The Rivers
By Robin Murray • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: short playersHailing from Brighton, it looks as if Jimmy left more than his virginity in that Quadrophenia alleyway. A rich tradition of 60s inspired indie stems from the South coast
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Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad
By Robin Murray • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: short playersSigned to Bloody Awful Poetry, Rosie Oddie’s band of indie stars have a bloody awful name. Joining Banana-dakroyd and Joe Lean and the whatever, the Odd Squad are the latest absurd name to plop onto the release schedule.
Mr Plow
By Robin Murray • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: short playersSomehow the clean livin’ “mommy’s apple pie” image of the United States has never washed on this side of the Atlantic. We like our yanks gritty, jail bound and backed with the whisky-laden sound of the pedal steel guitar.
Modus
By Robin Murray • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: jrbig, long playersMods: scooter riding, pill popping, soul music obsessing teenagers from the 60s. At least, that’s the plan. Unfortunately since a Mr Austin Powers popped up, any trace of a 60s nightclub influence in music has been met with disdain and more than a little scorn.
Various Artists
By Robin Murray • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: jrbig, long playersMists rolling over purple hills, a noble stag standing proud against a frozen landscape and a shedload of great music – just a few of the things that come to mind when one thinks of Scotland.
