Grand Hallway - “ singer/multi-instrumentalist Tomo Nakayama and a cast of some of Seattle’s finest musicians. Their lush, melodic chamber pop songs evoke influences such as Andrew Bird, Sigur Ros, and Nina Simone. Since their inception in 2006, the octet have self-released two full-lengths (2007′s “Yes is the Answer” and 2009′s “Promenade”), and an EP (“We Flew Ephemera”, 2008). “Yes is the Answer” was also released in Japan by Sideout Records (Bright Eyes, Nada Surf, Cursive, The Velvet Teen).”
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I discovered the band Givers at a new (Jan2010) blog called Speakers in Code. [..]

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MYSPACE CONNECTIONS – I pick a band and go to their myspace page. Then I pick one of their friends on myspace and go to their page.  I continue the process over until l’ve picked 10 bands.

***I found the first pick, Phantogram on 3hive.com, a music blog I much enjoy.  From there I clicked on Phantogram’s myspace page *** [..]