Small Black
Small Black is an emerging band from Brooklyn, New York. Their self-titled full length album will be out this fall. They describe their music on their myspace as "Acousmatic / Tape music / Concrete / Pop." Their blog is here: www.myspace.com/smallblacksounds
Kisschasy
Kisschasy is an Australian alternative rock band formed in Victoria, Australia in 2002. Since forming, their line-up has consisted of lead vocalist Darren Cordeux, bassist Joel Vanderuit, guitarist Sean Thomas, and drummer Karl Ammitzboll. The band has released three studio albums, two of which are gold certified, two extended plays, a documentary DVD and a compilation album in their 7 year career, selling in excess of 90,000 records.
Standfast
There are four bands named Standfast: 1. A duo from Sweden (see below) and 2. a former punk/crustcore band from Manila,Philippines 3. a former hardcore band from Fairport, NY. 4. a former hardcore band from Perth,Australia 1.Standfast is a two-piece Swedish band, formed in 1997 and comprising singer Suzanne Mosson and guitarist Patrick Turner. The duo are best known for their 2001 single, "Carcrashes".
The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms are a two-piece indie / pop / acoustic band based out of Bergen County, NJ. The band was formed in 2006 and originally had three members: Brian Sella (vocals, guitar, lyricist), Brian Uychich (keyboard, vocals) and Matt Uychich (drums). However, as of fall 2010, Brian Uychich left the band to concentrate on school full-time. Brian Uychich was replaced by Drew Villafuerte (bass, keys) In June 2010, The Front Bottoms released a 6-track album entitled "Slow Dance to Soft Rock", which is available for download at their official website, http://thefrontbottoms.bandcamp.com.
Spiderbait
Spiderbait are an alternative rock band formed in 1991 in Finley, New South Wales, Australia which consists of Mark "Kram" Maher (drums, lead vocals), Janet English (bass, vocals) and Damien Whitty (guitar). They have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me A Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.
The Sneakypeeks
The Sneakypeeks started in late 2005 as a four-piece outfit under the name of Cohesion. Quickly gaining attention throughout the Yorkshire area under their former name and supporting big bands such as Milburn and Kubb amongst others. After recording many demos the band decided to tour the country building up an army of fans across the UK and playing at high profile venues such as Mean Fiddler, London, Pure, Manchester, Cockpit, Leeds, Fibbers, York, The Boardwalk, Sheffield, Academy, Liverpool, Drybar, Manchester, Nambucca, London, numerous ‘barfly’ venues and venues around europe.
The Joy Of Sex
Dexterous wide-eyed types form a band in the Midlands. Decide to shout over loud noise/change the world, etcetera.
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Formed in 2001, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano, ukulele, toy piano, harmonica) and Brian Viglione (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals). They describe their heavily art-damaged and theatrical style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would invent a name that "would involve the word 'gothic'," and are part of an underground dark cabaret movement that started gaining momentum in the early 1990s.
The Superimposers
With a mixture of Old and New, Valve and Digital, Fender and Mac and with inspirations diverse as Alice Coltrane to The Kinks, Brian Wilson to Ronnie Lane, Charles Stepney to The Mizzell Brothers, The Superimposers create a wonderfulsound.