Starting an 90s indie show with Spearmint, followed by Longpigs and then Kenickie has got to be a good thing. After all, who wants to live in a world where no-one’s heard of Spearmint?
You also heard the following bundles of joy*
Spearmint – Trip Into Space
Longpigs – The Frank Sonata
Kenickie – Nightlife
Edward Ball – Love Is Blue
Nine Inch Nails – Sin
Killing Joke – Milennium
Silverfish – Crazy
Gomez – We Haven’t Turned Around
The Folk Implosion – Kingdom Of Lies
Magnapop – Merry
R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
The Lightning Seeds – Life Of Riley
Coldplay – Brothers & Sisters
Kingmaker – Two Headed, Yellow Bellied Hole Digger
Pizzicato Five – Magic Carpet Ride
The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
Sparklehorse – Sick Of Goodbyes
Madder Rose – Ultra Anxiety (Teenage Style)
Jimmy Eat World – Blister
Dustball – Talkback Back
Unbelievable Truth – Higher Than Reason
Tindersticks – (Tonight) Are You Trying To Fall In Love Again
The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
Placebo – You Don’t Care About Us
Bivouac – Good Day Song
Strangelove – Beautiful Alone
Lemon Trees – Let It Loose
Guided By Voices – Teenage FBI
The La’s – There She Goes
Kula Shaker – Hush
Listen to it all again here –
Indie Schmindie
Gareth Williams
*I accept that some of these songs contain very little joy
