The Wave Pictures

The Wave Pictures

For a few years The Wave Pictures have played sporadically in the UK, France and New York, sharing shows with Herman Dune and The Jeffrey Lewis Band. They have also served as backing band for both John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats and Darren Hayman (Hayman’s old band Hefner being a clear influence, along with the guitar playing of Tom Verlaine). Think early Pavement, Galaxie 500, The Pastels, Jonathan Richman.

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The Fierce And The Dead

This trio (bassist/producer Kev Feazey and guitarists Matt Stevens and Steve Cleaton and drummer Stuart Marshall) produce lovingly crafted noise. Crunching, post-rock with big fuzzy grunge bass riffs, rupturing into audacious, offbeat time signatures laid underneath vast, catchy guitar riffing.

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Joseph & Maia

New Zealand based duo, Joseph & Maia, have been making music for some years establishing themselves as songwriters and a hardworking touring act. Influenced by the likes of Ryan Adams, Ben Howard, The Staves and Noah Gundersen, the pair have quickly developed a unique sound that is ‘Joseph&Maia’.

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The Lords Of Thyme

From the Southern English Midlands come The Lords of Thyme. With an eye towards the crystalline acid folk of Pentangle and rougher hue of Trees. The Lords of Thyme were formed after Circulus alumni Joe Woolley, Tali Trow and Pat Kenneally decided to record together. Sharing a love of esoteric folk, psych and progressive music, the trio emerged from their sessions with a clutch of surprisingly accessible tunes recorded with sensitivity, humour and verve.

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Howe Gelb

The frontman for Giant Sand playing loping, lo-fi peyote-laced songs from Arizona using soft guitars, a yellow key piano and a lonely moaning theramin to evoke the distant sounds of the desert.

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a.P.A.t.T

Some bands are just damned impossible to classify: a.P.A.t.T. are a 6-piece amalgamation of all that has come before & all that will slowly catch up in the end. Beyond genre defying: every instrument and style you can think of, mashed up together in jaw-dropping live performance. The experimental and chaotic beeps, buzzes and blips of a.P.A.t.T, (described on the BBC Merseyside website as sounding like “Frank Zappa having a fist fight with Mighty Mouse” ) have steadily built up a growing army of admirers.

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Cortes

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The Mae Trio

With their roots firmly planted in folk tradition, Australian award-winning band The Mae Trio are a breath of fresh air on the contemporary folk scene. Incorporating stellar three-part harmonies, complex arrangements and lyrical sophistication, these youngsters are on a rapid rise. The trio are Maggie Rigby (banjo, ukulele, guitar and vocals), sister Elsie Rigby (violin, ukulele and vocals and Anita Hillman (cello, bass and vocals).

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Nadine Khouri

Expressive and sensitive British-Lebanese artist Nadine Khouri was an early devotee of shoegaze and the noir-ish melancholia of bands such as Mazzy Star and Low. Khouri began her career as an acoustic singer-songwriter in New York. A mix of folk and atmospheric indie-rock, her material ranges in influence from Leonard Cohen to dream-pop.

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Elliot Morris

Elliott Morris is a young guitarist and singer/songwriter prominent in the Lincolnshire, UK music scene who is known for his "unorthodox" style of percussive guitar.

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Emma Pollock

Formerly of The Delgados, Emma Pollock's voice is as mesmerizing, playful and sweet as ever. '…one of the most natural songwriters and bewitching singers around…' – Phrased & Confused

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Árstíðir

Árstíðir is an Icelandic indie-folk band with classical, progressive rock and minimalist elements. Aside from the genre-mix in their music the defining characteristic of this band is that all four members sing.

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The Battles Of Winter

The Battles Of Winter are a four-piece post-punk, alt-rock band from London.

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