*Jordan Gatesmith: Lead guitar and vocals
*Brent Mayes: Drums
*Ian Nygaard: Guitar
*Max Petrek: Keyboard
*Jay Simonson: Bass

Howler is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gatesmith and Petrek helped to form the band after a chance encounter at a Planned Parenthood clinic where they met each other and found out that they had the same taste in music. Howler released its first EP, ‘This One’s Different’, in the United States in February 14, 2011. London-based record label Rough Trade Records signed the band to a record deal in the Summer of 2011. Howler’s debut album, ‘America Give Up’, was released in January 2012. NME publication in the UK has named Howler their #3 Best New Band of 2011 and Complex magazine has Howler in their top 20 to watch list for 2012. The band will be playing Reading & Leeds Festivals in August 2012 and are hoping to have a second album out sometime in 2013.

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Frank Ocean, is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Frank Ocean began his career with the producer duo The MIDI Mafia. Since 2009, he’s been a part of the hip-hop collective known as ‘Odd Future’ which also features popular hip-hop artist/producer Tyler the Creator. He has written several songs for such artists as Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy and Beyonce Knowles. On February 18, 2011, Ocean released his first mixtape, ‘Nostalgia, Ultra’, to critical acclaim. The single ‘Novacane’ was released to iTunes on May 31, 2011, by his music label Def Jam records. In the summer of 2011, Ocean worked on the Kanye West and Jay-Z collaborative album ‘Watch the Throne’. Def Jam records is set to release his debut album in Spring 2012. Ocean’s first lead single, ‘Thinkin’ Bout You’, will be released to retailers on April 10, 2012. Ocean is set to go on tour as the opening act for the band ‘Coldplay’ in July-August 2012.

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*Simon Ridley: Guitar
*Shane Parsons: Drums

Simon Ridley and Shane Parsons are two musicians hailing from Brisbane,Australia. They infamously began their musical career by playing loudly at parties and enjoying being rock stars in a country that often finds rock stars ‘cheesy’. The thrash rock band have supported the Foo Fighters on a recent Australian tour and toured Britain with the band ‘Cerebral Ballzy’. Also, the band has played three shows at the SXSW festival in 2011 and followed that up with another six performances at the festival in 2012 which featured a guest appearance by musician Andrew W.K. Their first single ‘Dollar Chills’ is taken from the band’s debut record ‘Bloodstreams’ which is coming out in the US on May 8th.

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