Rime

Go Forth and Multiply
Self-released

Don’t bother with this. Go and listen to the original it blatantly rips off instead – Jimi Hendrix’s version of ‘All Along The Watchtower.’

Susumu Yokota

Mother
Lo Recordings

For those of you unfamiliar with Susumu Yokota, he’s a guy who could never be labelled lazy – the Japanese composer has put out about 30 or so albums since the early 90s. While not exactly a household name here, he is a renowned musician and DJ who is pulls together guest vocalists to perform on his records. more… “Susumu Yokota”

Mascot Fight

Pantomime Hearse
Cassette County

The debut album from the Derby four-piece is a bright and jangly effort with vaudevillian overtones. Sounding at times like Blur or early Stone Roses, there’s plenty of wacky Coral-sounding skits and Belle and Sebastian style tweeness. more… “Mascot Fight”

The Felt Tips

Bought and Sold
WeePOP!

Glasgow’s The Felt Tips release their third single, with three more tracks which surely cement themselves as one of Scotland’s finest unsigned bands and the masters of combining tragi-comic lyrics with pop tunes so damn jangly the like hasn’t been heard in probably over 10 years. more… “The Felt Tips”

El Guincho

Alegranza
Young Turks

Barcelona-based Canary Islander El Guincho – aka Pablo Diaz-Reixa – releases his debut, a trippy and exotic mingling of Spanish folk song, African rhythms and psychedelic beats. Would you class it as ‘world’ music? more… “El Guincho”

Dance Lazarus Dance

Lies EP
Predestination

Some of the best new electronic dance music currently out there is, brilliantly, being made by proper bands. The debut from Glasgow-based Dance Lazarus Dance strides the genres of dance and rock quite nicely, with one foot on the flashing squares on the dance floor and the other on a skateboard or something. more… “Dance Lazarus Dance”

Hot Chip

Aberdeen, The Forum
Sunday November 9th

You’ve got to love them, don’t you? I mean, it’s impossible not to like a band comprised of such an odd bunch of geeks who somehow make music as cool and as infectious as, say, a snowman with HIV. Hot Chip made a welcome return to Aberdeen, this time as part of the fantastic Tennent’s Mutual scheme – aimed at turning fans into music industry decision-makers.

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Mia Vigar

I Dare You
Hungry Audio

Make it stop! You know how sometimes you hear a song which is so catchy and annoying it worms its way into your head and refuses to leave, grinding away at your sanity until you absolutely love it? Well this isn’t like that. more… “Mia Vigar”

The Dozal Brothers

We Wanna Sniff Some Glue
I Blame the Parents Records

There’s loads of bands out there at the moment, trying to make punk music using drum machines and retro synthesizers. You know who they are. Some of it works, most of it’s pish. more… “The Dozal Brothers”