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The Brilliant Corners

At long last a band is being recognised for the influence it has had without the commercial acclaim that some of their songs deserved.
This seminal Bristol band consisted of a nucleus of Chris Galvin (bass) and David Woodward (vocals and guitars) with Bob Morris (drums) plus various others during their ten years of existence.
Through various styles they created a unique Bristol slant on the 80's which was never deemed glamorous by the press or music gliterrati in general. Some may say that the Bristol scene was insular but it was really about being yourself and getting on with things.

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Jay Stansfield

Jay Stansfield was born in 1980 in Nelson, Lancashire in the North West of England. Signed to White Label Music founded by Ann Shenton and Marc Hunter. Blessed with childlike high notes and a terribly sweet English accent with an 8 octave range, he has been called an upbeat Jeff Buckley with elements of George Harrison. http://www.wlmusic.co.uk/
http://facebook.com/jaystansfieldmusic
http://www.jaystansfield.co.uk/
http://youtu.be/gqh9YDgQGbM video for the single

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under 2000 listeners

discovered at labtones

lesser known yet streamable artists

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The Cravats

The Cravats were thrown together in 1977, the day after The Shend & Robin Dallaway had seen The Stranglers in Birmingham. Once back home in Redditch, tooled up with only a pair of bongo's and acoustic guitar, the boys got drunk and started work on The Cravats. After recruiting Martin Seys to play guitar, and Ethos Yapp to oblige on the drums the band took their set of songs into the studio to record a demo tape.

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Donkey

There is more than one artist with this name. 1. A swing-influenced band formed in Athens, GA that released two albums, Slick Night Out and Ten Cent Freaks.
2. An avant-garde band that released albums Show, Big Sur and Stone.
3. A Canadian based rock band that release the albums Legwork, Heavy Light Ears, and Kickback.
4. Tracks by the character Donkey from the movie Shrek.

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The June Brides

The June Brides were an English pop music group, formed in London in 1983, by Phil Wilson and Simon Beesley of International Rescue. Influenced by Postcard-label bands such as Josef K and punk-era bands such as The Desperate Bicycles and The Television Personalities, their mix of guitar pop with viola and trumpet formed a blueprint for many of the c86 bands that would follow. First playing live as a band in August 1983...

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Yeah Yeah Noh

Yeah Yeah Noh were a post-punk group formed in Leicester, England in 1984. They released two albums and five singles while still together, and have had two compilation albums issued since they split in 1986. The group reformed in 2011, an announcement appearing on the Cherry Red Records website: "STOP PRESS: Yeah Yeah Noh are back together and are playing live as of summer 2012, on the lookout for 'interesting gigs in fields; gardens with expansive lawns considered'."

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Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931

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Trixie's Big Red Motorbike

Trixie's Big Red Motorbike is a band formed in 1981 on the Isle of Wight, U.K. They are working on a new album of pop songs to be released early in 2013. Current members:
Mark Litten
Jane Litten https://www.facebook.com/Trixieland

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Pete Wylie

Pete Wylie (born 22 March 1958, Liverpool) is an English singer/songwriter, best known as the leader of the group variously known as Wah!, Wah! Heat, The 5,000 Names of Wah! or even The Mighty Wah!. Active from 1979, they garnered critical acclaim for the single Better Scream and the album Nah Poo! The Art Of Bluff. Their biggest hit single was The Story Of The Blues, which was released in late 1982, and ultimately reached Number 3 in the UK singles chart.

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humousexual

Humousexual is Boitel (one of the ´r´s in irrk, guitar, vocals, plays in isso*keh too, one of organisers of queeruption london, from Göttingen Germany) and Victor (vocals, drums, organiser of homocrime, queeruption London, from Northumberland, UK but lives in London). Humousexual plays pretty indie pop. they have quiet songs with handclaps and whistling that range in topic from the innocuous to political.

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