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Albert Hammond, Jr.

Albert Hammond, Jr. (born April 9, 1980, in Los Angeles) is a musician best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Strokes. Outside of the band, he has released two solo albums. The son of Gibraltarian-British songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr. was sent to the elite boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland at the age of 13. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who would go on to be a fellow band member. In 1998, Albert met up with Julian in New York City and together they formed a band with Julian's former schoolmates: Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

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singer-songwriter

Alternative Rock

albert hammond jr

love at first listen

amiable/good-natured

records and tapes

albert hammond jr guitargasm

twinkling starry skies

i wear emerald crowns

happy summer days

stroke of genius

Sigh and swoon in equal measure

All the cool kids listen to this

Post-punk revival

thestrokes-member

garage rock revival

the strokes related

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PRAXIS

There are several artists with that name. 1) Praxis was an ever-changing musical project led by prolific producer Bill Laswell. Praxis combined elements of different musical genres such as funk, jazz, hip hop and heavy metal into highly improvised music. The band first appeared in 1992 with the critically acclaimed Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), Laswell, guitarist Buckethead, keyboardist Bernie Worrell and drummer Bryan ''Brain'' Mantia have defined the direction of the band over the last 15 years.

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Progressive rock

Experimental Rock

Progressive metal

alternative metal

guitar virtuoso

Alternative Rock

The best of the best

Avant-garde Metal

instrumental rock

experimental metal

avant-garde jazz

russian deathcore

industrial metal

Psychedelic Rock

lesser known yet streamable artists LT2K

russian metalcore

more than ipecac

Progressive metal

Radio Griesgram

bearl3a1e5da4n15l1

jazz-instrumental

instrumental funk

lesser known yet streamable artists

need to listen to

avant-garde rock

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Nina Persson

Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. Originally, she was going to art school until she started with the The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. She has also worked with rock group Sparklehorse. She appears on the Manic Street Preachers song "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" on the album "Send Away the Tigers".

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