{"key":"8609","name":"Ellie Goulding","bio":"Ellie Goulding (born Elena Jane Goulding on 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Hereford, she grew up in Kington, Herefordshire and currently lives in London, England.After studying drama at the University of Kent for a couple of years, Goulding moved to West London for the purpose of developing her songs and music career. Touring since 2008 she released her debut single \"Under the Sheets\" on 15 November 2009. The track was produced by Starsmith, with whom she has been working since the beginning of her career. On 8 January 2010, Goulding topped the BBC Sound of 2010 music list. Previous winners include the likes of Little Boots, Corinne Bailey Rae and Mika. On 16 February 2010, she won the Critics' Choice award at the BRIT Awards, which has previously been given to acts such as Adele and Florence + the Machine.Ellie Goulding's debut album Lights was released on 1 March 2010 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was re-released 29 November 2010 as Bright Lights with six new tracks. It produced two additional singles: \"Your Song,\" a cover of Elton John's song (which went on to become her biggest single to date in the UK, reaching number two) and the title track \"Lights (single version).\" Following this re-release, the album saw a surge in sales in both the UK and Ireland. On March 8, 2011, the album was released in the United States with alternate cover art and featuring three songs that were previously not on the original version but were included on Bright Lights, those songs being \"Lights,\" \"Animal,\" and \"Your Song.\" Goulding's second album Halcyon was released on 8 October 2012. The first single from the album, \"Anything Could Happen,\" was released digitally in the UK on 30 September 2012.Goulding co-wrote three songs for Diana Vickers debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree, titled \"Remake Me & You\", \"Notice\" and \"Jumping Into Rivers\" (all three co-written with Vickers and Guy Sigsworth). She also co-wrote a track with George Astasio, Gabriella Cilmi, Jason Pebworth and Jon Shave for Cilmi's second album Ten, titled \"Love Me Cos You Want To\".In 2015, Goulding released the worldwide #1 hit, \"Love Me Like You Do\", from the box office success \"Fifty Shades of Grey\".http:\/\/elliegoulding.com\/","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/8609_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"500,000 - 1,000,000"}

{"key":"578","name":"Hot Chip","bio":"Hot Chip are an electronic\/dance band which formed in London, England, United Kingdom in 2000. It consists of Alexis Taylor (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Joe Goddard (vocals, synths, percussion), Al Doyle (guitar, vocals), Owen Clarke (synths, guitar) and Felix Martin (percussion). The combination of Taylor's ethereal, high-pitched vocals with Goddard's warm, low pitch and the band's blip-blop electronics creates a dreamy sound. The band is best known for the hit singles \"Over and Over\" (2006) and \"Ready for the Floor\" (2008).Hot Chip's official site is http:\/\/www.hotchip.co.uk\/.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/578_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"6156","name":"Robyn","bio":"Robyn is the stage name of the Swedish pop singer-songwriter Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden). She is best known for her critically acclaimed electropop music, her impressive live shows and the hits \"With Every Heartbeat\" (#1 UK) and \"Dancing On My Own\" (#8 UK, #1 Sweden). In 2011, the single \"Dancing On My Own\" was nominated at Grammy Awards for the category Best Dance Recording. She is the owner of Konichiwa Records, which release only her music, including Robyn and Body Talk. Robyn's parents are actors, and she herself was involved in acting at the age of 9, with an extra role in Kronbruden at the Swedish theatre Dramaten. In 1991, at the age of 12, Robyn recorded the theme song named \"Du kan alltid bli nummer ett\" (\"You can always be number one\") for the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln. In the same year she performed this song on television show S\u00f6ndags\u00f6ppet. Robyn was rediscovered by Swedish pop singer Meja in the early 90s. Meja and her band Legacy of Sound visited Robyn's school and were involved with a musical workshop.Following the completion of her middle school education, Robyn signed to Ricochet Records Sweden, a subsidiary of BMG. She collaborated with producers Max Martin and Denniz Pop. Writing duties were assisted by Ulf Lindstrom and Johan Ekhe, who also helped to produce the album, and they stayed on board with Robyn until 2003.Robyn started her career in the pop music industry at the age of 16. She