Exposure

Exposure - No Age

8 May 2008

Set to be the breakthrough band from Los Angeles arts space The Smell, No Age have unleashed a scuzzy noise-pop masterpiece in their Sub Pop debut Nouns. Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/singer Dean Spunt crank out a joyous racket that suggests a…

Exposure - NORAVE

24 Apr 2008

Nu rave? What a joke, it’s just a pity the East London scenesters don’t seem to get it. Here to show them the error of their ways and release some genuinely innovative new music in the process are Little Rock Records’ Niall and Boag. Their NORAVE…

Exposure - Pete and the Pirates

10 Apr 2008

A rag tag band of five Reading songwriters press-ganged into service as a functioning indie pop group after a gig down their local, Pete and the Pirates are presently leading a stealthy campaign to become your new favourite band. Melodic, upbeat…

Exposure - Midnight Juggernauts

27 Mar 2008

Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Midnight Juggernauts They’ve toured with Justice and Digitalism, and are already a well-known name in their native Melbourne. Yet now, with their debut album Dystopia due for a somewhat belated release on these…

Exposure - Simon Breed

13 Mar 2008

With shades of Scott Walker, Smog and Simon Bonney by way of Julian Cope and John Cale to his intimately epic, full-larynxed crooning, Simon Breed’s wordier than thou late-night troubadouring has been championed by Bad Seed Mick Harvey, the late John…

Exposure - Parka

28 Feb 2008

Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Parka While the name might scream Ocean Colour Scene, Glasgow’s Parka’s two singles so far (‘If You Wanna?’ and ‘Disco Dancer’, both on Jeepster) actually combine the earthy rock of Stereophonics with a bit of The…

Exposure - Tattie Toes

4 Jan 2008

Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Tattie Toes Blending avant-garde jazz, world, folk and experimental rock influences to mind-bending effect, Glasgow quartet Tattie Toes (vocalist Nerea Bello, violinist Rafe Fitzpatrick, drummer and accordionist…

Exposure - Enter Shikari

18 Oct 2007

Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Enter Shikari This pioneering St Albans rave-metal outfit’s recent achievements really speak for themselves, but just in case you hadn’t noticed their incredible ascent to award-winning, genre-bending poster boys…

Exposure - Foals

20 Sep 2007

Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Foals Mixing a love of techno, Timbaland and loud guitars really is no rarity these days but what sets Foals apart from the rest is the Brighton-based quintet’s musical prowess, math rock tendencies and fierce…

Exposure - Cajun Dance Party

3 Jul 2007

It’s not Cajun or dance music, but their indie rock has given these five smiling north Londoners a rollercoaster 18 months. Aged 17 and still at school, they’ve supported Kings of Leon, Thom Yorke loves them and Bernard Butler is producing their next…

65daysofstatic

Exposure

23 Apr 2007

65daysofstatic are a Sheffield rock band who are distinctly different to their indie-bretheren. Combining drum & bass beats, glitches and synths over an instrumental rock template has seen them win over the rock press, Zane Lowe and the late John Peel.

Exposure - De-Fence

Exposure

9 Apr 2007

The Fence Collective are often wrongly tagged as an exclusively folky bunch, but there is a much more diverse array of music on offer from its members. To showcase that fact, collectee Gavin Brown aka On The Fly set up De-Fence, an offshoot label…

Exposure - Sixpeopleaway

Exposure

27 Mar 2007

Despite pressure from various short-sighted industry types to fill out with extra members, Glasgow-based duo Sixpeopleaway have stuck to their guns and rightly so. Forming in the summer of last year and based around the songs of Alistair Merrick…

Bat for Lashes - Exposure

Bat For Lashes

28 Feb 2007

Tomorrow’s music today. Brighton singer-songwriter Natasha Khan’s debut album, Fur and Gold, is a dreamy, fairytale world of wolves, wizards and facial glitter. Thom Yorke and Devendra Banhart are fans of her melancholy, mystical sound and her…

Tilly and the Wall

Tomorrow’s music today

12 Feb 2007

A technicolour ball of energy, this cute indie pop band from Omaha started making no-fi, unapologetically chirpy, folksy sounds in 2001. The band consists of three girls and two boys, with band member Jamie’s bouncy tap dancing taking the place of…

Rock Action Singles Club

This Issue: Rock Action Singles Club

29 Jan 2007

EXPOSURE Guardians of all things loud, strange and just plain unique in modern music, Glasgow independent record label Rock Action - set up and maintained by post-rock demigods Mogwai - have launched their own Singles Club. Label manager Craig…

Kate Lawler

Exposure

11 Dec 2006

Colours and Hed Kandi are joining forces once again this Hogmanay for a huge glam house party with names like Tom de Neef, Rob Wilder and 2 Many DJs (Edinburgh only - sorry Glasgow). But one of the more unusual names appearing is Big Brother’s Kate…

We Are the Physics

Exposure - Tomorrow’s music today

7 Dec 2006

Comprising three Michaels, one Chris, more angles than a box of Rubik’s Cubes and a fascination for horror B-movies, meet self styled ‘mutant science punk rock’ Glasgow four piece We Are The Physics. Fusing Devo’s geekish proficiency to the all out…

Shit Robot

Nothing at all to do with Glasgow’s own New Rave a

22 Nov 2006

EXPOSURE Yet more semi-retro lo-fi NYC cool for us to marvel at, you say? Not entirely, Shit Robot have more of a long-distance relationship with their label. Marcus Lambkin (the man behind the Robot) is originally from Dublin, yet left his…

Crash My Model Car

Tomorrow’s music today

21 Nov 2006

EXPOSURE There are seemingly two types of band; the fashion-obsessed fad-followers and those genuinely in it for the long haul. One act who refreshingly wouldn’t know one end of a glo-stick from the other are Crash My Model Car. The Glasgow-based…

Dananananaykroyd

Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Dananananaykro

26 Oct 2006

Exposure When you hear a song by most good new bands, it makes you keen to find out their name. In the case of Glasgow’s latest art-punk avengers, however, hearing their name only makes you desperate to find out whether they live up to it. Like an…

Vincent Vincent and the Villains

Exposure

28 Sep 2006

Imagine if The Libertines were formed not by Carl and Pete, but by a young Chuck Berry and Elvis, both high on the intoxicating potential of this new fangled racket, before subsequent generations mucked around with their blueprint. In all probability it…

Peter, Bjorn and John

Exposure

18 Sep 2006

Although Peter (Moren), Bjorn (Yttling) and John (Eriksson) are recognised in their native Sweden and have been labouring away in comfortable obscurity everywhere else for some years now, it’s taken a collaboration with a more internationally noted…

Dykeenies, The

The Dykeenies

4 Sep 2006

If the Arctic Monkeys weren’t enough to convince you that having an iffy moniker needn’t hold a talented bunch back, this catchy Cumbernauld quintet have been sending shockwaves through the Glasgow gig scene with a whole host of hysteria-fuelled shows…