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Named honoring filmmaker Gus Truck Sant’s indie classic Drugstore Cowboy, the dark, atmospheric British-based trio Drugstore shaped in London in 1993. The group was led by vocalist/bassist Isabel Monteiro, an expatriate Brazilian who relocated towards the U.K. in 1990; after performing in several short-lived groupings, she ultimately teamed with drummer …

Before embracing Brit-pop in the later ’90s, Doves’ three members — vocalist/bassist Jimi Goodwin, guitarist Jez Williams, and drummer Andy Williams — figured prominently in the Madchester scene, where they scored a high Five single within the dance combo Sub Sub. “Ain’t No Appreciate (Ain’t No Make use of)” peaked …

The appropriately named Dream Academy, an British folk-rock trio who hit it big in the first 1980s using the bucolic, Baroque pop single “Existence inside a Northern City,” formed in London in 1983 round the considerable talents of vocalist/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (primarily oboe) Kate St. John, and keyboardist Gilbert …

Shaped in Bristol, England in 1992, the elusive avant-noise space-rock task Flying Saucer Assault primarily comprised the duo of singer/guitarists David Pearce and Rachel Brook, refugees through the group Lynda’s Strange Holiday who shaped FSA as an outlet for his or her fascination with home-recording experimentation (they trapped to a …

Gregor Samsa certainly are a music group from Richmond, VA, who take their impact from the first British shoegazer picture. (They aren’t to be puzzled having a 1990s Illinois band of the same name.) The outfit was shaped in 2000 by Champ Bennett and Nikki Ruler, and called itself following …

The indie rock four-piece Good China have already been honing their keyboard-laden design since 1997. Their deep digital sound can be embraceable and brutal, but Good China are happy with the space rock and roll ambience they have become to develop. Good China, made up of bassist Greg Markov, keyboardist …

An Icelandic singer/songwriter whose music embraces components of folk, electronica, pop/rock and roll, and trip-hop, Emilíana Torrini has earned beneficial evaluations to such vocally gifted performers as Beth Hirsch, Kirsty Hawkshaw, and Björk. Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where she worked well at her father’s Italian cafe and went to …

LA indie pop quintet Fonda was shaped in 1994 by singer/keyboardist Emily Make and singer/guitarist David Klotz; with the help of drummer Aaron Ryder, the group performed its first live times at area night clubs like Spaceland and Cafe Bleu, and in 1998 released their debut EP Music for Newbies …

United kingdom pop group Frazier Chorus was shaped in Brighton, England by singer/keyboardist Tim Freeman, percussionist Michelle Allardyce, flutist Kate Holmes and clarinetist/programmer Chris Taplin. Originally dubbed Angling for Clouds, and later on Plop!, the quartet got the Frazier Chorus name from an American beseball coat owned by Allardyce; their …

Combining folk, digital, lo-fi, and globe-trotting music elements right into a exclusive and frequently poignant appear, CocoRosie includes the Casady sisters, vocalist/guitarist/harpist Sierra and vocalist/percussionist Bianca. Both sisters got an early like of music that they pursued because they was raised, albeit in various methods: Sierra started operatic vocal schooling …