 | | Django James is one of many musicians from England who has followed in his parents footsteps. Born Django James Lawless Stewart, he is the son of Dave Stewart, well known for his collaborations with Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics, and Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister fame. |
 | | Assembling in the late '90s in Aberdeen, Scotland, punk-flavored indie rock band the Needles are Dave Dixon(guitar, vocals), Paul Curtiss(bass, vocals), Richey Wolfe(keyboards, vocals), and Johnny Wolfe(drums, vocals). |
 | | The Free Diamonds are a trio from Newcastle, England, that blend the British neo-new wave danceable rock of contemporaries like Franz Ferdinand, the Arctic Monkeys, and Q and Not U with an unexpected hint of influence from Primus' wacky Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa-influenced alterna-prog. |
 | | Jose De Lara(vocals/guitar), Ben Greenspan(guitar/synth), Daniel O'Neill(bass), and Reid Calkin(drums) create the stylish post-punk leanings of Protokoll. |
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 | | Manchester, England's answer to Joy Division meets Fugazi is the Longcut. Lee Gale (guitar), Stuart Ogilvie (drums/vocals), and Jon Fearon (bass) formed the post-punk-inspired trio in 2002. |
 | | After the Libertines broke up in fall 2004, singer/songwriter and guitarist Carl Barat began work on his next musical project. |
 | | Before launching a solo career in 2008, Toronto native Sebastien Grainger found an audience as the drum-playing vocalist of Death from Above 1979. |
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 | | Philadelphia's Hail Social features Davye Hawk (vocals/guitar), Matt Maraldo (drums), Dan Henry (bass), and Richie Roxas (guitar). |
 | | Originally known as the Peppernotes, English rock quartet Palladium soon changed their name, and eventually won themselves some rather famous fans such as Amy Winehouse and Mystery Jets. |
 | | Hailing from Sheffield, the four-piece Situationists have shaken off the inevitable Arctic Monkeys comparisons thanks to their brand of spiky angular guitar pop, more akin to Bloc Party than Alex Turner and company. |
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 | | Yorkshire, England's the Cribs feature three brothers: vocalist/guitarist Ryan Jarman, bassist/vocalist Gary, and drummer Ross. |
 | | An English rock band signed to French electronic label Kitsuné, Cazals got their start on that label's Kitsuné Maison, Vol. |
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 | | London dance-rock trio Ladyfuzz includes Liz Neumayr (vocals), Matt Lord (guitar/bass), and Ben Esser (drums). |
 | | The On Offs became one of the most talked-about new bands in the U.K. not long after they debuted in 2005, but the group's members had already had considerable experience under their belts. |
 | | Named after a Japan B-side, Life Without Buildings actually drew a little more from several post-punk bands and another that their name seemed to acknowledge: Talking Heads. |
 | | Usually, bands take on the prefix "UK" when there's an actual need for it -- differentiating the Mission UK from the Philly soul band of the same name, for instance -- but for Pittsburgh born the Takeover UK, it seems as if it were done out of a desire for "cool" or "cred. |
 | | Danceable post-punk band The Fashion made a big splash in their native Denmark with their 2003 debut album, but the core members of the group -- singer Jakob "Plastic Kid" Printzlau, guitarist Anders Find Axelsen, and bassist Christian Lignell Bækholm-- had been playing together since 1995. |
 | | An indie pop veteran by his early twenties, singer/songwriter and young Paul McCartney look-alike Miles Kane has played a key role in the late-noughties alternative scene, both as a member of three bands and a solo artist. |
 | | Tom Woodhead (vocals/synth), Rob Canning (bass), Katie Nicholls (drums), and Whiskas (guitar) create the angst-ridden post-punk-inspired sound of ¡Forward, Russia! Formerly of Black Helicopters, Canning and Woodhead joined siblings Nicholls and Whiskas in their native Leeds, England, in 2004 to form the indie rock quartet and their own label, Dance to the Radio. |
 | | The Dead 60s hailed from Liverpool, England. The combo was led by vocalist and guitarist Matt McManamon, and featured guitarist Ben Gordon, bassist Charlie Turner, and drummer Brian Johnson. |
