Thought this may interest some people!

http://www.nme.com/photos/666/14/the-hottest-new-bands-of-2009

I did really enjoy them at tommy flynns to be fair...

they sound fantastic!

I've never seen anything more intense in my life to be honest. It's what i could imagine stubbling across Joy Division for the first time in a small manchester venue would have been like.

Was that the band with the crazy drummer?

Yeah, he was about 40 as well.

They were unique and entertaining, but i didn't think much of their songs when we saw them.

Meh thought they were ok at best.

Im not one for all that jumping about being "crazy" on stage, UNLESS you have the songs to back it up.....they did not

Doesn't always have to be about songs though does it. Brian Eno doesn't have any 'songs' but his music is a really enjoyable experience. Same with these guys...i'd rather see a band without hits performing and entertaining than a band with great songs and doing nothing for the audience.

Mofo wrote:

Doesn't always have to be about songs though does it. Brian Eno doesn't have any 'songs' but his music is a really enjoyable experience. Same with these guys...i'd rather see a band without hits performing and entertaining than a band with great songs and doing nothing for the audience.

well, to me yes. I'm not on about hits, but if a bands songs are rubbish i have no interest in watching them. That's what its about to me the music. I like bands who i can play their music at home and equally enjoy as i would watching it live. I'd go to Rampton if i wanted to see someone go crazy.

Each to their own, i liked their tunes anyway

yeah i LOVE their tunes! top quality stuff.

how about the other bands on the nme list? 'the big pink' sound pretty cool too, florence and the machine is blatantly gonna sell a billion records

aergh the chapman family, well enjoyed watching these in london.
rach and i thought the bass player was strangely attractive at the time.