Music, Culture, Writing, Books, Cups of Tea, Nights out.
Favourite Bands
R.E.M, Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Pulp, Nirvana, The Smiths, The Velvet Underground, Interpol, Radiohead, Neil Young, Joy Division/New Order, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Nick Cave, The Cure, The Clash, Super Furry Animals, Strangelove, Scarlet Soho, Luxembourg, The Long Blondes, Maximo Park, The Decemberists, The Beatles, The Sailplanes, Nebraska, The Black Tulips, Guillemots, Bright Eyes, Patrick Wolf, The Shins, Sonic Youth, The Faint, iLIKETRAiNS, Goldfrapp, The Victorian English Gentlemen's Club, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Belle and Sebastian, Bob Dylan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Public Enemy, Michael Jackson, early Verve, Throwing Muses, Spiritualized, Mercury Rev, The Smashing Pumpkins, Mew,The Flaming Lips, Lucky Soul, Roxy Music, Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Stars, Of Montreal, Billy Bragg, P J Harvey, My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Arab Strap.
New Bands
Butcher Boy, Los Compesinos!, iLIKETRAINS, myfirstradio, These New Puritans, Das Wanderlust
Give me something living and breathing:
bill@godisinthetvzine.co.uk
I'm Cardiff based.
Name
Mike Mantin
Role
Sub Editor
Age
18
Interests
Music, films, writing about music and films, webcomics, good comedy TV, bad comedy TV, grammar pedantry
Favourite Bands
Broken Social Scene, The Mountain Goats, Radiohead, R.E.M., The Arcade Fire, The Fiery Furnaces, The Flaming Lips, Beastie Boys, The Shins, Super Furry Animals, Nada Surf, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Mogwai, Animal Collective
New Bands
Tapes 'n Tapes, Band Of Horses, Jeniferever, Figurines, Islands, My Latest Novel, iForward, Russia!, Cold War Kids, Guillemots, Sambassadeur, Oh No! Oh My!, The Russian Futurists, Los Campesinos
The Beatles, The Smiths, The Libertines, REM, Muse, Interpol, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Babyshambles, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Mars Volta, System of a Down, Basement Jaxx, KT Tunstall, Joy Divison, Guillemots, iForward, Russia!, Divine Comedy, Shins, Fields, Modest Mouse, QOTSA,
Being the future of British music journalism, wearing cricket jumpers despite having never played the sport, refusing to get MySpace or FaceBook, proof-reading and commanding fine wine at the top of my voice.
Favourite Bands
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Of Montreal, Belle and Sebastian, iLiKETRAiNS, The Cribs, Radiohead, Patrick Wolf, The Smiths, Arcade Fire, Jeremy Warmsley, Andrew Bird, LCD Soundsystem, Explosions in the Sky, Stars, Sufjan Stevens ad infinitum
New Bands
Tokyo Police Club, Esiotrot, These New Puritans, Forms Forms Forms, Pagan Wanderer Lu, Blood Red Shoes, Fanfarlo, Time.Space.Repeat, Napoleon IIIrd
anglophilia, sketching, talking too much about music, reading old books.
Favourite Bands
The Smiths, The Who, The Clash, The Beatles, Art Brut, The Libertines, Blur, Pulp, The Buzzcocks, Echo & The Bunnymen
New Bands
Irving, the Rakes, The Long Blondes, Editors, Think About Life, Forward, Russia!
Name
Ross Cunningham
Role
Sub Editor
Age
24
Interests
Music, coffee, beer, Stars and Dice.... in no particular order
Favourite Bands
To name a few - Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Biffy Clyro, Ryan Adams, BRMC, Asobi Seksu, 22-20s, Sigur Ros, Idlewild, Bright Eyes, Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton, The National, Spiritualized, The Walkmen, Joy Division, Led Zep, Regina Spektor, Cat Power, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, The Hold Steady, The Libertines, Mark Lanegan, QOTSA, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, Smashing Pumpkins,Interpol, Jimi Hendrix,Old Crow Medicine Show, British Sea Power,The Doors, The Music, Stephen Fretwell....
New Bands
Black Kids, Alberta Cross, fanfarlo, Laura Marling, RaRaRiot, Lightspeed Champion, Officer Kicks
Currently Singles Sub Editor for GIITTV so send all your single reviews my way to the address Above.
Name
Beckie Jordan
Role
Sub Editor
Age
23
Interests
music, film, art, photography, writing, watching programmes with otters in them....
Favourite Bands
Led Zepplin,The Smiths, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Janis Joplin, Pink Flloyd, P J Harvey, New York Dolls, Velvet Revolver, The Velvet Underground, Amy Whinehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Ray Lamontagne, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Modest Mouse, Bikini Kill, L7, Julie Ruin, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Juliet and The Licks, Bratmobile, John Martyn, David Bowie, Mazzy Star, James Brown, Ottis Reading
New Bands
Plain White T's, The Hoosiers, The Gossip, Axe Girl, Bat for Lashes
Half-arsed attempts at playing the piano, encouraging my ears to listen to music, jotting down things, macho sports, non-macho sports, Futurama, laughter, good times, quiet times, loud times.
Favourite Bands
Muse, Radiohead, Suede, Mansun, Martin Grech, 65 Days Of Static, LCD Soundsystem, Hope Of The States, Cooper Temple Clause, The Music, McLusky and many more..
New Bands
Los Campesinos!, Foals, Future Of The Left, Danananaykroyd, This City, Air Cav (not quite so new) Stephanie Dosen, Jacob Golden, iLiKETRAiNS, Asobi Seksu, Fear Of Music
