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Basically the project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luke Steele and a revolving cast of supporting musicians, Perth, European Australia’s the Sleepy Jackson mixed from electro-pop to alt-country to soaring, George Harrison-esque play their music. The boy of blues vocalist Rick Steele, Luke Steele was raised inside a musical house, but …

Previously referred to as Jo Jo And THE TRUE People, the true Individuals were formed in 1989 simply by two brothers, Tony Griffiths (b. 7 Apr 1966, Liverpool, Merseyside, Britain; bass, vocals) and Chris Griffiths (b. 30 March 1968, Liverpool, Merseyside, Britain; acoustic guitar, vocals), and Sean Simpson (b. 9 …

Hailing in the tiny Finnish community of Utajarvi, 22-Pistepirkko surfaced from just beyond the Arctic Group in 1982, earning Band of the entire year honors within their local land for a set of EPs like the acclaimed Piano, Rumpu & Kukka. Using the discharge of 1987’s Kings of Hong Kong, …

British indie rock-band the Capes came together in Southern London at Goldsmiths University, where Kris Barratt (vocals/guitar) started rehearsing with Richard Gladman (keyboards/guitar), attracting Rupert Cresswell (bass) and auditioning several drummers before buying Rupert Phelps. This four-piece started playing out, afterwards adding Cresswell’s youthful sibling Nick Cresswell (electric guitar/keyboards) to …

Vocalist/songwriter Takako Minekawa avoids many J-pop cliches, crafting her unique audio from her personal obsessions — felines, keyboards, France pop — and her special, girlish voice. A kid movie and Television superstar in Japan, Minekawa was generally thinking about music and produced her initial group Lolita with some university close …

Just like the Welsh outfit McLusky, British rockers Beachbuggy draw directly from the zany, golden punk of the first Pixies. But while McLusky functions more using their forebears’ inclination towards revved-up psycho-sexual venom, Beachbuggy will go the tweaked, punk, browse rock path. Infamous for pulling up within a truck and …

Belying his status being a narcoleptic slacker icon, Badly Attracted Boy demonstrated himself a tireless pop songwriter, with arrangements that reveal significant amounts of creativity. Blessed Damon Gough, he started recording after conference the like-minded Andy Votel at a Manchester nightclub. The set produced the Twisted Nerve label, and Gough …

Initially, Blur had been among the multitude of English bands that made an appearance within the wake from the Rock Roses, mining exactly the same swirling, pseudo-psychedelic guitar pop, just with louder guitars. Pursuing a graphic makeover within the middle-’90s, the group surfaced as the utmost popular music group within …

A product from the contemporary Orange Region music picture, alternative power-popsters the Teen Heroes debuted in 1998 with Sound Satellite.

Although formed in 2005, almost all three users of retro-futurist group the Aliens had previously played collectively within the Beta Music group, a cult-favorite Scottish outfit. Performers/guitarists Steve Mason and Gordon Anderson created the Betas in Edinburgh in 1996. Originally dubbed the Pigeons, the duo added bassist Steve Duffield, drummer …