Sounds From The Junkshop Bonus: Footnotes 1999-2000
Well, it's been a while since we last did one of these things - clearly the years 1999-2000, far from being a fallow period for music, had more bands who left an impression on me than I thought with several groups from this era meriting their own SFTJ entry! However, as with every era, there were a few bands out there (and similar to last time out, a LOT of Fierce Panda ones!) who briefly made an impression on my listening habits but didn't really stay there either due to breaking up suddenly or just drifting away from me after one brief moment of genius. As I've mentioned in previous SFTJ's, this was very much the "why not?" era of indie music where the demise of Britpop had left a hole at the centre of the scene which at this point hadn't really been filled. And as no-one really knew what was likely to happen next, the general consensus seemed to be that anything was worth taking a chance on if you could see some kind of potential in it which led to so...