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Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American composer, arranger, producer, and musician, noted for his collaborations with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys on the legendary album "SMiLE." As a child Parks acted in the 1956 movie The Swan, which starred Grace Kelly. He also worked steadily on television as a child actor between 1953 and 1958, including a role as Ezio Pinza's son on the NBC television show Bonino, as well as a recurring role as Little Tommy Manacotti (the kid from upstairs) on Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners.

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The Nova Saints

This Bristol band is on our radar thanks to the diligence of the Verve's Nick McCabe, which fits--they make the sort of bittersweet symphonies his group once described. This is Britrock at its most drowsy and forlorn; the reverb pedal is the sad-eyed Saints' only friend. Biography
The Nova Saints are a gang of five disenchanted yet ambitious mates from Hereford, relocated to Bristol, UK where they live, sleep and rehearse under the same roof.

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Nexus

There are 20 (and counting) acts named Nexus. 1. neXus was an electronica/dance artist located in Columbus, GA. Featuring hard hitting dance tracks, stunning progressive techno beats, and other interesting variations on the electronica genre. Using beats that normally would not fit, neXus finds a way to make them attractive and strangely alluring. neXus released his album at the end of 2010 successfully. Shortly thereafter, neXus's time on this earth came to a sudden somber end. neXus continues to live on through his works of art.

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Joe Chapman

Joe Chapman is a multi instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter, producer and broadcaster from Oxford, England. He is the vocalist and bass guitarist with psych drone band The Neon Violets and runs Yurt Sessions which features bands, poetry, discussion and interviews broadcast live online from a Mongolian yurt. Joe is currently recording a solo album and looking for new musicians to join The Neon Violets.

Read more about Joe Chapman on Last.fm.

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Cave

!!!HUNT LIKE DEVIL!!! There are more than one artists with this band name, of which include: A psychedelic underground band from Chicago.
An electronica musician.
A folk-rock band.
A hardcore band from Oneonta NY. Cave the rock band is based in Chicago. They describe themselves as "Roots Music/Psychedelic/visual." Their guitars are droning and heavy, with some balance provided by synthesizer notes. They were recently (Dec 15 2007) featured on Pitchfork Media's "Forkcast." They are on the label Permanent Records.

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LA FLEUR FATALE

In 2007, La Fleur Fatale emerged from the remnants of one of Sweden’s most promising bands. The dysfunctional and psyched out band marriage from the past had to come to an end. But an end resulting in a new glorius morning, with a multicolored sunrise in the shape of fantastic and spiritual management. After years of total apathy and opiate induced confrontations on many levels, the former members decided to put their strange differences aside and form a new super group called:

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Blues Control

Blues Control are a psychedelic Queens NYC, New York band featuring the members of Watersports: Russ Waterhouse (guitar, electronics, tapes) and Lea Cho (keyboards, electronics). The duo of Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse have somehow found a hazy but powerful common musical thread between Conrad Schnitzler's jabbering electronic workouts, the gauze of Locust Abortion Technician-era Butthole Surfers, and the more unicorn-saddling moments of Jan Hammer.

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My Left Boot

My Left Boot formed in 2005 in response to the film March of the Penguins, narrated by Acadamy Award nominated actor Morgan Freeman. Since then the band has taken their brand of psychedelically infused fuzz rock to grand new heights musically, whilst continuing to grab fans along the way. The band has played at the most loved venues and festivals across the the continent, sharing stages with countless amazing bands and it shows. The Boot

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