Artists Ive Met

Be A Familiar are a 7-piece band from Glasgow, Scotland. Their optimistic pop rock sound is made up of boy-girl vocals, guitars, drums, cello, trumpet and piano.

When iconic Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam called Air Cav asking the band to headline his night at Paris' coolest venue, La Fleche D'Or, it was the beginning of something big. Sharing a passion for all things aurally uplifting from traditional English ballads, sixties garage to Eastern sitar music they'd been making waves on the local scene since summer 2006 when Sophie brought her folk-flavoured violin to join Chris, Mark and Allan's sparkling, crashing anthems.

I first heard of Poppy And The Jezebels back in September 2006 when they performed a live session for Mark Riley's BBC 6 Music radio show. The music is a glorious mix of 80's post punk, pop, Velvet Underground and even a splash of kraut rock for good measure. Their debut single can currently be heard on their MySpace page.... http://www.myspace.com/poppyandthejezebels

Optional Wallace from Manchester formed in Spring 2005. In their short existence they’ve played around 100 gigs, and record three demo’s at +6db in Salford with producer Ding. They've had radio play on local shows xfm and Gmr, Lamacq's digital radio station music 6, and John Kennedy’s show on xfm. “The Wallace” are releasing their new demo “Clinging to the ground” in time for their next gigs @ Strummercamp festival (27th May) Manchester Rugby Club, and the Euro Cultured Festival @ the Attic (28th May). For More information please check out optionalwallace.com