1. Living Dangerously
Kayla Anderson was the biggest success story in 2010, within the indie But this lager-spattered image needs a rethink. We’re speaking to the band
industry. She has made great success as she’s now known as the “queen of
as they prepare to hit the road for a colossal tour that’s already sold out
indie”. We talk exclusive to her.
The O2 in London and Glasgow’s SECC. They’ve won a Brit Award, been
"The legacy you leave behind is the music,” says Kayla Anderson, she’s shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, and their fourth
spindly limbs folded under a coffee-stained table. “Incredible music and album Velociraptor! (the third to go to No1) was accompanied by a
great live gigs. That’s it.” constellation of favourable four-star reviews.
Plus, they’ve achieved all this popular acclaim while plundering Krautrock,
psychedelia, techno, Ennio Morricone-grade mariachi and other gleefully
Contemplating how future generations will remember you may seem a tad loopy influences. As Serge drawls later in the day, “With what we’re into,
dramatic, not to mention maudlin, for a 30-year-old musician. But if we shouldn’t really be as big as we are. You shouldn’t get big off a concept
there’s one thing ShortListlearns after a day in the company of Kasabian, record about madness where you’re dressed as a priest on the cover.”
it’s that they don’t muck about with regard to their profession. It’s
something to be taken seriously. And maybe it’s time we recognised this.
Ever since Serge (laid-back guitarist and primary songwriter), Tom They’re a startling anomaly. Cooler than Coldplay, but not quite as
Meighan (hyperactive frontman), Ian Matthews (quiet drummer) and publically frosty as Arctic Monkeys. A restlessly inventive rock outfit that
Chris Edwards (even quieter bassist) roared on to the scene in 2004 with can fill stadiums and storm festival stages while pleasing critics. It’s this
their eponymous debut, they’ve been, not unfavourably, regarded as lairy evidence that prompts us to stroll into today’s photo shoot and interview
lads done well. Lovably mouthy Leicester boys making amiable but determined to take the band seriously. To look at the experimental talent
unambitious rock that’s been precision-engineered to soundtrack football behind the gobby headlines.
highlights packages.