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Bis"Sugar, sugar, Kandy Pop"

Who?Coming straight out of Scotland, either an irritating bunch of twee wankers with stupid names, or a punk-tartrazine riot of excitement and lovely possibiliities.With stupid names.

Essential?The start-as-you-mean-to-stay-up-late of Kandy Pop, the debut, is a must-have, but if you want a side of Bis that will make the Hello Kitty hairclips fall from your bunches, Detour will do it. Dance music, adult, and sensual.

In a nutshell, then:Dumping the backpack, getting less shrill, and more lovable all the time

Never mind the music, give us trivia:Mercilessly parodied in Lucy Sweet's Unskinny fanzine - "teddy bear rucksacks are COOL!" - you can decide for yourself if Manda Rin's weightloss and reinvention as indiebabe is either a heartening tale for puppy-fat-nursing girls, or another nail in the coffin of the 'you dont have to be foxy to work in the music industry' DIY world...

In more depth:Bis on Google

Bis fans seem to have made the transition from fanzine to web quite smoothly. Tony Blair's e-envoy will be pleased

Try these, too...The Fizzbombs
Topper
Bennet
Helen Love
One True Parker, if you like the dancey bits
Daphne and Celeste, if you like pretending to be younger than you actually are