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Francis Healy may be the frontman and primary songwriter of Travis, perhaps one of the most successful Britpop sets of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. Delivered in Britain in 1973, he transferred to Glasgow as a kid and continued to be in Scotland for the entirety of his youngsters, …

The lilting indie rock beauty of Palace Fires features Matt Adam (drums) and Steve Mason (guitar), formerly from the ’90s Britpop band Gene, along with Mike Buchanan (bass) and Ed Bannard (vocals/guitar). Upon the 2004 demise of Gene, Mason and Adam had plans to keep working jointly, but discovering the …

Heavily influenced from the dreamy songwriting from the Verve as well as the exploratory approach of Spiritualized, Washington D.C.’s Phaser are as opposed to the indie pop and hardcore that the town is well known for. Liberating their first record (Skydive) in the summertime of 2000, the music group won …

Golden Condition frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter Wayne Grundler was most widely known for his earlier use Paloalto, a melodic alt-pop group also known as an American version of Radiohead. After achieving some success, partly because of the fact that their track “BREATHE” received airtime on MTV’s Laguna Seaside: THE …