| Influences | Simon: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, REM, Part Chimp, Elliott Smith, Silversun Pickups, The Black Angels, Mono, Swirlies, The Postal Service, Windsor for the Derby, Kid 606, Mac McCaughan, Billy Corgan (YES, the solo album), AC Acoustics, Scarce, John Peel [RIP], Elbow, Boysetsfire, Prince, Uzeda. Lo-fi, Shoegaze. Thinks Pendulum are fucking awful though...
JP: Gang of Four, Wire, The Velvet Underground, Bowie's 'Low', John Coltrane, The Manics, Suede, Sebadoh, Salad, Sabbath, never sleeping or eating, George Orwell, ice cream and T-Rex (but keep it quiet). Was not remotely impressed with Lady GaGa's flange at Glasto this year.
Lex: The Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlain Complex, Zwan, REM, Pavement, The Kinks, Autolux, Explosions in the Sky, DJ Shadow, Jurassic 5, 4hero, Idlewild, Superfurry Animals, Elastica, Be Your Own Pet, We Are Scientists, Richard Hawley, Kenickie, Justin Timberlake, MC Hammer, Chemical Brothers, Stereolab, DJ Hombre, The Mighty Boosh, Austin Powers, MP & the Holy Grail and the mighty Jackie Chan. One hardcore mother!
Trevor: Boo Radleys, Sebadoh, Spike Milligan, Studio Ghibli, Flaming Lips, Hadashi No Gen, Belle & Sebastian, Takeshi Kitano, Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard, Arsonists, Tobin Sprout, Husker Du, King Crimson, European Convention of Human Rights, Melt Banana, Blue Nile, Konono No.1, Brian Eno, Deerhoof, Catherine Wheel, John Cale, Teenage Fanclub, mAKE uP, Hefner, Big Star, Roxy Music, Doug Stanhope, Pig Destroyer, Auteurs, Low, Vikram Chandra, Lars Von Trier, NWA, Somerset Maugham, Mastadon, Stewart Lee, My Bloody Valentine. If we hear just one more bad taste Jacko joke from him, he's dead.
THIS MONTHS MANIFESTO: FORCING REVIEWERS TO LISTEN TO TF&TF AT GUNPOINT... and see what happens. |