1. Bis - Dreadful shouty nonsense - like early Fuzzbox meets Blur bsides - this i might add, is not a good thing. Should be hung for their butchering of "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" 2. Uresei Yatsura - Middle class Glaswegian tossers doing a very poor attempt at Pavement. Big tall guy annoys me as soon as i look at him. And anyone who calls a song Slain by Elf can forget it. I lasted 3 songs watching them at Sheffield last yeat. 3. Arab Strap - Rambling sub alcoholic mumbles over a tune that forgets its supposed to be listenable somewhere along the line. Hugely overrated. 4. Idlewild - I saw these muppets supporting the mighty Gold Blade at King Tuts. Daft wee boys trying to frighten their mum and dad by shouting and jumping around a lot. 5. The Pastels - Steven Pastel is a lovely guy but purlleaseee, im no muso, but a little terchnical ability wouldnt go amiss - after all theyve been at it for long enough. 6. BMX Bandits - The kind of twee wank that students like for 6 months in first year at uni to show how dreadfully alternative they are. In reality, they are about as alternative as Hanson. 7. The Secret Goldfish - Being fey and winsome is a good thing and i heartliy encourage it - these goons abuse the privelege. So sugary that after listening to them for 10 minutes all your teeth fall out and you become 20 stones ( well thats my excuse anyway) 8. The Delgados - See Uresei 9. Mogwai - Like an even more irritating Sonic Youth - capable of being splendid when they actually remember to write a song, but in general its 20 minutes doodling. 10. Virtually anyone else on the Chemikal Underground label or who hangs arounf the 13th note Bye Kids Iain ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------