Hinterland

The Fall - The Arches, Glasgow, 30 April 2009

Hinterland

1 May 2009

Undoubtedly the biggest band on Thursday’s Hinterland bill, The Fall were still an odd choice to be following such a predominantly youthful and contemporary bunch of artists as had seen the evening through. And that’s even taking into account Mark E…

Exposure: Galchen

1 May 2009

Glasgow 3-piece, Galchen, are a band whose inventive mix of lush electronica, jagged danceable guitar-rock, and epic, layered soundscapes, not to mention, intricate visual art accompaniment, more than deserves to be turning more than heads in the city's…

Metronomy, The Arches, 30 April 2009

Hinterland

1 May 2009

Unbuttoning a new lineup for the first time at Hinterland, Metronomy fit the Arches like a custom-made, electronic, pop-sewn glove. With the addition of a live drummer, new bassist and stripped-down backing tracks they get an initially hesitant Glasgow…

Galchen

Hinterland

1 May 2009

It’s hard to know what to do at festivals like these. Like any other, there is always the danger that such an eclectic line-up will suffer from serious clashes between firm favourites and obscure and curious new names. Tonight is no exception, with…

Geordi La Force, Classic Grand dowstairs, 30 April 2009

Hinterland

1 May 2009

Almost two hours deep and the effect of running across Glasgow with a pint or two in your belly is starting to make it’s presence felt. However, the pilgrimage between some of the closer-knit venues towards the south of the centre is somewhat of an…

Sucioperro, Classic Grand downstairs, 30 April 2009

1 May 2009

Downstairs at the Classic Grand has been something of a rockfest tonight with London-based promoters A Badge of Friendship hosting tonight’s line up. Experimental alternative rockers 85 Bears kick-start the night, followed by the bullet like riffs and…

Exposure: Black Sun

30 Apr 2009

Black Sun are a trio of Glasgow musicians, who collectively, are purveyors of a brutally intense noise and slow-grooving metal carnage that is not to be taken lightly. Bridging the gap between experimentation in sound and pounding riffs, Black Sun have…

Exposure: Paper Planes

29 Apr 2009

New Jersey girl and vocal stunner Jennifer Paley fronts the Glasgow-based Paper Planes, otherwise composed of "the boys": Craig, Fraser and Christopher. Together PP make what they describe as "updated surf sounds with post punk beats, raw trashy rock…

Exposure: Rogues

28 Apr 2009

Maybe it’s because they’re from my part of London, but Rogues have seemingly been building up a head of steam that recently saw them release debut single Not So Pretty to great acclaim. Mixing Duran Duran, early U2, The Clash and Bowie, the band seems…

Exposure: Broken Records

27 Apr 2009

Broken Records, a group now consisting of no less than seven multi-instrumentalists from Edinburgh, have been enjoying copious amounts of praise and admiration over the past three years since their formation, as the result of frequent touring and the…

Exposure: Miss The Occupier

23 Apr 2009

‘Indie punk-rock may never have been so glamorous’ proclaims Miss The Occupier’s MySpace site, and who’s to disagree? This female-fronted trio from Glasgow is headed by an electrifying pink bob that’s sure to add an aura of glamour to any occasion.

Exposure: Jeffrey Lewis

22 Apr 2009

Jeffrey Lewis is not your average 'singer-songwriter'. Though he may, to an extent, echo the sentiments and sounds of some folk artists and influences, he also channels an eccentric talent in both storytelling and oddball comic book art, and appears to…

Exposure: We Were Promised Jetpacks

20 Apr 2009

The Scottish music scene is enjoying a rich harvest of young bands with big sounds right now. Like their friends Frightened Rabbit and Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks boast big tunes, wrenchingly vulnerable vocals over towering guitars and the…

Hinterland: Sounds and the City

16 Apr 2009

Just because it’s a brand new festival doesn’t mean Hinterland is free from pressure. The weight of expectation building up behind Glasgow’s two-day music bonanza is considerable. Partly this is because the one-ticket, multiple-venue format hasn’t been…

Exposure: Geordi La Force

15 Apr 2009

Mixing intense, glitchy electronics with lush ambient atmospheres, mind-bending guitar shredding and a plethora of ridiculous song titles ('The Dog That Couldn't Piss'), Glasgow's Geordi La Force is one of the more interesting acts to crop up in recent…

Exposure: Sucioperro

14 Apr 2009

Say hello to Sucioperro, if their exotic sounding name hasn’t crossed your path already. They’re the next band to follow in the Ayrshire footsteps left by the inimitable Biffy Clyro, which certainly ain’t any easy thing to do. Borrowing Biffy’s crashing…

