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Codeine Velvet Club is a Glasgow, Scotland, alternative rock band which formed in 2008, by Lou Hickey and Jon Lawler (better known as Jon Fratelli), while Jon's main band, The Fratellis, were taking a break before recording their third studio album. Their eponymous début was "Codeine Velvet Club" (28 Dec 2009). Jon stated Codeine Velvet Club while The Fratellis were touring their "Here We Stand" album, that he wanted to release a solo effort to keep himself busy between albums, indicating that the band were going to take a break once they finished touring the album. The Fratellis finished their...

Discodeine are Benjamin Morando and Pilooski. They have already released two acclaimed EP's on Dirty, and a few remixes (for Metronomy, Bot'ox, Photonz...). Their tracks have been tracklisted on prestigious compilations (Fabric, Robert Johnson..). They are now working on their third EP and thinking up some weird collaborations for their forthcoming album. www.myspace.com/discodeine .

American indie rock band formed in New York in 1989 by members Stephen Immerwahr (vocal, bass), Chris Brokaw (drums) and John Engle (guitar). Codeine pioneered the slowcore and sadcore subgenres of indie rock, but with a more experimental attitude than other bands in the genre, such as Low, Idaho and Red House Painters. The band's original tone, marked by slow tempos, Immerwahr's nasal and apathetic vocals, and Engle's ringing Telecaster, did not evolve much during their career. Codeine released their first album Frigid Stars on the German label Glitterhouse in 1990. The album was released on Sub Pop the following...