Klaxons, Liars, Editors, where's the the?

What's in a name? For Villagers, Liars and Hurts, not much. With the definite article currently out, Johnny Sharp will be campaigning, indefinitelySticks and stones, you may have been told, can break your bones, but names can never hurt you. True, perhaps, in everyday life; not so in pop music. Names can do serious damage. There's one very good reason why Parisian baggy revivalists Shit Browne may struggle to make it on to daytime radio playlists, for instance. But at least they're trying. Bette...

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