How to Swim

Francois & The Atlas Mountains win single of the fortnight title

How to Swim, Lightships and Planningtorock also reviewed

From Ashes Rise ‘Rejoice The End/Age of Sanity’ (Southern Lord, ****) Best filed alongside crust punk bands Tragedy and His Hero is Gone, this new 7” from Portland’s From Ashes Rise ticks all the modern crusty requirements with their highly emotive…

M83 and Jens Lekman among highlights of August singles and downloads

Wynter Gordon, Toddla T and How To Swim also feature

Music must mostly be on its holidays considering how light the singles bag is this month, but in the pursuit of assessing shortplayers The List does not rest, just don’t blame us if we’re grouchy. That means you, Hard-Fi. Why must you offend us so with…

How to Swim - Retina (or More Fun Than a Vat of Love)

(Personal Hygiene) This full-length debut has been a long time coming, but Glasgow’s How to Swim have taken their time to serve up a rich tapestry of witty orchestral rock. With a vocal delivery somewhere between Neil Hannon and Jonathan Richman…

Singles & Downloads

It would seem that the season-savvy have been busy fashioning tracks to stay indoors to. Sofas, fine lounging and low key indie sounds are the order of the day for this fortnight’s top runners. Producer Kwes’ salutation to the slipper-set, debut solo…

New Musical Express

Glasgow and Edinburgh venues host new night to help support and develop new emerging music talent. Òran Mór in Glasgow and the Caves in Edinburgh will play host to a new initiative set up by Miller Genuine Draft, The Mill, holding weekly sessions…

The Sauchiehall Crawl

INDIE Various venues, Glasgow, Sun 1 Jun One night, 11 bands, three venues in one street. Two options. One: settle down with a pint at the venue of your choice and given that the ABC has How to Swim (pictured), Broken Records and The Twilight Sad this…

Exposure - The Sauchiehall Crawl

For most of us, spending a night crawling down Sauchiehall Street is not an entirely new concept, but add 11 bands in three different venues for the price of one ticket to the equation, and you’ve got something pretty special. Created by Rooftop…

Singles & Downloads

Destiny’s Child alumnus Kelly Rowland ’s ‘Work’ (SonyBMG) ••• might be one for the ladies, but by endlessly declaring, ‘Put it in, do it do it’, she’ll no doubt be fuelling chauvinistic male debate on whether one would oblige, fearing it lessen the…

Findo Gask, Someyoungpedro and How to Swim

ELECTRO-POP/PUNK/ROCK Stereo, Glasgow, Fri 21 Dec ‘Twas a few nights before Christmas, and all sorts were stirring. How to Swim firstly – an eight-piece who have been bigged up by this publication plenty of times for their wailing…