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The Living Indie Band Contest Final 14!!!

The hashtags have been counted, the Soundclouds scoured. And now, the big moment is at hand.

After hours of deliberations, disputes, and long-standing work relationships brought to the brink of disaster, we have whittled down an amazing 138 entries to a shortlist of just 14.

Yes, such was the response, and such was the overall quality, that we buckled and extended the planned shortlist by two.

Of these, six will be going forward to the grand final at London's 100 Club on September 7. You can get tickets for the event -- for FREE! -- right here.

Molly Wagger

Goodbye Stranger

The Ramisco Maki Maki Rocking Horse

Calgary

Xander & The Keys

Quarantine

Sienna

The Baltic States

Leon of Athens

Delta Sleep

The Repeat Offenders

Lewisburg

Poor Michael

Our 14th "shortlister", who came to us as winner of the recent Riviera Buskival event held by our friends at the Busking Project, is the wonderful Natalie Shay. She'll be appearing as a special guest.

Check them all out here:

Molly Wagger:

Goodbye Stranger:

The Ramisco Maki Maki Rocking Horse:

Calgary:

Xander & the Keys:

Quarantine:

Sienna:

The Baltic States:

Leon of Athens:

Delta Sleep:

<a href="http://deltasleep.bandcamp.com/album/management" data-mce-href="http://deltasleep.bandcamp.com/album/management">Management by Delta Sleep</a>

The Repeat Offenders:

Lewisburg:

Poor Michael:

Natalie Shay:

A hearty congrats to all the finalists and a massive thank you to everyone who applied. The response was overwhelming!

For us, it's now back to the indie lair, roping in our friends from the 100 Club and Monkey Week, as begin the even more tortuous task of chainsawing this list down to a final six.

Stay tuned!