Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: My Bloody Valentine, The Flaming Lips, Lush, The Boo Radleys, Cocteau Twins, 4AD, Red Box, The Sour Notes, Slowdive, Lovespirals, Lisa Germano, Dead Can Dance, Echo Orbiter, Engineers, The Blue Nile, Mazzy Star, Lowlife, His Name Is Alive, Air, Galaxie 500, The Mary Onettes, Pale Saints, Cranes, The Sundays, Beach House, The Winston Giles Orchestra, The Chameleons, Hope Sandoval, The Radio Dept., Love Spirals Downwards, Secret Shine, List of dream pop artists, Bethany Curve, Halou, Joe 90, This Mortal Coil, Catchers, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, Deleyaman, The Lassie Foundation, Stina Nordenstam, Absinthe Blind, Stripmall Architecture, Faunts, Sambassadeur, Charlene, The Hope Slide, Azure Ray, Blind Divine, Claire Voyant, Mojave 3, Submarine, Melodyguild, Venus Hum, The Belltower, Hinterland, Mothfight, A Northern Chorus, Astral, Sugarplum Fairies, Morning Spy, David Roback, Je Suis Animal, Velvet Cacoon, It's Jo and Danny, Sully, Spoonfed Hybrid, Velour 100, Auburn Lull, Eberg, Tears Run Rings, Mira, Monster Movie, Portal, Snow & voices. Excerpt: 4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today. It now forms part of the Beggars Group, along with Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and XL Recordings. 4AD current recording artists include Ariel Pink, The Big Pink, Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, Camera Obscura, Deerhunter, Gang Gang Dance, The National, Scott Walker, St Vincent, Twin Shadow and Zomby. Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, employees of the Beggars Banquet record store and label, founded Axis Records in late 1979 as a property of Beggars Banquet that was run by the two. After the first four Axis singles in early 1980, the name was changed to 4AD when it became apparent that the name Axis...