signed a record deal with RCA Records in 1994 to release her debut single \"You've Got That Somethin'\" in Sweden, followed by her breakthrough single \"Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)\". In October 1996 she released her debut album Robyn Is Here. Robyn's US breakthrough came in 1997, when the dance-pop singles \"Show Me Love\" and \"Do You Know (What It Takes)\" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her second album My Truth was released in May 1999 in Sweden, with subsequent releases elsewhere in Europe. The single \"Electric\" was a hit across Europe, and propelled My Truth to second position in Sweden. Despite her success in the US market with her debut album, My Truth did not receive an international release.In 1999, Robyn contributed to Christian Falk's debut solo album Quel Bordel, appearing on the tracks \"Remember\" and \"Celebration\". In 2000, she appeared on the track \"Intro\/Fristil\" on Petter's self-titled album. In 2001, Robyn contributed the song \"Say You'll Walk the Distance\" to the soundtrack for the film On the Line. In November 2002, Robyn swapped labels at BMG (from RCA to Jive Records) and released her third album Don't Stop The Music in Sweden. She issued the singles \"Keep This Fire Burning\" and \"Don't Stop The Music\" in Scandinavia and mainland Europe. The lead single \"Keep This Fire Burning\" was covered by British soul singer Beverley Knight.The decade-long relationship between Robyn and BMG ceased in 2004. When they reacted negatively to \"Who's That Girl\", which showcased a new electropop sound, Robyn decided to release music on her own. In early 2005, she announced she would be leaving Jive Records to start her own record label, Konichiwa Records. In May 2004, Robyn's Best was released in America. It is essentially a condensed version of her debut album, containing no material from her later releases. In 2006, following her departure from BMG, the compilation Det B\u00e4sta Med Robyn (The Best of Robyn) was released in Sweden.Robyn released the single \"Be Mine!\" in March 2005, followed a month later by her fourth studio album Robyn. This album became her first number one album upon its release in Sweden. Collaborators of this album include names like Klas \u00c5hlund from Teddybears, the Swedish duo The Knife and former Cheiron producer Alexander Kronlund. Sampling influences from electronic, rap and R&B music, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for \"\u00c5rets Album\" (Best Album), \"\u00c5rets Komposit\u00f6r\" (Best Writer, alongside Klas \u00c5hlund) and \"\u00c5rets Pop Kvinnlig\" (Best Pop Female). Robyn released three more singles from the eponymous album: \"Who's That Girl\", \"Handle Me\" and \"Crash and Burn Girl\".In 2006 she featured on the Basement Jaxx track \"Hey You\", taken from their album Crazy Itch Radio. The year also marked the release of Christian Falk's second album People Say, on which Robyn contributed the tracks \"Dream On\" and \"C.C.C.\". In December 2006, she released The Rakamonie EP in the UK. In March 2007, Robyn released the single \"Konichiwa Bitches\" in the UK, followed by the revised edition of the album Robyn in April 2007. This version contains slightly altered versions of two of the original songs and two new tracks: \"With Every Heartbeat\" (a collaboration with Kleerup) and \"Cobrastyle\" (a cover of a 2006 single by Swedish rockers Teddybears). The second single from this revised album was \"With Every Heartbeat\", issued in late July 2007 and reaching number one on the UK singles chart. Follow-up singles \"Handle Me\", \"Be Mine!\", \"Who's That Girl\" and \"Dream On\" were top thirty hits. Also in 2007, Robyn contributed vocals to Fleshquartet's single \"This One's For You\", from their album Voices of Eden.The Rakamonie EP was released in January 2008 in the US under Cherrytree Records, a subsidiary of Interscope, and the US edition of her self-titled album was released in April 2008. \"With Every Heartbeat (with Kleerup)\", \"Handle Me\" and \"Cobrastyle\" were top ten club hits, and the former received airplay at US pop and dance radio stations. She was also featured on \"Sexual Eruption (Fyre Department remix)\" by Snoop Dogg.Robyn completed a short US tour to promote the album Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008. In January 2009, Robyn won a Swedish Grammis Award for Best Live Act 2008. In 2009 she featured on the single \"The Girl and the Robot\" from the album Junior by Norwegian electronic band R\u00f6yksopp.In 2010 Robyn announced she planned to release three albums in the same year. To promote the first part, she released the songs \"Fembot\", \"Dancehall Queen\" (produced by Diplo) and \"None of Dem\" (featuring R\u00f6yksopp) to digital