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Santa Dog

Santa Dog play sparkly, sassy, summer-soaked pop with chiming guitars and a sinister perimeter. Think Blondie going two rounds with the Throwing Muses on the edge of a cliff with a stiff breeze whipping up skirts and causing mischief and you're still nowhere near capturing the band's distinctive sound and uniquely English charm. This Bristol-based four piece have have released three EPs(Delicate, Chemical and Belle De Jour), an album(Kittyhawk on Quince Records), a vinyl 7"(Big Bang on Sounds Xp) and are due to release 'Spark It Up' in November 2008.

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Farthing Wood

Following a trail of inspiration, leading from the Pavements and Junglelands of the US to the remote parts of Scotland, Farthing Wood emerge from the foliage eager to spread the word about the places they slept, loved, escaped and dreamed of along the way.

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Full Scream Ahead

It's hard to believe that FULL SCREAM AHEAD are brand new on the music scene. Formed in 2008, they have played a handful of impressive live shows around the country, already earning support slots with Attack! Attack!, Lights Action and Twin Atlantic. 2009 is set to be an intensive year for the band. With a brand new 6-track EP We Write Our Own Anthems to promote and more writing and recording on the agenda the band will be working themselves hard - and will not stop until long after the dust settles.

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North Sea Navigator

Paul Nash moved to Bristol UK in 2003 to join Warp-signing Gravenhurst and to form North Sea Navigator. Leaving Gravenhurst to concentrate on his own project, Nash expanded North Sea Navigator to a live 3-piece with Charlotte Nicholls (Crippled Black Phoenix) and Tim Atack (Angel Tech/The Heath Robinson), subsequently self-releasing Alibis EP and “stunning debut album” (Rock Sound) Make The Blacklist.

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Feline1

Feline1 is a Northern Irish musician living in Brighton, Sussex, UK. He owns too many analogue synthesizers and has ginger hair. His main influences are Yukio Mishima, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and that time when Kenny Everett's bum grew bigger and bigger until he floated up to the ceiling and blew up.
He used to be in a moderately unsuccesful band called The Feline Dream, and is currently the personal live sound engineer of 2-girl 1-boy Brighton electro-racketeers, Miss Pain. From 2007 to 2009 he played boards of keyness, cello, bass guitar and backing vocals for Brighton band Hollow Moon.

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Saddar Bazaar

Saddar Bazaar (translation: central market) is band based in Bristol, UK. Formed in 1990 by Shaun Hyder (sitar) and Rehan Matthew Hyder (guitar), they were soon joined by John Sage on drums and supported various bands in the local area such as The Seers, Praise Space Electric and the Bevis Frond. They also played at the well known Ashton Court Community Festival in Bristol.
By 1992 John had left the band and had been replaced by David Spencer, whilst Tainenska Royal came in on flute and keyboards.

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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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Elspeth Anne Macrae

Elspeth has been playing solo for about a year, after the demise of her band, Milkteeth. She writes about all sorts of things, and is influenced by this sorta stuff:
Rasputina
Le Tigre
Roman Abramovich
Carlos Castenada
Gogol Bordello
Dr Who
Regina Spektor
Sylvia Plath
Bonnie Prince Billy
driving through the SAS base late at night to see what they're up to.

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