The Decemberists

They are an indie folk rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The band's debut EP, 5 Songs, was self-released in 2001. Their sixth full-length album, The King Is Dead, was released on 14 January 2011, by Capitol Records. It was the band's third record with the label.

Members:

Colin Meloy (lead singer, songwriter, guitar, bouzouki, harmonica)
Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist)
Jenny Conlee (Hammond organ, accordion, melodica, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, harmonica)
Nate Query (bass guitar, double bass, cello) – except Her Majesty... and Billy Liar single
John Moen (drums, backing vocals, melodica, guitar) – The Crane Wife, The Hazards of Love and The King Is Dead
Sara Watkins (Violin, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar) – 2011 Winter/Spring Tour

Discography:

Castaways and Cutouts (2002)
Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003)
Picaresque (2005)
The Crane Wife (2006)
The Hazards of Love (2009)
The King Is Dead (2011)

Hits:

Billy liar (Her Majesty the Decemberists 03) /
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Sixteen military waves (Picaresque 05) /
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O Valencia! (The Crane Wife 06) /
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The rake's song (The Hazards of Love 09) /
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Down by the water (The King Is Dead 11) /
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January himn (The King Is Dead 11) /
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This is why we fight (The King Is Dead 11) /
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Calamity song (The King Is Dead 11) /
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One engine (Non Album 12) /
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The Decemberists live:

Rise to Me - Live
"This is Why We Fight" (on Jimmy Kimmel live)
"Calamity Song" (on Jimmy Kimmel live)

Official Website: The Decemberists

Gnarls Barkley

It is an American soul duo composed of the artists Brian Joseph Burton (known professionally as Danger Mouse) and Cee Lo Green.

Discography:

St. Elsewhere (2006)
The Odd Couple (2008)

Hits:

Crazy (St. Elsewhere 06) /
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Smiley faces (St. Elsewhere 06) /
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Who cares? (St. Elsewhere 06) /
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Gone daddy gone (St. Elsewhere 06) /
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Run [I'm a natural disaster] (The Odd Couple 08) /
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Going on (The Odd Couple 08) /
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Who's gonna save my soul (The Odd Couple 08) /
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Gnarls Barkley live:

Crazy (live at Letterman)
Going On Live Roskilde 2008
Run Live Roskilde 2008

Official Website: Gnarls Barkley

 

The Cat Empire

They are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Their sound is a fusion of jazz, ska, funk and rock with heavy Latin influences.

Members:

Core members

Ollie McGill – piano, keyboard, recorder, tubular bells, backing vocals, Melodica (1999–present)
Ryan Monro – double bass, bass guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)
Felix Riebl – lead vocals, percussion (1999–present)
Harry James Angus – trumpet and lead vocals; recorder and resonator (2001–present)
Will Hull-Brown – drums (2001–present)
Jamshid "DJ Jumps" Khadiwhala – turntables, tambourine, clave, also dances (2001–present)

The Empire Horns

An auxiliary group of brass musicians.

Kieran Conrau – trombone
Ross Irwin – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Ari Farrar – trumpet, backing vocals) [When Irwin is unavailable]
Carlo Barbaro – Tenor Saxophone) [Played with the band until the So Many Nights period]

Empirical Strings

Touring string musicians during 2008:

Jonny Ng (violin)
Adam Cadell (violin)
Neil Thompson (viola)
Dale Rickert (cello)
Fran Haysey (triangle)
Paul Cashmere (tubular bells)

The Empire Dancers

Fai Khadiwhala
Anthony (Bboy Lamaroc)
Carlos (Bboy Pepito)
DJ Rude Bouy
Benny 'BJ' Riley
John Hurle

Discography:

The Cat Empire (2003)
Two Shoes (2005)
Cities: The Cat Empire Project (2006)
So Many Nights (2007)
Cinema (2010)

Hits:

Hello (The Cat Empire 03) /
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Days like these (The Cat Empire 03) /
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The Chariot (The Cat Empire 03) /
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One four five (The Cat Empire 03) /
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Sly (Two Shoes 05) /
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The car song (Two Shoes 05) /
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Two shoes (Two Shoes 05) /
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Down at the 303 (Cities: The Cat Empire Project 06) /
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No longer there (So Many Nights 07) /
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So many nights (So Many Nights 07) /
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Fishies (So Many Nights 07) /
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Feeling's gone (Cinema 10) /
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Falling (Cinema 10) /
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The Cat Empire live:

The Chariot (live in Melbourne)
Sly (live at the Forum)
Hello (live The Jazziest Version)

Official Website: TCE

David Bowie

Is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for five decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s, and is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth of his work. Bowie's innovative songs and stagecraft brought a new dimension to popular music in the early 1970s, strongly influencing both its immediate forms and its subsequent development. A pioneer of glam rock, Bowie, according to music historians Schinder and Schwartz, has joint responsibility with Marc Bolan for creating the genre.[155] At the same time, he inspired the innovators of the punk rock music movement—historian Michael Campbell calls him "one of punk's seminal influences".

