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Mark Shukla: Carpet-bombing Scotland in early October, Cats and Cats and Cats deploy super-inventive post-rock(ets) that explode with punk energy on impact. They a...
Ted Maul: The month gets off to a stupendous start on 3 April with the inauguration of Powerup; an exciting new monthly event taking place at Studio 24 in Edinb...
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Ted Maul: With a sound that is only slightly edgier than Bob Holness in oven gloves, much touted Sheffield lads Little Man Tate nevertheless look set to provide...
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Nick Mitchell: The Dirty Dozen does like a band to seduce it a bit. So when newly-formed Londoners Rock City Sixteen send in a 7" of Lunettes Noires Pour Nuits Blanc...
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Ally Brown: Like Los Campesinos!, Johnny Foreigner's fast'n'loose guitar-pop thrashing supports dual boy/girl vocals: talk-chanting and sweet lamenting, and refle...
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Billy Hamilton: As the old adage goes: it’s a marathon, not a sprint. But try telling that to today’s tykes of indie rock. So quickly have bands like Foal...
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Billy Hamilton: Johnny Foreigner are loud. Very fucking loud. The Birmingham-based trio's inaugural long-player Waited Up 'Til It Was Light ignites into stratospheric...
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Billy Hamilton: If The Skinny could fly spitfires it would dress something like this. Alas, our collective of scribes and snappers are sadly lacking in aeronautical ...
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Neal Parsons: Cut Johnny Foreigner into quarters and you find indie, punk, emo, and pop in equal measure. And what sticks in the mind when listening to the explosiv...