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     A Sunny Day in Glasgow

Welcome to the First CBBM of 2010. This Band Started with Ben Daniels when him and his friend Ever Nalens started making cassette recordings years before A Sunny Day in Glasgow got together. Nalens moved to Glasgow from 2002 to 2004 to go to art school, and Daniels moved to London about a year later. They started playing together again after Ben returned in the summer of 2005, but Nalens abandoned the project after a couple months but Daniels kept the name Daniels continued to write Lauren was brought in as a vocalist a few months later, and the group started recording tracks in Ben's West Philly apartment and at their parents. They put some of the tracks together and released them as an EP, called The Sunniest Day Ever, in March 2006. The EP charted at number one on New York's WNYU, the songs started bouncing around online, and soon enough Pitchfork gave the first track on their EP, "C'mon," a four-star rating. Indie labels started to pay attention, and the group scored a record deal with Notenuf Records in October 2006. They recorded their first full-length album, Scribble Mural Comic Journal in 2006 and released it in February of the following year. They're a great band if you're into Shoegaze and music that takes you to another place.

Sounds Like: Mahogany,Atlas Sound,School of Seven Bells

Website: asunnydayinglasgow.com

                  Oceana

Based out of our Hometown St.Petersburg,FL Oceana has gone through many changes since its initial line up,now only claiming one person from its original members. Keith Jones who was their old lead singer is featured on their first album The Tide. But after horrible news of a break up Oceana is now back together with a new front man Brennan Taulbee, who after being in multiple projects including Comerica has found a well received place in the band.Their most recent Album BIRTH.EATER is out now which features the new singer. They are now on tour so check to see, they just might be coming to a town near you. 

Sounds Like: Of Machines, Confide, Gwen Stacy

   Website: myspace.com/oceanafl

                                        Fleet Foxes

  Reminiscent of 60's/70's acts such as Bob Dylan,The Zombies, and Don McLean,  Fleet Foxes, fronted by Robin Pecknolds Harmonious Voice, were a definite pick for the month of March. Their Style Breathes Folk and Hints of Baroque Pop through your veins with songs like Blue Ridge Mountains and White Winter Hymnal. After playing only a handful of shows, the band generated a good amount of label interest and caught the attention producer Phil Ek, who has also helped on the records of  similar bands Built to Spill and the Shins. Ek worked with the band on its Sun Giant EP, which was issued by Sub Pop Records in spring 2008. The band's self-titled debut full-length followed that summer which features the songs Mentioned. Check em' Out.

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Sounds: Bon Iver,The Shins and Grizzly Bear

Website: myspace.com/fleetfoxes

               Passion Pit

        Welcome to the party known as passion pit. Passion Pit was originally formed as a solo project in 2007 by Michael Angelakos in his dorm room. The songs, which later became the Chunk of Change EP, were written as a Valentine's Day gift to his then girlfriend. Angelakos wrote and performed all of these songs on his laptop. After a solo show in the Boston area, Berklee College of Music, Ian Hultquist, approached Angelakos to form a live band with the material Angelakos had at the time.They formed a group that included Angelakos, Ian Hultquist , Ayad Al Adhamy, Thom Plasse, and Adam Todd Lavinsky. After signing to Frenchkiss in 2008, the band got rid of Lavinsky and Plasse and replaced them with Nate Donmoyer and Jeff Apruzzese.This Electropop quintet still manages to keep their indie cred despite their rise in mainstream popularity due to their song Sleepyhead being featured in various ads, such as for the palm pixi and the background song for the debut trailer of the Playstation 3 exclusive, LittleBigPlanet 2. Check em' Out it'll be a party on your ipod theyre on tour with tokyo police club so they might be coming to a city near you.

    Sounds Like: MGMT,Phoenix,Black Kids,M83

    Website:Passionpitmusic.com

     One Night Only

 Frequently seen in Burberry Ads One Night Only's Front Man George Craig has a lot going on. This band, hailing all the way from Helmsley,North Yorkshire, name ,came about when asked to play a gig. They did not have a name at the time and so came up with One Night Only, intending the title to, literally, last for only one night, however the name stuck to this day. They've played dates on SXSW,along with other major music festivals.Also Check out their crazy antics on their youtube page and on myspace.

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 Sounds Like: The Maccabees, Good Shoes, Mystery Jets

Website: http://www.onenightonlyonline.com/ 

                 The Kooks

Named after the track of the same name on Hunky Dory, The Kooks, Hailing from Brighton, England, a place where so many other great indie Rock bands  have come out of are on a roll.The band currently consisting of Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Peter Denton, and Nick Millard, in the past few years has had an extensive touring schedule, from intimate secret sets in Paris and London, to countless sold out shows in the UK, Europe and South America, a US tour and a whole lot of festival slots playing to crowds filled with Thousands of Hipster/Indie Rockers.  Luke's Voice Undeniably breathes English Indie Rock. They're On Fire which makes them a my Choice for July as the Cycle Break Band of the Month. Signing off...

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Sounds Like: The Wombats,Pigeon Detective,Cajun Dance Party

Website: http://www.thekooks.com/index.php