The Xcerts
Mum's the word (with Nina Glencross)
For a band as busy as Aberdeen’s finest rock trio The Xcerts, getting ill and having to cancel shows is one of the worst things that can happen.
For a band as busy as Aberdeen’s finest rock trio The Xcerts, getting ill and having to cancel shows is one of the worst things that can happen.
It’s a win-win situation. Artist releases record, lazy journalist gets them to describe ‘in their own words’ each tune – a ‘track-by-track’ guide, if you like. Artist beavers away busily, journalist puts up feet and waits for his work to be done for him.
You may remember Mancunian grunge rockers Nine Black Alps for their infectious distorted pop tunes such as ‘Unsatisfied’, ‘Just Friends’ and ‘Shot Down’.
With The Wedding Present gearing up for a celebration of seminal album Seamonsters’ 21st birthday, surely mainman David Gedge would be recharging his batteries for the months ahead?
We’ve worked our writers hard at itm? and eventually they’ve come up with their choices for album of the year for 2011.