Meet The Boyfriends

I've had a busy week trawling London's dark and dingy toilets for fresh talent – and I've been checking out new bands, too! Top sightings this week include fantastic new indie outfit The Boyfriends, whose second single, Adult Acne, is out now.
There's been a serious lack of style and glamour in the rock world of late (One of Arctic Monkeys wears leather deck shoes, for chrissakes), but with their suit jackets, surly charm and fey posturing (front-man Martin Wallace is surely the result of a bizarre experiment in which Mozzer was cloned with one of the Mitchell brothers – a sweet and tender hooligan, if you like) The Boyfriends hark back to the glory days of Britpop when bands made an effort to look good and wrote tunes about London, unrequited love, taking drugs and tawdry sex in stolen cars. Ah, happy days. They're definitely ones to watch out for.
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Talking of Britpop, the other week I also found myself propping up the Nottting Hill Arts Club bar with former Rialto main-man, Louis Eliot, who has a new solo e.p. due out later this year We didn't quite make it through until Monday morning 5;19, but we did have a quick chinwag at Alan McGee's cool Death Disco night. Louis was playing guitar in his new female-fronted outfit, The Vitamins. Forget Rialto's classy French film score vibe, The Vitamins play loud, dirty garage rock – think PJ Harvey meets T-Rex.
"I wanted to rock out and try something different," said Louis, who admitted a liking for Suzie Quatro, in particular glam stomper, Devilgate Drive. I can't wait to see Louis' new band again – in fact, I'm already suffering from, er, Vitamins deficiency!