The Twilight Sad Are you sitting comfortably? Right, then I’ll begin. Once upon a time in a magical kingdom far, far away (oh alright then, it was Birmingham) there was a rather fine band called The Allies. They had more than a touch of the Arctic Monkey’s about them (no bad thing), but one or two tracks hinted at a more unusual Celtic flavoured direction. For some reason they split up (‘musical differences’ no doubt). Now several of them (there seemed to be about 97 people in The Allies) have returned as part of a brand new five piece, Goodnight Lenin.


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White Rose Movement White Rose Movement shot to the forefront of indie scene back in 2006 upon the release of their debut album, Kick. Since then, it’s all gone a little bit quiet.


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Pram "Don't mind us if there are things that pop and squeak and start on fire," says Women's vocalist Patrick Flegal at the beginning of their set. The plaid shirt- and interesting tights- wearing crowd at the Hare & Hounds don't seem alarmed at this warning, but I hold my drink a little closer...


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Kelli Ali Kelli Ali was involved with two big aspects of 90's music culture - as the vocalist with the Sneaker Pimps she provided soothing vocals for the trip hop crowd and, thanks to an Armand van Helden remix, her voice played a part in corporate clubland's heyday...


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