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The neo-progressive music group Abel Ganz was formed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Hew Montgomery (keyboards) and Hugh Carter (bass, guitar) in 1980. Acquiring their affects from 1970s prog rock and roll rings Genesis and Yes, the duo curved out their group with guitarist Malky McNiven and drummer Kenny Weir. Getting …

An Irish music group that’s won a global cult subsequent among enthusiasts of classic United kingdom Invasion and power pop noises, Pugwash was shaped by Thomas Walsh, a significant enthusiast of XTC, the Seaside Boys, the Beatles, and Electrical Light Orchestra who shortly present himself earning the respect of a …

Clouds were a promising psychedelic-cum-prog-rock music group who never present the commercial achievement to complement their critical raves. As opposed to the majority of their contemporaries and competitors who hailed from Britain, the trio’s root base had been in Scotland and trailed back again to the middle-’60s. Ian Ellis (vocals) …

A continuation and enlargement of the audio from the under-appreciated SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA indie-pop outfit Contact and Response, Rubies comprises two of this group’s users, keyboardist Simone Rubi and bassist Terri Loewenthal, both of whom contribute vocals to make a harmony-rich audio that bridges New Order-ish electronic disco, soulful …

Engineer/manufacturer Alan Parsons and his colleague, songwriter and lyricist Eric Woolfson, formed the Alan Parsons Task in 1975. Throughout their profession, the Alan Parsons Task recorded idea albums (including adaptations of Poe and Asimov books), having a revolving solid of session music artists. 1982’s Attention in the Sky was their …

Starting out beneath the head-turning moniker Starfucker, STRFKR are an indie pop/indie electro group made up of Sexton Blake’s Josh Hodges, Junkface’s Ryan Bjornstad, and Mr. Fredrick’s Shawn Glassford. After key songwriter Hodges came back to Portland, Oregon carrying out a four-year stint in NEW YORK, he released two Sexton …

Pacific! shaped in Gothenburg, Sweden in the first 2000s when years as a child close friends Bjorn Synneby and Daniel Hogberg reunited within their early thirties and started collaborating on a couple of fashionable, summery indie pop recordings that nodded to Atmosphere, Daft Punk, as well as the Seaside Young …

The LA dance-rock trio Music Go Music (vocalist Gala Bell and multi-instrumentalists Kamer Maza and Torg) craft explosive and eclectic club anthems that rely heavily for the melodic past due-’70s progressive pop design of bands like ABBA and ELO, while keeping a contemporary edge similar to Scissor Sisters, the brand …

Todd Rundgren’s best-known music — the Carole Ruler pastiche “We Found the Light,” the ballads “Hi there, It’s Me personally” and “May We BE Friends,” as well as the goofy novelty “Bang for the Drum ALL DAY LONG” — claim that he’s a talented pop craftsman, but only that. Using …

The Tubes were arch satirists of popular culture whose outrageous performance art concepts — which swung wildly from softcore pornography to suit-and-tie conservatism — frequently eclipsed their elusive music identity. The origins of the group started in Phoenix, Az in the past due ’60s, where guitarist Expenses Spooner, keyboardist Vince …