The Cavalcade
Formed in 2009, The Cavalcade are a romantic indie pop band from a rainswept town in the north of England, inspired by bands such as Felt, The Clientele and The Field Mice.
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Envelopes
Biography by Maja Karlsson, former bass player
For about six years I played the bass in Envelopes. The first five of those, I only met the band a
few weekends a year, and during those weird Christian holidays. Audrey, Henrik and Fredrik
hung out and recorded some tracks on the computer. Once in a while we assembled for a couple
of days of around-the-clock rehearsals, to pull off some show, usually in Paris. The first show ever
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The Silent League
The Brooklyn-based orchestral pop band THE SILENT LEAGUE originated as the solo identity of singer Justin Russo in the late nineties. While a keyboardist with Mercury Rev in support of the critically acclaimed albums "Deserter's Songs" (V2) and "All Is Dream" (V2), Russo secretly stole each available moment in a busy tour schedule to write and record his own fragile and epic LP, "The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused".
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The Shermans
There are two bands called The Shermans.
One was formed in December 1997 by Mikael Matsson and Torbjorn Thorsen after the break up of Mikael's old band, Red Sleeping Beauty. The band recruited Chrisster Nilsson to play bass and began playing live shows in and around their hometown. Eventually, Torbjorn left the band to start another band, Aerospace, and was soon replaced by Ingela Karlsson as the new Shermans vocalist.
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The Ladybug Transistor
The Ladybug Transistor is an indie pop band from Brooklyn (USA) associated with The elephant 6 Collective.
The band was started in 1995 by Gary Olson, Edward Powers and Javier Villegas with an album called "Marlborough Farms". Adding and subtracting a couple of members they have recorded five albums since then: With Jeff Baron and Jennifer Baron added to the lineup they released Beverley Atonale in 1997.
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Paisley & Charlie
Paisley and Charlie - doppelgängers of Detox Cute. Songs to make your heart sing. www.paisleyandcharlie.com First release (free) on Holiday Records - Sebastian and Marble Halls; http://holidayrecords.net/charlie.html
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Mighty Mighty
Mighty Mighty were formed in the early 80's by Mick Geoghegan and Hugh Harkin out of their shared love of soul music, Postcard Records, The Velvet Underground and Socialist Worker Party politics. By 1985 the band had settled with the line-up of Mick (guitar and lyrics), Hugh (vocals), Russell Burton (bass & b.vox), David "H" Hennessy (drums) and Pete Geoghegan (Vox organ and guitar).
They built up a small following on the Birmingham circuit playing venues including The Mermaid, Hare & Hounds, Peacocks and various halls of residence.
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Bridget
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The Brilliant Corners
At long last a band is being recognised for the influence it has had without the commercial acclaim that some of their songs deserved.
This seminal Bristol band consisted of a nucleus of Chris Galvin (bass) and David Woodward (vocals and guitars) with Bob Morris (drums) plus various others during their ten years of existence.
Through various styles they created a unique Bristol slant on the 80's which was never deemed glamorous by the press or music gliterrati in general. Some may say that the Bristol scene was insular but it was really about being yourself and getting on with things.
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