Vivian Girls News: Vivian Girls [Live] @ The Ruby Lounge, Manchester

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Hype, within the rather broad genre that is ‘indie’, seems to be more fervent and builds at a more rapid rate in the UK than it does in the US. Indeed American music websites often poke fun, understandably so, at the way NME regulate the musical taste of our nation’s youth. And it’s not just average-at-best British bands that they champion; it’s their American counterparts too. So if you haven’t guessed already, Vivian Girls are a hyped band �" so far so ‘not their fault’. The unusual thing here though, is that it seems the hype has originated...