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Veronica Falls

Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Wed 10 Nov 2010

16 Nov 2010

‘We’re Veronica Falls, we’re from … London,’ imparts drummer Patrick Doyle, his sentence split by a pensive pause. ‘No you’re not,’ retorts a witty voice from the gloom. This shambling boy-girl quartet may be based in the Big Smoke, but Glasgow is…

Autumn highlights: The best albums and gigs from Scottish bands

The Phantom Band, The Twilight Sad and Errors set for action

16 Sep 2010

The Phantom Band Chemikal Underground’s finest, most eclectic and most likely signings of recent years return with the follow-up to last year’s debut Checkmate Savage. The Wants is released on Chemikal Underground, Mon 18 Oct. The Scottish…

Various - Rough Trade Shop: Counter Culture 08

22 Jan 2009

MOST THINGS In today’s, blog-a-minute, ‘download my free songs!’, digital overload age, there is such a thing as too much information. Therefore, it takes people like those at Rough Trade Shop (and of course the discerning critic types at The List…

Three Blows

3 Jul 2008

PERFORMANCE St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 5 & Sun 6 Jul As the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland, St Cecilia’s Hall is in possession of unique acoustic properties. St Cecilia, of course, was the patron saint of church music, whose…

Triptych - Correcto

10 Apr 2008

Correcto They don’t do many gigs, so the fact that the Triptych bigwigs have managed to ensnare this Glasgow-based art rock gaggle for three in a row is really quite an achievement. Not to be outdone, The List tracked down hard-to-get-hold-of frontman…

Correcto - Correcto

31 Jan 2008

(Domino) INDIE This foursome may boast the talent of two of Glasgow’s indie glitterati – Franz Ferdinand’s Paul Thomson and Patrick Doyle of The Royal We – but there’s so much more to Correcto than the hype about their famous members. The band’s…

Correcto & The Gummy Stumps - review

29 Nov 2007

Stereo, Glasgow, Tue 13 Nov Shiny new things galore at this gig: two (very different) Glasgow bands, both fresh out of the can, play in a venue so virginal it still resembles a building site in places. Post-punk noise-mongers The Gummy Stumps…