Elements of the Strokes' agitated energy and also some of the shoegazey blurriness of My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth circa their late-80s reinvention of the guitar.

One of the best British blue-eyed soul singers to emerge in the late 20th century, featuring rhythm & blues in the style of the 1950s, pitched between R&B, early rock & roll and early soul.

A conceptual indie band -- one that's been compared to Joy Division, whose live shows began to receive notice early on, in some way due to the large stuffed birds that perched on stage.

Celebrate St George's Day in patriotic style with Manchester's up-an-coming hip-hop upstarts, Kid British, who drawn on the street smart sound of pop heavyweights Blur and Madness.

Probably the most famous ice dancers of all time, Torvill & Dean captivated TV audiences in 2006, dancing together for the first time in nearly a decade in the smash hit ITV show, Dancing on Ice.

The US Ventriloquist & stand-up has taken the States by storm with his offbeat and unique characters, ranging from grumpy Walter, an everyman-curmudgeon, to Achmed, The Dead Terrorist