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Listening to: Dana Gillespie 'Foolish Seasons'

About Me

Kicker, from London, have recorded five singles (all on the CD 'fivefortyfives') and an album, 'Our Wild Mercury Years' for the Track and Field Organisation record label. The latter came out this summer. Our sound has been described as Stereolab meets Northern Soul, but I prefer to think of us as a good old fashioned girl/boy beat pop group. We've played with Comet Gain, Tompaulin, The Tyde, The Trash Can Sinatras, The Clientele...lots. I can't remember them all. We feature/have featured folks who have been/are in various other groups (18th Day of May, The Projects, Comet Gain, Hood, Harper Lee, Velocette spring to mind) which might be reflected in our tunes. Or not.
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Member Since: 6/15/2005
Band Website: kickerpop.co.uk
Band Members: Jill Drew, Phil Sutton, Laura Bridge, Andy Jones, Ben Phillipson. Also: Graham Smith, Danielle, Beatrice Hatherley, Jax Coombes, Cat Cormack. With the kind assistance of: David Feck, John Barrie, Kay Ishikawa, Daniel O'Sullivan & Alison Thomson.
Influences: Go Betweens, Felt, Comet Gain, Laura Nyro, Dusty, Gene Clark, Soul music.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: www.trackandfield.org.uk
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Kicker’s Coronation Street Residency...

Again! This is bizarre. This time they're going to play 'Get Rid of Him', on July 28th, though which version I have no idea! We might have to reform and play a residency at the Rovers, with an album '...
Posted by kicker on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:20:00 PST

Bass player

Kicker descendents, The Soft City are looking for a bass player in New York. Male or female, any age, needed by friendly group. See the link to their myspace page for more info. If you like John Cale,...
Posted by kicker on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:55:00 PST

Coronation Street

If you watch Coronation Street this Friday (July 11th) Kicker's 'Boy, Have You Got It?' can be heard playing in the Rover's Return! Apparently the editor liked the song so much, they're going to play ...
Posted by kicker on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:57:00 PST

The Welfare State

Andy Kicker the man who contributed most to Kicker's Northern Soulism (is that a new noun?), has a new project up and running called The Welfare State, which can be found on a website here and on a ...
Posted by kicker on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:07:00 PST

The Soft City

Phil, who has written songs like 'Boy, Have You Got It?' and 'Blue' for Kicker, has a group called The Soft City. Their debut single, three-song Soft City EP, featuring current and former members of ...
Posted by kicker on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:59:00 PST

Coin Operated Spam

Wooden Coin is Phil and Laura of and lately of Kicker. Laura was also one half of duo Harper Lee, so she has some form! Anyhoo, they have posted two working versions of songs, The Soft City and Wallfl...
Posted by kicker on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:25:00 PST

Wooden Coin

Pip is starting a new 'project'. I'm not sure I like that word. It's here if you're curious...
Posted by kicker on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:43:00 PST

Phil's Mog Blog

See, in actual time, what Phil is listening to! More computer narcissism - when will it all end! It's here Reality drivel!
Posted by kicker on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:44:00 PST

Nick Garrie

Heard about this through Ladybug Transistor. In my humble opinion it's really rather good!www.myspace.com/nickgarrie
Posted by kicker on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:15:00 PST

Grant McLennan

Not much one can add to all the accolades, really. The Go-Betweens a massive influence on Kicker (Blue is a complete steal) and they've always been one of my favourite, if not my favourite band of all...
Posted by kicker on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:22:00 PST