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www.myspace.com/goldteeth only fired up last year (2008. Their MySpace site seems to be doing all the heavy lifting of getting them noticed. Hey it worked for me. Electronics, Afrobeat, great rythms and yummy guitars. Think Madness meets Blu… “Everybody” and “Confused Blue” are my faves. “Confused Blue” feels rythmically like a rework of  Bob Marley’s [...]

100monkeys are a band that aren’t perfect. Far from it but they are interesting. Every track is one take. No safety net , no “we’ll fix it later”. It’s all there warts and all and as a result it has a honesty to it’s performances that I find wonderfully refreshing. There are the odd moments [...]

A work colleague pointed me in the direction of this band Brightwater. They are a contemporary folk band writing and performing their own music and located in Melbourne, Australia. From their website: Award winning songwriters, ‘Brightwater’, have been playing folk clubs, acoustic music venues, bush dances and festivals from Port Fairy to Loch Sport since [...]

Håkan Jorming is an unsigned singer and songwriter from Stockholm in Sweden. He performs a variety of acoustic indie songs that are gentle and sweet accompanied by finger style acoustic guitar or piano. “Let Me Into Your Heart” is pretty standard emo fodder underpinned by solid kick and rhythm guitar. “Things Will Happen” bears the [...]

Jools spotted this one and sent it along for my entertainment. I love it. I cant tell you a lot about The Ghost Orchid apart from what’s on the MySpace site. The Ghost Orchid was formed in late 2006 as a collaborative side project with the intention of combining a collection of songs, ideas, and [...]

Irya Gmeyner’s song “My Angel” has been bouncing around on my MP3 player since around October last year. It’s a tricky one, I haven’t been able to make my mind up about it. There is no doubt that she is a talented songwriter, has a killer band and a really interesting voice (I keep thinking [...]

Thatch is working this evening earning a living so I can replace my “long in the tooth” car, thus you find me here. What did I choose to post about tonight do you think? Well, I’ve been saving these guys up for a while and they should serve to rock your Friday. No Quarter are [...]