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Pikelet

Pikelet is a band from Melbourne, initially just the name for solo artist Evelyn Morris (Baseball, True Radical Miracle), who begun playing music in indie and hardcore bands as a drummer and vocalist. After leaving these bands, she started overlapping acoustic guitar, piano accordion, voice and alternative percussion techniques with a looping pedal, and created a handmade demo CD, 'Chair + Lamp', unofficially released in mid-2006, followed by another self-released EP, entitled...

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Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard (born August 11, 1976 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American musician and songwriter who has formed several indie bands. He is most notable as the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie; his other projects include The Postal Service and All-Time Quarterback. He has also created music under his name and under the band Pinwheel. Gibbard appeared as a guest on Jimmy Tamborello's (his Postal Service collaborator) Dntel album entitled Life is Full of Possibilities (2001) - Specifically, he contributed vocals to the song "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan.

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Roadside Poppies

Roadside Poppies are an indie pop band based in Copenhagen (DK) and Cambridge (UK) with members in both countries. Roadside Poppies were established in Cambridge, UK in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist and singer Matloob Qureshi as a one-man 'pop with tuneless singing' project, but the project quickly grew into a full band, and as they now had two songwriters, two lead singers and had added skillful keyboard- and guitar players. The indie pop ensemble managed to stray a small distance off the grassy verge of tunelessness and into a field of catchy and bass-driven guitar pop songs.

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The Medics

There are two artists with this name:
1. A Dutch indie rock band
2. An Australian rock band 1. The Medics are an indie band which formed in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2008. Along the way, The Medics have been labeled as 'Morrissey on speed', but gain also heavy influences from bands like The Strokes, Vampire Weekend and The Killers. Early 2009 The Medics released a three song EP. In October 2010 The Medics released the first single called City. Their debut album Dance Into The Dark with the same titled single Dance into the dark has been be released at the end of august 2011.

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Three Colours

Three Colours are Tom Cajelo (vocals/guitar), Will Headlam-Wells (guitar/violin), Paddy Doran (bass/programs) and Mike Worthington (drums/programs). They formed in the spring of 2009 after Paddy and Mike responded to adverts placed by Tom and Will for likeminded musicians.
Their music can loosely be described as progressive/melodic rock with electronic/dance influences. Live, the band use a combination of programmed beats and loops to expand their sound.

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The Guild League

Led by Lucksmiths lead mouth Tali White the Melbourne (Australia) based 6 piece line up is its most rockin' incarnation yet featuring lead-cellist/bassist Cressida Griffith, Sax Prodigy Gus Rigby, drummer about town Phil Collings, trumpet from Roger the tall man Clark and guitar magic from Basic Shapes Gerry Eeman. The favourite band you may not have known you had, the Guild League make music that you'll want to hug hard.

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betika

There are two artists that go by the name of Betika: 1. Death-pop, played with zeal and vigour by the musical wing of a sinister youth movement. Pronounced BEH-tick-uh. 2. A singer from the Côte d'Ivoire. Pronounced b'-TEEK-uh.

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Stars Of Aviation

Stars of Aviation are a pop group from Brighton and London. They met in university Russian class in 1998 and started playing together in 2000. Since then, they have grown in number to eight and now feature guitars, drums, trumpet, accordion, keyboards and bassoon. Stars of Aviation have released a number of EPs and singles. Marie et l'accordeon, released on Kitchen Records in 2006, gained radio play from Huw Stephens on Radio 1 and a number of BBC 6Music shows and was described as 'a slice of escapist wonder'.

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Carnival Kids

***Last.fm scrobbles a different band hence incorrect tags and similar artists.
this is the info you're after: Eric Molumby, Andreas Westhagen, John Stark and Jethro Fox formed Carnival Kids in the autumn of 2010. Bewildering, brassy and ungoverned, these four boys who all met in Liverpool, are to be watched closely.
There is no permanence in their music; there are no regulations in their style, Carnival Kids hold to no boundaries. If only you would give them a listen.

Read more about Carnival Kids on Last.fm.

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