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Trails and Ways is a band from Oakland, CA, with a sound incorporating bossa nova, indie rock, disco and radio pop influences. The four bandmates, (Hannah and Keith on guitar, Ian on drums, and Emma on bass) cast off from the co-op houses at UC Berkeley in the depths of the great recession. They headed to live as far afield as Ceará in Brazil and Galicia in Spain before reuniting in Oakland to start the DIY bedroom recording project that became Trails and Ways. .

the.maple.room started out in the summer of 2003. This band rose from the ashes of bands such as Easy Way Out, Full Court Press, Area51, and Rusk. All members take this band very seriously, on stage and beyond. This is one of the reasons the band got signed on Funtime Records in the winter of 2004. Heartfelt melodies, groundbreaking moshparts and an all out intensity, put in a blender and blasted out with a passion rarely seen, that is somehow the trademark of the.maple.room. In March 2005 they presented their debut album 'uncover everyone'. With references like From Autumn To...

Somewhere in the Blue Mountains, just outside of Sydney, Australia, lives Aidan Roberts. He is the primary songwriter, singer and instrumentalist for his pet folk-rock project, The Maple Trail. Sporting a dark beard and curly hair, Aidan spends his time writing and recording music from his home, forging an existence somewhere between serenity and mayhem. The Maple Trail is somewhat of a personal odyssey; a constant musical journey that has traversed the ravines of Sydney’s metropolitan limits, and rearticulated itself across hundreds of hours of tape and performances, leaving behind no less than 5 unreleased EP's, but now culminating a...

1. Maple was an indie-pop/rock band from Spain, formed in 1998. The band's sound consisted of Laura's pretty, yearning pop vocalisations over tight post-punk arrangements that bring to mind mid-era Rainer Maria. Although Maple never approached that band's popularity (likely due in part to the band's position releasing records on small labels outside of traditional indie geography - America and the UK) they are revered by fans of Spanish indie music and the scene around BCore Disc (who put out the band's full-length album.) Recommended listening for fans of '90s-style indie/emo. 2. Maple is a musician from slovenian coast. He...