Discography:

David Bowie (1967)

Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Pin Ups (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
"Heroes" (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Let's Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
Never Let Me Down (1987)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)
Outside (1995)
Earthling (1997)
'Hours...' (1999)
Heathen (2002)
Reality (2003)

Hits:

Liza jane (Non Album 64) /
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You've got a habit of leaving (Non Album 65) /
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Can't help thinking about me [ft. The Lower Third](Non Album 66) /
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Do anything you say (Non Album 66) /
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I dig everything (Non Album 66) /
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Rubber band (David Bowie 67) /
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The laughing gnome (Non Album 67) /
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Love you till tuesday (David Bowie 67) /
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Space oddity (Space Oddity 69) /
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Memory of a free festival (Space Oddity 69) /
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The prettiest star (Non Album 70) /
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Holy holy (Non Album 71) /
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Changes (Hunky Dory 71) /
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Starman (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 70) /
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The jean genie (Aladdin Sane 73) /
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Drive-in saturday (Aladdin Sane 73) /
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Time (Aladdin Sane 73) /
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Let's spend the life together (Aladdin Sane 73) /
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Life on Mars? (Non Album 73) /
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Sorrow (Pin Ups 73) /
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Rock 'n' Roll suicide (Non Album 74) /
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Rebel rebel (Diamond Dogs 74) /
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Young americans (Young Americans 75) /
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Fame (Young Americans 75) /
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Golden years (Station to Station 76) /
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TVC 15 (Station to Station 76) /
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Stay (Station to Station 76) /
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Sound and vision (Low 77) /
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Be my wife (Low 77) /
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"Heroes" ("Heroes" 77) /
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Beauty and the beast ("Heroes" 77) /
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Boys keep swinging (Lodger 79) /
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DJ (Lodger 79) /
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Yassassin (Lodger 79) /
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John, I'm only dancing (Non Album 79) /
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Alabama song (Non Album 80) /
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Crystal Japan (Non Album 80) /
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Ashes to ashes (Scary Monsters [and Super Creeps] 80) /
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Fashion (Scary Monsters [and Super Creeps] 80) /
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Scary monsters (and Super creeps) (Scary Monsters [and Super Creeps] 80) /
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Up the hill backwards (Scary Monsters [and Super Creeps] 80) /
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Cat people (Cat People OST 82) /
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Let's dance (Let's Dance 83) /
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China girl (Let's Dance 83) /
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Modern love (Let's Dance 83) /
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Without you (Let's Dance 83) /
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White light/white heat (Ziggy Stardust OST 83) /
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Blue jean (Tonight 84) /
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Tonight [ft. Tina Turner] (Tonight 84) /
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Loving the alien (Tonight 84) /
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This is not America [ft. Pat Metheny Group] (The Falcon and the Snowman OST 85) /
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Dancing in the street [ft. Mick Jagger] (Non Album 85) /
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Absolute beginners (Absolute Beginners OST 86) /
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Undergound (Labyrinth 86) /
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Magic dance (Labyrinth 86) /
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When the wind blows (When the Wind Blows[compilation] 86) /
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Day-in-day-out (Never Let Me Down 87) /
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Time will crawl (Never Let Me Down 87) /
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Never let me down (Never Let Me Down 87) /
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Fame '90 (Non Album 90) /
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Real cool world (Songs from the Cool World 92) /
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Jump they say (Black Tie White Noise 93) /
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Black tie white noise[ft. Al B. Sure!] (Black Tie White Noise 93) /
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Miracle goodnight (Black Tie White Noise 93) /
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The Buddha of Suburbia [ft. Lenny Kravitz] (The Buddha of Suburbia OST 93) /
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Ziggy stardust (Non Album 94) /
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The hearts filthy lesson (Outside 95) /
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Strangers when we meet (Outside 95) /
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Hallo spaceboy (Outside 95) /
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Telling lies (Earthling 97) /
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Little wonder (Earthling 97) /
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Dead man walking (Earthling 97) /
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Seven years in tibet (Earthling 97) /
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I'm afraid of Americans (Earthling 97) /
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I can't read (The Ice Storm OST 97) /
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Without you I'm nothing [ft. Placebo] (Non Album 99) /
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Thursday's child ('Hours...' 99) /
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The pretty thing are going to hell ('Hours...' 99) /
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Survive ('Hours...' 99) /
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Seven ('Hours...' 99) /
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Slow burn (Heathen 02) /
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Everyone says hi (Heathen 02) /
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I've been waiting for you (Heathen 02) /
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New killer star (Heathen 03) /
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Never get old (Heathen 03) /
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Rebel never gets old (Non Album 04) /
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Arnold Layne [ft. David Gilmour] (Non Album 06) /
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David Bowie live:

Wild is the wind - David Bowie - Live at the Beeb 2000
Space oddity - live 1973 Midnight Special
Life on Mars (at Fashion Rocks 2005)
Station To Station (Live, 1978)

Official Website: DavidBowie.Com