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The Recovery(1): British Post-Rock/Pop
The Recovery(2): Brooklyn Indie Rock (1) Originally a three piece, The Recovery acquired a fourth member around 18 months ago. They have supported bands such as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raveonettes, Silversun Pickups, Cooper Temple Clause, Young Knives, The Longcut and many others. They featured on last years Jim Beam Music Tour with Little Man Tate, The Motorettes and The Upper Room and are on the Fred Perry endorsed Subculture music site as one of the bands to watch this year.

Swimming may be 1 of 2 artists: "Washed in sound with a great big brush, Swimming's canvas is wide and handsome, big as the sky, colour dripped from above, layer on layer, like an Auerbach take on Pollock" – Artrocker, September ‘08. One of the most refreshing acts to have emerged from the UK in 2008, Swimming are rapidly developing a devoted fanbase on the basis of their intense and mesmerizing live shows.

Strings of Seville deliver pile-driving alternative rock with waves of warm fuzzy guitars and added art-rock shapes. Yes, they are delightfully noisy, but they always stay on the right side of melodic and distil the essence of what makes a song great, which stops them from ever vanishing up their own proverbial - often the downfall of so many bands of this ilk. The obvious My Bloody Valentine references are there in the wall-o-sound guitars, but their more direct approach recalls the thick slabs of sonic power of Siamese Dream-era Smashing Pumpkins.