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The Mudders

The Mudders is a simple band with a large sound. The Garage Pop-trio plays cocky, loud and dynamic pop with a punk energy heart. The Mudders consists of Erik Solfeldt (vocals & guitar), Anton Ljungh (bass & vocals) and Magnus Lundgren (drums). The music style is influenced by bands from the 90's indie-scene like Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Honey Is Cool, but also by new bands like Blood Red Shoes and Fight Like Apes.

Read more about The Mudders on Last.fm.

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All Time Low

All Time Low is a pop punk band from Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, that formed in 2003. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Gaskarth, guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson. The name All Time Low is taken from lyrics in the song "Head on Collision" by New Found Glory. All Time Low has released three studio albums as a band, all with the current lineup.

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The Cute Lepers

As copied and pasted from www.myspace.com/thecutelepers The Cute Lepers are a six/seven piece band from Seattle, WA equally influenced by first wave punk, mod-revival, power pop, and a soft spot in our hearts for Johnny Thunders... oh yeah, with occasional hints of doo-wop, early 60's rock'n'roll and a load of female back-up vocals. After a couple sold out singles and lengthy tours of the United States and Europe, in the summer of 2008 our debut album "Can't Stand Modern Music" was released on Damaged Goods in the U.

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Tonight Alive

Tonight Alive are a 5 piece pop-punk band from Castle Hill, Australia. The band consists of bassist Cameron Adler, guitarist Jake Hardy, vocalist Jenna McDougall, drummer Matty Best and guitarist/vocalist Whakaio "Whak" Taahi. Forming in 2008, the band have worked up a strong following in Australia's pop-punk scene, playing shows with bands such as Fireworks, Heroes For Hire and The Wonder Years.

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Wonkavision

Wonkavision is an indie rock band with loads of moogs, power guitars and vocal harmonies a la 60s. Firstly inspired by the north-american band The Rentals, Wonkavision is mostly characterised by the contrast between the sweetness of their melodies and the sarcasm of their lyrics.
Their debut album Wonkainvasion was released in 2004 in Brazil, and won a national award for the best indie rock album that year. In 2007, Wonkavision signed with the Tokyo based label PowerPop Academy and released an English version of the same album in Japan.

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Broadcaster

(NOTE: there are 2 active bands named Broadcaster, as well as a number of non-active bands with that name) Broadcaster is a band from Long Island, NY featuring Jesse Litwa (of Royal City Riot) on Guitar and Vocals, Anthony Vito Fraccalvieri (of Royal City Riot/ex-Stealing Jane) on Drums and Tom Kelly (of Tomahawk Chop/ex-The Homecoming Queens) on Bass. Their first release 'Welcome to the Wetlands' is available for free on their bandcamp and on Woodland Records. They currently have a 7inch split record with New Year's Revolution from Audubon Records.

Read more about Broadcaster on Last.fm.

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Flicks

Flicks originally started as a 3 piece Pop/Rock Band from Brisbane, Australia, which formed in late 2007. They worked hard writing and crafting their live performance playing 100 school shows over the next 2 years. In 2009 Flicks commenced writing their first radio single Hayley, which was inspired by the lead singer of Paramore and all-around-hottie, Hayley Williams. Produced by Todd Morse (H20, The Offspring, Juliette Lewis) it was recorded at the Grove Studios in Gosford...

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