This is the real deal. Having learnt about the hobo lifestyle early on in life (via many a freight train) Steve 'Seasick' Wold has developed a vivid and wholly authentic folk-blues style. He's been playing music professionally since the 1970s and still has it today.
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Hot Chip make a strangely quirky kind of pop music fusing the sounds of Prince, The Beta Band and The Beach Boys. 'Electronica stylings meet bonnie prince billy-style soundscapes' (Green Mind).
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American alt rock band Interpol, whose critically acclaimed Turn On The Bright Lights and Antics have propelled them to international fame. Expect choppy post-punk with hints of Pixies, Modest Mouse and Joy Division.
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Epic Sounds from the Big Country with a pocketful of soul and sanctified song. Kentucky quintet, My Morning Jacket are an experimental country rock outfit who play equal parts Southern Blues, Americana and dreamy psychedelica, a journey of reverb-drenched melodies, velvet melancholy lyrics and instrumentation that combines old country swagger with classic pop sentimentality.
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English singer-songwriter Paul Heaton, most famous for his roles within The Housemartins and The Beautiful South and for writing hits such as Rotterdam, Don't Marry Her and Perfect 10.
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American quintet singing songs of love, loss and life, influenced by the likes of Nick Cave, Lou Reed, Joy Division and Tindersticks.
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An angular and highly experimental band featuring members of Don Caballero and Helmet, whose reputation as some of the most skilled and innovative musicians of their time has helped to garner them a worldwide audience.
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