I was listening to The Visitors while walking through Abingdon this morning and realised they were actually a pretty good band. Which is great, as not only were they around at the right time (from 1986 to 1988) and had their songs re-released on the right label, but they also hailed from Sidmouth, only a few miles east of Exmouth (and now famous because of the presents that ended up on their beach). Sadly enough, they were a rare Devonian contribution to indiepop. (Although I just found out that The Morrisons, who had an album released by Firestation records recently, hail from Torquay.)

But Devon isn’t lost for indiepop. Next Friday, the 9th of February, we will start a monthly clubnight Exeter Goes Pop! We that is Alistair, Dimitra, someone called Orlando (who, I think, works at the local record shop) and me. We’ll play some nice pop tunes and, hopefully, will be able to put some bands up as well. Its location is the Exeter Phoenix, a nice place to hang out in general and only a short walk from the central station. We will start at around 8pm and will keep playing records until at least 11pm (as if you couldn’t read that on the poster). Just come and say hi, have a drink and enjoy some nice music. (And, if you promise not to tell anybody we’re using it, you can say hi virtually too.)