Hitlist - The best rock, pop, jazz & folk

Source: The List (Issue 585)
Date: 6 September 2007
Written by: Camilla Pia

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• Devon Sproule Beguiling, understated country filled with quirks and an old fashioned sensibility from this 24-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh 9 Sep; ABC, Glasgow, Mon 10 Sep. (Rock & Pop)

• Operator Please Australia’s latest gift to the world is a bunch of ragamuffin teens doing a fizzy indie yelp – like Yeah Yeah Yeahs without the eyeliner and Cure records. Barfly, Glasgow, Tue 11 Sep. (Rock & Pop)

• The Go! Team Unadulterated party music that isn’t by definition, terrible is a rare commodity, but The Go! team are turning it out with consumate ease. ABC, Glasgow, Fri 14 Sep. (Rock & Pop)

• Rachel Unthank and the Winterset Their album The Bairns is a contender for album of the year. The Geordie accent never sounded so lyrical and moving. Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Fri 14 Sep; Arches, Glasgow, Sat 15 Sep. (Folk)

• Richard Hawley The quiet man of northern English rock’n’roll has done it again with another album of understated beauty in Lady’s Bridge. Here he gets the live showing he’s been crying out for. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 14 Sep; City Halls, Glasgow, Sun 16 Sep. (Rock & Pop)

• Daedelus This music visionary has drifted from hip hop roots and spread his wings, the electronic pallete he paints from primed with virulent colours and tones. The Ivy, Glasgow, Sat 15 Sep. (Rock & Pop)

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