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Little Doses - Rock Riot Soul
22 Feb 2012
Sadly lacking in songwriting originality and inspiration
(Black Ditto Recordings) Little Doses are an Edinburgh indie outfit established by bassist Mark McClelland, most famous for departing Snow Patrol just when they made it big. The Little Doses blueprint is undeniably more varied than Snow Patrol’s…
La Sera - Sees the Light
22 Feb 2012
A zippier, sharper surf-pop punch on second album from Vivian Girls’ bassist
(Hardly Art) This second album from La Sera, alias Vivian Girls’ bassist and harmonist ‘Kickball’ Katy Goodman, pulls a zippier, sharper surf-pop punch than its dreamy, self-titled predecessor, but it still has heartache, stirring guitars and…
Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides
22 Feb 2012
All-rounder rock record from Sonic Youth guitarist that soothes and soars
(Matador) Between the Times and the Tides is legendary Sonic Youth guitarist, vocalist and co-founder Lee Ranaldo’s first ‘solo’ effort to be turned out in nearly four years. In characteristically collaborative fashion it sees Ranaldo joined by a…
Tanlines - Mixed Emotions
22 Feb 2012
Brooklynite art-pop duo embrace the sound of 1980s pop on debut
(Matador) Brooklynite art-pop duo Tanlines, aka Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm, are contemporaries of Yeasayer and Health, and perhaps some positive pre-judging on that basis is required. After a batch of singles, splits and remixes, the pair fully embrace…
Andy Sheppard, Michel Benita, Sebastian Rochford - Trio Libero
22 Feb 2012
Highly compatible trio make album of lyrical material
(ECM Records) Saxophonist Andy Sheppard seemed a good match-up with ECM long before he actually made his debut with the label a couple of years ago. He now follows that release with this excellent trio project featuring Algerian bassist Michel Benita…
Florence & The Machine and Noel Gallagher to play T in the Park 2012
21 Feb 2012
The Vaccines, The Maccabees and The Horrors also on bill
DF Concerts and Tennent’s Lager today unveiled that Florence and the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds will be two of the big acts playing at Balado this summer. Flame-haired and big-lunged star Florence had her second full-length record…
Five cover versions of Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know’
21 Feb 2012
Versions taking in disco, house remix and an M83 mashup
The Walk off the Earth is pretty faithful to the original, but played by four deadpan guys and one girl from Ontario on one much-groped guitar. The Loot & Plunder remix delivers a full-on disco treatment from the Adelaide DJ duo, complete with an…
