Yes, they're good aren't they? Seems to be a little renaissance of this genre here right now - there's the Schla La Las (featuring Delia of Mambo Taxi and a zillion other bands), and the Priscillas, who I'm seeing for the first time soon when they support Zombina & the Skeletones...
- Andy
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:46:25 -0700 From: Larry-bob Roberts Subject: [TypicalGirls] The Pipettes To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
A friend of mine emailed me about a current British group, the Pipettes. He was turned on to them by Alastair of http://www.tangents.co.uk who said
"Another reason for allowing The Jam back into my life: seeing The Pipettes in Bristol Friday night (the ruled, of course) and afterwards Liz said that the band sounded a bit like The Jam a bit Power Pop, a bit (post) Punk, a bit '60s Moderninst, and yeah, she's right. The Pipettes are like The Jam backing Dolly Mixture, The Chantelles. The Orchids (the '60s girl group, not the '80s indie geniuses) or the Rev-Lons. Fucking ACE whichever way you look at it..."
Their website is http://www.thepipettes.co.uk
I
downloaded some MP3s [couldn't find them on the site, but I found some elsewhere] and I'm blown away... They sound very much like Dolly Mixture.