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The Unwinding Hours

By Ed Jupp • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

Fifteen years into their existence, Glasgow’s Chemikal Underground label continue to put out music that makes you realise just how essential they are to the development of music in Scotland and further afield.



Quasi

By Ed Jupp • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: short players

Taken from their forthcoming album American Gong (their eighth, if you were losing count), Quasi still turn out gorgeous and excellent music



Kill It Kid

By Ed Jupp • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: short players

I have long admired much of what One Little Indian have put out, and yet I am really struggling to like Kill It Kid.



Ardentjohn

By Ed Jupp • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

There’s no shortage of bands that have ended by dissolving into fistfights…but Ardentjohn actually began with a fist fight in an Isle Of Bute Primary school playground.



The Postmarks

By Ed Jupp • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: long players

It’s quite a surprise to discover that The Postmarks are from Florida. The band’s sound and look owes much to Europe and the sweet indie-pop influenced by the sixties.