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Feb 23, 2011

New Music: Sea of Bees

Sea of Bees comprises of Julie Baenziger, a folky, country girl with a uniquely fantastic voice. Gently taking you on a journey with almost a whine at times, her voice creates in the listener all sorts of nostalgia – perhaps because of its childlike innocence twinned with the maturity of a musician far beyond her years. Baenziger has an ability to create in her audience a...

Feb 23, 2011

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Introducing Love Inks

Female fronted trio Love Inks hail from Austin, Texas. They create minimal, delicate and enchanting dream-pop, similar in style to established Brooklyn based shoe-gazers such as Au Revoir Simone and The Hundred In The Hands. Simple, repetitive melodies are the group’s modus operandi, and the result is their dainty, gently, evocative and quietly appealing tracks. Love Inks focus...

Feb 19, 2011

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Introducing Peers

Peers are an irritatingly young and successful group of four teenagers from Reading, UK. They only formed back in January 2010, and in the past year they have had a huge amount of success. The group have played numerous gigs in Reading and the south east, as well as managing to gain a prestigious slot on the BBC Introducing stage at the Reading Festival in 2010. They have also had...

Feb 13, 2011

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Introducing Samuel Brookes

Samuel Brookes’ soon-to-be released debut album has been greatly anticipated by fans of London-based Brookes. The folk singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist has been recognised by music producers since his original band, The Volt, won MTV’s 2008 Get Seen Get Heard talent contest. When I first watched Samuel play live, he played harmonica alongside his guitar and in...

Feb 13, 2011

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New Music: Picture Book

Liverpool based band Picture Book are made up of Greta Svabo Bech, Dario Darnell and Lorne Ashley. It is difficult to define this band by genre, but put it this way – if Florence and the Machine and La Roux hooked up and had a musical love-child, Picture Book may be the result. Their music is euphoric, electro, up-tempo and dreamy. Greta is the voice, and what an incredible...

Feb 2, 2011

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Introducing One Sixth Of Tommy

One Sixth Of Tommy are Jordan, Joanna and Jorja – three girls with three guitars (amongst various other instruments), who hail from Stourbridge in the Midlands. The group were recently signed to indie label Helium Records, and are set for their debut album release in the spring of 2011. This youthful trio write and create their own style of natural, comely music which is a...

Feb 1, 2011

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Introducing Lou Hickey

Dubbed as “that lassie who was in a band with Jon Fratelli” sells Scots Singer Lou Hickey tremendously short. Not only was Hickey one half of Codeine Velvet Club along with The Fratelli’s frontman Jon Lawler, she is also the singing star of Club Noir’s glamorous themed nights, has 2 EPs under her belt, is a sought-after Club DJ, and is fast-becoming one of...

Jan 27, 2011

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New and Unsigned: Huck and the Handsome Fee

Huck and the Handsome Fee are a talented unsigned band from Oxford. They play bluesy, often mournful Americana music, and they play it well. Drawing inspiration from Nick Cave and Tom Waits, they are an unlikely band to have been created from (some of) the ashes of legendary Oxford sludge rock band, Sextodecimo, but unlikely in a good way. The band line-up is Humphrey “Huck”...

Jan 26, 2011

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Unsigned Bands: The Rock Of Travolta

The Rock of Travolta aren’t a new band per se, but what with their last release (bar a couple of tracks on a couple of compilations) being in 2003, you could be forgiven for thinking that they are. The band’s last album, Uluru, was extremely well received outside of the mainstream, and although eight years is a huge gap to have between LPs, judging by their new material...