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//22 June 2008

Attic Lights

Bring You Down (Universal / Island)

Although there are a lot of expectations being placed on the Attic Lights, it is not as if people are expecting anything new or cutting edge. This is just as well because they manage to deliver on every other front. [...]


//22 June 2008

Duffy

Warwick Avenue (A&M Records)

You can say what you want about Duffy and whether she is real or not but her producers have picked out a few cracking songs that take directly from some of the best 60s pop moments. [...]


//22 June 2008

Kid Canaveral

Couldn’t Dance/Teenage Fanclub Song (Straight to Video)

Bouncing in on as much adequately turbulent lo-fi charm as ever, Kid Canaveral’s latest single sees the Edinburgh foursome doing what they do best; wrapping their tales of social strife in more hooks than John Prescott at an egg farm. [...]


//22 June 2008

Yeti

Don’t Go Back To The One You Love EP (Get Up And Go)

After unleashing the mighty ‘Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder’ way back in 2005, Yeti seem to have been holed-up in waiting, penning the finishing touches to forthcoming full-length LP ‘The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales’. [...]


//22 June 2008

Hot Mangu

Fat Hippy (Necropolis)

With band names like Fish and G-Dove and the ability to unleash face-melting sleaze riffs at the drop of a bandana, Aberdeen’s Hot Mangu more sunset strip than most LA rockers. [...]


//22 June 2008

Attic Lights

Bring You Down (Island)

What with Glasgow’s other best new band getting set to storm into the history books with their doom-pop drenched debut [...]

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//21 June 2008

James Hara

Nothing New (Electric Pig Records)

Glasgow based Irish acoustic alt-folk artist James Hara releases the single ‘Nothing New’, lifted from his debut album Take Us The Foxes. Pulsating, driving acoustic guitar leads the way in this short and enjoyable track. [...]


//21 June 2008

Hats

Last Year's Man (Saints Recording)

Billed as a “thundering single”, Hats ‘Last Year’s Man’ is more throb than thunder. [...]


//21 June 2008

Holly Rose

I Don't Care (Old and Wise Productions)

Many debut singles will be part of an artist’s forgettable catalogue in the years that follow but Holly Rose will have something fondly to look back on with this simple reggae driven pop song. [...]


//20 June 2008

The Music

Strength In Numbers (Polydor)

Much has been said about the Music’s troublesome four years away from the spotlight, what with being dropped from their record label and many personal problems within the band. This would be enough for many bands to call it a day and move towards an unsuccessful solo project, but The Music have defied the odds and put out another album. [...]


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