This is classic pop record in a fine and noble Scots tradition.
Emma Pollock – The Law of Large Numbers
Gigi – Maintenant
I could go on and on, but I’d just say that if you like classic pop, get this.
Citay – Dream Get Together
Citay have a lot in common with Akron/Family, or so it seems, as both bands mine a tripped-out fusion of Krautrock and West Coast for their sound.
Bosque Brown – Baby
It’s easy to be lulled into thinking it’s yet another country-porch singer-songwriter release, but it’s got a wee bit more to it than that.
Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Real Life is No Cool
If you’re in the mood for some disco fun, then you should give this LP a spin, that’s for sure.
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Club Radar, feat: Joensuu1685, Tivoli, Utrecht 16/01/10
Joensuu are brilliant at creating a mood, and allowing their songs to grow in stature and intensity…
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Spoelstra / Katadreuffe SUB071, Leiden 12/01/10
By the end things get quite giddy; and a cheering circle of similarly manic individuals urge the Loki-like presence to make just a few more ridiculous electronic squeals before bedtime..
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Subroutine Connects: O’Ceallaigh’s & Kult, Groningen 15/01/10
Accadians make inspiring music. Actually (if it were possible), they sound better than last year.
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Vox Von Braun / Lost Bear; LVC, Leiden 08/01/10
The hall is filling up slowly with emaciated types with beards and fringes and hair clips. There’s soup on too.
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Air Cav / Driver Drive Faster – Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, Manchester 19/12/09
Later, the spirit of Mrs Gaskell is invoked as well as other more sinister things – such as beards and Chorlton.