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Black Elephant

1) BLACK ELEPHANT is an indie pop band from Los Angeles, California, and falls under the indie pop, minimalist, lo fi sub genres. Felipe and Karin started out in Orange County punk band A.M. In 2010 they relocated to Los Angeles. It started as a recording project between the two but after adding Samuel and Ricardo it became a band. The group regularly plays the DIY community organized venue The Smell. In 2011 they went to South by Southwest to play the Smell showcase.

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Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is an indie pop electronica band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band is made up of musicians Shaun Robinson and Rocky O'Reilly, both of whom were once members of the now disbanded Belfast group, Torgas Valley Reds. The band's popularity has been steadily increasing, and they have toured with several notable acts including Regina Spektor, Architecture in Helsinki, The Bravery, The Chalets, They Might Be Giants, OK Go, and The Presidents of the United States of America.

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Lilys

Lilys, led by singer/songwriter Kurt Heasley, are a notoriously difficult band to categorize. With an ever-evolving lineup, home base, and a sound that swings pendulum-like between My Bloody Valentine-influenced shoegazer and indie guitar pop, the answer to the question, "Who are the Lilys?" depends of the qualifiers of "when" and "where."
Along with Apples In Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Of Montreal and other bands, Lilys set much of the tone for the American East Coast rock scene in the 1990s

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Japanese Sleepers

Andy Hirst and Alexander Christopher Hale met when Andy sent Alex an angry e-mail about poor customer service (to which Alex responded with impeccable customer service). Since that day they have maintained a friendship built on anger and varying degrees of customer service. Also Simpsons quotes. Now they are a band.

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The Hillfields

The Hillfields were born in the Royal Festival Hall,London,UK overcome by the raw power of Iggy Pop's 2007 summer Meltdown gig, a beautiful evening, and a smattering of beers. As of Halloween 2007, the Hillfields were three, made up of Rob Boyd, singing and guitaring, Grant Wilkinson on bass and Carlos Russell on drums The Hillfields are playing a mix of mellowed out lo-fi with bursts of noisy guitar pop, that's been described as like 'Pavement scoring a Hal Hartley film' or 'Mojave meets Frusciante'.

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The Grams

The Grams are a guitar based 4-piece, two brothers and two life long friends. The band is fronted by Tony Porter and Andy Watts whose guitar interplay is advanced and sophisticated incorporating sonic overtones. The solid pounding backline, supported by Ben Park and Dan Porter, and the killer melodies lock you in. The music is intelligent... The Grams draw their influences from a variety of bands, in particular Bloc Party, Editors and Kasabian. The Grams recorded two songs in March 2007 with the producer and recording engineer Jon Gray for their forthcoming EP.

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Gossling

Gossling is singer/songwriter Helen Croome from Australia. Raised in country Victoria, Australia, Croome developed her musical interests thanks to family and the strong music culture of Albury/Wodonga. Her wise older brother kept her up-to-date with contemporary artists, whilst her parents’ music collection introduced her to the musical greats of Bach, Bowie and Meatloaf. Putting music to one side to study Psychology/Sociology at University...

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Suckers

DELI MAGAZINE: Suckers Seek a Wild and Imaginative Musical Landscape... The experimental side of indie pop has gotten a nice little creative boost lately, thanks, in part, to the artistic contributions of bands such as Baltimore's Animal Collective and Portland's Menomena. Tack another "Made in New York" outfit on this short list of artists challenging the sonic limits of modern day indie pop. Comprised of Quinn Walker, Austin Fisher, Brian Aiken, and mystery man Pan...

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EMF

EMF were an / band which formed in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England in 1989 and best known for their 1990 hit "Unbelievable". The band consisted of James Atkin (vocals, guitar), Ian Dench (guitar, keyboards), Derry Brownson (keyboard, samples), Zach Foley (bass) and Mark Decloedt (drums). The band originally disbanded in 1997 and reformed in 2001. Foley died of a drug overdose in January 2002 and the band only played four more shows that year before disbanding once more. The band re-formed for a second reunion in 2007, which ended in May of 2009.

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