Elliot Minor
By Dan Coxon • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: short playersThe fact that Elliot Minor have supported both McFly and Gwen Stefani tells you almost all that you need to know about them.
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Various
By Dan Coxon • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: short playersIt’s a great idea. Take four up-and-coming bands, sign them all to your label, then put out a four-track EP showcasing the best from each. It’s like the Cadbury’s Heroes of the music world: a bit of everything, and not too much of anything you don’t like.
Maximo Park
By Dan Coxon • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: short playersPerhaps the most obvious single from their underrated second album Our Earthly Pleasures, ‘Girls Who Play Guitars’ is the kind of literate yet gut-rocking song that Maximo Park do better than anyone else on the current indie scene.
Swound!
By Dan Coxon • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: short playersNottingham-based five-piece Swound! have included a glossy photo with their press release, showing the band staring disaffectedly at the camera in matching white hoodies.
Superkings
By Dan Coxon • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: short playersForget any preconceptions you may have about a band called Superkings – these are no Oasis wannabes, no beer swilling, stage-strutting pub rockers.
