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Arizona

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Arizona was an indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, NY. The band is currently on indefinite hiatus. The members are now working on other projects, including Wages (www.wageswages.com) and New Beard (www.newbeardcity.com). Arizona first formed as a three piece in 2005 when founding members Ben Wigler, Nick Campbell, and Alex Hornbake recorded debut EP "The Sun and The Room" which had artwork contributed by Brooklyn artist Deems (www.inaspoon.com).

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I am not lefthanded

I Am Not Lefthanded are a mostly-Irish three-piece alternative rock band currently based in London. Kathryn (vocals, guitar, piano) and Daniel (vocals, bass) met in Dublin in 2000, while playing in several different bands - separately and together. After a stint in California, Kathryn moved to London where Daniel was already living and they started playing together again. Recruiting former All About Eve drummer Benji, they have been playing as I Am Not Lefthanded since 2006.

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Tony Moore

Tony Moore With an eclectic career of music-making that spans over two decades to draw on, Tony has just finished a brand new solo album entitled “Perfect and Beautiful”. Produced and mixed by the Legendary Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones/INXS) the album is filled with hook-laden melodies, powerful and moving words and some of the best new musicians in London as guest performers, creating compelling performances that hark back to the great days of record-making in the 70’s. Group program director for BFBS Radio, Marc Tyley describes lead track SHAKE YOUR TREE as….

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Jaymay

There are two artists that use the name Jaymay. 1) Jamie Seerman and 2) JayMay a Christian rapper. 1. Jamie Seerman is an American folk singer-songwriter from New York. She performs under the name Jaymay. She was raised on Long Island and in 2003, unable to find a job in book publishing, Jaymay began playing open mics. Her major musical influence is Bob Dylan. She has been described by the BBC as "darling of the New York 'Anti-Folk' scene", and by the New York Times as a "big name for the indie universe".

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Kick Box Riot

Kick Box Riot are a indie-rock band with a heavy punk influence from South Wales. They formed in early 2007 and have since been fast making a name for themselves, becoming established within the welsh music scene supporting welsh heroes such as Kids In Glass Houses and The Guns on their travels. Within their first year together the band self released their debut EP 'seeing ghosts' which gained nationwide acclaim in music press drawing comparisons as diverse as Fugazi We Are Scientists and Hot Water...

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Northcape

Northcape is the ongoing work of a British artist, and can broadly be described as downtempo melodic electronica. Northcape self-released his first CD in 2005, following this with a second independent release ('Detach') in 2007 and an EP ('Some Bright Valley') on the monotonik netlabel. Northcape's latest album is Captured From Static, released by Sun Sea Sky Productions on April 6th 2010. The aim is to express ideas and evoke environments, landscapes and memory rather than to focus on the technology and techniques used.

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Christa Couture

Christa Couture’s new album is as difficult to sum up in a few words as the Mona-Lisa-like expression on her face on the cover shot. To say that it’s about “maturing through loss” will sound terribly cliché to those unfamiliar with her story; Couture is an adolescent cancer survivor whose last album was inspired in part by the death of her infant son … and who has had to endure even more loss as she’s sought to get back on her feet.

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Tetine

Tetine are Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado. They met in 1995 in São Paulo, Brazil. Since then they have created a multitude of sound works from tropical punk funk/electro & experimental baile funk driven tunes to atonal orchestral music incursions for plays, soundtracks, performances, art films and installations. Tetine have a few albums released on different record labels (Slum Dunk Music/Bizarre Music/Soul Jazz Records/Sulphur Records/Mr Bongo - for full discography please see below). They have just released a brand new album LET YOUR X's BE Y's on Soul Jazz Records . It is out NOW!

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