Trendy Bands

The Guillemots have been nominated for best British Live Act for this year’s Brit Awards. Other nominees in their category include George Michael, Kasabian, Muse and Robbie Williams. Not too bad considering that the Guillemots have been playing for just over two years and in that time have successfully managed to gain the public’s support [...]

The latest single by the Guillemots, “Annie, Let’s Not Wait” is coming out on January 15th and there’s a video to go along with it. This will be the fourth release from their debut album, Through The Windowpane. Other releases have included “Trains to Brazil”, “We’re Here”, and “Made-Up Lovesong #43″.
One thing I’ve learned over [...]

It’s that time of year again when people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what to buy their loved ones for Christmas. Since this is a trendy bands site, I thought it apropos to come up with some ideas for the trendy music lover in your life.
These are just a few ideas in [...]

There must be something in the water in Glasgow, Scotland because there has been some incredible music coming from up north. We’ve been lucky to have played Glasgow based bands Dieselbone and The Hussys on the Trendy Bands Podcast, and now fellow Glaswegian band The Fratellis have been making more and more of a [...]

The Arctic Monkeys have won the 2006 Mercury Music Prize for their album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘. The awards show was broadcast on BBC 4 on September 5th and was presented by Jools Holland.
Other nominees were:
Isobel Campbell
Editors
Guillemots
Richard Hawley
Hot Chip
Muse
Zoe Rahman
Lou Rhodes
Scritti Politti
Sway
Thom Yorke
The Arcitc [...]