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Possessed By Paul James

"One-man band Konrad Wert grew up in a Mennonite family, raised by preacher father and a piano player mother, which accounts for both the baptized-in-fire-soul and musical versatility heard in his gritty Old World music. Wert's mix of blues and vintage folk howls with a sense of explosive freedom and latent rage-not unlike an Amish kid emerging from the wilderness to discover America -that instills his simple guitar/fiddle/stomp-box arrangements with unusual passion.

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Sweet Honey In The Rock

Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble that has been producing music for more than thirty years. Although the members of the group have changed over time, the music of Sweet Honey in the Rock has consistently combined contemporary rhythms and narratives with a musical style rooted in the gospel music, spirituals and hymns of the Black church. Sweet Honey in the Rock was founded in 1973 by Bernice Johnson Reagon who formed the group out of the strongest singers from a vocal workshop she was teaching with the D.

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Dressed Like Wolves

In the third month of 2009, Rick found himself alone with lots of songs. He only knew four chords. A week later, he met Matt, who happened to have lots of instruments and a tape recorder. They bought some microphones, recorded a lot of songs, and then played some good and some not very good shows. Rick continues to embark on his adventure of storytelling from picture books, daydreams and apparent religious menace (yeah don't ask me either) while Matt continues to push the record button.

Read more about Dressed Like Wolves on Last.fm.

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TEETH!!!

Teeth!!! (Spelt with 3 exclamation marks) are Veronica So (lead vox), Ximon Tayki (electronica/ vox) & Simon Whybray (drums vox). Veronica & Simon started the band after splitting from experimental noise/ improv / performance group "Little Paper Squares". Simon Whybray later joined the band adding live drums. Their style consists of live improv jams to ‘grunge dance’ Recent actions include a tour of the west coast and a signing to UK indie label Moshi Moshi Records.

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Joanna Gruesome

Owen plays guitar and sings.
Nicholls plays guitar and bangs the drums sometimes.
Greenberg bangs the drums alot.
Max plays the bass guitar.
Ciara sings. http://joannagruesome.bandcamp.com/ We like: My Bloody Valentine, Velocity Girl, Rocketship, Boyracer, Beat Happening, Halo Benders, Field Mice, Dinosaur Jr, Tiger Trap, Pastels, Sebadoh, Archers of Loaf, Guided by Voices, Jesus and Mary Chain, Galaxie 500, I hate myself, The Hated, Nirvana, Bikini Kill, Heavenly, Frumpies, Henry's Dress, Shangri-las...

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BITCHES

BITCHES are a London based drum/bass duo formed early 2009; Blake plays bass and shouts, Staz hits drums. AVAILABLE NOW:
Cassette on Deathbomb Arc - ORDER HERE!. "Amazingly full-sounding songs, constructed from nothing more than a few effortlessly effective bass riffs, a ton of light-hearted fury and no end of chaotic punk-style rock rock'n'roll" - Nightshift, February 2009 ".. channelling Henry Rollins on black coffee and X-Ray Spex on Panda Pops. Here's to the gall of them. Those crazy Bitches." - The Guardian, New Music on Wednesday, February 2009.

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