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Ultraxine

What do you want to do with your life? (copyright Twisted Sister)...
WE WANNA ROCK AND ROLL! Originally started as a musical amalgamation writing cheesy pop-influenced rocky punk, Ultraxine are a group of individuals who strongly believe in doing things their own way....whether this be drinking mugs of tea on the grimy streets of London, walking around Sheffield in pyjamas, or even writing the occasional song.

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Nude

NUDE refers to 6 bands : 1/ a German electronic band
2/ an American Indie-pop trio
3/ a French Rock band
4/ a Slovenian rock band
5/ a danish band fronted by Kenneth Thordal
6/ a now-disbanded Japanese rock band 1/
Nude is an electronic act from Germany. The band consists of Marc Werner, Isabelle Gernand and Thorsten Stier. According to Werner, approximately 250 other artists have contributed through mixes. Nude's debut album "Fake Credibility" was released in summer 2006.

Read more about Nude on Last.fm.

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At The Skylines

At The Skylines was formed in 2009 and play a melodic not your usual post-hardcore. They're all based in Southern California around Huntington Beach. They produced a self titled EP in 2009 with producer Kris Comeaux. They're a six-piece band who write from their souls. They recently got signed to Roadrunner Records and their debut album will be named "The Secrets To Life" and its set to release May 8.

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Lights

Valerie Poxleitner, best known as her stage name LIGHTS is a female artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She composes and sings electronic indie-pop songs. She has released a self-titled EP and is currently working on her first full-length album. She is perhaps best known for having her songs featured on Old Navy commercials and co-writing songs for Instant Star.
Poxleitner, at the age of 15, tried for a modeling casting held by Walmart. The modeling supervisor for these particular fliers noticed she had a guitar in her hand in her sample picture, and was wondering if she played.

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We Are the In Crowd

We Are The In Crowd didn’t require much time to live up to their name.

Formed in 2009 and signed by Hopeless Records shortly after, this is a band that had all their dominoes poised and ready to fall in their favor in quick succession. Armed with an irresistible combo of male and female vocals, the handful of vibrant songs the group have released are only tastes of what’s on the horizon.

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Owl City

Owl City is a synthpop project of Adam Young. Formed early 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Owl City has reached the "Top Unsigned Artist" position on Myspace, having over 10 million total plays. His best known single is 2009's "Fireflies", which in October 2009 hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Owl City has released the EP "Of June" in 2007; the album "Maybe I'm Dreaming" 2008; and in 2009, the album "Ocean Eyes" was released. Young maintains two side projects, Swimming With Dolphins, and Port Blue.

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The New Cities

Blending the timeless tastiness of classic synth-pop to the intensity and dynamics of modern punk and the irrefutable rump mobilization of the recent dance-rock insurgence, the New Cities are primed to bring their own form of urban renewal to the Canadian pop-music scene and beyond as their first single, “Dead End Countdown,” hit radio waves in February, with the full album, "Lost In City Lights", released in May 2009.

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The Maudlin Hounds

THE MAUDLIN HOUNDS
Hard rock powertrio from the northern Norway. "The Roaring Season", NEW album OUT NOW!. Melodic, hard hitting & in-your-face rock 'n' roll from one of Norway's finest acts of it's genre.
If you're into Foo Fighters, Against Me!, Manic Street Preachers and the heavy greats of the 70's,
this NEW album of The Maudlin Hounds might be right up your alley. HQ: Storsteinnes, Balsfjord - (NO)..
Formed: 2002
Releases: EP (2003)
Somersaulting (2006)
The Roaring Season (2012)

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