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Her Name Is Calla

By Phillip Quirie • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: long players

I am standing alone on a huge icy plain. There is a gentle, yet chillingly cold breeze containing the odd smattering of icy flakes. There are imposing, brilliant white mountains up ahead of me in the distance. I don’t know where I am or why I am here, but I don’t care because this is [...]



IMPfest 2008 - Stars of the Lid / Remember Remember / Glissando / Caribou / Born Ruffians

By Phillip Quirie • May 28th, 2008 • Category: gigs

It’s the festival time of year, and although Aberdeen misses out on any major festival frolics, Interesting Music Promotions has served up two glorious back-to-back nights in The Tunnels. It feels just like a festival.



Interesting Music Promotions

By Phillip Quirie • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: features

in·ter·est·ing - [in-ter-uh-sting, -truh-sting, -tuh-res-ting]
1. engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
2. arousing a feeling of interest: an interesting face.



No Pasaran

By Phillip Quirie • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: gigs

“Your guitar’s really gay” - This is the sort of sentiment No Pasaran are frequently up against in Aberdeen. Tonight, however, no such comment is forthcoming. From the very offset, No Pasaran (Spanish for “They shall not pass” - the band will probably suggest this is a reference to Spanish Civil War sloganism, but we [...]



Mary Hampton / Thirty Pounds Of Bone / The R.G Morrison

By Phillip Quirie • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: gigs

So you like interesting music, huh? So do I. And so do Aberdeen-based geniuses Interesting Music Promotions (IMP), which is why they have co-promoted (along with Vocoustics) this wonderful evening showcasing some of the delightfully interesting exponents of the Drift Collective.