The Puppini Sisters
Riding the polka-dot wave of all things burlesque and vaguely 1940s, the Sisters (above) are a three-piece vocal group who specialise in giving swing spins to post-punk anthems. They have a cult following, turned on by the nifty frocks and kitsch renderings of Smiths classics.
Patrick Wolf
A favourite of nocturnal waifs and east London beatniks, Wolf is a singer-songwriter very much in the doomed-artist tradition — think hard-up poet goes to charity shop and doesn’t eat for a week. Obscenely talented, he represents the poetic and experimental side of the post-Libertines rock’n’roll boom.
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The Horrors
The clue is in the name. The Horrors look and sound like what might have happened if Morticia Addams and Iggy Pop got down and dirty in a graveyard, and then Diane Arbus took the baby photos. With the best hairdos and the blackest, tightest jeans, the Horrors are the hottest boys in town.
Robots in Disguise
An infectious girl duo with a witty, art-school sensibility. Injecting a sense of humour into hardcore electro, the girls are occasionally joined on stage by Noel Fielding of the Mighty Boosh, who plays a mean bass guitar.
Vincent Vincent and the Villains
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Rockabilly’s crown princes make music you can’t help but dance to. With two-tone shoes, trilbies and a mean sneer, they play bebop and swing to audiences too young to remember Happy Days.