Best known as the other half of Associates, Alan Rankine's musical career actually began in the mid-'70s as guitarist for Caspian, a cabaret band based in Scotland. During 1976, his band was looking for a new singer; during a performance by a band called Stan & Deliver, singer Billy Mackenzie's talents were brought to his attention. Rankine... [+] Read More

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Film composer David Arnold seems to have risen to prominence with unnerving swiftness, but this is in fact an illusion, as Arnold spent many years paying his dues by writing scores for English television and documentary film projects, many of them produced or directed by his lifelong friend Danny Cannon. In between times, Arnold tried out for... [+] Read More

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Gavin Friday was the lead singer and principal visionary of one of Ireland's most ambitious, challenging, and (often) difficult post-punk groups, the Virgin Prunes. After leaving the Prunes in 1986, he abandoned the music business to paint for a year and a half, returning to the fray after teaming up with pianist Maurice Roycroft (whom Friday... [+] Read More

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Well regarded as one of the finest and most prolific songwriters in Britain, ex-Servant Luke Haines has helmed the glam noir of the Auteurs, the broken funk of Baader Meinhof, and the downbeat atmospherics of Black Box Recorder, in addition to releasing material under his own name. During the last seven years of the '90s, Haines issued six... [+] Read More

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Most bands hit the big time immediately and fade away, or they build a dedicated following and slowly climb their way to the top. Pulp didn't follow either route. For the first 12 years of their existence, Pulp languished in near total obscurity, releasing a handful of albums and singles in the '80s to barely any attention. At the turn of the... [+] Read More

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Sad Rockets is the project of Andrew Pekler, a Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist born in Uzbekistan and raised in California. His diverse background is reflected in his bedroom studio-crafted music, which mixes rock, funk, and electronica with a filmic feel and a sense of humor. Sad Rockets debuted in 1998 with the Source release Plays; the... [+] Read More

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The Kiss That Took A Trip was founded in april 2006 with the praiseworthy aim of making your life better and kicking some ass occasionally.

Welcome to catchy transcendental cheap-o-rama music.

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Tindersticks were one of the most original and distinctive British acts of the '90s, standing apart from both the British indie scene and the rash of Brit-pop guitar combos that dominated the U.K. charts. Where their contemporaries were often direct and to the point, Tindersticks were obtuse and leisurely, crafting dense, difficult songs layered... [+] Read More

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