I arrived after some wandering in the snow to a very warm and cosy Junktion Seven in Nottingham. By the time I had arrived it was halfway through STICKERS FOR KIDS set, but I think I saw enough of a set to form a good opinion of them. A young looking band, their setup was guitarist playing power chords, a bass guitarist knocking out funky bouncing basslines, a rock drummer, a female vocalist and a violin/fiddle player (my apologies for not being down with my stringed instruments). As you can tell, the mix was hardly conventional, but if you imagine a slow-fi rock outfit with a freestyling bow instrument over the top, you

I knew I was going to feel old at this show but nothing could have prepared me the armies of pre-pubescent kids that swarmed into the venue like a moth to a flame. On top of this and apart from me feeling like I was in a casting session for a MARILYN MANSON video they were all wrecked on whatever alco-pops they could find; the lenient bar was, well, overly lenient to my surprise. Other exploits I encountered was a girl who couldn