Former Bullies

FORMER BULLIES

Formed in their earliest incarnation way back in 2003, Manchester’s Former Bullies have seen their fair share of hip bands and empires rise and fall, with enough line up changes along the way to give fellow Manc stalwarts The Fall a run for their money. …Through it all, founder members Nick Ainsworth (guitar/vox) and Tom Settle (drums) have seemed content to plough their own rich furrow of northern english garage pop.

http://formerbullies.tumblr.com/

SEX HANDS

‘Sex Hands’ were due on 15 minutes ago, but so far there’s just some kids tinkering with the instruments on the floor. With no announcement and precious little sound-checkery they abruptly twang-out their elastic band ‘lectric guitar sound like a Church-Group Rock band minus the Christ. They bum-pummel the fuck out of two chords for three minutes-a-piece.
It’s pure unadulterated Rock N’ Roll without pretension, drilling simple riffs into the ground until dulled into nothing.

http://www.facebook.com/sexhandsband

OMI PALONE

There will always be a place in music for bands like Omi Palone. It’s an oddly distant part of modern music, but theirs is the poignant simplicity of four guys hanging out, forming a band and doing their best to get their songs heard. It’s this element of endearing honesty that makes them, in their Jonathan Richman/Calvin Johnson/Eugene Kelly inspired world, just that little bit more loveable. It’s been a while, lo-fi indie. It’s been a while…

http://omipalone.blogspot.com/

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