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Rihanna

Rihanna

13 Dec 2007

Girls Aloud know it, Leona Lewis knows it, and even Franz Ferdinand know it – great pop is hard to beat. America’s most recent answer to our successful crop has to be Rihanna, whose infectious ‘Umbrella’ dominated the UK charts and playlists for months…

The Hold Steady

Review of the year - music

13 Dec 2007

The year kicked off in vitriolic style with The Hold Steady at the Cathouse. Now the paunchy book and vinyl nerds have a god to worship. Bow down people, here’s Craig Finn. Similar idolatry occurred at Barrowland for LCD Soundsystem ’s umpteenth show in…

Review of the year - music

Review of the year - songs

13 Dec 2007

The List’s crack team of music critics pick the songs that floated their boat in 2007 Ida Maria ‘Oh My God’ Iggy Pop meets Björk meets Janis Joplin from this feisty Norwegian. The Horrors ‘ Little Victories’ Inspired, bellowing from under the…

Sigur Ros - Hvarf-Heim

Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim

(5 stars)13 Dec 2007

ROCK (EMI) Released to loosely accompany the Icelandic outfit’s superb recent film, Heima, this two-CD album is a revelation. The Hvarf half contains outtakes and rarities from 12 years of full-band studio sessions and is full of the sumptuous epic…

Glasvegas

Glasvegas - preview

13 Dec 2007

Alan McGee calls these boys and girls: ‘the best Glasgow band since The Jesus and Mary Chain.’ and he should know given his track record. The retrophiles released their debut single ‘Daddy’s Gone’ last month so time for a bit of a celebration at regular…

Big Country

Big Country - 5 reasons to go see

13 Dec 2007

1 It’s been a long time since they rock’n’rolled In actual fact, it’s been seven years since the band hit a stage, and a full 25 years since the Dunfermline outfit formed from the ashes of The Skids. Based around singer and guitarist Stuart Adamson, the…

Malcolm Middleton

Middleton makes moves on Christmas number 1 spot

13 Dec 2007

In a chart awash with X Factor pap and Cliff Richard cast offs, a small unassuming ginger chap from Falkirk has given us a reason to watch Top of the Pops on Christmas Day again. Malcolm Middleton’s festive musical foray, the senstively titled ‘We’re…

SL Records Christmas Shindig

SL Records Christmas Shindig

13 Dec 2007

Except for booze, baked beans and the occasional book, can you remember what you spent your student loan on? Probably not. Ed Pybus is hardly likely to forget however: his spirited indie label SL Records was launched using funds from a student loan…

Múm

Múm

13 Dec 2007

'Wait a moment, I have to spit,’ mumbles Örvar Póreyjarson Smárason down the phone, followed by a watery sound. ‘Sorry, I was brushing my teeth.’ It seems that no matter how strange and other-worldly your music sounds, there are always mundane…

Met Opera at the Cameo

Met Opera at the Cameo

13 Dec 2007

Usually, a visit to a cinema is for film and a trip to an opera house is for, well, opera. Ripping apart the straitjacket of all of that is a relatively new venture that brings live opera direct from stage to the big screen. The stage is the New York…

Winter's Love

13 Dec 2007

‘The idea for the Winter’s Love festival was primarily inspired by the Fence Homegame,’ says curator Adam Stafford. ‘I’ve never been to it but have always admired the way they bring together all these local, and international bands together and have…

Damn Shames

Damn Shames

13 Dec 2007

We all met at school. Me and Matthew (Deary, guitar and vocals) have been in various different outfits before, but we’re not very proud of any of them. Jacob (Burns, bass) has also had a bit of a shady rock’n’roll past, but it’s all come together to…

Vampire Weekend and Chutes

Vampire Weekend and Chutes

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

Hobo at the Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sun 11 Nov The unexpectedly large Sunday night turnout here was no doubt down to the appearance of New York’s Vampire Weekend, a band much-touted by Radio One in recent weeks. Edinburgh’s Chutes weren’t just here to…

Trianglehead

Trianglehead

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Lot, Edinburgh, Wed 14 Nov ‘Fucking technology, eh?’ spits drummer Stu Ritchie by way of an abrupt end to a mid-set melodica-led number, shattering the chummy mood of this launch gig for Trianglehead’s just-released second album, Exit Strategy.

The Sandals of Majesty

The Sandals of Majesty

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Tue 15 Nov The name is misleading. Rather than some mellowed out, magic-carpet-riding, back-packer-eyed mystics as may be implied, this bi-aural, bi-lingual, buy-now-while-stocks-last quartet are up-tight, in-tense and…

The Fangs - gig review

The Fangs - gig review

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

The Hold, Glasgow, Thu 8 Nov Fife electro duo Motormark have done a Bis, splitting up then reconvening under so many new guises it’s hard to keep track. First they were Fake Fang, with the garage-horror sound such a name permits, and now they’re back…

Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams

Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

HIP HOP (Bodog Music) The prevalence of solo efforts from the numerous members of the Wu-Tang Clan makes their joint efforts less of an event than they should be. The band’s last two outings have been worryingly inconsistent affairs and this, the…

