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The album was smart, literate and catchy, and earned itself a nomination for the 2011 Mercury Prize. Completely changing it up with a new line up that included bassist Olubenga and drummer Anna, Metronomy's album The English Riviera was released in 2011 and is considered to be one of the most visionary pop records this decade.

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Relocating to London in 2008, Metronomy played a string of shows as trio with a very creative aesthetic which included outfits decorated in push-on bulbs and a series of choreographed routines.

Releasing the debut album Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe) in 2006, Metronomy became one of the more complex and considered characters of the burgeoning nu-rave scene. Joe formed Metronomy as a teenage bedroom project in his home town of Totnes, Devon and it took shape when he moved to Brighton to study music and visual art. Joe Mount is the mastermind behind Metronomy, one of the UK's most inventive, loved and successful bands. This is shown through their passionate storytelling, which has occupied a central place in Icelandic history since the first settlers from Norway and the British Isles reached the island in the late 9th and early 10th century. She's sung with bands such as Útidúr, Sykur and Halleluwah and comes from a highly creative family of that includes her uncle Ragnar Kjartansson - the famed performance artist.Īs Rakel tells us, Icelanders are incredibly protective and proud of their culture and past which is rich in tales of monsters, spirits, elves and trolls. Icelandic-born and California raised Rakel Mjöll is Dream Wife's singer and was already a veteran of the Reykjavík music and arts scene before she headed to the UK to study. At their concerts they make sure there's an even footing between performers and audience and they on a mission to support women taking up space at shows. Of course the fake band proved to be something of real substance and soon Dream Wife were putting on some of the best live shows around and recording tracks like their signature anthem 'Somebody', inspired by the SlutWalk, the grassroots protest march that calls for an end to rape culture.ĭream Wife also collaborate with the Girls Against campaign, which was formed by three teenage girls to raise awareness of, and reduce sexual harassment at gigs and concerts.

Punk trio Dream Wife came together while they were studying visual arts at Brighton University, with roommates Rakel and Bella roping in fellow student Alice to create a fake girl band for a course project.

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She tells us just why the iconic TV show is so important to her.Ĭatch up with our earlier shows by subscribing on Apple Podcasts with this link: /talktheline In Halloween 2012, she staged a version of the season six musical episode 'Once More, with Feeling' at an East London theatre. Kate is a massive fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In 2016 she also rallied almost 300 fellow musicians such as Sia, Alicia Keys and Karen O against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock.Īs an actress, Kate's been part of Netflix's best shows GLOW where she plays wrestler Rhonda 'Britanica' Richardson and stars alongside Alison Brie and Marc Marron. Kate is known for her activism and as well as performances at Pride and her support for Pussy Riot, she's a founding director of the Featured Artists Coalition, a musicians' lobbying group. She's releasd four albums to date and her latest Yesterday Forever was inspired by her adolescent diaries and the realisation that the end of her twenties was just as intense as her teenage years. At the age of 21 singer/songwriter Kate Nash won a BRIT Award and over the last ten years has balanced a successful music and acting career.

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