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The Weeknd

The Weeknd is a Toronto-based R&B singer named Abel Tesfaye. Abel started uploading songs to YouTube in 2010 and in March of 2011 he dropped his first mixtape, House of Balloons. In August of 2011, he dropped his second mixtape, Thursday. His third mixtape, Echoes of Silence, was released on December 21 2011. The Weeknd takes his ambivalent emotional tenor and stretches it out, building a whole worldview from it. He has sampled artists such as Beach House and Siouxsie and the Banshees. http://the-weeknd.com/

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The Correspondents

DJ Chuckles and Mr Bruce are The Correspondents. This veteran duo play swing with a contemporary twist; the Big Band sound of the 20s and 30s is revamped for the 21st Century. Chuckles is the music maker, a highly skilled producer who is difficult to pigeon hole. His tracks are lyrical and jazzy yet they bounce like hip hop, they are intricate yet his tunes are woven together with a pervading humour. His talent as a producer is matched by his agility as a DJ. He has an uncanny ability to judge a crowd and make them jive laying down a history of upbeat swing from Benny Goodman to Jurassic 5.

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Hold The Reins

Hold The Reins are currently an amateur band who class themselves as "the margin between rock and metal" Original and current members include: Guitar/Vocals - Ryan Scott
Guitar/Backup Vocals - Carl Place
Bass/Backup Vocals - Daniel Herring
Drums - Dominic Smith

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Just Handshakes (We're British)

Hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, Just Handshakes (We’re British) are an Art-PowerPop-Wave quartet. The band draws influence from a wide range of sources, such as the Indie music output of Sweden, New-wave and Yorkshire tea.
Formed at the end of 2007 on a dingy Leeds industrial estate, each band member brings their own musical quirks, charms and influences, with comparisons being drawn with Young Marble Giants...

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Amongst the Pigeons

CAT got your ear?.. Based in Brighton, Amongst the Pigeons is a place inhabited by soaring loops and the beating of electronic wings. Discovered in early 2005 via the talk-speak places internet people huddle, ATP grew forth. Radio One’s Rob Da Bank was quick to champion tracks (Firefly and the classic la la la la la laa song) from seminal EP release, ‘wings wings: beat’, which also slunk their way onto XFM, Juice, WCRfm, and Radio Reverb. Contrary to the posters that have appeared on Brighton streets, CAT was not lost - just hiding, honing, purrfecting…

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Damn Terran

DAMN TERRAN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ damn –verb (used with object) 1. To declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal. terran 1. The term Terran is commonly used in science fiction to refer to humans. The word derives from Latin terra meaning Earth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn Terran produce a distinctly raw and energetic type of rock music. The songs vary in style and arrangement, from the fast, catchy "Man Of Your Dreams" to heavy workouts such as "Oh".

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The Velcro Teddybears

The Story
Music is a funny thing, it can make you laugh, cry, rejoice and recline. It can force anger, despair and enthusiasm, yet not a soul on this earth will ever understand how? It can be as simple as a couplet, riff, or rhyme, but for the life we have we won’t understand why? A chord might strike E, connotations of blues, a chord might strike D, connotation of sprite, but when all is well, bad, grave or good music will still live.

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