outlets as promotional singles on 13 April 2010. Klas \u00c5hlund was the main producer of all Body Talk albums.Robyn released Body Talk Pt. 1, on 14 June 2010 in the Nordic countries through EMI and on 15 June 2010 in the US through Interscope. This mini-album was preceded on 1 June 2010 by the lead single \"Dancing On My Own\". The song became Robyn's first number one hit in Sweden, and her fourth top ten hit in both the UK and the US, peaking at #8 on the UK Singles Chart and at #3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Later The Guardian and Slant Magazine rated \"Dancing On My Own\" as the best song of 2010, and Pitchfork Media ranked it 4th in their Top 100 Tracks of 2010. On 30 August 2010, Robyn performed at Polar Music Prize 2010 a cover of \"Hyperballad\", with Bj\u00f6rk being in the audience.On 6 September 2010, Body Talk Pt. 2 was released in the UK. It was preceded on 5 September 2010 by the single \"Hang With Me\", a dance version of an acoustic song from Body Talk Pt. 1. This album also contains a duet with Snoop Dogg on \"You Should Know Better (feat. Snoop Dogg)\". On 12 September 2010 Robyn performed a remixed version of \"Dancing On My Own\" with deadmau5 at MTV Video Music Awards 2010. Robyn released on 22 November 2010 (US and Scandinavia) the third and final part of the Body Talk series, entitled Body Talk. The album includes five songs from each previous Body Talk parts, along with five new songs. The new tracks have been made available separately as Body Talk Pt. 3 in the United States and Germany. The album was promoted mainly by the release of the single \"Indestructible\" on 1 November 2010. Body Talk received extremely favorable reviews from most music critics and featured on many year-end lists.On 1st April 2011, Robyn issued the single \"Call Your Girlfriend\".Official site: http:\/\/www.robyn.com","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/6156_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"88080","name":"Tove Styrke","bio":"Tove Anna Linn\u00e9a \u00d6stman Styrke (born 19 November 1992 in Ume\u00e5, Sweden) is a singer, songwriter, pianist and model. She was a contestant on Swedish Idol 2009 and ended up in third place. After Idol 2009, she started a solo career as an electropop singer and songwriter. She is best known for the hit singles \"White Light Moment\", \"Call My Name\", \"Borderline\" and \"Ego\".Her father, the musician Anders \u00d6stman, scored a Swedish number one hit in the 1970s. He opened a music store after he stopped touring. Anders \u00d6stman introduced Tove to guitar when she was a child, but she preferred the piano, being encouraged by her piano teacher grandfather.Her mother Anna, a former dancer and ballet instructor, is the manager of a ballet academy and enrolled her in dance classes at an early age. Tove has a younger and an older sister. Tove Styrke began performing as a vocalist in a local jazz band in her high school years. She also modeled for various publications.Styrke was discovered by Anders Bagge during his tour for Swedish Idol 2009. On this competition, she performed songs by Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, The Killers, The Sounds, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, U2, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry, Sandi Thom, Eurythmics, Russ Ballard, Ted G\u00e4rdestad and Bobby Darin. She finished third in the competition, after Calle Kristiansson and the winner Erik Gr\u00f6nwall. After this contest, she was signed by Sony Music in December 2009. In June 2010, Tove released her first single \"Million Pieces\", written by Adam Olenius of Shout Out Louds and by Lykke Li.In 12 November 2010, she released her debut album Tove Styrke. The album has been produced by Patrik Berger, Lotus & 2manyfreckles, Peter \u00c5gren, Janne Kask and Paw. Most tracks have been written by Tove Styrke, Patrik Berger, Peter \u00c5gren and Janne Kask.The second single, \"White Light Moment\", charted at number 5 on the Swedish top singles chart and has been certified gold. In January 2011, Tove Styrke won the \"Best Newcomer\" award at P3 Guld. At the end of February 2011, it was released High and Low EP which included \"High and Low (2011 Remake)\" and another five remixes. In April 2011, Styrke featured in an IKEA commercial, where she performed the Swedish lullaby \"Byssan Lull\".On 19 August 2011, the single \"Call My Name\" was released on digital download. The song has peaked to number 28 on the Swedish Singles Chart. \"Call My Name\" has been nominated for \"Best Song of the Year\" at P3 Guld.In September 2011, the Swedish band Caotico released the single \"Brains Out (with Tove Styrke)\". She also appeared on \"Brains Out\" music video.In 23 November 2014, the EP