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Bad Veins

Bad Veins is an indie rock duo from Cincinnati, Ohio, composed of Benjamin Davis and Sebastien Schultz. The band released their debut self-titled album on Dangerbird Records. Davis primarily writes the music, plays guitar and keyboard, and sings, while also recording backtracking music on a reel-to-reel tape player, nicknamed Irene. Schultz plays the drums. Davis also uses a megaphone and telephone to sing into, producing an unique sound.

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Quentin Mosimann

Quentin Mosimann is a half French, half Swiss singer-songwriter, living in France. He is also known under the alias "John Louly" as a DJ.
He is born on February, the 14th in 1988.
Since his early childhood he discovered the drums, the synthesizer and specially the piano as an autodidact.
After the participation at various singing contests and his work with the famous french author-composer François Bernheim already as a teenager, he began to compose himself and the music became his vocation.

Read more about Quentin Mosimann on Last.fm.

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The Paradise Motel

The Paradise Motel are an Australian band originally active from 1995 to 2000, who reconvened in 2008. Current band members (2008-)
Charles Bickford (guitar, organ), Matthew Aulich (guitar, organ), Merida Sussex (vocals), BJ Austin (guitar, organ), Esme MacDonald (bass), Campbell Shaw (violin), Andy Hazel (drums) - replaced Damien Hill following Hill's death in December 2008. The band formed in Hobart, Tasmania but then, soon after Bickford, Aulich, and Bailey in 1995 moved to Melbourne.They found their new lead singer, Merida Sussex, working in the St Kilda Public Library.

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Michel Henritzi

Michel Henritzi – guitar, lapsteel, amp, reverb, percussions ... From abstract blues to noise. Member of : Dustbreeders (with Yves Botz and Thierry Delles) and Howlin’Ghost Proletarians (with Fabrice Eglin) Perform with : Kumiko Karino, Junko, Rinji Fukuoka, Masayoshi Urabe, Chie Mukaï, Tamio Shiraishi, Mico, Yukiko Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Taku Sugimoto, Shin’ichi Isohata, Toshimaru Nakamura, Masafumi Ezaki, Ami Yoshida, Ito Atsuhiro, Jojo Hiroshige, Fumio Kosakai, Kiyoharu Kuwayama, Tetsuo Furudate...

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Justin Vernon

Born April 30, 1981 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S. The man behind the 'Bon Iver' moniker. Vernon played in "DeYarmond Edison" which included the three current members of Megafaun. Vernon has released two solo albums, "Self-Record" and "Hazeltons". Vernon parted ways with DeYarmond Edison and is currently operating under his Bon Iver project name. His side projects include Volcano Choir, Gayngs, Eau Claire Memorial Jazz I and Anais Mitchell.

Read more about Justin Vernon on Last.fm.

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Astronaut

Astronaut may refer to a number of different bands.
-A band from Perth, West Australia
-A band from New York, NY
-A slowcore band from Denia, Spain (see the pic)
-An electronic drone trio from Boston, MA and Brooklyn, NY
-A band form London, UK
-An idiot* from Bratislava, Slovak Republic, EU
-An indie band from Latvia (Astro'n'out) -The following is about the West Australian band.
Having originally spawned as a three piece purely electronic act in 2002 it’s safe to say Astronaut have heavily evolved over the past 4 years.

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The For Carnation

The For Carnation was begun in 1994 by Brian McMahan. A musician, songwriter, and producer from Louisville, Kentucky, his previous work with Slint, squirrelbait, and The Palace Brothers have been widely referenced in connection with TFC. To date, The For Carnation have released an EP and two albums: Fight Songs (matador records, 1995); Marshmallows (Matador Records, 1996); and The For Carnation (Touch & Go Records, 2000). Fight Songs and Marshmallows were compiled to achieve Promised Works, which was released by Runt in 1997, and then again by Touch & Go in 2007.

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