ELM Presents kicks off in May with a show at Glasgow’s 13th Note. Headlining will be Scots post-rockers Fram, whose debut This is How We Live Now was one of 2008′s best kept secrets. We talked to frontman Scot van den Akker about all things music: ELM Presents – we’re excited; how are you feeling [...]
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Yes, we’ll be getting down on the decks and banging out some phat beats next Friday night in Nice N’Sleazys in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Tickets are £4 and we’ll be providing incidental music behind FRAM, who are long-term ELM faves. It’ll be a mix of the stuff we are passionate round here, and you’ll see [...]
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Good day to you all, my fine friends. We are all buzzing here after seeing one of Glasgow’s finest bands, the mighty Fram , perform a surprise acoustic gig in the city last night. And that has been good for my mood, as ELM has not been very well this week. I know. It’s a [...]
Filed under: Friday Fives | Tagged: +44, angels and airwaves, bernard butler, blind faith, blink 182, brett anderson, Fram, Ramones, seahorses, Stone Roses, suede, the tears | 2 Comments »
Fram are a Glasgow band who came to our attention earlier this year with their debut album ‘This Is How We Live Now’ (see reviews). An unashamedly post-rock band, we enjoyed their delicate, fragrant shards of anti-pop. But there was, as we headed off towards the gig, a certain disquiet as to how they would [...]
Filed under: gigs | Tagged: alt.rock, Alternative, Fram, joy Division, Live, post-rock, this is how we live now | 4 Comments »
Ladies and Gentlemen, and regular readers Welcome to the latest of our ELM innovations, the Monday Mixtape. Each Monday we will provide you with a mixtape, to ease you through the week. This will be a selection of great tracks especially chosen by your loyal ELM team. Let us know what you think in the [...]
Filed under: Monday Mixtapes, Regular Features | Tagged: Alison Krauss, Elbow, Fram, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, johnny cash, LCD Soundsystem, Loudon Wainwright III, mixtape, the Hold Steady, The New Pornographers | 19 Comments »
Glaswegian music has been stuck in thrall to Belle and Sebastian on one hand and lairy laddishness á la a hundred Oasis re-hashes for so long that the first surprising thing about this album was the city in which it was conceived. This delicately observed debut pulses with ethereal beauty, never confusing quiet for emotion [...]
Filed under: Album Review, New Albums | Tagged: AMC, Fram, GLS | 6 Comments »