Borderline has been issued. In 8 June 2015, she released her second album, Kiddo.Official site: http:\/\/www.tovestyrkemusic.com","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/88080_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"6148","name":"La Roux","bio":"La Roux is the electropop project of Elly Jackson (born 12 March 1988 in London, United Kingdom; singer and keyboardist). It started as a duo in 2008 and became a solo project in 2011, when Jackson's songwriting and producing partner Ben Langmaid left the group. Her music is largely influenced by 80s pop music including Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Heaven 17, Yazoo and Prince.The name La Roux (pronounced lah-roo) is reported to be chosen when Elly found it in a book of baby names. La Roux comes from the mix of the French masculine word for \"redhead\" and the feminine article for \"the\", referring to Jackson's distinctive hairstyle.In 2006 Jackson and Langmaid were introduced by a mutual friend. Their first project was named Automan and they wrote largely acoustic music.In 15 December 2008, La Roux released their first single \"Quicksand\" on Kitsun\u00e9 Music label, reaching just #129 on UK. This single was followed on 29 June 2009 by their debut album La Roux on Polydor label. The album peaked at #2 on UK albums chart, #158 on US charts, and it sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.La Roux' second single \"In For the Kill\" was released on 16 March 2009. This single debuted at #11 on the UK singles chart and peaked at #2. The dubstep producer Skream made two remixes of this track: \"In for the Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey remix)\" and \"In for the Kill (That Doesn't Sound Like Skream's remix)\". Lifelike also made a remix entitled \"In for the Kill (Lifelike Remix)\".\"Bulletproof\" was released on 22 June 2009 and debuted at #1 on the UK singles chart and peaked at #8 on the US charts. This single was ranked #25 on Rolling Stone's list of The 25 Best Songs of 2009. They issued \"I'm Not Your Toy\" as fourth single on 27 September 2009, reaching #27 on the UK singles chart.La Roux gained fifth position on the BBC's Sound of 2009 poll. The Guardian featured La Roux as one of the \"Best New Acts of 2009\" in the January of that year. The debut album has been nominated for a Mercury Prize. Also they have received 2010 BRIT Award nominations in the categories of British Breakthrough Act and British Single for \"In for the Kill\".They won the NME Award for Best Dancefloor Filler with \"In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey remix)\". They were also the only band to be featured 4 times on the NME 50 Best Tracks of 2009 list with \"I'm Not Your Toy\" placed at #41, \"Bulletproof\" at #24, \"In For the Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey remix)\" at #19 and \"In For The Kill\" at #8.Currently La Roux is working on a second album.Official site: http:\/\/www.laroux.co.uk","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/6148_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"8377","name":"Ladytron","bio":"Ladytron are an electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, England. The band consists of Helen Marnie (also known as Marnie; lead vocals, synths), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synths), Daniel Hunt (synths, guitar) and Reuben Wu (synths). They've released five studio albums so far: 604 (2001), Light & Magic (2002), Witching Hour (2005), Velocifero (2008) and Gravity the Seducer (2011). They also issued the live album Live at London Astoria 16.07.08 (2009), the compilation album Best of 00-10 (2011), and the EPs Miss Black and Her Friends (1999), Commodore Rock (2000), Mu-Tron EP (2000), Extended Play (2006), The Harmonium Sessions (2006), Ace of Hz EP (2011). Their sound is usually described as electropop mixed with new wave and shoegaze influences. Liverpool-based producers and DJs Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu met in the 1990s. Hunt was the founder of the indie record label Invicta Hi-Fi and of a nightclub. Wu trained in Industrial Design at Sheffield Hallam University and graduated in 1997. He became an industrial designer at Team Consulting Limited until 2002.Using the moniker Ladytron, taken from the song \"Ladytron\" by Roxy Music, Hunt and Wu recorded the debut single \"He Took Her to a Movie\" with the guest vocalist Lisa Eriksson (who later formed the band Techno Squirrels). \"He Took Her to a Movie\" was released in July 1999 and gained positive reviews. In the summer of 1999, Hunt and Wu met Helen Marnie (born in 1978 in Glasgow, Scotland) and Mira Aroyo (born in 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria). Marnie and Aroyo joined Ladytron as vocalists