Mystical Guide | id

With more hooks than a pair of really big curtains, LightGuides take a mountain of smart little ideas, riffs and rhythms at a time, and pack them together like Tetris bricks into intricate, intelligent little pop songs. Their playful charm makes modesty of their clever, carefully planned guitar hooks that run in parallel, dodging in and out of each other while the drums pull shapes. Mark Cowan (lead vocals/guitar), brother Dave Cowan (drums/vocals) and childhood friend Martin Murray (guitar) cite American influences like Jimmy Eat World, Alexisonfire, Brand New, and The Get Up Kids. Their sugar-coated pop sensibilities, though, make...

Guidewires with their high-energy performances, breathtaking arrangements and their infectious melodies, its no wonder that this band are being described as "The freshest sound in Irish music". With four members coming from Ireland and one from Brittany it is inevitable their mix of music is not just Irish but also Breton, Middle Eastern, Galician and newly composed. Guidewires have an all-star line up with Irish music's most famous concertina player Pádraig Rynne, Breton music's hottest name Sylvain Barou on Flute, one of Ireland's most recognisable names Tóla Custy on fiddle, top producer and performer Paul McSherry on guitar and one...

1) Guide is a Christian Post-Hardcore band from Kansas CIty, Missouri ( https://www.facebook.com/guidekansascity/info ) 2) Guide is also a hardcore band from Murfreesboro, TN. http://www.myspace.com/guidetnxhc .

Colton Sparks "I've been making music since god knows when. About a year and a half ago, I discovered Baths. I've liked electronic music forever, but it was a game changer. I started listening to Washed Out, Toro Y Moi, Pictureplane. For the past 6 months, I've been trying to crank out some of my own stuff that didnt turn out to be some crappy electro song or some girly little top 40 copy. This is the result. This is my baby. This is GUIDES." Influences: Memory Tapes, Friendly Fires, Cassette Club, Air France, Au Revoire Simone, Baths, Geotic, Memory...