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One of our fave bands of the moment, Dragonette, is a Canadian electropop, New Wave, Synthpop group led by the electric Martina Sorbara along with bassist and producer Dan Kurtz, guitarist Chris Hugget, and drummer Joel Stouffer.  Their second studio album Fixin to Thrill is what's playing on our iPods as we speak.

A few FUN FACTS from Dragonette's Martina Sorbara:

REAL NAME: Martina Sorbara
HOMETOWN:  Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
FIRST GIG: Free Times Cafe, Toronto
PRIMARY MUSICAL INFLUENCE:   Raffi, John Prine, Cyndi Lauper
WHO ARE YOU LISTENING TO: Fleetwood Mac
MAINSTREAM TRIUMPH: Writing with Cyndi Lauper (but can we still consider her mainstream??)
RELATIONSHIP STATUS:  Married
FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE:  America's Next Top Model
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:  Scorpio
GIRL-CRUSH:  Samantha Morton (big time!)
FAVORITE NYC HANGOUT: Big Al's Weed Limo
WHAT'S NEXT FOR DRAGONETTE: Cleaning up that ash cloud over Britain

For more of Dragonette check out OURsceneTV's concert review by Brian Burgess!

REAL NAME: Vanessa Louise Brown

FIRST GIG: A punk band. We were called Oragato, which means thank you in Japanese.

TRADEMARK SOUND: Alternative pop music

HOMETOWN: Northampton, England

MAINSTREAM TRIUMPH: I'm now the number 1 album in France!

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

CELEBRITY CRUSH: Can't say I know him quite well....

FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE: Fish finger sandwiches with marmite and cheese  with a side of tomato soup.

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio

SECRET ALONE-TIME HABIT: I can't say - perhaps too sexual to speak out loud.

GIRL-CRUSH:  Natalie Portman

FIRST THING YOU THINK OF IN THE MORNING: Thank you for my blessings!

WHAT'S NEXT: Release my album in the states and my comic book.

Recording Artist Brian Kent releases his 3rd video single "Whatcha Doin' To Me" from his debut album "Breathe Life." Directed by Loic Maes and Choreographed by James Harkness. This song has already hit #1 on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hot 20 Charts and has already broke through, hitting Billboard and moving up the charts. 

Singer Songwriter Levi Kreis's Video "Hardly A Hero" is taken from the movie "Kiss The Bride" starring Tori Spelling. The song is originally from Levi's debut album "One Of The Ones." Levi's brand new album "Where I Belong" is scheduled to be released on May 5th 2009. Levi is also starring in Million Dollar Quartet playing Jerry Lee Lewis at Chicago's Apollo Theater and will be making appearances at Pride Festivals this summer.