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Vector Lovers

Vector Lovers

(4 stars)6 Sep 2007

ELECTRONICA On the cover of the the Vector Lovers’ third long playing offering there is a picture of a group of kids in a field at sunset. It look like it was taken circa 1977. Martin Wheeler -- the man who is Vector Lovers -- seems to crave a bygone…

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

(4 stars)6 Sep 2007

Simultaneously a dream and a nightmare for film buffs everywhere, Alexandra Cassavetes’s film melds together various different strands into a fascinating portrait of the power of cinema. The Z Channel was an LA-based cable TV station dedicated to the…

Scottish Ballet

Behind the scenes at Scottish Ballet

6 Sep 2007

As Scottish Ballet gears up for a move to its new permanent home in Tramway, the company is throwing open the doors and inviting the public in to see exactly what they do when not putting on performances. As well as demonstrating how they intend to…

Swimmer One

Swimmer One

(4 stars)6 Sep 2007

INDIE There’s a lot of idiotic soulless electro pop around, so it’s a good job that Swimmer One are here to redress the balance. This stunning debut effort more than meets expectations raised by the Edinburgh and Glasgow-based duo’s promising set of…

King Creosote

King Creosote

(4 stars)6 Sep 2007

FOLK POP His prodigious output thas been celebrated no end in the past but Kenny Anderson has now been ingested into the musical machine in earnest now but has lost none of his wayward spirit. Sure, this could be argued as his most conventional…

Northern State

Northern State

(5 stars)6 Sep 2007

RAP Although originally in debt to the Beastie Boys, this all-girl Brooklyn rap trio have gone on to become a highly-skilled and hugely entertaining outfit in their own right. This diverse third album, free from the constraints of their major label…

Swayzak

Swayzak

(2 stars)6 Sep 2007

DUB TECH HOUSE Swayzak have been chiselling at this face for a decade now and their latest is a sophisticated, dark and atmospheric collection. You could, however, read ‘sophisticated, dark and atmospheric’ as sharply produced but frankly bloody…

Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart on Thank You For the Music

6 Sep 2007

When choosing eight Scottish songwriters to profile, the BBC Radio Scotland series Thank You For the Music wisely eschewed yer flashier, more tabloid-friendly Tunstalls and Fratellis, focussing instead on low-profile, home-grown indie and folk heroes…

The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers

(4 stars)6 Sep 2007

POP With the Comic Relief single and a musical based on their songs, 2007 has already been a great year for The Proclaimers, and this consummately crafted and soulful album can only add to their wide grins. Title track ‘Life With You’ is as big…

Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley

(2 stars)6 Sep 2007

ROCK Rilo Kiley’s last album and singer Jenny Lewis’s subsequent solo debut both contained a handful of indie-country stonewall classics, but this lacklustre and scattershot offering shows none of the same spark, despite Lewis’ ever-wonderful and…

The Dykeenies

The Dykeenies

(3 stars)6 Sep 2007

INDIE ROCK After a year of sell-out gigs and internet hype the Cumbernauld brotherly trio plus two mates release their debut album. The opener (‘The Panic’, about STD fear) is prophetic: a great, stompy, bang of the fists and wail of the klaxons with…

Dot Allison

Dot Allison

(2 stars)6 Sep 2007

POP This album is nice. It’s nice to have on in the background, and it’s nice to fall asleep to. In fact, the latter is hard not to do as Dot Allison’s tender vocals wash over you, evoking Sarah McLachlan without the melodrama. While the album’s…

KT Tunstall

KT Tunstall

(4 stars)6 Sep 2007

POP KT Tunstall delared she wanted to make a ‘scuzzy rock’n’roll album’, but teaming up with Steve Osbourne, who has put the gloss on Placebo, Happy Mondays and U2 among others in the past, meant it was never really going to happen. Instead, Tunstall…

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