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10th December 2013

TOTT #9: BLESSA

The eighties; a decade that just keeps on giving. From the grungy fuzz of Seattle (Bleach-era Nirvana) to the rain-soaked melancholy of Manchester (The Smiths), to the sun-kissed arpeggios of Los Angeles (The Bangles), eighties guitar music casts a...

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5th April 2013

LET’S AWAY

The devil’s got all the good tunes. Ever since Elvis Presley enraged Middle America with a swivel of his hips, rock ‘n’ roll and religion have been sworn enemies. When John Lennon made a throwaway comment about The Beatles...

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22nd March 2013

NETIL

In the late eighties, when the first crop of UK indie bands started focusing on their shoes far more than their supporters, few could have realised the impact. A joke genre coined by Melody Maker to describe the bands...

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8th March 2013

PORT ISLA

Norwich; the home of celebrity chefs who enjoy a wee dram with their halftime rabble-rousing and chat shows that make Jerry Springer look like Newsnight. One thing it’s not home to, though, is fringe-shaking hipster elitism. While bands from...

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22nd February 2013

SILENT SLEEP

Colouring books; we all loved them when we were kids. It was a struggle to keep our scrawl inside the lines, though. Pirates, princesses and plenty of other fantasy characters all felt the wrath of our Crayolas as we...

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18th January 2013

MAKER

How many groups have got ‘maker’ in their moniker? Hundreds of them, probably. It’s easily one of the most popular words spat out by any random band name generator you can find. Don’t believe me? Try Google. I did....

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TOTT #9: BLESSA

LET’S AWAY

NETIL

PORT ISLA

SILENT SLEEP

MAKER