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Larry Graham, Jr. (* 14. August 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) ist ein amerikanischer Sänger, Musiker, Songwriter und Musikproduzent. Er ist bekannt geworden als Bassist in der Psychedelic Soul/Funk-Band Sly & the Family Stone. Nachdem Sly Stone Drogenprobleme bekam, stieg Graham aus und gründete sein eigenes Projekt Graham Central Station. Seit 2000 spielt er bei Prince. Unter Bassgitarristen ist er bekannt als Erfinder der Slap-Technik. .

The Weather Station is a Canadian folk music band fronted by Tamara Lindeman, formed in 2006. It is said that the Weather Station was born in a closet. One day, Tamara Lindeman sat down to make music she had never heard. Using her banjo, her voice, a borrowed microphone, and a selection of percussive household items, Tamara taught herself to write, then to record. Slowly she cut together her musical exploration of loss and everything that comes along with it. The urgings of friends led to the assembly of a five piece band. With banjo, mandolin, violin, and other wooden...

The Bus Station Loonies are a 'cabaret punk' band from Plymouth,UK. They have been described as a cross between Dead Kennedys, Undertones and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The band formed in 1995 in an attempt to put fun into the anarcho-punk movement. Original Loonies Tony Popkids (drums) and Chris Wheelchair (vocals, keyboards, kazoo; ex-drummer with Oi Polloi, Disorder, Riot/Clone and DIRT, among others) still continue with the band today, having recruited approximately 30 other band members over 10 years. The band was featured in the UK's Channel 4 documentary, Punx Picnic. The Bus Station Loonies were the first band...

Firestations is a London five-piece that includes members of Astronauts, Dark Captain, Quickspace and Left With Pictures. At times they bring to mind the scuzzy indiepop hooks of Veronica Falls or the Wave Pictures meshed with the spacey folk of Pentangle or Tunng, and the streamlined precision of Stereolab. Their songs can be lighthearted, but they conceal a dark underbelly of suburban angst and modern mistrust beneath the surface. They write pop songs which are bolstered by collective noise-making and bursts of electronic sound from synths and guitar. At the quieter end of the spectrum the songs hint at a...