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James Yorkston - The Year of the Leopard
Produced by Paul Webb, aka Rustin Man, 'The Year of the Leopard' has a similarly autumnal atmosphere to his collaboration with Beth Gibbons, 'Out of Season'.... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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Interview: James Yorkston - Sympathy for the Leopard
If you want an insight into James Yorkston's new album 'The Year of the Leopard', it's perhaps best to start with the title track. "The line 'It won't be so ... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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Barbarossa - The Fence Connection
Barbarossa's debut album Chemical Campfires is a deeply personal and honest collection of folk tinged songs, written and performed by songwriter James Mathe.... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat Single
This first single from Malcolm Middleton's excellent third album of the same name is an upbeat, jangly guitar anthem for angst-ridden agoraphobics: "We're an... Read more »| Updated about 17 years ago -
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The Broken Family Band - 'Balls'
You get the impression that the Broken Family Band heard Jimmy Buffett's 'Why Don't We Get Drunk' and decided it would be fun to record a few comedy-tinged c... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
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I Hear a New World - Fence Records Special (Part One)
This month's I Hear a New World podcast is the first of a two-part Fence special with the chance to hear brand new material from the excellent new albums fro... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Herman Dune - Next Year in Zion
David-Ivar Herman Dune claims that this is the first album he's recorded when he was happy, and the instrumentation bears him out: upbeat brass bubbles under... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Retreat! @ St. John's Church Hall, Various Dates Between 5-24 Aug
At last, a much needed respite from the annual explosion of ego and alcohol-fuelled tomfoolery that is the Edinburgh Festival. Retreat! is an alternative eve... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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Lach @ King Tut's, 10 Sep
This Wednesday (10 September) sees the living legend of New York’s anti-folk scene Lach appearing at King Tut's in Glasgow. In fact, Lach is often cred... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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I Hear a New World - August, 2008
Thee Moths - Don't Let the Crows Take Your Eyes "It's time to end. Thee Moths has been around in many forms for almost 8 years. Over 55 releases and hundred... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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Rob St John - Like Alchemy EP
Recorded live one evening in Edinburgh's Stockbridge Church and accompanied by members of the city's underground folk scene, this short EP is a fragile and h... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Will Oldham: He Who Would Be 'Prince'
With 17 albums recorded over 15 years under various pseudonyms, Kentucky-born Will Oldham has established himself as one of the most prolific and talented so... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
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The Japanese War Effort - King of Poland
Quite frankly, Martin Moog appears to be taking the piss. This EP begins with a rousing sample from the King's College Choir and then Moog weighs in with the... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
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Shout Out Louds- Please Please Please
Shout Out Louds hail from Stockholm and you can't mistake a definite Cardigans influence to this resolutely sunny, cheerful pop song. There's also a dose of ... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
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Hot Chip/Grosvenor, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, May 24
Grosvenor (2/5) doses us with irony laden dollops of white soul cheese over a sleazy backing track. Like Har Mar Superstar or Beck doing the slick, white R &... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
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Down the Tiny Steps - Aye Spy
Two members of Down the Tiny Steps hail from Birnam on the edge of the Highlands, and the band have the enviable backing of the Fence collective. It's not ha... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
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King Biscuit Time: The Last Interview?
Steve Mason aka King Biscuit Time has spoken openly of how he struggled with depression during the eight years the Beta Band were together. However, chatting... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
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Uncle John & Whitelock @ The Swamp Bar
Surpassing even Uncle Jack Daniels in my affections, Uncle John and Whitelock are my favourite kin. Of course, I'm not related to them in truth, but the devi... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
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Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation EP
Cold War Kids have attracted some "blog buzz" at home in the US, where three of the band's four members first met at an evangelical Christian college. They d... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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James Yorkston & The Athletes @ The Liquid Room
What's the time in the real world? asks James Yorkston near the end of the night. Don't let the folk tag fool you - this was pure soul music and ours were ta... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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Various Artists - Ballads Of The Book
The numerous musicians, authors and poets who have contributed to this record evidently share a love of Scotland's rich folk and literary traditions, and the... Read more »| Updated about 17 years ago -
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King Creosote - Not One Bit Ashamed
I gave up half my heart and you gave a half-hearted shrug is such a perfect line it sends shivers down your spine, as King Creosote regretfully berates a for... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
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Union of Knives plus support, Cabaret Voltaire Edinburgh Feb 15
Openers Employee of the Month fill Cabaret Voltaire with their desolate atmospherics before most of the audience has arrived, but those who do see them are s... Read more »| Updated about 18 years ago -
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Hey You Get Off My Pavement! @ Mono, 29 Jun
Curated by the owners of the Mono café-bar in Glasgow's Merchant City, and held in the adjoining courtyard, this annual all-dayer has become a staple ... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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Radiohead @ Glasgow Green Review 27 Jun
“Nice day for it. You should all move down south...” Perhaps goading the drenched Glasgow Green crowd who paid £40 each for the privilege t... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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Orange Juice - More than a Consolation Prize
Scottish music industry shindig The Tartan Clef Awards, held last month in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket, was notable not only because of a brief on-stage appear... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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I Hear a New World - December, 2008
London-based Wichita Recordings are home to a dizzying array of bands that practically define contemporary indie cool - Espers, Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, Blo... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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I Hear a New World - March, 2009
Jeffrey Lewis - Willamsburg Will Oldham Horror This month's podcast features exclusive extracts from our interview with Will Oldham, aka Bonnie 'Prince' Bil... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
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Meursault - Nothing Broke EP
Amongst the 'bigger' songs on Meursault's debut album, A Single Stretch of Land showed that songwriter and vocalist Neil Pennycook can do pared-back and rest... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
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Going Local
This month in Edinburgh local DIY promoters Tracer Trails, The Gentle Invasion and Trampoline (as well as local independent music retailers Avalanche Records... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago