Jaimie Hodgson

  • Music

    Ay Ay Ay!

    Now all the rich trendy white kids have tired of grime, it's time to introduce another exotic new fad for them to obsess over. How about the sound of Brazil's favelas, a smut-obsessed concoction of electro dubs, booty bass and Brazilian "bandit...

    Jaimie Hodgson
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    Ra-Ra Rasputin

    The Favourite Sons are the reason Ken Griffith isn’t currently mopping vomit off the floor of a Brooklyn drinking hole. After Irish noise-pop demi-gods Rollerskate Skinny split in 1997 he decided to have one last go with Kid Silver.

    Jaimie Hodgson
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    Supermarket Sweet

    Melbourne’s greasy electro-punk geeks Damn Arms are the latest in a deluge of bands to arrive in the UK from Down Under who look set to put Aussie rock right back on the international rock map (Jet were a joke, right?).

    Jaimie Hodgson
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    Top One Nice One

    Inbetween the hordes of urchins parading around in Dick Van Dyke’s hand-me-downs, crowding new British music like Fagin’s gang, it’s easy to lose sight of one Britain’s most authentic musical institutions: rave.

    Jaimie Hodgson
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    Mum's The Word

    When you start a band, the most important people you have to convince are your parents.

    Jaimie Hodgson
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    Don't Muck About

    Stupid animalistic behaviour almost fucked up the Mitchell Brothers' career.

    Jaimie Hodgson
  • Music

    Nothing New

    Talk about double standards: UK rappers are always being crucified for copying the Yanks, but 24-year-old Americana nut Dan Lea gets away with it with ease. As By The Fireside, he's part of a new breed of British songwriter completely obsessed with the...

    Jaimie Hodgson