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The Brian Jonestown Massacre

By Mairi Griffin • May 28th, 2010 • Category: gigs

Imagine the movie of your life: you aren’t the best friend, or the love interest or a distracting subplot, you’re the star, the story is about you. And towards the end there’s this scene, an amazing, long shot of you driving down a highway, or a montage of everything that’s led up to this incredible [...]



Simian Mobile Disco

By Mairi Griffin • Apr 12th, 2010 • Category: short players

So, the first track from Simian Mobile Disco’s new album, Temporary Pleasure. Well, it’s a bit of a disappointment.



We’ll All Be Heroes

By Mairi Griffin • Apr 6th, 2010 • Category: short players

Post-Hardcore trio We’ll All Be Heroes are not just another ‘we wish we were Lost Prophets’ band. Having only been together for a year, their latest e.p. Everything Must Go is surprisingly catchy and an enticing taster of what may be to come on their debut album out in April.



Detroit Social Club

By Mairi Griffin • Apr 5th, 2010 • Category: short players

If you’re going to start a band, you want it to have a pretty cool name. It’s hard to find something that’s really, really cool but doesn’t sound pretentious.



Gav Livz

By Mairi Griffin • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: jrwee, short players

While I’m proud of my Scottish accent, it does sound faintly ridiculous when you hear it in a rap song and to be honest, this CD from Glasgow rapper Gav Livz (real name Gavin Livingston) sounds at first like a piss-take off of YouTube.