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Snow Patrol ,

are a Northern Irish alternative rock band, with members from Northern Ireland and Scotland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994, the band is now based in Glasgow. The band’s first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot, and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears and When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, were commercially unsuccessful and were released by independent labels Electric Honey and Jeepster, respectively. When the band moved to a major record label Polydor Records, they released their 2003 album Final Straw which surpassed 4x platinum sales in the UK. This was the first time the band achieved significant commercial sales, following it up with international success in 2006 when Eyes Open sold 4.7 million copies worldwide. The songs “Run”, “Chasing Cars” and “Signal Fire” are among the band’s biggest hits. Snow Patrol have been nominated for three BRIT Awards and have won five Meteor Ireland Music Awards. In 2008, the band released their fifth studio album A Hundred Million Suns, and released their first compilation album, Up to Now in 2009. ….Read More

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Norah Jones ,

(born March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and actress. She is the daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar and the half-sister of Anoushka Shankar. Her career began with her 2002 debut album Come Away with Me, an adult contemporary vocal jazz album with a soul/folk/country tinge, that received five Grammy Awards, including “Record of the Year” and “Best New Artist”. This was followed by her second album, Feels like Home, released in 2004. In 2007, she released her third album, Not Too Late. Jones released her fourth album, The Fall, on November 17, 2009. ….Read More

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Daughtry ,

is a pop rock band from North Carolina, formed and fronted by former American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry in 2006. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006. The disc reached number one for two non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, outsold Idol winner Taylor Hicks’ debut album, sold more than four million copies and was named the number one selling album of 2007 by Billboard. Their album is also the fastest-selling debut rock album in Soundscan history. The first single from the album, “It’s Not Over”, was the eighth most played song across all formats on U.S. radio in 2007, and their second single from the album, “Home”, was the tenth most played song in the U.S. of 2007. The band’s second album, Leave This Town, was released on July 14, 2009. The first single, “No Surprise,” was released on May 5. With their debut album they have sold 6.1 million worldwide and sold over 7.52 million in singles. With, Daughtry’s new album Leave This Town it has sold over 0.6 million albums and over 1.4 million worldwide. With the single sales it has sold over 0.8 million singles with the new album. With the debut and new album sales put together it is over 7.5 million and 8.42 million singles. ….Read More

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Backspacer ,

is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on September 20, 2009.[11] The band released the album through its own label Monkeywrench Records in the United States and through Universal Music Group internationally. Pearl Jam began work for the follow-up to its previous album, Pearl Jam (2006), in early 2008. In 2009, the band began to build on instrumental and demo tracks written during 2008. The music on the record features a sound influenced by pop and New Wave. ….Read More

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01. Gonna See My Friend
02. Got Some
03. The Fixer
04. Johnny Guitar
05. Just Breathe
06. Amongst the Waves
07. Unthought Known
08. Supersonic
09. Speed of Sound
10. Force of Nature
11. The End

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Eskimo Joe ,

is an Australian rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1997. The band consists of vocalist and bassist Kavyen Temperley, drummer and guitarist Joel Quartermain and guitarist Stuart MacLeod.

Their debut album, Girl, was certified gold in 2001. Their second album A Song Is a City was released in 2004 and was later certified double platinum. The first single from the album, “From the Sea”, debuted in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart, as well as being voted number three in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004.

Eskimo Joe released their third album, Black Fingernails, Red Wine, in 2006. The album was certified four times platinum. The first single released, title track “Black Fingernails, Red Wine”, exceeded the commercial success of their previous work, becoming their first top 10 single, and taking out number two in Triple J’s Hottest 100 2006. The group’s fourth album, titled Inshalla, was released on 29 May 2009 following the release of the album’s first single, “Foreign Land”. ….Read More

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Dave Matthews Band

(sometimes shortened to DMB) is an American jam band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drummer Carter Beauford. Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member, was part of the band until his death in August 2008. His spot is now occupied by Grammy Award-winner Jeff Coffin, of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones fame. With band members who each have roots in differing genres, including jazz, classical music, soul music, and Afrobeat, the combination of each member has created a sound which has earned them fans from a variety of quarters. ….Read More

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

is the seventh studio album by Dave Matthews Band (DMB), which was released on June 2, 2009.
It is the band’s first studio album since 2005’s Stand Up and the first release since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Guitarist Tim Reynolds played on the album, marking his first recording with DMB since 1998’s Before These Crowded Streets. Rashawn Ross makes his first appearance on a DMB studio album since joining as a regular touring member in 2006 as well as Jeff Coffin, who has taken Moore’s role since June 2008. The album was produced by Rob Cavallo (the Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Alanis Morissette, My Chemical Romance). ….Read More

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Tori Amos ,

(born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is a pianist and singer-songwriter. She is married to English sound engineer Mark Hawley, with whom she has one child, Natashya “Tash” Lórien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000.

Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument. She is known for her emotionally intense songs that cover a wide range of subjects including sexuality, religion and personal tragedy. Some of her charting singles include “Crucify”, “Silent All These Years”, “Cornflake Girl”, “Caught a Lite Sneeze”, “Professional Widow”, “Spark”, and “A Sorta Fairytale,” her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date. ….Read More

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Ann West ,

She has been a model, a TV and radio talk show host in Hawaii, a doctor of metaphysics, an author, and to top it all off shes now an incredible singer-songwriter. Baffled?! Well dont be! Glasgow-born multi-talented singer-songwriter Ann West has had an extraordinary career. Shes travelled the world from Kauai to India and is now pursuing her long-held ambition to sing. She recently released her debut single Missed It Again, co-written with Richard Fammeree and Frank Myers. Her debut album Confidante will be released in February this year.

Ann West – Confidante

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SChristian Walz ,

(born 4 September 1978 in Stockholm) is a Swedish artist, producer and song writer. His music is mainly pop/soul. He released his self-titled debut album in 1999, only 20 years old. It took a good five years for the next album to be released. “Paint By Numbers” was released in May 2004, became a Swedish Grammy winner and a big hit. The first single from the album was “Maybe Not”, which was then followed “Wonderchild”, probably the song he is best known for. A further two singles, “Never Be Afraid Again” and “Hit ‘n Run” were released.

His third album, “The Corner”, was released on 26 November 2008 in Sweden. ….Read More

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Barenaked Ladies ,

(often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian alternative rock band. The band is composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. They formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, at the time a suburb of Toronto.[1] They are best known for their hit singles, “One Week”, “The Old Apartment”, “Pinch Me”, “If I Had $1000000″ and “Brian Wilson” and for their light-hearted, comedic performance style. The band’s trademarks at live shows are humorous banter between songs and improvised raps/songs, both of which are staples at virtually every concert. ….More

Barenaked Ladies – Snacktime

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Mogwai,

are a Scottish rock group from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed by Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison in 1995, Mogwai has since become one of the most influential and best known names in post-rock. ….More

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Mogwai – I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead

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Gnarls Barkley,

is an American musical collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) from New York, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green (Thomas Callaway), from Atlanta. Their first album, St. Elsewhere, was released in 2006; it and their first hit, “Crazy”, were major commercial successes, and were noted for their large sales by download. The duo released their second album, The Odd Couple, in March of 2008. ….More

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Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul

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