So here we go with the THE BEST OF THE BEST OF 2009 (in the world… EVER!)…

We’ve been discussing this on the forum since December began but we’d love your opinions too.

The DbR Awards will take place in the New Year with the best Doncaster band having a full feature and a mystery prize! HOW EXCITING!?

RIGHT… a very easy system this year… Just pop your answers in the boxes and hit “Submit answers”… Enjoy! Fill your email in if you’d like to be notified when the awards are due to be announced. VOTE BELOW!

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On Saturday evening, The Cribs played The Dome in Doncaster promoting their, ironically titled, Ignore the Ignorant album. Support bands for the tour were chosen by the band and on Saturday night featured Los Campesinos and 70s punk icons The Slits.

Support bands with touring bands are often just label-mate-contractually-obliged pairings rather than considered partnerships; thankfully Los Campesinos fall into the latter camp and the assembled gang of music fans (I use that term loosely) seemed to buy into the indie rockings. It was good to see that all the hype this band received was actually deserved and they delivered a set as energetic as a puppy full of Mountain Dew… The British Arcade Fire? The best sound of the entire night was wrung from the neck of a fine vintage SG of the Camp’s guitarist though I think their version of Pavement’s ‘Box Elder’ may have been lost on 99% of tonight’s crowd. A great start to the night.

Within moments of The Slits taking the stage the mood quickly swings into the realms of uneasy . . . Read More

Andy Cook is known to many around the South Yorkshire area as a stalwart gig-goer and champion of independent music. However, he also takes the odd photo…

Over the last year or so these ‘odd photos’ have been evolving into something else altogether… From the early days of the odd flacid pic of Doncaster bands it’s fair to say his craft is now positively engorged; with a press pass to the 2009 Reading Festival under his belt and shots featured by some of the countries best music coverage outlets he is certainly making his mark.

We will attempt to pin him down for a few words at some point… for now enjoy these choice shots…

Andy Cook on flickr

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