“Automatic” By Dead Disco
Art students eh, can you trust ‘em to do their studies or do they just muck about eating lentils whilst daubing skulls and crossbones on Rubik’s cubes and super gluing them together to represent “The Futility Of Toil And The Certainty Of Death.?” Or maybe they pass their days putting lambs [...]
February 17, 2008
Categories: Dead Disco, Electro Pop, Fierce Panda, Girl-Groups, Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, Lucy Catherwood, Marie France, Music, Pop, Pop Music, Victoria Hesketh . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 8 Comments
Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still A Feeling ) By The Pipettes
As mainstream “Indie” continues to drown in the self made quagmire that reflects the music industries apparent “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” mindset, (whereby they seek to tirelessly reproduce band after band that conforms to the skinny lads with guitars genre) people [...]
September 30, 2007
Categories: 1960's, Female, Female artists, Girl-Groups, Go-Gos, Gwen Sauders, Gwenno, Indie, Indie Music, Indie Pop, It's Only Bloody Seb, Jason Adelinia, Jon Falcone, Memphis Industries, Monster Bobby, Motown, Music, Music Sites, On Myspace, Phil Spector, Pop, Pop Music, Pretty, Pull Shapes, Rebecca Stephens, Riot Becki, Rosay, Rose Dougall, Seb Falcone, Sexy, The Pipettes, Wall of Sound, We Are The Pipettes . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 32 Comments
“The Postcard” – Monster Bobby
Mention “Monster Bobby” and invariably the response will be something like “Aha! Brighton’s answer to Phil Spector !” or “Oh yes, he’s that Pipettes chap”. But as well as playing guitar and co-writing songs as a member of The Pipettes backing band The Cassettes, Monster Bobby has been one busy [...]
August 4, 2007
Categories: Gaps, Girl-Groups, Gwenno, Hypnote, Indie Music, Monster Bobby, Pop, Pop Music, Riot Becki, Rosay, The Pipettes . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 1 Comment
“Merry Happy By Kate Nash”
Kate Nash
Kate Nash has lazily been described by the music press as the next Lilly Allen or “Mini Allen” but despite them writing about similar themes , their music is quite different . Lilly employs a mix of pop and ska , whereby Kate has an edgier punkier, do it yoursef [...]
July 31, 2007
Categories: Foundations, Girl-Groups, Indie Music, Kate Nash, Lilly Allen, Made Of Bricks, Pop, chavtronica . . Author: vonpip . Comments: Leave a Comment
“I Have The Moon” By Lush
Lush
One of the Nineties’ most unusual indie bands, sprang from a friendship formed, at 14, by Londoners Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson. As they put it “music was it“. After learning the ropes in other bands “Lush” was formed with Mikis then boyfriend Chris Acland on drums and Steve [...]
July 31, 2007
Categories: 4AD, Chris Acland, Emma Anderson, Girl-Groups, Ivo, Lush, Miki Berenyi, Phil King, Pop, Robin Guthrie, Shoe-gaze, Steve Rippon . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 2 Comments
“The Burning Ambition Of The Early Diuretics ” By The Pipettes
The Pipettes
R.I.P.
July 31, 2007
Categories: Girl-Groups, Gwenno, Indie Music, Memphis Industries, Monster Bobby, Pop Music, Riot Becki, Rosay, The Pipettes, Uncategorized . . Author: vonpip . Comments: 1 Comment