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Water School

Created in 2003, the Baltimore, MD, ensemble Drinking water College make melodic rock and roll in the tradition of Big Star and Neil Young. Centered round the songwriting group of vocalist/guitarist Chris Myers and vocalist/guitarist Mike Gittings, the four-piece also features bassist Eric Hopkins and drummer Matt Scoggins. The music …

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Hilly Kristal

While he was a semi-pro singer, managed several rock and roll rings, ran an archive label, and headed up a little but extremely profitable merchandising empire, Hilly Kristal will be best remembered as the dog owner and proprietor of CBGB, the rock and roll golf club on NY City’s Bowery …

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The Walkup

Flaunting a combined mix of force pop and Smiths-influenced British rock and roll, the Walkup got root in NEW YORK in 2005. Guitarist/vocalist Alex Koch, drummer Michael Petrucelly, and guitarist Sean Finnigan originally fulfilled at a lesser East Side pub, where they bonded more than a distributed enthusiasm for music …

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Yukio Yung

Yukio Yung may be the pseudonym of Terry Burrows, a London-based vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist with an apparently limitless urge for food for both pseudonyms and aspect projects. Apart from his best-known alias, which he initial found in the middle-’80s as one-third from the psych pop group the Chrysanthemums, Burrows released instrumental prog …

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Dolly Mixture

This pop threesome of Debsey Wykes (vocals, bass), Hester Smith (drums), and Rachel Bor (guitar) formed a sharp contrast against the ruling post-punk and angst accumulating in London around 1979 with bands like Gang of Four getting heralded in the favorite press as the best things. Originally, Dolly Mix was …

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Tronics

Dynamic between 1979 and 1984, Tronics was the mostly single automobile for the internal workings of London musician Ziro Baby. Baby began in Star Canines, several kids reported to be somewhere within a glam music group and a road gang. Star Canines failed to obtain much with 16, Baby produced …

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So Cow

Therefore Cow can be an indie pop combo led by Irish singer, songwriter, and guitarist Brian Kelly, performing tracks built around his lively but skittish melodies and wiry acoustic guitar function. While Kelly comes from Tuam, Ireland, Therefore Cow got its begin in Seoul, South Korea, where in 2005 Kelly …

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Edward Ball

For somebody with such a brief single discography, Edward Ball’s tale is an extended and complicated one because he’s also recorded many single albums and EPs under different band titles. Ball, a citizen of north London, 1st made an appearance on record in the post-punk ’70s, teamed along with his …

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Disco Zombies

Melodic Leicester, England punk band Disco Zombies included bassist Geoff Dodimead, drummer Andy Fullerton, guitarist Johnny “Electric guitar” Hawkins, and vocalist/guitarist Andy Ross, until Dave Henderson — who had completed costume design for Derek Jarman’s film Jubilee — was added being a vocalist. The quintet documented a four-track EP, nonetheless …

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Frog Eyes

Victoria, Uk Columbia quartet Frog Eye will be the antithesis of their calm Canadian city. Using the carnival atmosphere of Rainfall Dogs-era Tom Waits, the frenetic energy of classic Cramps, as well as the diabolical scheming of pre-Murder Ballads Nick Cave, the post-punk collective developed an atmosphere of psychedelic unease …

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