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Alex Hovis has been in and around, singing for the melodic, hook-y Astoria, who released the The Start Again E.P. in 2001, sold some records and ultimately disbanded. Alex floated through subsequent revision of Astoria with JamisonParker, and ultimately got together with Ted Vega (bass), Jarrod Alexander (drums) of Death by Stereo and A Static Lullaby and Dan Hammond (guitar). PAPER MODELS has the same Astoria musical base, but it’s grown up now, it knows where it’s going, there’s a skillful band dynamic that combines anxious, driving songwriting with a somber, sometimes cynical, sometimes sarcastic lyricism that creates a cohesive...

Dead Models is the outcome of a songwriting session that took place between Paul Orwell and Nathan Clarke in a smokey little flat in East London.  The pair, of previous bands Junior Victor and The Void, were drawn together just at the right time and found they had an affinity for writing that was born out of a mutual love and passion for 50's and 60's style songwriting and melody along with a shared experience of growing up in the London and Essex scene. With the addition of Mark Brown on bass and James Clarke on drums, they had the...

Post War Glamour Girls are four screaming charmers formed in late 2010. Heavy hitting and dry witted, they create songs which swell up and boil over into brooding, thumping masterpieces reminiscent of Tom Waits, Grinderman and ‘Moon and Antarctica-era’ Modest Mouse. Wearing their hearts firmly on their sleeves, PWGG live shows are a gripping affair. The sets are laced with reckless abundance as songs tinker into a clatter and clatter into a roar before collapsing in a proud heap on top of the audience. The band came to life at the beginning of 2011, with performances at a series of...

Glamour to Kill are: Antonio Glamour to kill-vocals- Luis to kill -guitars & logic/audio- Juan Tormento -keyboards & computer- They have a night-clubbing relationship since ten years. They always wanted to make music together and finally they did it. They started in Berlin (capital of the universe) in 2002...composing and playing in all kind of places, clubs and parties. Some of them: "JUNCTION-BAR", "HOUSE OF SHAME","BLACK GIRLS COALITION", "Teddy Gala -LIQUIDROM-", "MARABU ROCK NIGHT -Sage Club-", "FELLOW TUBES -Big Eden-", "WHITE TRASH", "SQUEEZE BOX -Big Eden-", "Club RIO", "etc..." ELECTRONIC-GLAM-ROCK is the sound...The obssesives Luis´guitars becomes machines with soul of...

In a culture of people obsessed with shit celebritys and a town where heroin is the cheapest in the UK, where laddism wasn't a phase but a way of life, where casual racism breezes by beneath a Chemical Skyline. Teessides own big mouthed Rock 'n' Roll superbastards, The Oxfam Glamour Models are exploding with the kind of rent-a-quote "everything else is shit" soundbites that nascent careers are made of. The Oxfam Glamour Models dont come from Sheffield, dont smoke crack, and dont wear silly hats. The Oxfam Glamour Models dont love New York, dont listen to Duran Duran and dont...