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featured artists: Tegan and Sarah, Editors, Velvet Revolver & Badly Drawn Boy

Tegan and Sarah
From: Canada
Sounds Like: Indie/Pop
www.teganandsara.com
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Snippet Bio:Folk-rock duo Tegan and Sara first burst onto the Canadian music scene in 1998, when they earned the highest score in history at Calgary’s “Garage Warz” competition; their quick rise didn’t stop, for their melodic acoustics and charming stage personas led to a slew of dates with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair that same year and a record deal with Neil Young’s Vapor Records in April 2000.

Editors
From: UK
Sounds Like: Indie/Alt
editorsofficial.com
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Snippet Bio: Neo-post-punk quartet Editors formed in 2003. Originally dubbed Snowfield, the group comprised singer/guitarist Tom Smith, lead guitarist Chris Urbanowicz, bassist Russell Leetch, and drummer Ed Lay, all music technology students at Britain’s Stafford University who relocated to Birmingham after graduation.

Velvet Revolver
From: Los Angeles
Sounds Like: Rock
velvetrevolver.com
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Snippet Bio: Velvet Revolver began with a spring 2002 jam session that reunited ex-Guns N’ Roses bandmates Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass), and Matt Sorum (drums) on-stage. With the discovery that their chemistry was still going strong, the trio began pushing around some new music and auditioning singers for what became known as “the Project.”

Badly Drawn Boy
From: UK
Sounds Like: Indie/ Alt
badlydrawnboy.co.uk
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Snippet Bio: Belying his status as a narcoleptic slacker icon, Badly Drawn Boy proved himself a tireless pop songwriter, with arrangements that reflect a great deal of creativity. Born Damon Gough, he began recording after meeting the like-minded Andy Votel at a Manchester nightclub. The pair formed the Twisted Nerve label, and Gough debuted as Badly Drawn Boy with an EP and several singles.

Artist of The Week: Tegan and Sara

Bio: Folk-rock duo Tegan and Sara first burst onto the Canadian music scene in 1998, when they earned the highest score in history at Calgary’s “Garage Warz” competition; their quick rise didn’t stop, for their melodic acoustics and charming stage personas led to a slew of dates with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair that same year and a record deal with Neil Young’s Vapor Records in April 2000. ( Read More…)

On my way to Europe, I picked up SPIN magazine and read a spread about these too. Little did I know that Zune would feature them, very cool.

Sonic Seven: New Music

Sonic Seven is a section made to highlight some artists or rather albums, seven to be exact. This was made public to us via the Zune newsletter to the ones subscribed. The Sonic Seven include: Rihanna, Big & Rich, Daddy Yankee, The Pipettes, T Pain, Various Artist: We all love Ella and QOTSA.

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Zune Artists: Money Mark, Thomas Dolby, Vieux Farka Touré and The Pierces

Money Mark

Sounds like: Alternative

From: Los Angeles, CA

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Snippet Bio: Money Mark is the alias of Mark Ramos-Nishita, a producer and multi-instrumentalist musician known by his funky, retro-flavored riffs, and irreverent keyboard skills. Born in Detroit to a Japanese-Hawaiian father and a Chicano mother, Money Mark started his career overdubbing keyboards for the Delicious Vinyl Label in the West Coast.

Thomas Dolby

Sounds like: Electronica / 80’s synth pop

From: Bay Area, CA

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Snippet Bio: For over two decades Thomas Dolby Robertson has combined music and technology to great effect. The advent of MTV brought Dolby his initial exposure in the early 1980’s. His intelligent videos stood out from the pack, and his songs “She Blinded Me with Science” and “Hyperactive” became huge hits that have stood the test of time. His keyboard and production work put him in the studio with the likes of David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Foreigner, Joni Mitchell, and George Clinton. Numerous awards and five Grammy nominations later, Dolby had achieved worldwide recognition as an artist.

Vieux Farka Touré

Sounds Like: Malian Blues

From: Bamoko, Mali

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Snippet Bio: Since his childhood, Vieux Farka Touré has been deeply inspired by the music of his father, the two-time Grammy Award-winner Ali Farka Touré. Growing up in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as well as in his father’s hometown of Niafunké in the Sahara desert, Touré proved himself a precocious talent as a drummer and calabash player.

The Pierces

From: Alabama - New York 

Sounds like: Folk

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Snippet Bio: Born and raised in Alabama but currently residing in New York, Allison and Catherine Pierce are the harmonizing sisters behind the duo The Pierces. Homeschooled by their painter mother and guitar-wielding father, the two girls were encouraged in the arts from a young age, and quickly learned to play guitar and harmonize