March 28th @ The Powerstation These Post-Britpop veterans have returned from the shadows to promote their first album in three years: Build A Rocket, Boys! "It's quite a nostalgic thing. I've got a thing about growing up, not needing to! But a certain period of your life when - well kids are called 'hoodies' these days when they reach their teens. I remember it being an amazing important time, so I've written a lot about... MORE
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In addition to hosting the Thursday Wire, Jon - aka Johnny Strangeways - holds down Coronation Beat, Fridays at 11pm. Jon is from Wigan, Lancashire (no jokes about flat caps, brown ale or whippets, please). Coronation Beat is exactly what the title suggests: a cobble (stone)d together mix of beats 'n' bobs from the grimy rain-drenched streets of the North, which incidentally matches the weather in Auckland, New Zealand.