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The Strangers Almanac

By Donald Bush • Jul 10th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

One of those bands which is actually just one bloke (Gord Mathieson) , the Dundee-based one-piece have, for this recording at least, enlissted the help of Dundee rockers Pensioner.



Kid Canaveral

By Donald Bush • Jul 9th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

Like the old adage that you’re never further than six feet from a rat in a major city, the feeling with this debut from the St Andrews-formed act is that you are never more than 30 seconds from a hook.



Adam Stafford

By Donald Bush • Jul 9th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

You have to hand it to Adam Staford, he does like to keep himself busy. When not directing award-winning films or working with Y’All Is Fantasy Island, he’s off on some tangent or other - usually his solo career



Swimmer One

By Donald Bush • May 31st, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

Two blokes with synthesizers, making moody music atop a sea of sequenced percussion - sound familiar?



Teenage Fanclub

By Donald Bush • May 31st, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

Long-serving Fanclub, er, fans (and there are plenty of them) know that there’s an element of ‘formula’ to the band.