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Screamfeeder

Critically acclaimed Aussie outfit Screamfeeder have been pumping out their own unique brand of noisy indie-rock since forming in Brisbane, Australia in 1991. Throughout their colourful career, the band has toured with the likes of Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Sleater-Kinney.

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AKA

1) AkA Electronic Music project was grounded in 1993 by Henri Sizaret with the aim to go further in the inspiration triggered by the work of Richard H. Kirk, Uwe Schmidt and Vince Clarke. AkA music is artificial, snappy, electronic and metronomic.
Almost 15 years after its inception and more than 50 tracks, AkA philosophy remains the intact : to be a skin (hence the name "AkA" for Also Known As) for Henri to play with music and create, freed from day light life.

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Psychic Ills

Psychic Ills is a group that became active in NYC sometime during 2003. Their sound has included a combination of rock experimentation, drones, electronic textures, and various ethnic influences. Their live shows have varied widely and have been known to have an improvised performance art element as well. The current line up consists of Elizabeth Hart, Brian Tamborello, and Tres Warren. Their 2nd album "Mirror Eye", is set to be released on January 20th of 2009 on The Social Registry label.

Read more about Psychic Ills on Last.fm.

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The Glitterati

The Glitterati are a UK hard rock band from Leeds who are primarily based in London. The Band are currently signed with the record label Atlantic. In 2004 the band released an EP called limited to a certain amount of copies it did not make the UK singles chart but did manage to sell most of the units. The band released their debut album The Glitterati on the 25th April 2005. The Album was produced by the legendary Mike Clink was has worked with bands such as Guns N' Roses on Appetite for Destruction...

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The Kirkz

the kirkz were formed in Macclesfield in 1926 and after a short period covering popular jazz songs of the day they diversified into punk. in the 90's theline up consisted of colin, max, gary, ben and kirky. After a successful eviction of kirky ian took over on bass - side note: kirky then worked for a brief period at the shell garage where he swelled up. the kirks still play songs and drink too much. P. a. F.

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The Fiction

The Fiction can refer to at least 3 bands.
(1) A math-rock/screamo band from New York in the 00s.
(2) An angular post-punk band from East London in the late 00s.
(3) A psychedelic grunge/punk group from Melbourne/Sydney Australia established 2010
(4) A dynamic three piece hailing From Manchester. (1) The Fiction began in late 2001. This New York City band features ex-members of EM-50, Six of One, Kaneda, Freebooters and Corrupt Autopilot. Their evolution from one record to the next has been tremendous as they incorporate their disparate influences into a cohesive sound.

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Battery City

Battery City was unofficially put on the map in the fall of 2010 as a punk-rock band from Southport, NC. Guitarist and vocalist, Abby Piette, saw her graduation project on songwriting as the perfect excuse to start the band with drummer, Holland Watkins. Three home-recorded tracks later and they knew they couldn't stop there. In January, they had their name. In July, they released their debut album, Indirect Broadcast, which is available for free download here:
www.batterycity.bandcamp.com

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Easter

There are at least two bands called Easter. 1. A four-piece from Manchester, England who play ""a musical backdrop of Godspeed and Sonic Youth melded together with the atmospheric vocal delivery of Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek." http://soundcloud.com/easterband 2. A lo-fi project from Urbana, Illinois http://easter.bandcamp.com/ 3. A duo from Berlin / Oslo http://www.birp.fm/birp-tv/viewvideo/1704/music-videos/surfboard-officia...

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