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Navvy

Navvy are a 4 piece group from Sheffield. Keith plays bass and sings; Claire sings and plays percussion and keyboards; Marie plays the drums and Daf plays the guitar. The band formed in 2006 from the ashes of several underground Sheffield bands, and their first session with Pulp's erstwhile producer Alan Smyth resulted their debut E.P. called "4 Songs By Navvy". Navvy's sound is sometimes angular and ferocious and sometimes poppy. Their songs are usually concerned with longevity and dysfunction.

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Driftrun

Driftrun comprise of four lads in their 20’s from Sheffield. Tony, Rich and Gilly all went to the same school and Tony met Chris at work in the ‘spilt factory’. After 3 years of crafting their sound, Driftrun are one of the most prominent names around on the Sheffield scene now. Never in their history have Driftrun been so confident that their music is heading in the right direction for them. The band somehow have found a way to fuse their passion for quality production, melody and rhythm, and in doing so have broken the mold of a typical local guitar based band.

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Chora

Around the turn of the century Chora’s trajectory to their astral plane became clear in Sheffield where, along with emerging kindred spirits, they represented a fresh triangulation of the northern free music family. Never wearing this Vibracathedral/Sunroof! influence on their sleeves, Chora have morphed from the premeditated electronic attacks of their early releases to the mushy tonal ur-states reached on their first European tour.

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The Trap

There are two artists with this name: 1. The Trap, a comedy sketch troupe composed of Jeremy Limb, Paul Litchfield and Dan Mersh An almost weekly podcast in released by The Trap. 'Possibly the most important 40-odd minutes of your life.' Now available from the iTunes Store! 2.The 'Trap were to be found in and around E8, East London. But it all started in a sleazy club night in Sheffield. A showdown of rock bitches, lipstick lesbians and weeping mascara as a Bold Street connection brought the two together.

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Siiiii

Siiiii were born in early 1983 when singer Paul, then only 19, moved from his native East Anglia to Sheffield purely to be in the band, joining guitarist Mark, and bassist Ange. Taking their name from William Burroughs' "The Soft Machine" they gigged extensively during the early to mid 1980's and possibly hold the record for the amount of times they were nearly signed to record labels. Siiiii disbanded in 1986 and the members went their separate ways. Mark went on to play with the Anti-Group and Paul became involved in The Niceville Tampa (now Niceville) and then DVO in South Wales.

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Bromheads

Bromheads are a 50's inspired garage band formed in Sheffield, UK in 2009. Formed by Tim Hampton,and Dan Potter from their previous 3 piece band Bromheads Jacket. They're a duo building a reputation for raucous live shows in the UK in bedsits, underground clubs to guerrilla gigs in libraries. Having released 6 singles and 6 videos in 6 months the band are continuing by releasing 1 free song each month on their official website, www.bromheads.tv.

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