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Say Anything

Say Anything is an alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2001. Originally dubbed Sayanything, the band now consists of founding members Max Bemis (vocals/guitar) and Coby Linder (drums), along with Jake Turner (guitar), Jeff Turner (guitar) and Parker Case (keyboard). Say Anything began their career when the band was still in high school. They self-released two EP's and one LP entitled Baseball.

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Timber Timbre

Like most inspirational art Timber Timbre comes from a source of isolation, cabin fever specifically. Timber Timbre, primarily the work of Oshawa-born Toronto based Taylor Kirk, walks a precious line between harrowing blues and desperate death country. Recorded in a farm house near Bobcaygeon, Ontario, their debut Cedar Shakes was released in 2006, the moniker Timber Timbre an ode to the surroundings and the warm haunting sound of the album.

Kisschasy

Kisschasy is an Australian alternative rock band formed in Victoria, Australia in 2002. Since forming, their line-up has consisted of lead vocalist Darren Cordeux, bassist Joel Vanderuit, guitarist Sean Thomas, and drummer Karl Ammitzboll. The band has released three studio albums, two of which are gold certified, two extended plays, a documentary DVD and a compilation album in their 7 year career, selling in excess of 90,000 records.

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hunz

Hunz is a three-piece electronic pop band, spearheaded by Brisbane-based electronic musician and producer, Hans Van Vliet. With a background in music programming and motion design, Hans pulls his notes out of a binary soup of ones and zeroes, hand-crafting synth patches and beats from scratch. The result is a mix of pulsating, glitchy electronics and ethereal vocals that hint at the sinister, but succumb to the pleasure of pop hooks instead.

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The Ghosts

There are three "The Ghosts" bands: Mathew Sawyer's in London, an Australian dance band who have since changed their name to Ghostwood, and a Manchester based alt-rock band, who have since changed their name to Death To The Ghosts. Mathew Sawyer And The Ghosts are a London based folk pop band fronted by painter/ex-Television Personalities drummer, Mathew Sawyer.

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The Basics

(There is more than one artist by this name - this article refers to Australian band "The Basics" who have released the records 'Keep Your Friends Close', 'Stand Out/Fit In', 'Call It R&B', 'For Girls Like You' and 'Get Back') The Basics, whose musical style could loosely be described as heavily referencing 60s pop and rock (such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Kinks etc) with elements of rock 'n' roll, reggae and rhythm and blues mixed in,were formed after Kris Schroeder and Wally de Backer met at a party in Melbourne.

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Erland and the Carnival

Carnival are a British Folk rock band, formed in London, England by multi instrumentalist Simon Tong (formerly of the the Verve / Blur / The Good, the Bad & the Queen), Orcadian folk guitarist and singer Gawain Erland Cooper and Drummer / Engineer David Nock (who recently worked with Paul McCartney on his Firemen project). After Erland recorded a track –‘Coming Home’ produced by Nock for Tongs Butterfly recordings compilation- “What the folk vol2”- the three of them began writing and playing together around London.

Pink Mountaintops

Pink Mountaintops is Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean’s side project. The music resembles the style of Black Mountain but has a more psychedelic and experimental side with mellow tunes and complicated lyrics. Pink Mountaintops removed the “The” from its name on its second album, Axis of Evol.
Band members are: * Stephen McBean
* Amber Webber
* CC Rose
* Lyndsay Sung
* Jonah Fortune
* Steve Balogh
* Cory Gangnes
* Brad MacKinnon
* Joshua Wells
* Matt Camirand

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Pets with Pets

Melbourne, Australia based noise/punk/disco duo.
Born out of a desire to create a punk electronic sound that resembled the post-frankston hangover, Zayde Thring and Jannox Undermonds formed Pets with Pets in feb 2007.
They are currently touring Australia as their sound quickly gains underground popularity...
they seem to have attracted the interest of the international music press: "They are called Pets With Pets And darn they've got one fucking cool song.

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Brooklyn

Several artist appear under the name Brooklyn: 1)
Pod hlavickou Juanita Juarez na sebe tento producent z Prahy upozornil zejmena albem Spa Boy, vydanem r. 2003 na labelu Quazi Delict (v minulosti zde vyslo napr. Andelem ocenene album Floexe, projekt Bratri Orffove nebo aktualne Soil). Album, kombinace drum&bassu, downtempa a experimentalnejsi hudby, bylo nominovane na Cenu Akademie popularni hudby (Andel); nasledovaly oficialni remixy pro kapely Esctasy of St. Theresa, Skyline, slovenske Veneer, The Slots (cesky remix roku podle casopisu Filter) nebo prazskou Khoibu.

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