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The Stylistics were one of the most well-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they comprised lead Russell Thompkins, Jr., Herbie Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, and James Dunn. They had their first U.S. hit in 1971 with "You're a Big Girl Now". Signing to Avco Records, The Stylistics began working with producer Thom Bell, who had already produced a catalogue of hits for The Delfonics, and songwriter Linda Creed. Bell imported the sweet soul techniques he had perfected with The Delfonics, and his arrangements worked perfectly with Thompkins' falsetto. The bittersweet lyrics from Creed were a...

Leeds producer Liston is proving himself to be surprisingly dexterous as his tenure at the XVI label continues. Having already proven to be more than adept at making chilled, flickering garage tunes the beatsmith is now exercising a more laidback and soulful approach. This side of Liston was recently spotlighted in a compilation of soul-sampling productions called Selected Cuts, with word of a more garage-rooted EP due sometime this summer. .

Thegiornalisti are an Italian Indie Pop group, formed in 2009 in Rome, that consists of Tommaso Paradiso, Marco Antonio Musella e Marco Primavera. They owe their success to two of their albums, "Fuoricampo" (2014) and "Completamente Sold Out" (2016); this last one has been followed by a tour that has actually been sold out in almost every date. They are inspired by Antonello Venditti and other 80's Italian songwriters. .

Allister is a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1996 and were one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. Besides releasing three studio albums — 1999's Dead Ends and Girlfriends, 2002's Last Stop Suburbia, and 2005's Before the Blackout — Allister made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover. On March 6, 2007, the band announced their intention to go on hiatus. In 2010 they reunited with announce of the new album ''Countdown to Nowhere" to be released October 3rd, 2010. It is now available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/countdown-to-nowhere/id396692153 Tim Rogner - vocals...

There is more than one band with this name: Summary: 1) a death metal band from Sweden that later became Entombed. 2) a hatecore band from Macedonia which has two albums up to date,the latest being " Hate Induced Global Decay" 3) an ambient/trance project from Germany 4) a death metal/grindcore band from Bulgaria, formed in 1991 and have released 2 albums - "Nothing" (1993) and "She's Such A Scream (1994) 5) a thrash metal band from Southern California 6) a chillout/trance project by Tiziano S. Cerrone, released two CDs in Germany 7) a hardcore, metal band from Macedonia. http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Nihilist+(MK)...