saying that, i am currenty reading a book about norwegian black-metal neo-nazi satanist murderers. so maybe my twee-dar is a little skewed right now.

I suppose indiepop is a small subgenre of much wider terms such as indie, or guitar based music (I know) which you could equally use to describe LC!

What you have to remember though is that to many, myself included, the word indiepop is more meaningful than simply “an indie band with a sense of melody”. It can be used to describe a very specific style of music and also generally implies certain ethical standards about the way the music is produced and distributed etc, along with the sense of melody.

Some of the references on the Wikipedia entry about indiepop are very good if you want to get a feel for the genre (I’m assuming here that you’re not already and I’m sorry if this is a bad assumption) - I’d especially recommend David Cavannagh’s book on Creation Records called My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize which sets the scene for modern day indie very well then follows Creation Records through the 80’s and to the point where - I would argue - the history of indie (as the term is generally used) and indiepop diverge around the time of Baggy.

Of course that’s just my overly idealistic opinion on what ‘indiepop’ means to me. Different people will have a completely different view on what indiepop is. It will probably include Heavenly though…

Taxonomy, ain’t it great.

I’d heard things about the Campesinos but only got round to seeing them at Glastonbury earlier this year and they were fantastic to get your swerve onto in the rain/sun/rain/cloudy windyness so I thought I just had to see them when they next popped into Birmingham.

They were super and brilliant and yeah can’t really say more than you did already. I am sure they are Heavenly fans what with the original version of C is the… featuring Calvin Johnson and him running The International Pop Underground festival thingy and blah blah, anyways the lead Campesinos guy seemed genuinely thrilled when he spotted someone in the crowd wearing a Black Flag t-shirt. That’s a bit of a ramble, I was just trying to say that they must like all the Sarah Records stuffs to know so much about everything. Blah end of paragraph, onto a more coherent one hopefully.

Last Autumn Store at the Sunflower Lounge was my first time out and I had a brilliant time despite having to leave due to friends being moody about the music. I can’t wait for next time out and I can’t believe it took me so long to find somewhere in Birmingham which plays the kind of wussy girly music I love.

Keep up the good work.