Debut Album - I Wouldn't Stop There (2006)
Recorded in Gotanda Studios, Tokyo

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Beau is an alternative rock singer-songwriter hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area. His diverse and prolific collection of songs have been described as "electrifying," "haunting," "classic" and "adventurous" (see compilation of reviews below). While Alternative Rock/Indie is the primary genre he is aligned with, his songs delve all over the... [+] Read More

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Born and raised in New York City, Elkay, as his friends call him, grew up laying cello, drums, a little piano and even some trumpet. Submerged in the downtown music scene at a young age, Murphy picked up the guitar and started writing songs in his early teens. Like a bluesman waltzing to Mozart, Murphy's songs are hypnotic and rough as well as... [+] Read More

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Geneva Unison is the solo project of Indiana native Greg Osborne. The influence of American heartland artists are quickly apparent in his songs that are part folk-rock and part American-alternative with straightforward lyrics that speak of humble rebellion and angst. Geneva Unison's distinctive melodies have roots to the Midwest and Carolina... [+] Read More

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Reclusive Singer/songwriter who is touched by life's sadness.

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It started in the East and will inevitably end in the West.

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Finding inspiration in the righteous anger of punk rock and the socially conscious folk tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg was the leading figure of the anti-folk movement of the '80s. For most of the decade, Bragg bashed out songs alone on his electric guitar, singing about politics and love. While his lyrics were bitingly... [+] Read More

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Ivan Robles was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where from an early age, he became interested in music and songwriting. Although never classically trained, he began writing music on guitar and lyrics for a rapidly growing collection of songs. It quickly became more than a hobby and he began seriously thinking about forming a band and... [+] Read More

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As one of the first groups to be dubbed "the next Smiths," James became an institution on the British alternative music scene of the '80s and '90s with their pleasant folk-pop. Early in their career, James were blessed by praise from their idol Morrissey, which turned out to be both a blessing and a curse. The group was pegged as second-rate... [+] Read More

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Through both his lauded work fronting the Commotions and his more eclectic solo efforts, Lloyd Cole established himself as one of the most articulate and acute songwriters of the postpunk era. Born January 31, 1961 in Buxton, England, Cole formed the Commotions in 1982 while studying philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Originally a large... [+] Read More

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As a pop duo, Nicholson is either influenced by french classic pop (S.Gainsbourg, J.Dutronc) than by english and american pop music (The Smiths, Portishead, The Coral, The good the bad and the queen). Their songs are elegant, their lyrics are bristly, and sometimes their instrumental songs have a kind of cinematic feel.

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Indie popster from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England...

'Nick's ability to look at our life and its stages and put them into song creates something more than just unique... His live performances will make you laugh, dance, cheer and think...'
These tracks are currently available at indiestore.com/nicksilveymusic

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Ornaith O'Dowd is a recording artist from Galway, Ireland, now based in Brooklyn, New York, who makes home-made postpunk-inflected pop songs about love, loss, and listening to The Cure in one's room on Saturday nights. She has recorded two albums, "Blank Melodies" (1995) and "The Pomegranate Heart" (2006). Check the soundclick.com/ornaithodowd... [+] Read More

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Despite having a successful solo career as a cult artist, vocalist Peter Murphy remains best known as the lead vocalist for Bauhaus, the pioneering post-punk goth rock band of the early '80s.

After disbanding Bauhaus in 1983, Murphy formed Dali's Car with former Japan member Mick Karn. Dali's Car only released one album, The Waking... [+] Read More

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Postmodern ironists cloaked behind a veil of buoyantly melodic and lushly romantic synth pop confections, the Pet Shop Boys' cheeky, smart, and utterly danceable music established them among the most commercially and critically successful groups of their era. Always remaining one step ahead of their contemporaries, the British duo navigated the... [+] Read More

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Following the disbandment of the British indie pop group the Housemartins in 1989, vocalist Paul Heaton and drummer David Hemmingway formed the Beautiful South. Where their previous group relied on jazzy guitars and witty, wry lyrics, the Beautiful South boasted a more sophisticated, jazzy pop sound, layered with keyboards, R&B-inflected female... [+] Read More

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Out of all the bands that emerged in the immediate aftermath of punk rock in the late '70s, the Cure was one of the most enduring and popular. Led through numerous incarnations by guitarist/vocalist Robert Smith (born April 21, 1959), the band became notorious for their slow, gloomy dirges and Smith's ghoulish appearance. But the public image... [+] Read More

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Out of all the late-'70s punk and post-punk bands, none were longer-lived or were more prolific than the Fall. Throughout their career, the band underwent a myriad of lineup changes, but at the center of it all was vocalist Mark E. Smith. With his snarling, nearly incomprehensible vocals and consuming bitter cynicism, Smith became a cult legend... [+] Read More

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When the La's released their debut album in 1990, it made immediate waves in the British pop scene, as well as American college radio. Drawing from the hook-laden, ringing guitars of mid-'60s British pop as well as the post-punk pop of the Smiths, the La's' self-titled first album had a timeless, classic feel. It seemed like effortless music,... [+] Read More

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Building on the jangly guitar pop of the Smiths and the trance-like dream pop of bands like the Cocteau Twins, the Sundays cultivated a dedicated following in indie rock circles, both in their native England and in America, in the early '90s. Although the sales of their first two albums were strong, the band never crossed over into the... [+] Read More

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