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Misterlee

Misterlee is an almost uncategorizable 2 piece act from Leicestershire, England, that blends alternative rock and lo-fi pop - amongst other perculiarities, to create a truly unique sound. 'FolkItUp' - Chicago's Alt-folk-zine wrote: "There is no true label or definition that one could apply to Misterlee, it stands up not only as its own sound, but provokes emotion in a way that most music can't these days"

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Framing Hanley

Framing Hanley is a five piece rock band from Cookeville, Tennessee. Nixon, Chris, Brandon, Tim, and Luke came together to form a band that was eventually named Framing Hanley. (The band was called by a different name up until 2006, Embers Fade, but changed in dedication to a great friend of the band, Ashley Hanley, who passed away.) With their amazing musical abilities and live show the band quickly gained a large following in Nashville. In November of 2006, the band was fortunate to hook up with producer Brett Hestla (Dark New Day), who helped harness their energy into two songs.

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Architects Of Grace

“As good as anything Peter Murphy, Joy Division or Nine Inch Nails ever did. Drown in its beauty and depth. Do it, do it now. 9/10” - Subbacultcha Architects Of Grace’s Duncan Robert Illing began writing and recording demos at home, the material grew stronger, admirers gathered. The resulting debut single, Hot White Sun, was re-pressed in 2010 and the original 1000 copies sold out. During 2010 the debut album was written, during this period Duncan expanded his vision, and sought out like-minded musicians and friends to help bring his material to life.

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Meat Puppets

The Meat Puppets are a rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1980. The band's best known lineup consisted of Curt Kirkwood (vocals, guitar), Cris Kirkwood (bass) and Derrick Bostrom (drums) (a lineup that lasted from its inception to 1996). They began rehearsing together by learning songs from Bostrom's collection of punk rock 45s. After briefly toying with the name "the Bastions of Immaturity," they settled on the name Meat Puppets in June, 1980, after a song by Curt of the same name which appears on their first album.

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Hella

Hella began in 2001 in Sacramento, California as a two member band consisting of Zach Hill and Spencer Seim writing technically intricate music of a highly spastic nature. They play a blend of math rock and noise rock. On early albums, the band forged their classic sound, playing minimally arranged, abrasive instrumentals that still retain an idiosyncratic sense of melody. In 2005, the band expanded their live band by adding Dan Elkan on vocals, rhythm guitar, and synth and Jonathan Hischke on bass guitar.

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OFF!

The individual roots established by Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt) are uniquely woven throughout the rock music canon. Each has challenged society's cyclical and complacent ideals in their own respective bands, and three decades on they've never strayed from their intentions.

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