Marc Riley - 02/11/2009

Tonight it's two band madness with Luke Haines and Hefner. Luke joins Marc up in Manchester while Darren and Jack join us on guitar and pedal steel from London. Luke Haines is proably best known as the leader of the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder. His book "Bad Vibes" is out now and his new solo album "21st Century Man" is out soon. Hefner are re issuing their October 2000 release "We Love The City". They are a British indie band comprised of Darren Hayman (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Antony Harding (drums, backing vocals), John Morrison (bass) and Jack Hayter (guitar, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, fiddle). They met and formed in 1992 when Hayman and Harding met at art school, adding the other members in London. Their debut ANOTHER BETTER FRIEND EP was released in 1996 and scored them a record deal with Too Pure, where they released their debut album, BREAKING GOD'S HEART in 1998. The second album THE FIDELITY WARS came out a year later. The band then moved on to a deal with Beggars Banquet. Later releases WE LOVE THE CITY and DEAD MEADIA saw them move in a more electronic direction.