Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
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Malcolm Middleton’s Sleight of Heart
It would be an interesting environment if all creative relationships never reached a souring point. Success would carry on for the same bands year after year with little to no variation, newer artists would find it more difficu...
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Solarise Crafts Outstanding Debut in “Still the Same Dream”
Within the past decade, Scotland has seen its share of native bands go on to achieve international success. Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, and Travis are a just of a few of the names deriving from the nation in northwest Europe....
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Freeheat: An Appetizer to The Jesus and Mary Chain
Any rock historian could easily stress the importance of The Jesus and Mary Chain. Though the influential band from Scotland did not receive such deserved recognition or sales during their active years, critics and fans have fi...
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The View is nice with their heads above the clouds
The View‘s debut album, Hats Off to the Buskers, hasn’t even been released yet. Still, the hyped four-piece from Scotland has already been on the cover of NME, toured the world, gained over one million plays on MySp...
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Arab Strap x 0.5 = Malcolm Middleton
Scotland’s own Arab Strap certainly had a great run. Last September, the likable duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton announced that they would be going their separate ways. They played their final show at the ABC Gl...
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Blur to reform; The Black Angels turn on, tune in, drone out
After a year of rampant speculation, it is finally official: Blur is back! The Brit-pop legends recently confirmed that former guitarist Graham Coxon will put aside his differences and aid in the recording of their final album,...
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¡Forward, Russia!
Well, it’s the last day of 2006. I figured I would wrap it up with a band who have had quite a successful year: ¡Forward, Russia!. They were involved in the 2006 NME New Music Tour last May, which also featured promising...
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The 80s Never Die
Some bands just sound better when it’s raining outside. This is a fact, particulary in mind of those dark and moody bands of the 80s. One group that comes to mind are the Associates, the influential duo of vocalist Billy ...
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FESTIVAL REVIEW – T in the Park
So up to the land of Scotch, Haggis and Franz Ferdinand I went. Tent in hand, ready to get mucky to the sounds of the best Scotland’s major festival had to offer. First up on the Saturday were Australia’s Cut Copy i...
