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AlbumsThe Savings and Loan – Today I Need Light
The Savings and Loan aren’t looking for an It’s-a-Wonderful-Life, community-spirit bail-out on their debut – just a stiff drink. As a guest... Read more »| 25 Nov 2010 -
AlbumsSophie's Pigeons – Names and Pictures
A curse on you, Urban Dictionary. we could have happily lived our lives believing the only definition of ‘trunkle’ was ‘tree monster foe of... Read more »| 25 Nov 2010 -
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Bruce Springsteen – The Promise
As Sick Boy observed to Renton one myth-making afternoon in an Edinburgh park: “Well, at one time, you’ve got it, and then you lose it,” an... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
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Rose Kemp – Golden Shroud
It’s fair to say Rose Kemp is carving a distinctive niche for herself. The daughter of Steeleye Span members Rick Kemp and Maddy Prior, her vocal style... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
AlbumsJulia Stone – The Memory Machine
Successful brother-sister bands are rare – apart from The Knife and sibship supergroup The Magic Numbers, it seems the creepiness of singing about love... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
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Cold In Berlin – Give Me Walls
This London-based four piece specialise in a kind of pummelling, apocalyptic goth-garage, and sound like they’d be a lot of fun live. Their debut never... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010
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AlbumsVarious Artists – Electropapknit Volume 1
In the first of what will hopefully be a lengthy run, Glasgow-based DIY promoters Electropapknit deliver a stock-take of the Scottish underground, a perfect ... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
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Franz Nicolay - Luck and Courage
Former keyboardist in Brooklyn rockers The Hold Steady, Franz Nicolay continues his improbable reinvention as a troubadour of heartland America on Luck and C... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
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Simian Mobile Disco – Delicacies
As ideas for concept records go, this is one of the more curious: tour the world throwing out 12” records, gritty beats and muscular bass-lines, and wh... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Idlewild – 100 Broken Windows: Special Edition
The release of second full-length album 100 Broken Windows caught Idlewild at the sweet spot of its career; in the scuzzy pop of Little Discourage, Roseabili... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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The Scottish Enlightenment – St. Thomas
The Scottish Enlightenment echo winter well, with skeletal guitar lines as brittle and bare as tree branches and a settled pace as quietly insidious as snow ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Seafieldroad – There Are No Maps For This Part of the City
Swimmer One’s appeal largely lies in their imaginative genre combinations and ever-varying aesthetic, with this year’s Dead Orchestras an... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
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Decimal – Lost in a Dark Place
Decimal has been doing his homework. Lost in a Dark Place is as typical a Soma album as you’re likely to hear, from it minimal, bumping start to the ob... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
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Dan Mangan – Nice, Nice, Very Nice
According to the NME, Dan Mangan “sings with the soul of Woody Guthrie – if Woody Guthrie had listened to Godspeed,” one of the sillier &ld... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
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The Greenhornes – ****
Comprised partly of The Raconteurs’ rhythm section, The Greenhornes have been producing unashamedly feel good rock n’ roll since 1996. To say the... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010