Peggy Sue and the interview
October 20, 2008 by Michael Holder & Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski · Leave a Comment
Pretty in Pink: Had Polka-dots ever not been in fashion then Katy would be the one to bring them back (photo: Nick Blumsom)
When The Badger caught up with Peggy Sue’s Katy Klaw, she wasn’t being self consciously rock ‘n roll, smoking a goat hide and declaring herself the beginning middle and end of music. Instead, she was ‘going out for a meal’. This is typical for member of a Brighton band whose connections to Sussex have kept their feet firmly on the ground. ‘I deferred a year as I’m doing American Studies. I just sent off my forms to study at Berkeley’. Read more
Mystery Jets talk war, murder and the credit crunch
October 13, 2008 by Michael Holder & Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski · Leave a Comment
The Badger picks the Mystery Jets brains (photo: Nick Blumsom)
‘I heard 2009 is going to be the year of New Rave. It’s catchy. Old rave isn’t good.’ You heard it here first kids. Now plaster on the glow paint and hold your sticks aloft – Mystery Jets are coming to a town near you.
Having just played a well-received set at the Freshers’ Ball, the band is both in, and drinking plenty of, high spirits. Their sarcasm isn’t malicious though – in fact nothing they say seems to come across that way.
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