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Reef

The band members included Gary Stringer on vocals, Kenwyn House on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass and Dominic Greensmith on drums. Their second album, Glow, is ranked at number 26 in Kerrang!'s "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" list.

Although most members of Reef have West Country connections, it wasn't until the four members met in London that the band was formed.

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Astro Firs

Formed in late 2006, 4-Piece Indie-Rock lads, Astro Firs, are on a fast track to bigger things. Meeting in School in Falmouth, Cornwall and after barely a year as a band, the boys were spotted on MySpace by B-Unique Records (Kaiser Chiefs, Primal Scream, The Automatic…) and after short dialogue and several meetings, Astro Firs signed a publishing deal. Since then, the band has played with bands such as The Enemy, Idlewild, The Subways and The Twang; being quoted as “Ripping the roof off” and gaining admirers wherever they go.

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GEM

There are at least two bands called GEM (or Gem): 1. GEM is a rock band from Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2. Gem is a 1990s band from Ohio with members from Guided By Voices, Doug Gillard and Tim Tobias. * * * 1. The four-piece rock band GEM from Utrecht, The Netherlands, was founded in 2003 and plays energetic rock, mixing grit with melody. GEM has released three albums of which NEW (2008) is the most recent.

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Yadi

There are two artists with this name: 1) Hannah Yadi, a pop singer from London and 2) The electronic band from Rostov-on-Don.
1) Hannah Yadi is a pop singer from London. With shades of La Roux in her vocal delivery and all the powerful confidence and arresting good looks of Marina & the Diamonds, Yadi is the stuff A&R dreams are made of, an artist possessing all the chart-friendly hooks and major label starpower to hit the bigtime while at the same time remaining unique enough to stand out from the pack.

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In Gowan Ring

In Gowan Ring is the musical endeavour of American composer and multi-instrumentalist B'eirth. Started in the early 1990s, In Gowan Ring plays acoustic songs with strong roots in folk, medieval, and psychedelic music. B'eirth's soft voice is accompanied by (among other instruments) guitar, harp, piano, cello, bodhrán and many of his own instrument creations (citterns, guitars, hybrids, etc.). In Gowan Ring has cooperated with many artists from the international folk and experimental scenes, such as: Stone Breath, Maja Elliott, Nick Castro, Fern Knight, Annelies Monseré, and Alio Die.

Read more about In Gowan Ring on Last.fm.

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Slaves

There are two groups under the name Slaves.
One being a solo project from a member of numerous other projects such as Kafei's Mask, Bombchu Bowling?, and I Love the Tour.
The other, is only known by this description:
"sur aint slafes against scorpionz."

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Goodnight Owl

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Goodnight Owl can lead the way in two directions, an embrace of the dawn, or an adventure into the dark. Make it what you will, Central Australian born Eddie Alexander has developed his song writing to take the listener on a journey lyrically and musically.

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Mr B

Mr B is an Brisbane-based indie pop band. It consists of members Kevin Tofu (lead vocals), Kevin Jigglypuff (bass) and Kevin Ham (guitar), who replaced lead guitarist Kevin Celery when he died in a car crash in 1992. Their latest release, Silence of the Islambs, is a scathing commentary on the state of society in the 21st century.

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The Respirators

The Respirators are a three piece formed and based out of Merseyside, UK in 2006. The band consist of Pete Mitchelson (singer), Dean Hughes (guitarist/bassist) with former members Adam Robert and Jake Meadows. Originally a three piece with Dean Hughes having vocal duties The Respirators performed under the name of 'Dynamic Entry', before singer Peter Mitchelson joined. Since then The Respirators have refined their musical stylings...

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