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Katie Skilling is a singer/songwriter/musician, hailing from Leicester in England. Still just 19 years old, Katie has been performing for almost 5 years and has been writing songs since the age of 10. In addition to singing and playing acoustic guitar, Katie also writes on the piano as well as tackling smaller percussive instruments.

Since Christmas of 2003 Katie has been co- writing/working with producer Stephen Lironi (Hanson/Bon Jovi/Space + Black Grape) and manager, Diane Young (BBMak) and also actress/singer/writer Clare Grogan (Altered Images/ Gregory's Girl) and they have put together a demo of 6 tracks, which will be presented to record companies shortly.

Katie's acoustic rock/pop style is fused with folk/country and Jazz tinges taking inspiration from a range of artists, including - Bjork, Regina Spektor, Admiral Twin, The Beach Boys, John Mayer, The Smashing Pumpkins and Kate Bush.

After posting a clip of the song "52nd Street" from the early "In Silence" CD on her website, Katie began drawing interest from internet fans worldwide in addition to a strong local fan base.

Valentine River formed in the spring of 2008 in the dusty halls of their music college in West London. What was originally only meant to be a college project soon evolved into something more. Consisting of Steve Pawlyk's crazy keys, Aled Williams gigantic guitar solos, Greg Hoffman's booming bass lines and Nico Triya's deliriously dangerous drums; thrown in with a bit of burlesque extravagance from Elisabeth Valentine, and you have yourself a concoction of naughtiness you cannot help but dive into...enjoy!

Formed in 2005 out of an acoustic duo of Mike and Nigel producing chilled out tunes in Brighton & Hove, No Sharp Objects kicked it up a notch in 2008 when they plugged in to go electric with the addition of long term friend and drummer Dawn. The band set about re-writing some of the acoustic tracks to fit a harder, louder and altogether new sound, whilst writing new material to fit the new approach. The result is a vibrant sound of energetic indie / rock, tribal beats and hard hitting 'wall of sound' moments... enjoy!

Hailing from Liverpool, Doal Drummer is a potent pop-rock quartet consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarist Chris, keyboard player/guitarist Macca, bassist Dean and Maxi on drums.

Founding member Chris started writing songs about three years ago but has only recently let them be heard. Feedback to his music was overwhelming and encourage him to start advertising for band members. With a line-up completed, Doal Drummer formed in January 2008 and since then they have had significant early interest from record labels, publishing and promotion companies.

Doal Drummer take influences from across the board, but listening to their music you'll hear tinges of an eclectic mix of artists, including; The Stone Roses, David Bowie, The Stranglers, Ocean Colour Scene, The Kinks, Johnny Cash, Apollo Four Forty, Oasis, The Strokes, Sex Pistols, Libertines, Ladytron, The Smiths, Happy Mondays, The Doves, R.E.M and many others.

Bursting onto the scene in 2005, this Borehamwood-based 4-piece have quickly built a reputation as one of the most exciting live bands in and around Hertfordshire.

After recording their first demo CD last year, 6th Edition have been gigging around the county, stunning audiences at packed venues such as The Horn in St. Albans, The Bull & Gate and Storm in Leicester Square with their pop-punk/alternative rock sound.

Another trip into studio followed in late 2007 to record their first album 'Torn Between Life & Living', which has now been fully completed and has gained them radio airplay on Juice FM.

With currently over 4,500 friends and over a quarter of a million plays online, 6th Edition are constantly in the Top 20 Pop Punk Acts in the UK, the future is looking promising for these young energetic performers.

This year has seen the band build on their success of 2007, and they have already started writing new material for their second album.

At the start of September 2006 a group of like-minded musicians gathered in a West London studio with a handful of song ideas, bags of enthusiasm, a few favourite records and a 'never say die' mentality.

Over 1 year later, and fuelled by 7524 cups of coffee, 2521 cups of tea, 9354 Marlboro Lights, tears, tantrums, and toilet gigs, Deportivo had captured 16 tracks of great, thumping, joyous, classic English pop.

With heavy influences from the likes of Squeeze, XTC, ELO, Blur, Supertramp and many more, Deportivo songs sound like they were written during a particularly good seaside holiday in 1974 combined with a three-week bender full of romantic liaisons on 0-0 draws in the less salubrious drinking holes and back streets of any major city in the UK.

If you like your bands with an air of arrogance, more style than content and some interesting and angular guitar riffs, there are about 500,745 to choose from. If you want a band that will make you smile and hum as you hack to work on a packed Monday-morning Northern Line tube train, it is really time that you had a listen to Deportivo.