "BANDAGE" which Kobayashi directed and Akanishi starred in.

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One Eyed Jacks

There are, at least, five bands named One Eyed Jacks: 1) A English melodic post-rock / indie rock band (founded 2009). 2) An Illinois rock band (aka The One Eyed Jacks), which released Die Today (active 1967 to 1969). 3) A dance band (active 1999 to 2004). 4) A band from Germany, that released Falling (1991). 5) A Texas rock band. 1) An enigma of beautiful contradiction and discordant harmony. OEJ are part of a new wave of London bands in search of something most transcendental and visceral.

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Hangedup

Hangedup is the Montreal-based duo of Gen Heistek (viola) and Eric Craven (drums). The two met in 1995 while playing in Sackville and formed Hangedup in 1999. They released their eponymous debut in May 2001. Kicker in Tow followed in October 2002 and Clatter for Control in April 2005. Hangedup plays battle hymns for shut-ins, tightrope walkers, and urban bicyclists. Hangedup channels dead Roma musicians from Slavic republics Hangedup plays East European folk tunes backwards, skipping every 3rd note.

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