Music, Exposure

Exposure: Local Natives

It was no surprise to hear only universal praise for Local Natives at a resoundingly successful SXSW earlier in the year. Their hopeful dreams and dreamy rhythms underlay an of-the-moment epic American that that must sound so perfect in the Texan sun.

Exposure: The Whispertown 2000

From tap dancing with Dick Van Dyke, playing with Jenny Lewis (being namechecked on more than one Rilo Kiley record) and pretending to be in love with Carlton from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Morgan Nagler has already done her fair share of living. But…

Exposure: Call To Mind

Call To Mind are a Glasgow-based quartet, homegrown in the Highlands, that create dreamy heartfelt melodies and expansive soundscapes, steadily earning the band a reputation as a intense live proposition and collective songwriting talent.

Exposure: Lovvers

Lovvers sound like they've set up in your bedroom, cranked up the amps eardrum-bursting levels and proceeded to not give one solitary shit if they piss you off, earning a night in the cells in the process. The UK punks' debut album, OCD Go Go…

Exposure: Northern Xposure

Feted by The Culture Show, name-checked by the urban music press, respected by an army of sometime tour-mates and artists they’ve played alongside (including Dizzee Rascal, Naughty By Nature, Estelle, The Roots and Amy Winehouse) and still based in the…

Exposure: frYars

Three years in the making, Dark Young Hearts, the debut album of London artist frYars, will finally be released this September. It’s an album of dark Depeche Mode revelation and Lloyd Cole cynicism, and an interesting glimpse into the mind of this…

Exposure: The 10:04s

They’ve sold out venues all over Edinburgh, and worked with Super Furry Animals’ producer. Oh, and they’re huge fans of Back to the Future. The 10:04s have a lot going for them, not to mention the kind of enthusiasm rarely seen outside a small child in…

Exposure: Our Brother The Native

Creating the similar sort of freak-folk that has allowed Fat Cat labelmates Animal Collective to take over the American underground music scene, Our Brother The Native distort pop to its extremes. Counting Frightened Rabbit amongst their biggest fans…

Exposure: Stanley Odd

Still an odd paradox for some, Scottish hip-hop is only getting stronger. Acts like Young Fathers and Northern Xposure are bringing the spirit of South Central to the Central Belt, offering an alternative to the bountiful angular indie that's heard from…

Exposure: The Young Republic

Settled in the home of American country, Nashville, after meeting at one of the country's most prestigious music colleges, The Young Republic combine southern tradition with east coast class - being both wholly American, yet open to a world of ideas.

Exposure: Divorce

Divorce are a Glasgow-based five-piece that sound as brutal and menacing as their live shows and brilliantly grotesque artwork would have you believe. Dissonant, brazen and relentless, their songs are a mix full-on rhythmic assaults, jagged guitar noise…

Exposure: The Elvis Suicide

The Elvis Suicide are a Glaswegian trio, mixing the balls-out swagger of old school rock 'n roll with the raw intensity and power-chord prowess of punk to bring about a whirlwind of blistering energy that would make any of those genre's fallen heroes…

Exposure: Jousting With Dracula

Jousting With Dracula blur the line between the glacial ambience of Explosions in the Sky and all-out prog-heaviness of Russian Circles. Now, given some extra weight with the addition of some quite simply brutal vocals from Black Sun's Kevin Hare, the…

Exposure: The Nature Boys

Harking back to the Postcard days, when Scottish music strutted its stuff under cool shades and intricate guitars, Nature Boys look to similar tight rhythms and flowing melodies to create a noise worth dancing to. Consisting of Cammy Shiels (vocals)…

Exposure: The Stormy Seas

With banjo, squeezebox and a folk mindset in tow, The Stormy Seas are an Edinburgh five-piece exploring the traditions of Scottish music. Keeping it acoustic but loud, they'd be equally welcome at Wickerman or T in the Park, and equally likely to make…

Exposure: The Wintergreens

Coming from Leith via Poland, Czech Republic and Iceland, The Wintergreens have a mix of cultures as rich as their music. All subtle electronics, and arrangements to build and tease with sparse, simple beats, they bring together such praised acts as…

Exposure: The Warlocks

Like a freezing fog in some desolate plain in the 60's, The Warlock's latest album, The Mirror Explodes, is both haunting and enveloped in darkness, and teeming with brooding, psychedelic moods. The band, a once heavily revolving line-up led by Bobby…

Exposure: Penguins Kill Polar Bears

Penguins Kill Polar Bears are a four piece from Linlithgow who have recently been trawling the depths of various other towns and cities across Scotland, sharing their glacial and dense melodic rocky stylings with anyone who will listen. Never staying…

Exposure: Brother Louis Collective

Brother Louis Collective are an ensemble cast of Glasgow-based instrumentalists, centred around the musical endeavours of Louis Abbot. Harnessing the talents of friends and bandmates from his other band The Moth And The Mirror, Abbot's brooding…

Exposure: Kill it Kid

Their Americana twang will leave you feeling like you’ve ended up in deepest, darkest Alabama, especially when singer Chris Turpin’s melancholic roar booms across the room and keyboardist Stephanie Ward’s voice stands in opposition, but Kill It Kid’s…

Exposure: Team William

Team William are four Belgian gentleman who excel in catchy, guitar-driven pop songs, wrought with energy and heart. So much so, that there isn't even a hint of 'guilty pleasure' about them. Their self-titled debut album is aout now, and after a brief…

Exposure: Capitals

Capitals is the name given to the musical partnership of Angus Carbarns and Keir MacCulloch. Both hailing from Inverness (ish) and currently based in Edinburgh, the two have both been previously involved with various musical endeavours, with Keir…

Exposure: Strike The Colours

Strike The Colours is the song-writing vessel of Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist, Jenny Reeve. Cutting her teeth on a plethora of guest appearances and tours with the likes of Arab Strap, Idlewild and The Reindeer Section - not to mention frequent…

Exposure: Growing

Unlike, say, The Lemonheads, Growing are a band with a literal soubriquet: their evolutionary noise and experimental rock exploits provoke a sense of advancing ambience, metal progression and, well, growing. They’ve recorded for Mogwai’s Rock Action…

Exposure: Dead Boy Robotics

Edinburgh based duo Dead Boy Robotics used to be, by their own admission, pretty terrible. They haven’t even released an EP yet, but have been selected to play the T Break Stage at T In The Park. Multi instrumentalist Gregor McMillian explains how the…