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Commander Keen

By Andy Reilly • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: jrwee, short players

Like those hazy few moments when you awake from a slumber on a Sunday morning, the Extended Player II release from Commander Keen is beautiful but you can’t put your finger on why.



State Broadcasters

By Andy Reilly • Mar 15th, 2009 • Category: jralbums, long players

To outsiders, one of the best things about the Glasgow music scene is the fact that it appears to be a genuine scene and that all the bands and fans hang out in the same venues every night.
That’s certainly true for some acts and scene-sters but the true beauty of the Glasgow music scene is [...]



Emmy The Great

By Andy Reilly • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: gigs

2009 has seen the pop charts dominated by the solo female with Lady Gaga and Lily Allen creating a monopoly at the top of the hit parade but another female songstress can’t have escaped your attention in recent weeks.



A Camp

By Andy Reilly • Feb 14th, 2009 • Category: long players

A Camp will never be considered more than the bit on the side of Nina Persson but they are more like the original sound of The Cardigans than The Cardigans are now.



Herve

By Andy Reilly • Feb 14th, 2009 • Category: long players

There’s a time for subtlety and there’s a time for no nonsense and this double mix-CD by Herve is easily in the latter category.