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Sequoia

Sequoia is (1) a band from Chicago. They released their debut album, "Monday Morning" in 2005. Their sophmore album, "Time to Change", was released in May of 2008. In 2009 they added Cully Johnston from Grinner/Powers on guitar and in 2011 released their third full-length, "Couple Two Tree." It was engineered/produced by Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life and Times) and Eric Abert (The Life and Times, Ring Cicada) and recorded at Matt Talbott's (HUM) studio, Earth Analog.

Read more about Sequoia on Last.fm.

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New Riot

New Riot formed very recently from the split of Fandangle and bring you the best in Ska/Punk. The music is in your face, energetic, addictive and incredibly catchy, you will not be able to stop yourself moving once you hear the buzz that they create on stage. This year New Riot will be playing here and there but are aiming to get their first album off the ground by December once this is done they are Planning to tour the globe spreading the passion through every town and city possible.

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B.C. Camplight

BC Camplight is Brian Christinzio, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christinzio openly admits to being a fan of the song-writing of George Gershwin, Burt Bacharach and Todd Rundgren, whose influences all shine clearly through his debut long player ‘Hide, Run Away’ released in 2005 on One Little Indian. There’s also a big nod to Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds as Brain composed and arranged every note of the record as well as playing nearly every instrument himself. "If I could play drums well enough, I would have done that too” he said.

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Klartraum

Klartraum is a co-operation of Helmut Ebritsch and Nadja Lind. Manifesto
we are here to bring you something from consciousness - dreamphase induced minimal grooves :) brain wave stimulation
deeper consciousness float
astral music revelations
reperfection of imperfection
stellar interconnection beats
parallel awareness streams
hypnotic groove yoga http://www.klartraum.name the new klartraum ep will be released on their own label lucidflow at the 27.7.2009

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Fight the Big Bull

Fight the Big Bull is a Richmond, Virginia based improvisatory ensemble with two 2010 recordings selected for NPR's best of the year lists. The band was founded in the mid-00s by guitarist Matt White, one of the organizers of the Patchwork Collective, an arts group dedicated to creating a vital local music scene.The original configuration- called simply Fight the Bull- was a trio with drummer Pinson Chanselle and trombonist Bryan Hooten. The group was subsequently expanded to eight players (or nine, with the occasional addition of ex-Agents of Good Roots percussionist Brian Jones.

Read more about Fight the Big Bull on Last.fm.

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El Vez

Because Elvis has become an international institution that can communicate across national and cultural boundaries, it comes as no surprise that El Vez - the self proclaimed "" - has come along. El Vez, aka Robert Lopez, has been kicking around the L.A. underground music scene for nearly twenty years. He first appeared in the early L.A. punk band The Zeros and then played in Catholic Discipline (which also spawned lesbian folk singer Phranc).

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