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Mt. Desolation

An alt-country band lead by songwriters Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin from Keane. Tim Rice-Oxley - Vocals, Piano (Keane)
Jesse Quin - Vocals, Guitar (Keane)
Andrew Lowe - Bass
FIMBO - Drums
John Roderick - BVs, Guitar (The Long Winters)
Pete Roe - Keys, BVs
Tom Hobden - Fiddle (Noah And The Whale)
Jessica Staveley-Taylor - BVs
Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (Also incorrectly known as just Ronnie Vannucci) - Perc, good vibes (The Killers)
Country Winston Marshall - Banjo (Mumford & Sons)
Charity Quin - BVs

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Atoms for Peace

Atoms for Peace is an and supergroup formed in late 2009 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The group consists of Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (vocals, guitars, and piano), Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (bass guitar), longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (keyboards, synths), Joey Waronker of Beck and R.E.M. (drums), and Brazilian instrumentalist Mauro Refosco (percussion). Their debut album, Amok, became available for streaming on February 18, 2013, and was released on February 25, 2013.

Read more about Atoms for Peace on Last.fm.

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Adam Buxton

Adam Offord Buxton (born June 7, 1969) is a British comedian, who together with his comedy partner Joe Cornish wrote and presented the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show. He also makes an appearance in "The IT Crowd" episode 1.5. His father is Nigel Buxton, the travel writer and wine critic. He originally appeared in an episode of Channel 4's "Takeover TV" as a man called "Louise" dressed as a Klingon, complaining about ST:TNG being taken off screen. (See the external links below) In 1995, he then went on to host the show.

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The Lowly Knights

www.lowlyknights.com The Rifles EP, The Hollow EP , and The Even Keel EP available at www.lowlyknights.bandcamp.com www.twitter.com/lowlyknights The Lowly Knights are based in Belfast, and offer up hearty ramshackle folk tunes. They have shared the stage with The Divine Comedy, Mumford & Sons, Port O'Brien, Duke Special, Iain Archer, Matthew & The Atlas, Frightened Rabbit, and on a number of dates as support for Snow Patrol on their recent UK arena tour.

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Sequoia

Sequoia is (1) a band from Chicago. They released their debut album, "Monday Morning" in 2005. Their sophmore album, "Time to Change", was released in May of 2008. In 2009 they added Cully Johnston from Grinner/Powers on guitar and in 2011 released their third full-length, "Couple Two Tree." It was engineered/produced by Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life and Times) and Eric Abert (The Life and Times, Ring Cicada) and recorded at Matt Talbott's (HUM) studio, Earth Analog.

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Piranha

This is the band Paul Baloff was in (in 1988)after his Exodus days (and before joining Exodus again some 8 years later). Not much info can be found about this band. Baloff left the band soon after their 2 song demo (and only release - rumoured to be produced by Metallica frontman James Hetfield) to try his luck with Bay area gods Heathen (he only stayed for a 2 song demo here awell).
He then founded a new Piranha with a complete different lineup but they disbanded soon after.

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Andy Raven

The Andy Raven band peddles urban folk, folk pop, and comtemporary folk: poetic and hard-hitting tunes driven by fiddle and percussion with creative acoustic instrumentation. Born in Buckinghamshire UK, ANdy Raven became a chorister at an early age, also learning classical piano, fiddle and trumpet. The Andy Raven band was formed in 2007 of: Andy Raven - fiddle, vocals, piano, keyboards, didgeridoo
Rikk SMith - cajon, bodhran, djembe, yambu, spoons
Ben Humphreys - electric and acoustic bass
Graham Judd - 6 and 12- string guitars

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Neil Hannon

Neil Hannon (born November 7, 1970) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and lead member of the orchestral pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy will always be my band because... I thought of it first!" In 2005 he contributed vocals to his long-time collaborator Joby Talbot's soundtrack for the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Read more about Neil Hannon on Last.fm.

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