Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band consisting of Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation), Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani. Since their début album Word Gets Around which peaked at #6 in the album charts they have had five consecutive albums reach #1 in the UK. Described as 'classic UK rock with whiskey vocals' the band have enjoyed considerable success in the UK with 25 singles reaching the top 40 of the UK Singles chart. In 2005 their single Dakota became the band's biggest hit, reaching #1 on both the UK Singles chart and the UK Downloads chart and becoming the band's first release to chart in the US, reaching #34 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

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Tokyo Police Club is a Canadian indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, consisting of singer and bassist Dave Monks, guitarist Josh Hook, keyboardist Graham Wright, and drummer Greg Alsop. The band released their first LP, entitled Elephant Shell, and released the album, via their new label Saddle Creek, on April 22, 2008 in North America and May 5, 2008 in the U.K. and Continental Europe. It was leaked to the Internet on March 7, 2008 and was pre-released via the US iTunes Music Store on March 25, 2008 . On November 16, 2008 they appeared on the television show "Desperate Housewives" in Episode 5.08 as 'Cold Splash' in a battle-of-the-bands contest. They performed "In A Cave" from their album Elephant Shell.

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