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New band of the day – The Crayonettes (No 856)

This duo make pop music for the under-eights. But don't run away – like Toy Story, these alternative nursery rhymes are aimed at adults tooHometown: Newcastle.The lineup: Kathryn Williams and Anna Spencer.The background: The Crayonettes are two mums, one a Mercury Prize-nominated folk-ish singer-songwriter, the other a member of a Newcastle punk band called Musical Vomit. Bored with entertaining their kids with the usual car-journey fodder on the stereo – Ten Green Bottles, Hey Diddle Diddle...

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15:13 on August 27 2010

New band of the day – The Crayonettes (No 856)

Guardian Music — This duo make pop music for the under-eights. But don't run away – like Toy Story, these alternative nursery rhymes are aimed at adults tooHometown: Newcastle.The lineu... more info