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Sam Brookes

Fresh from a well-received whistle stop UK tour support slot with Kinks front man Ray Davies, Samuel Brookes releases his debut single as a solo artist Breathe Me In / In Weeks this month on Helium Records. With all this experience behind him, Samuel is already an accomplished musician and performer with an emerging depth and maturity that increasingly shows in his writing. His finely crafted songs, immaculate phrasing and beautifully modulated delivery reach easily beneath the skin of his audience.

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Showcase

Ex local Maryland Band. Unfortunately, they've been broken up for about 4 years now. Showcase's music does not fit into any one particular genre of rock, so they refer to their sound as being "NEOP rock". NEOP rock is described by Martin as "punk without the powerchords, emo without the whining, pop without the crappiness, and modern rock without sounding like everything else on the radio." By combining influences from these and other genres, Showcase has a very original driving rock sound that cannot be heard anywhere else.

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Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Thao and The Get Down Stay Down is a San Francisco, California-based (formerly Falls Church, Virginia) alternative folk rock music group. It consists of Thao Nguyen (vocals, guitar), and Adam Thompson (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards). Frank Stewart (lead guitar, production) and Willis Thompson (drums) are former members of the band. In January of 2008, the group released their debut album We Brave Bee Stings and All. In 2010, they released their second album Know Better Learn Faster. and In 2013, they released their third album We The Common

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Catcher

An Indie Rock band formed in 1994 and based in Glasgow, Scotland. The band has had numerous lineups but essentially revolves around the songwriting of singer/guitarist Michael Barry. Musically they fall somewhere between the frenetic rush of early Buzzcocks and the considered celtic folkisms of Christy Moore.
The band have released 4 albums, most recently 2007's "Bi Polar Bear Disorder" and hold the record for most appearances in the city's King Tuts Wah Wah Hut.

Love Connection

Love Connection is a Melbourne four-piece making synth-washed hypno-pop, crafted using instruments made entirely of glitter, rainbows and the hairs of unicorns. Their debut self titled album, Love Connection, was released by Sensory Projects early 2010. Love Connection was the shortlived moniker of house producer Ricky Romanini, who scored a Euro hit with the 2000 single 'The Bomb'.

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Antiskeptic

After almost 10 years and nearly 1000 shows, Melbourne power trio Antiskeptic have decided to finish their incredible journey this September. And what a journey it has been! Formed in the back of a record store in 1999, the band quickly rose to prominence through the strength of their energetic live shows and acclaimed recorded material. Hard working and independent, the band self-financed numerous EPs and albums including Memoirs of a Common Man (2001), Aurora (2003) and Monuments (2006).

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hodmadoddery

Busking duo - two guitarists and singers. Play mostly British folk songs. Regulars on the European busking festival circuit - and for many years the first programmed band at every Glastonbury Festival (on the Market area Bandstand, aka. Babylon Bandstand)

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