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Sara Groves

Sara Groves (born in 1972) is an American singer/songwriter from Burnsville, Minnesota, near the Twin Cities and has some family in Vineland, NJ. Sara received her Bachelor of Science degree in History and English in 1994 from Evangel University, a private Christian university in Springfield, Missouri. Sara spent four years teaching high school in Rosemount, Minnesota before recording her first album, Past the Wishing, in 1998.

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Tokyo Pinsalocks

Formed in Tokyo at the turn of the millennium, "tokyo pinsalocks" are an all-girl three-piece electronic rock band with their ears cocked towards the future. Shunning guitars and instead embracing colourful keyboard, distorted heavy bass grooves and tight drumming, theirs is a new, danceable, exciting sound. They fuse fresh rhythms with the psychedelic vocal stylings of singer/keyboardist Naoko, mashed through vocal filters to create a retro-futuristic new-wave meltdown that's guaranteed to get you moving.

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Scandal

There are at least eight artists named Scandal:
1) Scandal, American rock band featuring Patty Smyth
2) SCANDAL, Japanese all-girl rock band
3) Scandal, Hungarian hard rock band
4) The Scandal, Tasmanian progressive punk band
5) Scandal, Swedish hardcore techno producer
6) Scandal, Romanian punk band
7) Scandal, American rapper
8) Scandal, Australian rock band
9) Scandal, Belarussian band

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Thirsty Merc

Thirsty Merc is an Australian band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matt Smith (guitarist). Thirsty Merc have released one EP entitled First Work, and 3 studio albums; Thirsty Merc, Slideshows, and Mousetrap Heart. The band has sold over 200,000 albums, has toured extensively around Australia, and have received heavy airplay in Australia on an impressive number of songs.

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Bice

bice (ビーチェ) is a versatile Japanese musician who works as pop-rock singer/songwriter, soundtrack composer, arranger and producer. She had started her career with acoustic-based pop, gradually shifted into more diverse styles of music. She sings both in Japanese and English with a delicate whispering voice. Her birthday is 04.11 and she can play numerous instruments such as guitar, piano, organ, accordion, flute etc… Official site: http://bice.jp/ | http://columbia.jp/artist-info/bice/

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Edison

There are at least four acts under Edison name: 1) American rock band, Edison,
2) Mysterious one man act from Japan, responsible for the animated adaptation of the BLACK LAGOON manga, EDISON.
3) Australian screamo/emo band from Woodend, Victoria.
4) Beat juggler out of San Francisco, CA and signed to Kid Without Radio label, 1) Edison: Ethan Isaac — Vocals Jonathan Svec — Guitar Joel Kelley — Guitar Todd Budich — Drums Anton Kreisl — Bass

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W&W

Introduction: What started as a chance meeting at the 2007 Trance Energy has, in just under 3 years solidified into one of the freshest, most exciting electronic dance acts on the scene. With it has come a new multifarious trance sound that, globally, has begun to shatter underground clubs, arenas and festivals. Banding together under the name W&W has seen the collective careers of Wardt van der Harst & Willem Van Hanegem go into overdrive...

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Full Moon

There are many artist's that go by the name Full Moon. 1..Full Moon from UK is an alternative rock band, singing in Portuguese and English, consisting of 5 elements:
* Mino (vocals)
* Francisco Fernandes (guitar, vocals)
* Nuno Salome (guitar)
* Fernando Meira (bass)
* Joao Martins (drums)
The band started in 1998 and they have released a debut EP “For Sale” (2000). They ended in 2003. 2. Kouyama Mitsuki, a singer in the anime 'Full Moon wo Sagashite'. 3. One of the first hiphop groups in Serbia.They released their one and only album in 1999.Its called Na Nivou.

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