'pass Your Test In A Day Or A Week/'

September, 2007 n.u.d.e 9
Sounds good
n.u.d.e
your ears!!!!long blondes
Ever since vintage crooner
Mercury Music Prize to Arctic
Tony Christie - you know, the
Monkeys last year has his own
guy who sang Is This The Way
great legacy of music.
To Amarillo with Peter Kay -
Prior to navigating solo
tiny dancers
first cast his shadow on the top
waters the crooner from
10 Sheffield has vied with
Greystones was guitarist with
Manchester and Glasgow as
Pulp in their final stages and
musically creative hubs.
prior to that he was the man
Back before most of you lot
who injected creative six strings
were born The Human League,
into Longpigs as well some other
Heaven 17 and Cabaret Voltaire
coveted local bands way back.
were creating a backlash against
Other acts to watch out for
the punk era, seeking to reflect
include grafitti artist and MC
their hometown’s industrial
Kid Acne, the soulful Pete
heritage and, perhaps more
Simpson, Sally Doherty, Scarlet
importantly, honing fresh
Blonde and The Harrisons, who
templates for some of the music
all have records out now. As do
you hear now - the likes of To
the Tiny Dancers who are
My Boy (featuring Jack Snape
technically from near Barnsley
Sheffield Contraception
from Chesterfield) or Ladytron
but, along with Area 51 and
being prime examples.
Fallen From View, are welcome
& Sexual Health Service
After them - although the
to cross the city limits any time.
League and Heaven 17 still step
For that matter hip hop
Central Health Clinic
out - along came Def Leppard,
characters Yezza and Paddy
one of the UK’s biggest rock
Orange and Download stars
1 Mulberry Street, S1 2PJ
exports and the product of a
Bring Me The Horizon all hail
(BEHIND TJ HUGHES)
bunch of football-playing factory
from Rotherham way and are
boys who fancied making their
frequent flyers in steel city.
Tel: 0114 271 6816 (appointments)
way in the world with big,
As well as the above you will
commercial guitar anthems.
also find signed and unsigned
Tel: 0114 271 8840 (advice)
You may scoff, but you can see
action at Plug, The Leadmill,
their influence in so many
The Forum, Under The
FREE & confidential service
American rock acts about now.
Boardwalk (exactly where it
including contraception, unintended
says) The Washington, Frog &
Along came Def
Parrot, The Harley and The
pregnancy advice/tests, sexual
Runaway Girl, just up from the
Leppard, one of
health, sexuality and relationships.
railway station. Plus there’s new
the UKs biggest
kid on the block, the revived
FREE condoms – just call in.
Shakespeare, off West Bar
rock exports
roundabout, and the too cool for
roisin Appointments: Mon-Fri 8.30am-
school Dulo.
Even Babybird - the
There are other venues and
12pm plus evenings Mon – Thurs
sometimes smug but arguably
scores of gigs every week so
murphy
brilliant Stephen Jones was a
check The Star’s gig
Drop-In (no appointment needed):
Sheffield resident - made his
guide each Friday
Mon-Fri 12.30pm – 3.00pm
mark on modern music and not
along with
simply in hallmark hit You’re
interviews with
Youth Clinic (U20s, no appointment
Gorgeous.
bands heading our
needed): Mon-Thurs 3.30-6pm,
The delightfully bonkers
way or about to
Roisin Murphy, about to return
break into the wider
Saturdays 11am-1pm
with a new album and single Let
world. And/or click
Me Know, got it together with
onto thestar.co.uk for
her future Moloko music
your window on the
partner in a Sheffield studio
city’s news and
before making hits that took
entertainment.
them round the world and set
And to find out
her on course for a thriving solo
which local acts are
career.
releasing what visit
One of you might even be
independent record
renting the Nether Edge flat
stores Jack’s Records, off
where she and Mark used to live!
Division Street, and the
Current city star Richard
wonderful Record
the
Hawley - if you don’t know of
Collector, next to the Fox &
him ask your parents or cock an
Duck in Broomhill.
reverend
ear to Radio 2 - would cite many
David Dunn writes The
older influences for his music,
Star’s Hear & Now
but the man who lost out on a
column and Time Out.
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