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Following on from last week’s article on noisy pups Twin Atlantic and their somewhat skew-whiff approach to playing live, we offer practical advice to any touring acts on how to get the most from being on the road. DO – attempt to pick gigs which are suitable to you. If you are a Norwegian Death [...]
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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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When it comes to music, the relationship between suppliers and customers is far different to that in the real world. There are responsibilities on each side to be adhered to; the transaction isn’t finished the second the fan hands over the money. Both sides invest a lot more in to this relationship than Tesco and [...]
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Most people who love music have a little bit of music snobbery in them. They like things small, exclusive, a little elitist and, most of all, things that no-one else knows about.
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Light and shade. That’s what we strive for round these parts. In ELM Towers, you’ll find rooms bathed in a light so shiny and white you’d swear you’d walked in on Simon Cowell, whereas the adjoining room would be dimmer than Manni Dinogue. For steady repetition is not good for the soul. But we’ve been [...]
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ScantRegard hates most living things, yet that hasn’t stopped her becoming a T in the Park Stalwart. Here’s her guide to what you can look forward to; It’s that time of the year again, when half of Glasgow and Edinburgh packs up and heads north to terrorise the good citizens of rural Kinross for a [...]
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There’s a moment just before a band goes stellar when you can sense that they are ready for take-off. It’s an almost indefinable thing, a feeling in the ether that you are witnessing something special, that a band have really found the sound they have in their heads, that they are doing what they set [...]
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Acoustic Ladyland is a great name for this infamous jazz-punk four-piece. It immediately summons up something familiar but different and it invokes a playfulness which suggests they don’t take themselves too seriously. And, as we all know, jazz is music which can take itself very seriously indeed.
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Well, my friends, if it hasn’t gone and happened again; yes, Friday has rolled around once more. It’s a time for the working man to put down his tools, to wipe the sweat from his brow and to relax. Well, traditionally anyway, what it generally means in these modern times is productivity drops to the [...]
Filed under: Friday Fives, Regular Features | Tagged: alt.country, americana, country, country-rock, Live music, Pop, Ryan Adams, Son Volt, the long ryders, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Wilco | 4 Comments »
