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Spartak

Improvising duo from Canberra, Australia featuring Shoeb Ahmad and Evan Dorrian. Their sound is rooted in free jazz and micro-sound as well as bands like Fugazi and The Ex, utilising loops and processed melodies to build their songforms from. On any given night, they can work their pieces into ambient passages or post-punk riots. They have toured Australia, Malaysia and Singapore, playing shows with the likes of Adrian Klumpes, My Disco, Cleptoclectics, Akta Angkasa and many others.

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Enforcer

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Enforcer is a Heavy Metal band formed in 2004 in Arvika, Sweden. Enforcer plays and performs in a style very similar to older speed metal bands like Agent Steel, Exciter and Anvil. When the Sweden Rock Magazine asked them about playing "old school", they answered that heavy metal isn't old school, it's timeless. They released their first album, Into the Night, through Heavy Artillery in late 2008. Members:
Olof Wikstrand - Vocals

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Souls

There has been at least 4 different bands named Souls. They are in order of popularity: 1. A disbanded Swedish noisy but poppy band from the 90's.
2. A hard rock outfit from Bristol, UK.
3. A mellow rock band from Bangladesh.
4. A Christian band from Park Community Church of Chicago. 1. Souls was a Swedish noisy but poppy band from the 90's. Composed of Cecilia Nordlund on vocals and guitar
Andreas Grevsten Danielsson on guitar
Johan Freitholtz on bass
Bo-Peter Andersson on drums

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Kevin

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Kevin is a band from Fleet in Hampshire, they split up a good few years ago. 2) Kevin is a Danish electronic music producer under F&W Records. 3) Kevin is a Finnish indie rock group. Band members are Antti Alén - drums, percussion, Finn Andersson - bass, vocals, Jussi Ristikaarto - guitars, organs, vocals and Ville Särmä - lead vocals, guitars. The group describes their music this way: "Imagine the MC5 moving to San Francisco, quitting hard drugs and befriending David Crosby.

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Moonlit Sailor

Moonlit Sailor is a young band from a city in Sweden called Borås. The band started out as an indie rock band in 2006 but later developed into an instrumental indie-postrock band. The band released their new album entitled 'A Footprint Of Feelings' in May-2008 and they also did a two week european tour in june 2008. Reviwers have been blown away with Moonlit Sailor's melodic, emotional and captivating sound and a lot of good reviews of the album have been written with strong words like; "Success!" and "One of 2008's best post-rock releases!"

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Taxi Taxi!

Taxi Taxi! is a duo of twins, Miriam Eriksson Berhan and Johanna Eriksson Berhan from Stockholm, Sweden. On the basis of just two demos (made public via the Internet) they have made many friends all around Sweden and Denmark and have already performed at such festivals as Roskilde and Hultsfred Festival. Their debut self-titled ep was released in Spring of 2007 (in collaboration with producer Bj

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra has earned an international reputation for excellence since 1902. This distinguished orchestra participates annually in the Nobel Prize ceremonies. Since 1926, the orchestra has been based in the Stockholm Concert Hall designed by Ivar Tengborn, who envisioned building a classical Greek temple set near the Polar Circle which would honor music. His vision has been fulfilled by this world-renowned ensemble.

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Thoth

There are 3 acts with this name:
1 - A polish Black Metal band featuring Rob Darken from Graveland and members from Ohtar and Dark Fury
2 - Thoth, a.k.a. S. K. Thoth (born Steve Kaufman) is a performance artist based in the New York area. His works center around a fictional universe called the Festad.
3 - Thoth is a dark ambient/experimental artist based in Boston who has released only one digital album to date, called Lost Hour.

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Anekdoten

Anekdoten is a Swedish progressive rock band, made up of guitarist/vocalist Nicklas Barker, cellist Anna Sofi Dahlberg, bassist/vocalist Jan Erik Liljeström and drummer Peter Nordins. They are notable for the use of the mellotron and the heavy, trippy sound, dominated by a bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially King Crimson, but they have also covered songs by Van Der Graaf Generator and Magma in their live performances.

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