Sam and The Plants
A songwriter from the North West of England, Samandtheplants has found his home on the Twisted Nerve label. His music takes a cut and paste aesthetic, piecing together short sketches and home-recorded ideas into long tracks. Samandtheplants mixes everything from folk, Kraut, tropicalia, experimentation and a strong DIY aesthetic.
Runt Hornet
Paper Heroes
There are two bands with the name Paper Heroes. 1. One is a rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Five guys who have been playing together since 1998. They have a two song demo and have played many places in the last couple of years. Members are : Tim Ellis, Andrew Kinghorn, Tim Smith, Dan Colston, Russ Bagget 2. The second is a UK band formed in 2007/8 at Westminster University, London when singer, Matt Weedon, sent his song 'Jenny Jones' into a SkinsLife competition.
Mike Heron
Formerly a member of The Incredible String Band, Mike Heron made a solo album in 1971, Smiling Men With Bad Reputations. After the ISB broke up in 1974 he formed his own band, Mike Heron's Reputation.
Vijay Kishore
Born and raised in the Handsworth district of Birmingham of Indian parentage singer songwriter Vijay Kishore has quietly been causing something of a stir musically with his ambiguous folk-tinged fusion of his anglo asian heritage Bringing favourable comparisons from listeners to everything from the sufi infused tones of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Thom Yorke,Jeff Buckley or even Nina Simone and PJ Harvey.