alternative pop-rock

Clare & the Reasons

Clare and the Reasons call Brooklyn home, but after touring around the world extensively for their first two albums with Van Dyke Parks, My Brightest Diamond, and on their own, they needed a new setting – one that would make them see and hear differently. For 8 months in 2011 they lived in an apartment on Berlin’s Bergstrasse, on the western edges of what used to be the East. They got a 1968 Schwalbe moped – model KR-51 – and sped around the city at a velocity the congested New York streets would have prohibited.

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Youngblood Hawke

Youngblood Hawke is an indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California in 2011. History Both Simon Katz and Sam Martin were in the band Iglu & Hartly, but after a 2011 hiatus, the two reformed with three of their long-time friends to form Youngblood Hawke. Their name is taken from the Herman Wouk novel of the same name. In October 2011 before landing a record deal with Universal Republic, Youngblood had a residency at The Satellite in Los Angeles. Aside from that, the group has performed at SXSW, playing showcases such as Comedy Central Workaholics showcase and Purevolume House .

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Sea of Bees

Sea Of Bees is the creation of Sacramento resident vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Julie Ann Bee (Julie Baenziger). One day Julie, or Jules to those closest to her, was singing in Tape Op Magazine publisher John Baccigaluppi's studio "The Hangar", to which John felt immediately compelled to introduce himself.
An EP (Bee Eee Pee) and LP later (both firsts), Jules seems ready to bring her music (the result of much collaboration and dedication) to the limelight.

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Guy Blackman

Legendary at promoting others but not himself, Guy Blackman is the operator of Chapter Music (www.chaptermusic.com.au), writes for Victorian newspaper The Age and has written and performed music both with Sleepy Township and under his own name.
Born and raised in Perth, Australia before moving to Melbourne in 1995, Blackman is a passionate performer and music theorist. Fearless in the personal topics he tackles, he has won fans over across the world; fans such as Jens Lekman, The Crayon Fields...

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Boy And Bear

Boy & Bear was four separate bands until they decided to leave their respective collectives and represent one 'a-little-bit-better' band. After performing as Dave Hosking during 2008 the band decided to re-name the project and embrace a new direction and sound of 70's folk rock. Boy & Bear is a Sydney based band built on the collaboration of three front men of separate bands. The combination of three songwriters has resulted in songs that refuse to stay within the boundaries of one genre... Boy & Bear are launching their new single, Mexican Mavis at Spectrum on October 21st.

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Braid

Braid is an American band from Urbana, Illinois that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on Bob Nanna on vocals and guitar, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar and vocals and Roy Ewing on drums. Roy was replaced in 1997 by Damon Atkinson. In 1999 Braid disbanded and went on to form Hey Mercedes with all band members minus Chris Broach (who went on to form The Firebird Band) and adding Mark Dawursk. The band reformed for a US tour in 2004 and, now that Hey Mercedes are defunct, apparently intend to tour sporadically.

Sleeper

There are five artists with this name:
1. A popular British alternative band active from 1993 to 1998
2. A dubstep producer from Coventry, England
3. An experimental hip-hop musician
4. A garage rock band from Oklahoma formed in 2008.
5. A minimal house producer based out of Atlanta. 1. Sleeper was a britpop group which formed in 1993 in Manchester, England. The band consisted of Louise Wener (vocals, guitar), Jon Stewart (guitar), Diid Osman (bass) and Andy Maclure (drums). The band released three albums - Smart, The It Girl and Pleased To Meet You - and split in 1998.

Loci

Loci (1) agit-rawk band, 2002-present; (2) Acoustic Folk artist (1) Loci are a UK based rock band. Their aggressive, spasmodic music and live performances typify agit-rawk. Loci consist of Ben Rosser, Janet Jaurgeui, & Tim Thorne. They released the Filtered to Function in at the end of 2006. The band self-recorded and produced the release - the CD inlay quotes the release as being recorded on thedeathstrip. Tracks from the EP are available from their official website, www.locionline.com. Their most recent EP Medic was released winter 2008.

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Amatorski

Amatorski is a young Belgian band formed in 2008 and based in Ghent, with a melancholic and narrative style, and some reminiscences of Portishead, Sigur Rós, or Radiohead. Though their name means 'amateurs', they reached the finals of the Belgian rock contest Rockrally in 2010. The intimate song Come Home hit #1 in 'De Afrekening', the alternative hit chart on radio station Studio Brussel. In 2010 they released the Same Stars We Shared (Amatorski debut) EP. Their debut longplayer TBC was released in May 2011.

Jherek Bischoff

Jherek Bischoff is a Seattle musician with one solo album released on Jason Webley's Eleven Records. His songs are shadowing soundscapes with mysterious lyrics. He also has a new release on Osaka Records under the moniker of 'Ribbons' He’s served as both full-time member and guest musician/arranger for and the Jason Webley Quartet, as well as experimental pop crews The Dead Science, Xiu Xiu and Parenthetical Girls.

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