and keyboard players. Marnie studied music at the University of Liverpool where she received a Bachelor of Arts in pop music in 1999. Aroyo was a postgraduate research geneticist in the Oxford University's Biochemistry department.In December 1999, Ladytron issued the EP Miss Black and Her Friends in Japan only. It was followed in June 2000 by the EP Commodore Rock and in October 2000 by Mu-Tron EP. All the songs from these EPs, except \"Miss Black\" and \"Olivetti Jerk\", were later included on their debut studio album. \"He Took Her to a Movie\", Mu-Tron EP, \"The Way That I Found You\", were all selected as NME \"Single of the Week\".In 6 February 2001, Ladytron released their critically acclaimed debut album, 604 on Emperor Norton (US). The album was also released in 26 March 2001 on Labels (Germany) and in 2 April 2001 on Invicta Hi-Fi (UK). It was re-released in 20 July 2004 on Emperor Norton (US) and in 14 January 2011 (Germany)\/18 January 2011 (US)\/24 January (UK) on Nettwerk.604 has been written mostly by Daniel Hunt and co-produced by him and Lance Thomas. Three singles supported the album's promotion: \"He Took Her to a Movie\", \"Playgirl\", and \"The Way That I Found You\".Also in 2001, Ladytron covered The Human League' song \"Open Your Heart\" for the compilation album Reproductions: Songs of The Human League. Until 2004, the band wore uniforms on stage. Daniel Hunt stated in 2001 that their uniforms were inspired by the SF movie The Andromeda Strain. In an interview from 2002, Hunt also said that the meaning of 604 album title is the area code for British Columbia.In 17 September 2002, Ladytron released their sophomore album Light & Magic at Emperor Norton (US) and Telstar (UK). The album was also released in 7 April 2003 at Warner Music (Germany) and in 21 June 2003 at Victor Entertainment (Japan). It was re-released in 20 July 2004 on Emperor Norton (US) and in 14 January 2011 (Germany)\/18 January 2011 (US)\/24 January 2011 (UK) on Nettwerk.Light & Magic was co-produced by the band and Mickey Petralia in Los Angeles. The album featured a darker sound than their debut and spawned three underground hits, \"Seventeen\", \"Evil\", and \"Blue Jeans\". They toured over a year to support this album.In 7 October 2003, they issued the mix compilation Softcore Jukebox on Emperor Norton. The compilation includes songs of other artists selected by the band and also two of their own songs: the single remix of \"Blue Jeans\" renamed \"Blue Jeans 2.0\" and the cover \"Oops Oh My\" by Tweet. In 2004, they played a series of shows in China as part of an exhibition tour set up by the British Council.In 3 October 2005, Ladytron released their third studio album Witching Hour on Island (UK). The album was also released in 4 October 2005 on Universal Music (Germany) and Rykodisc (US). It was re-released in 5 April 2007 on Major (Germany), in 5 November 2007 on So Sweet (UK), in 18 January 2011 (US)\/24 January 2011 (UK) on Nettwerk.Witching Hour was co-produced by the band and Jim Abbiss. The album featured live drums and guitars mixed with their trademark sound. This album was very well received by critics and fans. It was supported by the singles \"Sugar\" and \"Destroy Everything You Touch\". The single \"Destroy Everything You Touch\" became the band's signature song.Their third album was followed in 2006 by Extended Play, a two-disc EP CD\/DVD compilation that features exclusive unreleased remixes and UK B-sides, as well as a 35-minute bonus DVD that included a 27 minutes documentary titled Once Upon a Time in the East: Ladytron in China based on their short 2004 tour in China. In the same year Ladytron recorded The Harmonium Sessions, which contained four reworked songs from Witching Hour.Without any real label support, Ladytron toured exhaustively over the next two years, on the strength of their cult following. They played in North America, Europe, and South America. They also opened for Nine Inch Nails in early 2007 at the request of Trent Reznor.Along their career, Ladytron have produced remixes for many artists, including Dave Gahan, Goldfrapp, Placebo, Blondie, Bloc Party, Kings of Convenience, Gang of Four, She Wants Revenge, Soulwax, Nine Inch Nails, Simian, Indochine and Apoptygma Berzerk.In 2 June 2008, the group issued on Nettwerk their fourth album, Velocifero. The album was recorded in Paris, with the band handling production duties with Alessandro Cortini (Modwheelmood, Nine Inch Nails, SONOIO) and Vicarious Bliss (Justice, DJ Mehdi). Their sound evolved to an even more organic sound and harsher beats. The band states that \"velocifero\" literally means \"bringer of speed\" and is also the name of a classic retro styled scooter. The album spawned three singles, \"Ghosts\", \"Runaway\" and \"Tomorrow\".In 6 April 2009, Nettwerk issued the remix compilation Velocifero (Remixed & Rare). In the same year, the band self-released their first live album entitled Live at London Astoria 16.07.08. They also co-wrote and produced the songs \"Birds of Prey\" and \"Little Dreamer\" for Christina Aguilera. These songs featured on her 2010 album Bionic.In 2009, Ladytron toured North America with The Faint (co-headline tour), and performed two special shows with Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House in the summer. They also announced that they will be the opening act for Depeche Mode on few concerts in Eastern Europe, but these concerts were cancelled due to Dave Gahan's illness.The soundtrack of the video game FIFA 11 featured a new Ladytron song, \"Ace of Hz\", which was released as digital single on 30 November 2010. In 11 January 2011, the band issued the digital EP Ace of Hz, which includes the album mix plus 5 remixes. In 28 March 2011, Ladytron released the compilation Best of 00-10 on Nettwerk. It featured 17 tracks on standard edition and 33 tracks on deluxe edition (plus a 80 pages booklet). They also issued the remix compilation Best of Remixes and the iTunes video compilation Best of 00-10 Videos.In 12 September 2011, they released the fifth studio album, Gravity the Seducer, on Nettwerk. The album was recorded in Kent's countryside and it was produced by the band and Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Editors). Daniel Hunt said \"Gravity the Seducer is more of a jump than the last album was, more ethereal and melodic, a touch more abstract in places than we've gone before, baroque 'n' roll\".Gravity the Seducer has been preceded by the single \"White Elephant\", issued on 17 May 2011. The band premiered the song \"Ambulances\", in 16 June 2011. It was followed by the single \"Mirage\" in 8 August 2011.On 20 December 2011, Nettwerk issued the remix compilations 604 (Remixed & Rare), Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare), Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare).Using the stage name of Marnie, Helen Marnie started in 2012 a solo career. She self-released her debut solo album Crystal World on 11 June 2013. The album was produced in 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland by her band mate Daniel Hunt in collaboration with the Icelandic musician Bar\u00f0i J\u00f3hannsson.Touring:There have been six main Ladytron tours: 604 tour (2001), Light & Magic tour (2002\u20132004), Witching Hour tour (2005\u20132007), Velocifero tour (2008\u20132009), Best of 00-10 tour (2011), and Gravity the Seducer tour (2011). During the years, they toured in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia.The band played at various music festivals like La Route du Rock 2001, Reading Festival 2001, Festival Internacional de Benic\u00e0ssim 2001 and 2005, Coachella Festival 2003 and 2006, Hultsfred Festival 2003, Arvikafestivalen 2003 and 2006, Lowlands Festival 2003, Dot-to-Dot Festival 2005, Pukkelpop 2005, Exit Festival 2005, Creamfields 2007, Electric Picnic 2007, Bonnaroo Festival 2008, Ruisrock Festival 2009, Traffic Festival 2009, Standon Calling Festival 2009, Electrosonic Festival 2009, Ping Gu Valley Festival 2011, Donaufestival 2011, Selector Festival 2011, Hegyalja Festival 2011, Decibel Festival 2011, DeLuna Fest 2011, Zouk Festival 2011.Since Light & Magic tour, Ladytron started to tour extensively and to add touring members to play live bass and drums. Previous touring members include Pop Levi (bass during Light & Magic tour), Andrea Goldsworthy (bass during Witching Hour tour), and Keith York (drums during Light & Magic tour and Witching Hour tour).Bands to open for Ladytron on their tours include Simian, The Presets, Client, Phaser, CSS, Asobi Seksu, Mount Sims, Crocodiles, Franz Ferdinand, SONOIO, VHS or Beta and Geographer.Ladytron have opened for other artists like Soulwax on their UK tour in 2001, Bj\u00f6rk in 2003, and Goldfrapp in 2006. In early 2007, they opened for Nine Inch Nails on their European tour, at the invitation of Trent Reznor. In 2009, Ladytron and The Faint co-headlined a North American tour.Official site: www.ladytron.com","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/8377_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"588","name":"The Ting Tings","bio":"The Ting Tings are an alternative pop duo which formed in 2004 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom and consist of Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums) and Jules De Martino (drums, vocals).The band has released three albums: \"We Started Nothing\" (2008), \"Sounds from Nowheresville\" (2012) and \"Super Critical\" (2014). Their 2008 single \"That's Not My Name\" reached number one in the UK and its follow-up \"Shut Up and Let Me Go\" reached the top ten. Both singles were minor hits in the United States.