The Callas are Lakis and Aris Iwnas: Brothers, artists, editors of Velvet magazine, owners of Out Of Tune ! label, 4-Track superheroes, DIY darlings. 'Diy Or Die' is a pure rock-punk album, played with a guitar and a set of children's drums!
http://www.myspace.com/thecallas
Kerbdog are a heavy rock band from Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland who began writing in 1991. Their music has been described as "an unbending alloy of matt-black, titanium-tough metal and shimmering melody.", in contrast to compatriots U2's "fake authenticity" and the "tyranny of soul" espoused by Van Morrison. U2 & Van Morrison being from very different areas naturally! Kerbdog were formed in 1991 by Cormac Battle (vocals/guitar), Colin Fennelly (bass guitar) and Darragh Butler (drums) under the repressive regime of the Christian Brothers.
These Are Powers are known for the dissonance of their early recordings, a cacophony of rhythms and industrial/electronic experiments that recalled Throbbing Gristle one moment, DNA the next. Their most recent album, "All Aboard Future", was released in February 2009. Exotic, abstract, hand-crafted sounds--made, found and electronically born. Some wail from Pat Noecker's prepared bass; others stem from the idiosyncratic vocal and guitar style of Anna Barie.
Italian post-rock band. Marlene Kuntz music is an original convergence of 80's noise, post-punk and dark rock (Sonic Youth, Gun Club, Wire, Swans, Einstürzende Neubauten) and poetic influences close to Nick Cave and Scott Walker, mixed up with personal twilight tendencies in troubled ballads.
Celan is the brainchild of Ari Benjamin Meyers (Einsturzende Neubauten, Redux Orchestra) and Chris Spencer (of Unsane fame). They met in Berlin during an Unsane tour and immediately got interest in creating a project to combine and melt their completely different backgrounds (classical, avantgarde, industrial, noise and hardcore). Phil Roeder, Franz Xavier (ex-members of flu.ID) and Niko Wenner (guitarist extraordinaire from OXBOW) completed the line-up that recorded the debut album Halo in 2009.
One of the many personalities of Okmoniks drummer and Sneaky Pinks founder Justin Champlin, Nobunny (with and without the Fabulous Flys) is a tucson-founded, oakland-based, bunny-faced act specializing in 60s-style garage rock and pop. NOBUNNY LOVES YOU!
Robedoor is the duo of Alex: slime, knives and distortion, and Notnotfun label head honcho Britt on fire, howls and cloaks... Hmmm... but what does all that mean, sonically? Well, precisely what you might imagine. A blackened drone drenched world of slime and knives and fire, dense clouds of distorted howls, a thick cloak of fuzz and buzz wrapped around the proceedings like a thick, well, cloak! Actually this is a lot prettier than you might imagine. That is, if your idea of pretty includes tons of low end and a world of slow motion doomdrone.
There are five bands called Geisha. One of them is a British noiserock band from Bristol, known also as Geisha Noise Research Group (http://www.myspace.com/geishanoiseresearchgroup) The second is a Finnish pop group from the 80's. The third is another 80's band desribed below. The fourth are from London/Brighton. The fifth are a rock combo from Trondheim, Norway. For the latter, visit http://www.myspace.com/geishauniverse/