Flevans - Unfabulous

Flevans - Unfabulous & Diesler - The Rhythm Station

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

FUTURE SOUL JAZZ (Jack to Phono) (Freestyle) Flevans’ debut album, Make New Friends, was an assemblage of two EPs and rode an instant, playful appeal that forgave the sensation that many tunes remained unfinished. Here, though still exhibiting…

Trianglehead - Exit Strategy

Trianglehead - Exit Strategy

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

JAZZ (Trianglehead) The Edinburgh-based Trianglehead are one of the most adventurous jazz units to have emerged on the Scottish scene in recent times, and their second CD confirms that they have lost none of that exploratory spirit. The core…

E.S.T. - Live in Hamburg

E.S.T. - Live in Hamburg

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

JAZZ (ACT) This double CD from an ecstatically received set in Hamburg on the Tuesday Wonderland tour in 2006 provides an authentic record of the band on a good night. When they are on song, E.S.T. (the Esbjörn Svensson Trio) are arguably the most…

Kevin Tuffy - To Be To Begin

Kevin Tuffy - To Be To Begin

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

INDIE (Dcypha) With an entire generation of new songwriters uncaring about traditional musical pigeon holes, we have music that proudly swings from mosh pit to dancefloor to backroom of folkie pub and still sounds mighty fine. Here aspirant…

Crash My Model Car - Ghosts and Heights

Crash My Model Car - Ghosts and Heights

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

INDIE (My Dad Recordings) After two critically acclaimed, sold out EPs and a fast growing legion of devotees, it would be fair to say that Crash My Model Car are under a considerable amount of pressure for their debut long player to deliver the…

The Vernon Elliot Ensemble - Ivor the Engine and Pogle’s Wood

The Vernon Elliot Ensemble - Ivor the Engine and Pogle’s Wood

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

SOUNDTRACK Ivor the Engine and Pogle’s Wood (Trunk) Smallfilms (a partnership between writer and narrator Oliver Postgate and animator Peter Firmin) made some of the most endearing children’s television shows from the 50s through to the 70s…

Various - The Cake Sale

Various - The Cake Sale

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

CHARITY COMPILATION (Oxfam Ireland) It is, of course, the very nature of compilation CDs that they are a mix of the good, the bad and the pointless. While The Cake Sale is a perfectly laudable charity collection, that doesn’t make it exempt from…

Various - Now That’s what We Call Music Vol 1

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

INDIE (Fantastic Plastic) To celebrate their 100th release the music bods at Fantastic Plastic have cast a nostalgic ear over their back catalogue and corralled a bunch of past rarities and new offerings. It’s a sampler of accessibly alternative…

Abba - The Album

Abba - The Album

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

POP (Polydor) If you’re tired of Abba, you’re tired of life, basically, so this deluxe re-issue of their most ambitious album is extremely welcome. Originally released in 1978 when the band were at their creative and commercial peak, The Album…

The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights

The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

INDIE (Saddle Creek) Frontman Tim Kasher is a central figure of the Saddle Creek scene, and this established side project is an outlet for a more mainstream sound, contrasting his day job with the explosive Cursive. Unfortunately, while much of Help…

Various - FabricLive 37: Caspa and Rusko

Various - FabricLive 37: Caspa and Rusko

(4 stars)13 Dec 2007

DUBSTEP (Fabric) This instalment of the FabricLive series sees cheeky young upstarts of the Dubstep scene Caspa and Rusko at the helm. Representing the more playful side to Dubstep, their choices on this album – including much of their own work…

Various - Boxwars: The Album

Various - Boxwars: The Album

(3 stars)13 Dec 2007

CARDBOARD BASHING PUNK ROCK (Boxwars UK) Boxwars combines punk and well-behaved fighting. ‘Warriors’ make cardboard armour then launch themselves into a mauling mosh pit until a winner’s declared. The gladiatorial combat is powered by energetic…

The Clientele - God Save The Clientele

The Clientele - God Save The Clientele

(2 stars)13 Dec 2007

INDIE (Track and Field) This London-based indie outfit are more popular across the pond, and you can see why, with the West Coast jangle of The Byrds and their ilk an obvious influence. The Clientele combine a love of simple guitar pop with a…

Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis & the Jitters - preview

13 Dec 2007

Anti-folkist singer-songwriter and underground comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis was signed to Rough Trade records back in 2001, releasing his wonderfully titled debut album The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane. But his most recent album is perhaps his…

Dave O’Higgins

Dave O’Higgins

13 Dec 2007

A welcome return to Scotland for saxophonist Dave O’Higgins, who first came to notice in the mid-80s with the fusion outfit Roadside Picnic, and has gone on to establish a reputation as one of the leading lights of post-bop tenor in the UK while keeping…

Emma Pollock

Emma Pollock - preview

13 Dec 2007

Jack-of-all-trades and former Delgado (she still helps run the Chemikal Underground record label) Emma Pollock, brings her characteristically busy year to a close with a full band tour in support of debut album Watch the Fireworks (4AD), a record filled…

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