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These New Puritans - Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Thu 4 Feb 2010

These New Puritans - Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Thu 4 Feb 2010

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

Puritanical? Maybe. This Southend-On-Sea quartet certainly give the impression they aren’t here to compromise, play the game or do what they’re told in order to eke out a little more media coverage, and we can only appreciate them for it. Jack Barnett…

Brassjaw - Deal With It!

Brassjaw - Deal With It!

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Keywork Records) Although the Glasgow-based quartet launched this album with a gig in Glasgow back in November, it has only recently been officially released on saxophonist Paul Towndrow’s label. The group began life as a conventional saxophone…

Julien Lourau - Quartet Saigon

Julien Lourau - Quartet Saigon

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Naive) French saxophonist Julian Lourau’s band, and this album, both take their name from the fact that the first gig with this particular line-up took place in Saigon in 2007, rather than from any more intrinsic Vietnamese connection. The…

RM Hubbert - First & Last

RM Hubbert - First & Last

(3 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Ubisano) Once a member of the now defunct Glasgow instrumentalists El Hombre Trajeado, guitarist RM Hubbert delivers his debut solo release and proves that there’s much to be said for working hard on your craft. Here, he flexes his post-rock…

The Courteeners - Falcon

The Courteeners - Falcon

(3 stars)17 Feb 2010

(A&M Records) The second album from The Courteeners proves that this Manchester band aren’t afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves. Openly describing themselves as a mix of Morrissey, Elbow and The Verve, these musical patrons clearly hold…

Ali and Toumani - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

Ali and Toumani - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

(5 stars)17 Feb 2010

(World Circuit) Malian bluesman Ali Farka Touré was a towering musical figure who has left a legacy of groundbreaking albums. In 2005 he and kora (harp-lute) player Toumani Diabaté won a Grammy for their collaboration In The Heart of the Moon. The…

A Broken Consort - Crow Autumn

A Broken Consort - Crow Autumn

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Tompkins Square) Aural cartographer Richard Skelton has long transcribed and excavated his much-loved Lancashire landscape by way of contemporary classical music. His heady, elemental hymns are attributed to various guises – Carousell, Clouwbeck and…

LoneLady - Nerve Up

LoneLady - Nerve Up

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Warp) LoneLady might be coming on all Manchester warehouse post-punk or whatever, but she’s best when spitting soul asides and rewiring Gwen Guthrie’s ‘Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on But the Rent’ – as she somehow does, and boy, it works, on her debut…

Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels

Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels

(2 stars)17 Feb 2010

679 The latest in a long line of new Kate Bushes, Greek/Welsh loony tune Marina Diamandis arrives in a fair blitz of hype, but this debut album is a charmless affair which mistakes self-aggrandising for personality and synth-pop rip-offs for musical…

Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool

Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Roadrunner) Rob Zombie is certainly one of the most enigmatic figures in modern metal. He’s evolved from rock star to a full-blown, gore-loving stage persona (a feat last pulled off by Marilyn Manson to increasingly lacklustre results). Taking a…

Toro Y Moi - Causers of This

Toro Y Moi - Causers of This

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Car Park) Toro Y Moi is Martian-talk for ‘pissed-up, blissed-out pop’. Or so South Carolinian electro-bard Chaz Bundick would have us believe on Causers of This – his computer-engendered, patchouli-infused and entirely affable debut album. Tipping…

Cobra Starship - Hot Mess

Cobra Starship - Hot Mess

(3 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Atlantic) This latest offering from New York electro boppers Cobra Starship features some pretty disposable tracks, like the lacklustre ‘Fold Your Hands Child’ (a nod to the album of the same name by Scots twee-heroes, Belle & Sebastian) but when…

Razia - Zebu Nation

Razia - Zebu Nation

(4 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Cumbancha) As far away as Madagascar is, the irresistible rhythms of the music of newcomer Razia make it feel a lot closer. Razia is a beautiful person in looks, heart and mind and uses her strikingly fresh voice for well crafted dance songs with a…

Field Music

Field Music set for Glasgow date

17 Feb 2010

Sunderland indie types Field Music have included members of The Futureheads and Maxïmo Park amongst their ranks at various times and while they share a certain quirkiness with said bands they are a more thoughtful proposition as showcased on their new…

Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu set for Edinburgh and Glasgow dates

17 Feb 2010

Jamie Stewart (the only constant member of Xiu Xiu) makes pop music. But it’s the weirdest pop music you’ll ever hear, but still encompasses the chirpy tunefulness, lyrical hooks and bouncy playfulness of the form, but imbues it with enough electronic…

Mastodon

Mastodon to showcase Crack the Skye at Barrowlands

17 Feb 2010

Huge, multifaceted progressive metal as the mighty Mastodon return. Rumour has it they are still playing their latest album, Crack the Skye (a complex masterpiece detailing the astral journeys of a paraplegic), in its entirety for the first half of…

Fifestock

Mick Taylor, Jennifer Batten and Henry McCullough guest at Fifestock

17 Feb 2010

With a capacity of just 50, Fifestock is a truly intimate month of gigs. Focusing on the world of blues, roots and folk and featuring the likes of Mick Taylor, Jennifer Batten, Henry McCullough, Graham Gouldman and more for the ‘ultimate living-room…

Graeme Stephen Sextet with Ben Davis

Graeme Stephen Sextet with Ben Davis

17 Feb 2010

The sextet expands to a septet as cellist Ben Davis of Mercury Music Prize nominees Basquiat Strings joins inventive guitarist Stephen for a night of free improvisation, Celtic and world music influences. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Feb…

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

(2 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Kitsune) Perky, itchy indie-pop from Northern Ireland, on the dancey Parisian label, Kitsune. Sounds like Franz Ferdinand, crossed with The Feeling on ‘Do You Want It All’ and ‘This Is The Life’, while there are sub-Postal Service echoes (in a bad…

Sharleen Spiteri - The Movie Songbook

(2 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Mercury) The Texas frontwoman has gone all camp and a bit ‘Liza Streisand’ on this platform-heeled tribute to her favourite soundtracks. Her retakes on ‘Xanadu’, ‘Take My Breath Away’ and ‘If I Can’t Have You’ just left us craving the originals…

Iain Shaw - May You Live All The Days of Your Life

(3 stars)17 Feb 2010

(Vow of Noise) Recorded and mixed over four hours, in Glasgow, Iain Shaw’s covers album includes gentle, intriguing, but over-tweedy and earnest folk versions of Motorhead (‘Motorhead’) and The Ramones (‘Blitzkreig Bop’).

New Territories 2010

New Territories 2010

10 Feb 2010

The cutting edge dance and performance festival returns to Glasgow for its tenth outing. This year’s programme of specially commissioned work by international artists includes premieres of work by Australian performance installation artist Fleur Elise…

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