Lokomotiv Stockport is the band/format that performs and records the songs of Frank Pelham. Sparkling indie pop from northern England, cracking tunes and sharp lyrics.

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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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The Charming Men are an indy rock band based out of North Bay, Ontario. It acts as an artist collective to bring different musicians or music lovers together to create music for the sake of creating music.

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The Sway started life as HEAVEN`S ECHO in June 1989 before changing the name to THE SWAY in Jan 1991. After the usual lot of gigs in toilets and hell holes and a few decent demo`s The Sway got good, REAL GOOD! The band signed a deal with Bad Habits records and went on to headline three UK tours including 2 sold out gigs at the legendary Marquee... [+] Read More

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For most intents and purposes, Aztec Camera is Roddy Frame, a Scottish guitarist/vocalist/songwriter. Several other musicians have passed through the band over the years -- including founding members Campbell Owens (bass) and Dave Mulholland (drums) -- but the one constant has been Frame. Throughout his career, he has created a sophisticated,... [+] Read More

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Morrissey's praise for Bradford was far from a shocking revelation. The Blackburn, England, group's breezy, jangling riffs mirrored the Smiths' ringing guitars; moreover, Smiths producer Stephen Street even turned the knobs on Bradford's only LP, 1989's Shouting Quietly. Bradford were seen as inheritors of the Smiths' mope rock throne when they... [+] Read More

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Kirsty MacColl, daughter of folk singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl, began her own musical career while still in her teens, singing in a band called the Addix, and eventually signed to the legendary Stiff Records. Her first single, the modern girl group gem, "They Don't Know," was released in 1979. Though it failed in the charts, it was later a... [+] Read More

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The lush, dreamlike British pop trio Kitchens of Distinction was formed in London in 1986 by singer/bassist Patrick Fitzgerald, guitarist Julian Swales and drummer Dan Goodwin. Taking their name from a Hygena advertisement, they issued their 1987 debut single "Last Gasp Death Shuffle" on their own Gold Rush label, signing to One Little Indian... [+] Read More

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Manchester School was formed in the fall of 2004 when Eric S. and Eric B. finally got together to practice songs they had been working on. Things moved quickly and longtime friend Kevin soon joined on guitar in December. After of a year of writing, rehearsing, and looking for a singer, Rick came on board in December 2005.

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Marie Tueje is a pop singer, songwriter and guitarist from London, England. Catchy and memorable, her repertoire of songs has drawn comparisons to Aimee Mann, Thea Gilmore and Liz Phair.
A multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer, she has played in venues ranging from the intimate and chic (Troubadour, London and Joe’s Pub, NYC),... [+] Read More

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Rising from the ashes of the legendary British post-punk unit Joy Division, the enigmatic New Order triumphed over tragedy to emerge as one of the most influential and acclaimed bands of the 1980s; embracing the electronic textures and disco rhythms of the underground club culture many years in advance of its contemporaries, the group's... [+] 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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January 2004
Songwriter REZA starts recording some of his songs using a small pocket machine at his place in Paris. April 2004 Writer and close friend Sotiris living in Birmingham-England sends a poem called "somebody else’s paradise" to REZA. This is the beginning of an important collaboration. REZA will compose and sing about twenty songs... [+] Read More

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With their first records, Ride created a unique wall of sound that relied on massive, trembling distortion in the vein of My Bloody Valentine but with a simpler, more direct melodic approach. The shatteringly loud, droning neo-psychedelia the band performed was dubbed shoegazing by the British press because the bandmembers stared at the stage... [+] Read More

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http://www.myspace.com/sftrock more music. more info. more.

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Spartan is only one man.

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Consistently creating new formulas for electronic music with their unique experimentations, Strangeway blend alternative rock lineaments with programmed features, therefore delivering sole fusion compositions. Joseph Sepia (keyboards, guitar) and vocalist Ari Zider were the founding duo of Strangeway, in 1992, in Ontario, Canada. Sharing a... [+] Read More

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Meshing '60s-styled guitar pop with an understated '80s dance beat, the Stone Roses defined the British guitar pop scene of the late '80s and early '90s. After their eponymous 1989 debut album became an English sensation, countless other groups in the same vein became popular, including the Charlatans UK, Inspiral Carpets, and Happy Mondays.... [+] 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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Taking punk's D.I.Y. ideals and applying it to stripped-down acoustic pop, the Woodentops achieved a great deal of critical success in the short time they were together. Formed in the early '80s in Northhampton, England, the group consisted of Rolo McGinty (vocals, guitar), Frank de Freitas (bass), Simon Mawby (guitar), Benny Staples (drums),... [+] Read More

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