The Stayaways don’t do blues, funk, country, jazz or Robbies brand of music. After years of embarking on other musical missions, the mainstay came together to create The Stayaways. Based in Camden Town, the three piece consists of Liam Devall with vocals and guitar, Sean McGourty on bass and backing vocals and Matt Whitley on drums and backing vocals. The Man A Factory was recorded at the begining of 2008 and is already causing a stir around Camden.
Jenny Said Yes will be playing at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town on the 25th January. Jenny Said Yes claim to write music that resonates with Londoners. The line up is Dora Lam on lead vocals, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, Ben Todd on guitars and backing vocals, Adrian Barker on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Jane Cocklin on drum kit and percusssion. They can regularly be seen and heard in the north London area where they formed, (they initially rehearsed at the infamous "Alexander House", Tufnell Park).
Sue And The Unicorn is an acoustic side-project of Suzanne Powell (aka Sue Denim of Robots in Disguise). Powell has acquired the pet-name 'Sueniicorn', on this project, demonstrating impressive songwriting / lyrical talents, on tracks including: "Mr Music", "I Dreamt Of Pigs" and "Hurt Yourself On Chocolate". Although Sue has no recording contract for the project as of yet she has recorded a series of demos - some on her mobile phone! These have been distributed on-line.
Menswe@r were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig, appearing on the cover of Melody Maker (in an article about Camden club night Blow Up) before they had recorded a note. They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica.