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The Vile Darling Set are two old friends from a small North Yorkshire town, brought together by a love of music and a hatred of school.

They have been playing together in various bands over the years, but it has been in the last year that they joined forces again to create the music they are performing today.

Drawing influences from African and American blues, folk and soul, they are impressing crowds all over London, their adopted hometown.

The new single "There's a light around my head" will be available in October online and also as a limited edition cd, each of which has a unique front cover, designed by local artists and friends of the band, make sure you get your hands on one!

For more info on the band:

www.myspace.com/theviledarlingset

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Love Amongst Ruin is the brain child of Steve Hewitt, drummer and songwriter in the multi million selling Placebo. As Love Amongst Ruin's frontman he takes the lead for the first time in what has already been described as "one of the most explosive live bands to come in 2010"

This multi-faceted rock band promises the crunch of a stone age queen, the crossover appeal of a parkful of linkins and the melodicism of the hardiest fighter of foos. Drop in twists of New Order/Depeche Mode electro-twangle, Can/Kasabian motorika, Cure atmospherics and hardcore Metallica riffage.

Steve Hewitt also served time at the stool of such diverse acts as The Boo Radleys, grit-rockers Breed, baggy chart stars K-Klass with whom he tasted huge global success, sharing the journey from post-Britpop indie hype band to multi-million selling international superstars with Placebo.

The self titled debut album is released on 6th September 2010, preceded by the single So Sad (Fade). The band will be performing a series of UK and International shows before embarking on their debut tour in October 2010.

for more on Love Amongst Ruin check out their website www.loveamongstruin.com (where there is some juicy free downloads too!)

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With their Outkast-meets-James Brown style, Benin City are one of the UK's outstanding new bands. This brilliant London five-piece outfit fuses funk, drum and bass, hip-hop, Afrobeat, poetry and jazz, fronted by two of the UK's finest spoken word artists, Joshua Idehen and Musa Okwonga.

Benin City's single 'Work,' was played on Sky Sports' SoccerAM and featured as single of the week by Xfm's John Kennedy, who also featured them on his X-Posure live session. They have appeared twice on BBC3's "The Verb"; on the BBC World Service, and BBC 6Music with Huey Morgan of Fun Loving Criminals; on Reuters for their Africa Daily programme, and they have the enthusiastic support of Mark Lamarr (BBC Radio 2) and Craig Charles (Funk and Soul Show, BBC 6Music). They have supported Fool's Gold, Lack of Afro, Kid British, Lazy Habits, Kasai Masai, Sound of Rum and The Thirst.

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Once upon a time there was a girl called Lauren. She lived in grassy, green Madison County, Tennessee where people are as sweet as the tea they make. She'd sing songs in her yard and run around with ballerinas, big kitty cats and her brothers all the livelong day. One winter evening Lauren decided she wanted a change of scenery. She wanted to leave her comfortable grasslands and start a joyride. She traveled far to La La land and danced with the faeries in Beverly Hills, all the while humming along to Bob Marley and playing pianos. Then Lauren ventured to Gotham City(out of a pure and deep love for Batman)to take to the stages of the great White Way as a long-haired bohemian. Now 6 years, 5 tattoos, 4 electric tea kettles, 3 cities, 2 tours and 1 Nord keyboard later, she's in the bushes with the shepherds of London, singing of her homeland with the Lolo Army ready for the next round of life attacks. Lauren knows life is first-rate come what may. The End.

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