Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Cribs

The Cribs are a band I regard as one of Britain's best kept indie rock secrets. They play a sort of lo-fi guitar pop with more than enough snarky lyrical bitterness to keep things lively. More interesting, they draw some Oasis comparisons for consisting of three brothers, including a set of twins, who happen to fight each other drunk and on stage. Though they started out a trio, the grown up Cribs have recently officially added ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr to their lineup.

Some other notes from Wikipedia:

In 2008, Q magazine described the band as "The biggest cult band in the UK".

Their song Hey Scenesters! was listed in NME's "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Of All Time". The band were one of only a few contemporary bands included in the list.
Here's a track called "Martel" from 2005's The New Fellas.

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