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Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service are a Leeds based folk/alt-rock collective started by Rory Evers and Will Tapply over the summer of 2008.
The duo began writing songs together whilst still in school and Sleeper Service is their newest manifestation, the genesis of which occurred in early June 2008. Enlisting the help of numerous fellow Leeds musicians: guitarist/mandolin player Jay Ramsurran, pianist/singer Emer MacManus, Henry Ruddell on organ and synths, Dave Walker on drums and James on bass guitar, the band are currently recording a full length album.

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Bravo Brave Bats

From the glowing embers of three of Bristol's finest bands of recent years, Ieuan (ex You and The Atom Bomb), Hector (ex The Playwrights) and Dan (ex RV Cartel) are Bravo Brave Bats, a three-piece indie rock band taking the Bristol music scene by storm. In a whirlwind few months of recording, writing and gigging, this band have exploded onto the Bristol music scene, building a mountainous reputation for effervescent live performances and becoming the name on everyone's lips as the most exciting new band in the city.

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The Good China

www.thegoodchina.com.au TGC are an energetic eight-piece from Melbourne, Australia. Their charming indie pop has made some people clap their hands, and some people sing, and some people dance and jump and scream at the top of their lungs. After a year in hiatus they're back with a new lineup and new recordings.

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quickbeam band

Quickbeam are named after a type of tree (the Rowan family, green-geeks), a tree that apparently has positive influence over the negative and is sacred to those who worship it (in mythological language anyway). It seems a fitting moniker for this duo, Monika and Drew, from Glasgow and Aberdeen. They have performed at Glasgow

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Charlie Bath

Leeds (UK) based singer songwriter & Producer Charlie Bath is an exciting new songstress that brings her own inimitable brand of edgy acoustic romance to the singer songwriter genre. Brought up on the likes of seminal artists Joni Mitchell, James Taylor & Stevie Wonder and more recently influenced by artists such as Ryan Adams, Band of Horses, John Mayor & City and Colour, Charlie's music has "it’s own voice and what a voice it is." (GMM)

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Franka De Mille

Franka De Mille - A Road to Redemption... Franka De Mille is a London singer, songwriter and composer. Her debut album ‘Bridge The Roads’ has already received critical acclaim and extensive airplay all over the world. Emotionally raw, truly original and with sophisticated arrangements Franka De Mille’s music has an elegant blend of Americana, Chamber music and Alternative folk. Franka’s focus on strong melodies really underline the powerful emotional charge of her unique voice and deeply personal lyrics.

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Monitor Sound

Monitor Sound, based in London, UK, was formed in 2004. An acoustic sound dominates the music, bringing rich melody and harmony to the soft and hard phrases of the music. Monitor Sound has since undergone many changes in the line-up. The band has always been fronted by and played material written by Chris Matthews (guitar and vocals) and Matthew Edkins (piano and bass), whilst original members included James O'Leary (drums) and Matthew Fowkes (lead guitar).

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Volcano Choir

Volcano Choir is an American indie band that started as a collaboration between Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) and Collections of Colonies of Bees. Their debut album is Unmap and was released on September 22, 2009. It reached number 92 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. A second album, Repave, was released on September 3, 2013.
The project originally came together with songs being written in 2005. It was not recorded until the fall of 2008 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, USA.

Read more about Volcano Choir on Last.fm.

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Justin Vernon

Born April 30, 1981 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S. The man behind the 'Bon Iver' moniker. Vernon played in "DeYarmond Edison" which included the three current members of Megafaun. Vernon has released two solo albums, "Self-Record" and "Hazeltons". Vernon parted ways with DeYarmond Edison and is currently operating under his Bon Iver project name. His side projects include Volcano Choir, Gayngs, Eau Claire Memorial Jazz I and Anais Mitchell.

Read more about Justin Vernon on Last.fm.

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The Kindling

The Kindling started as a collaboration between songwriter and guitarist Guy Weir and drummer Leon Baker. In the autumn of 2010, influenced by the guerilla recording spirit of the likes of sparklehorse, tom waits, and mount eerie, they explored the recording possibilities of Guy’s place in the remote Kent countryside. They took Guy's late night songs, added distant harmonies from adjacent rooms, banjo, lap steel, mellotron, fireside percussion, and straightaway the results felt like old friends.

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