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Interview by Stephen Dalton, NME, November 1990
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Interview by John McCready, NME, October 1987
"WE CAN'T really play but were having ago. And we love music, thats why were having a go... our songs are just dead catchy tunes ...
Interview by Julian Henry, Underground, January 1988
The La's earn 'totally normal' tag! ...
Interview by John McCready, Face, The, 1989
INSPIRED BY a single, There She Goes, and an assortment of odd, beautiful and tangential B-sides built from nothing but raw creativity, I feel like ...
Interview by Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, June 1989
THE LA'S ARE NOTHING if not perfectionists. After two years work they've just completed their debut LP - no wonder they look knackered as they ...
The La's: This Could Be The La's Time
Interview by Stuart Maconie, NME, October 1990
It took three years to make, it cost an unfeasibly huge sum, it's stuffed with great songs but THE LA's still hate their new ...
The La's: Town And Country Club, Kentish Town, London
Live Review by Paul Moody, Sounds, November 1990
Thrills and (s)pills ...
Review by Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, June 1991
RIGHT OUT OF the box The Las had me hooked like a red snapper. All my complaints of yore about the bored soul at the ...
Some Mavers Do Have ’Em: The La’s in America
Report and Interview by David Quantick, NME, August 1991
The La's are sat outside a cafe in New York's Chelsea district with their manager Rob, [photographer] Tim Jarvis and me.They are relaxing before tonight's ...
Have Mersey: An Interview with The La’s’ Driving Force and Angriest Member Lee Mavers
Interview by Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, September 1991
JUST WHEN YOU think youve seen or heard everything that could happen in the music business, something like the Las imbroglio comes along. The ...
Interview by Paul Moody, Melody Maker, April 1995
Simple as. When Lee Mavers talks, in that cracked-up Mersey drawl of his, he talks. ...
The La’s: The La’s (Go! Discs)
Review by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, January 2001
WHO REMEMBERS the Las when they first popped out of the Liverpool woodwork? A cherubic quartet of scallies, they were pure cutesy retro, 60s revisitors ...
Review by David Stubbs, Uncut, March 2001
LONG OVERDUE re-release of debut by great lost Britpop precursors ...
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