New band of the day – No 715: Lonelady

This solitary singer's bad-mood music conjures the dark, dour Manchester and Ian Curtis and Ian BrownHometown: London.The lineup: Julie Campbell (vocals, guitar)The background: "Where have all the nervous people gone?" asked sometime guardian.co.uk/music contributor Jon Wilde some years ago. To be precise, it was 20 years ago, and he was wondering aloud in the pages of Melody Maker (RIP) how come pop was suddenly filled with all these gregarious, super-confident types that could have come straig...

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