 | | Formed in Bristol in 2001 by friends Aaron Dewey (vocals and cornet, though he is also an accomplished drummer) and Benjamin Shillabeer (guitar and songwriting), the Playwrights played a brand of angular post-punk inspired by Gang of Four and popularized by bands like Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. |
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 | | Playing tight, smart and melodic pop/rock that doesn't sacrifice energy or attitude for maturity, Sally Crewe is a native of Yorkshire, England who began writing songs at the age of 15. |
 | | Ralph Darden, the singing and guitar-playing leader of the Jai-Alai Savant, explores the intersection of first-wave punk and heavy dub reggae like few have since the heydays of the Ruts, early Police, and Sandinista!-era Clash. |
 | | Randie Williams(guitar), Allison Veronica Esposito(drums), Antonia Salerno(bass), and Ann Fitzgerald(vocals) comprise the gritty indie rock sound of the Vibration. |
 | | Team Waterpolo were launched into the indie limelight a mere ten months after they formed thanks to the popularity of their first single, "Letting Go. |
 | | Playing sharp but engaging post-hardcore with complex melodic lines, edgy guitar figures, and plenty of eccentric wit (their name, for instance, sounds French, but doesn't mean anything), Les Savy Fav were formed in 1995 by five friends attending the Rhode Island School of Design. |
 | | Formed in 2005 in north County Dublin, Ireland, indie rock four-piece the Kinetiks fit neatly into a niche of bands that includes the View, the Kaiser Chiefs, and the Kooks, blending contemporary post-punk in the the Libertines' mould with tried-and-tested '60s pop formulas, while favorable comparisons have also been made with the Strokes and Franz Ferdinand. |
 | | Named after an obscure spaghetti Western and inspired by the Gossip and Bloc Party, Django, Kill! are the creation of post-punk/new wave revivalists Alexander Evans (vocals/guitar), James Latham (drums), Rowan Roberts (guitar), and Tom Ridgway (bass), who formed the band in Nantwick, England, in 2006. |
 | | A nervy quartet from Manchester, England, the Magnificents released a self-titled album for the KFM label in early 2004. |
 | | Moving the post-punk revival into the arena of contemporary dance culture in much the same way that Primal Scream and the Stone Roses introduced a previous generation of U. |
 | | A Berlin-based German alt-rock band, Gods of Blitz were critically lauded for their work, and shared the stage with some of their genre's giants, including Maximo Park and Nick Oliveri. |
 | | George Guildford(guitar/vocals), Thom Mackie(drums), Craig Monk(guitar), and Brett Young(bass) play the tawdry, stylish indie rock sounds of the Voom Blooms. |
 | | Flaunting a combination of power pop and Smiths-influenced British rock, the Walkup took root in New York City in 2005. |
 | | British indie rock band Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong are the brainchild of actor and musician Joe Lean, who under the name Joe Van Moyland was a regular on the BBC television series The Tudors and appeared in the films Brothers of the Head, Color Me Kubrick, and Starter for Ten. |
 | | The Late Greats got their start in Eastbourne, U.K. and released their debut single, "Bang Bang," on Izumi Records in 2005. |
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 | | Johnny Foreigner hails from Birmingham, England, where the trio first honed its blend of noisy co-ed vocals and rambunctious, syncopated chord structures in 2005. |
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 | | Sharing a love for bands like Doves, Elbow, and the Cure, Cedars formed in Washington, D.C., in early 2004 under the name Cartel and featured Brian Leatherman(vocals/guitar), Luke Mangels(guitar/keyboard), Francisco Lazzaro(bass), and Ed Barnabas(drums). |
 | | Frontman Daniel Patrick Quinn, the former head honcho of Suilvan Recordings, is the heart and face of One More Grain, performing his songs in a spoken word, stream-of-consciousness, beat poetry manner reminiscent of the Fall's Mark E. |
 | | Formed in Hollywood, where image matters, the guys in the Forward wear the expected weathered jeans, neckties, and angular hairstyles; they are marketed as loud indie rockers or post-punk trailblazers; and in actuality they sound a lot like the Killers, Coldplay, and the Wallflowers. |
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 | | Best known as the drummer for Babyshambles since 2005, Adam Ficek is also the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind Roses Kings Castles' folky, lo-fi indie pop. |