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/588_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"8589","name":"CHVRCHES","bio":"CHVRCHES (pronounced as \"churches\") are a Scottish electronic band from Glasgow, formed in 2011. The group consists of Lauren Mayberry (lead vocals, occasionally synths and samplers), Iain Cook (synths, guitar, bass, vocals) and Martin Doherty (synths, samplers, vocals). The group's debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, was released on 20 September 2013.Previously, Mayberry was a member of the bands Boyfriend\/Girlfriend and Blue Sky Archives. Mayberry is a trained drummer and also did a four-year law degree, followed by a Masters in journalism. Cook was a member of Aereogramme and The Unwinding Hours and also wrote music for film and TV. Doherty was a live member of The Twilight Sad. According to Mayberry, \"Iain and Martin went to university together so they've known each other for quite a long time\".The band started in October 2011 as a studio project between the long time friends Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. Cook already knew Lauren Mayberry from working with Blue Sky Archives and suggested her as a potential vocalist for the project.CHVRCHES were influenced by acts such as Prince, Tubeway Army, Robyn, Depeche Mode, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Laurie Anderson. The band write, record, mix and master everything in a basement studio in Glasgow.In May 2012, they released the song \"Lies\". In the same year, CHVRCHES toured with Passion Pit, as the opening band for their concerts and also toured on their own. \"Lies\" ranked at number 28 on NME's Best Tracks of 2012. CHVRCHES also came fifth on the BBC's Sound of 2013 list.On 25 March 2013, they released Recover EP. They performed at SXSW and won the Inaugural Grulke Prize (for Developing Non-US Act). The band also supported Depeche Mode on four shows in July during their The Delta Machine Tour 2013.On 20 September 2013, CHVRCHES released their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe. The album is supported by the singles \"The Mother We Share\", \"Recover\" and \"Gun\".Links: official site at chvrch.es | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Tumblr | Vimeo","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/8589_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"50,000 - 100,000"}

{"key":"615","name":"Yelle","bio":"Yelle is a trio formed in Saint-Brieuc, France in 2005, of lead singer Julie Budet (aka Yelle) and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Perrier (aka GrandMarnier), with Tanguy Destable (aka Tepr) joining prior to their d\u00e9but album.Budet rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled \"Short Dick Cuizi\", dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC.With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Budet has recorded a d\u00e9but album Pop-Up, after her hit single \"Je veux te voir\" (a finalised version of \"Short Dick Cuizi\"). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers' 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also featured on Fatal Bazooka's song \"Parle \u00e0 ma main\" in 2007. In February 2008 she performed the track \"\u00c0 cause des Gar\u00e7ons\" on the BBC Three series \"Lily Allen and Friends\". The series claimed that this was her first appearance on UK television. She was MTV's 'Artist of the Week' for the week of 24th March-30th March 2008, appearing during adverts.Yelle's second single \"A cause des gar\u00e7ons\/ACDG\" is a cover song from an homonym 80's French band. A remixed version of the track by Riot in Belgium was featured on the soundtrack of Electronic Arts' computer game; Need for Speed: ProStreet. The song was also used as the opening song for the Moschino Spring Summer 2008 runway showAs of 2008, it is also featured in an advert being broadcast in Quebec for Telus, a Canadian telecommucations company and the 24th March episode of 'The Hills'. Her single \"Je veux te voir\" was featured on the series 4 final episode of Entourage, in the opening scene when the gang arrives in Cannes, and her single \"Ce jeu\" was played on Gap's and H & M's shop soundtrack in summer 2008.The DJ Tepr has been touring with her and already remixed three Yelle's songs \"A cause des gar\u00e7ons\/ACDG\" , \"Je veux te Voir\/Short Dick Cuizi\" and \"Ce Jeu\".Sites: YouTube, SoundCloud, Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikipedia, Deezer, Twitter and www.yelle.fr (official)","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/615_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}