Broken Hands
Broken Hands are Dale & Callum Norton, Thomas Ford & Jamie Darby. They are already the brains behind cult Canterbury club night 'Hoochie Coochie" and have recently been in the studio with Edwin Collins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwyn_Collins) & Seb Lewsley working on a debut single which is due to be released in October this year.
They are a new 4-piece band from Kent playing a raw alternative-indie-blues which belies their youthful age. Although very early days, Broken Hands are definitely one of the bands not to miss at this summer's festivals.
Damsel
For the past few years, avant-jazz legend Nels Cline (Wilco, Thurston Moore, The Geraldine Fibbers) and omnipresent beat freak Zach Hill (Hella, The Ladies, Team Sleep) have been waiting for an opportunity to spend a few hours making noise. When Cline joined Wilco full-time and Hill started The Ladies with Pinback's Rob Crow, the dream seemed increasingly unlikely. And by the time Hill's full-time gig as half of Hella saw him touring arenas with modern rock staples like System of a Down, the dream seemed dead.