Exposure: Zoey Van Goey

13 Apr 2009

Clever, twee and always catchy, Zoey Van Goey have a gentle beauty about their music. It’s very reminiscent of early Belle and Sebastian, the mix of girl/boy vocals and light-footed, catchy pop tunes never failing to put a smile on your face. Forming in…

Exposure: Sky Larkin

7 Apr 2009

Bursting into life with bristling energy - like a sunnier Broken Social Scene with a British twist, and much less legs, or a slightly-less maniacal Dinosaur Jr - Leeds-based trio Sky Larkin are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in terms of their…

The full line-up and running order for Hinterland 2009

1 Apr 2009

Hinterland is a brand new music event coming to Glasgow from 30 April - 1 May. Over 100 bands and artists will invade 15 city centre venues showcasing the best new music from Scotland and beyond. One all access ticket allows entry to all events plus a…

Exposure: Pearl and the Puppets

4 Mar 2009

Friendly, warm and with a voice as elegantly beautiful as herself, Katie Sutherland, aka Pearl from Pearl and the Puppets, is a breath of fresh air. The twenty one year old from Kirkintilloch may be one of many solo female artists right now but the…

Hinterland

1 Mar 2009

Glasgow is widely acknowledged as one of the best places in the UK to hear live music, due in no small part to its consistent production of high-quality new bands. In Britain, only London and Manchester can challenge Glasgow’s heritage, so it’s about…

Exposure: Dan Black

18 Feb 2009

Of all the burgeoning talent waiting to dethrone 2008's vapid chart-botherers, Dan Black is perhaps the most intriguing. He strikes a pose somewhere between Jane's Addiction and Calvin Harris; a charismatic dancefloor-botherer unwilling to sacrifice pop…

Exposure: Jesus H Foxx

20 Jan 2009

Jesus H. Foxx is not the likeliest name for an Edinburgh-based indie 6-piece; it'd perhaps be better suited to the Latin American uncle of someone from CSS. That new rave double 'x' is somewhat misleading however. Jesus H. Foxx's real musical…

Exposure: Remember Remember

15 Dec 2008

At various points in his career, Graeme Ronald has been a member of highly-praised Glasgow bands Multiplies, The Royal We and Sexy Kids, and a touring guitarist with Mogwai. Now his solo project Remember Remember – a dream-like swirling of found sounds…

Exposure - Ming Ming and the Ching Chings

11 Dec 2008

They’ve been around a couple of blocks on the Glasgow scene together, but guitarist and vocalist Craig Wilson, bassist Gordon ‘G’ Gillespie, drummer Davey Miller, and saxophonist and backing vocalist Chet have created a raw post-punk meets rockabilly…

Hinterland music event announces first 30 acts

9 Dec 2008

Hinterland, a single ticket multi-venue art and music event taking place in Glasgow on April 30th and May 1st 2009, has announced the first 30 acts who will be performing. The festival will see over 80 bands playing in 15 venues across Glasgow over two…

Exposure: Copy Haho

3 Dec 2008

Lord Reith, founder of the BBC, was born in Stonehaven, and so was Robert William Thomson, inventor of the pneumatic tyre and the fountain pen. And Lewis Grassic Gibbon went to school in the town. These are some pretty impressive names, but we can’t see…

Exposure: Micachu

25 Nov 2008

It’s iPop, but not as we know it. 21-year-old Mica Levi (lives in East London, grew up ‘in a large mansion in Surrey’ – her words) makes glitching, Nu Ravesque electronica, is mates with Jack Penate and Toddla T, and wears the highlighter-pen ensemble…

Exposure - Come on Gang!

17 Oct 2008

‘I’m a nightmare on a train,’ says Sarah Tanat Jones, drummer and lead singer of Come on Gang! ‘I’m that annoying person who can’t help tapping a beat with my feet or hands. Or both.’ She wanted to channel her itchy energy into a pop-punk noise, so…

Exposure - Desalvo

18 Sep 2008

Desalvo’s sound is a furious battle between prog showmanship and math metal technicality, all drenched in black, black humour. Imagine the aural equivalent of watching as that fella in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom tears your heart out and shows…

Exposure: Punch and the Apostles

4 Sep 2008

‘We’re not exactly palatable, but not immediately repulsive,’ suggests lead singer Paul Napier, to sum up the sound of Punch and the Apostles, the Glasgow seven-piece who’ve been bringing chaos to traditional folk music for almost a year now. Mashing up…