
One of my favourite bands of jerky indie popsters are Auckland's Cut Off Your Hands. To my ears, they've got more memorable songs and more charisma than a lot of similar bands. I read a review of their debut album You and I that asked "Do we really need another Kaiser Chiefs?" Probably not, but Cut Off Your Hands are a lot more than a rip-off of better-known artists. Oddly, the album doesn't include the track of the same name, the energetic little number that won over quite a few listeners back in 2006. That disappointment [...]