I liked Appliance a lot. They took me on as an apprentice and taught me a trade. I am now an uncertified expert in the extensive Appliance back catalogue and can tell YOU the difference between a CD single, a CD EP and a mini album. Appliance's merchandise display was so complex it needed a whole person [er, me] to look after it and, I believe, lost them a couple of customers who were so baffled by the choice that they couldn't decide what to buy. The 'problem' with Appliance is that they don't have a gimmick, a selling point, something that makes you remember them. Thus they've been going for ages without making any major dent in public knowledge. I always connect them with Stereolab for some reason. Appliance are kind of like the serious Stereolab, lacking the overt pop but still keeping all the tunes. Wonderfully repetitive with the sort of melodies you can live in for weeks without noticing the time go past. Their set seemed awfully short.