Making Waves

This week it's an In The City special, telling you which of that terribly long list of bands announced as playing In The City Unsigned yesterday, are actually any good. None of them were terrible in all honesty, but here are the top 20:

1. Run Toto Run, we've already covered. (See here: Myspace.com/_youvedonethiswrong.

2. The Jessie Rose Trip is a girl with a strong voice who knows how to use it in an individual way, with a bit of soul.
Myspace.com/thejessierosetrip.

3. Tubelord have quite a quirky, noisy sound. Go to Myspace.com/_youvedonethiswrong for a review of their double A-side with label mates, Tellison.
Myspace.com/tubelord.

4. Isosceles do fun, jerky pop songs.
Myspace.com/isoscelestheband.

5. The Fire And I are very energetic and upbeat.
Myspace.com/thefireandi.

6. Baddies do good old fashioned punk rock, with good melodies and a bit of attitude, which is lacking somewhat at the moment. Listen to 'Who Are You'.
Myspace.com/baddies.

7. Rod Thomas makes sweet folky pop music.
Myspace.com/rodthomasmusic.

8. Telegram From The Queen have heavy, old school synths that make Does It Offend You-sized riffs.
Myspace.com/telegramfromthequeen.

9. Friends Electric are, as you might have guessed, electric. Fun dancey songs.
Myspace.com/friendselectricmusic.

10. Maths Class do shouty jerk-pop.
Myspace.com/mathsclass.

11. Alphabet Backwards do pretty good acoustic stuff with synths.
Myspace.com/alphabetbackwards.

12. Hemme Fatale do lots of synths. It's just good music to dance to.
Myspace.com/hemmefatale.

13. Hold Fire make nice indie songs.
Myspace.com/weareholdfire.

14. General Fiasco are nothing spectacular, but they make for nice listening. Drunken Irish songs with lots of guitar.
Myspace.com/generalfiasco.

15. Karoshi Bros make me think of Simian Mobile Disco. You'll probably like them if you're into repetitive electro stuff.
Myspace.com/karoshibros.

16. Last Gang do indie rock'n'roll.
Myspace.com/lastganguk.

17. The Paris Riots apparently do "French Pop". I don't know about that, but they've got good riffs on dirty guitars.
Myspace.com/theparisriotsmusic.

18. Soft Toy Emergency are a bit like Late Of The Pier, but easier to follow, and with a female singer.
Myspace.com/softtoyemergency.

19. The Travelling Band make nice, bouncy, acoustic folk music.
Myspace.com/thetravellingband.

20. Twin Atlantic's singer really shows off his accent. Slightly on the emo side of indie.
Myspace.com/twinatlantic.



Almost none of these bands are actually from Manchester though, so let's chuck these guys in for good measure:

NO*TOKYO

Where?: North Manchester
What?: Indie dance, with a bit of psychedelia.
Listen to: A Sense Of Hope
They reckon: "You have to see us live to really appreciate us. We just never seem to be able to capture our real sound in the studio.
Live: "They're high energy gigs. The audience is usually buzzing and having a good rave/dance. We like to grab the audience's attention and keep them involved."
If you like NO*TOKYO, you might like: The Stone Roses and stuff.

Myspace.com/notokyo