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American hard rockers Kiss have enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years; 2009’s ‘Sonic Boom‘ – which was the band’s first record of original material in over a …
Books about bands – and, for that matter, rock music in general – are big business, playing on the compulsive need of fans to know the finer details; to …
Not many modern bands can be classified as ‘heavyweights’ of the musical landscape. Indeed, most modern bands would scoff at desiring such a thing, but The Killers undoubtedly occupy …
In many ways, it’s hard to believe ‘Sun’ is Cat Power’s first album of original material since 2006’s ‘The Greatest’. That record – steeped as it was in rich, …
Few indie bands have been as well-hyped in recent years as Spector. Telegenic, impeccably styled in a la mode suits and leather shoes, and occupying a berth on the …
Even the great first records tend not to stretch the artist’s artistic license too much, but in just eight songs which comprise Eugene Twist’s debut ‘The Boy Who Had …
Guns N’ Roses, Glasgow has missed you. But, to borrow an oft-used phrase peppered throughout their demi-god ex-guitarist’s autobiography, “We’ll get to that in a little bit.” Chief support …
‘Streets In The Sky‘, The Enemy’s third album, has arrived. You remember The Enemy, don’t you? Like The Fratellis, The View and countless other bands to achieve public attention …
The Horrors come bounding out of the blocks at a packed 02 ABC (situated on that most amaranthine of Glasgow’s streets, Sauchiehall), launching into ‘Mirror’s Image’, as if to …
While the title ‘Generation Freakshow‘ conjures up images of, well, chaos, the latest Feeder album is less a snapshot of the generational zeitgeist than a whistle-stop tour of the …
Day of Days unarguably produced one of the finest Scottish albums of recent years when their debut, ‘Indecency of the Few‘, was released last year. While some astute members …
Lana Del Ray, real name Lizzie Grant, has produced an album that can at times be described as a glacial, cinematic sweep through an open meadow. No, just run …
The decision to pit Sheffield rockers Def Leppard against Motley Crüe seemed a strange one from the offing. The election to put the latter on first seemed downright ludicrous. …
It’s something of a prerequisite for so-called emo bands, certainly bands that sail under the ‘post-hardcore’ banner in any case, to carry on their backs a particularly dedicated following. …
Formed in London in 2009, Dead Social Club are a sextet of musicians who fuse genres as diverse as electronic art rock and post-punk. While still to break into …
Twenty years ago this month, Nirvana’s sophomore album ‘Nevermind’ was released. The band’s major label debut (first record ‘Bleach’ had sold on modest independent Sub Pop), it unexpectedly came …