The build-up

I've just discovered this video of The Smittens playing a cover of The Just Joans' What Do We Do Now

And here's the original song

Its one of my favourite Just Joans songs, and The Smittens are one of my favourite bands playing this year's Indietracks festival. Its a bunch of indiepop acts playing at a railway museum in Derbyshire.

Here are the dates of The Smittens and Colin Clary (from The Smittens) gigs in the UK later this month

Wednesday 15th July
Colin Clary + The Secret Charisma (Brad from One Happy Island) + Ich Bin Fin + The Sunny Street
Buffalo Bar, Highbury, London
Sunday 19th July
The Smittens + One Happy Island + Pale Man Made + Frankie and the Heartstrings
The Head Of Steam, Newcastle
Monday 20th July
The Smittens + The Just Joans + One Happy Island + The Specific Heats + Maple Leaves
The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow
Tuesday 21st July
The Smittens + One Happy Island + Pete Green
The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street, Birmingham
Wednesday 22nd July
The Smittens + One Happy Island + The Melting Ice Caps + Standard Fare
The Wilmington Arms, London
Thursday 23rd July
The Smittens + One Happy Island + The Wednesday Club + The Seven Inches
The Packhorse, Leeds

On a Just Joans trip, here's them in their debut gig playing a cover of The Magnetic Field's When You're Old and Lonely

And here's me playing a cover of The Smitten's Sapphire

And finally here's my old rockabilly band, The Deep Fried Wolfknuckles, playing a cover of The Magnetic Field's 100,000 Fireflies at the final Wolfknuckles show at the 13th Note in Glasgow, August 2007.