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Interview: Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches ... gives an interview to her former place of work
14 Jun 2013
Claire Sawers chats with former work colleague about touring, success and giving up the day job
LGBT and Around Town editor at The List up until a couple of issues ago, Lauren Mayberry is in Chvrches, the synth-pop trio who, just a year after forming, are set to play TITP, then tour with Depeche Mode. She still has time for the little people…
Rubylux, Caan and iAM1 to perform at next ListLive event
10 Jun 2013
Our next London-based live music showcase spans anthemic indie, electro-noir and rap/acoustic/spoken
Following a great turn-out at our debut ListLive event, we're looking forward to the next gig at The Purple Turtle, London on Fri 21 Jun. It's another varied line-up of some of the most exciting bands and artists on the rise at the moment, including…
Charli XCX - True Romance
10 Jun 2013
The goth-pop vocalist's debut combines pop sensibilities with emotional lyrics and electro beats
Charli XCX's journey to pop stardom has been anything but quick. She got her first big break when she was 14, being invited to perform at a warehouse rave in east London, after the host had heard a few of her demos on MySpace, and by 16, she was signed…
Interview: Phoenix - Thomas Mars on success and learning to write songs again
7 Jun 2013
The French four-piece take album Bankrupt! into the heart of the mainstream
With each new release, Phoenix are getting bigger, bolder and better. David Pollock talks to Thomas Mars about making the right album at the right time This year in pop music is all about two French groups heading rapidly towards global glory.
Nile Rodgers set for 2013 UK tour
6 Jun 2013
Pop icon and serial hit producer performs at Summerhall and Wickerman Festival 2013
Nile Rodgers isn’t the most famous person in the world, but he knows plenty of them. These two very special summer appearances on Scottish soil will most likely not sell out as swiftly as, for example, one of his former collaborators announcing a…
Reflections of a Fanboy: Ross Clark
6 Jun 2013
Ross Clark, from Three Blind Wolves, on his musical hero Neil Young
Neil Young was the first artist to inspire me both as a songwriter and as a guitar player. Young’s talents bridge both simple poetic country songs and furious eruptions of sludgy rock, something that I still strive to capture with my own music. I…
T in the Park 2013: The guide to the best pop
5 Jun 2013
Emeli, RiRi, Rita, Ke$ha… Malcolm Jack guides you through the best pop acts at this year’s T
A list in no particular order of things that would appear not to be complete without Emeli Sandé: the British album chart (her debut Our Version of Events broke The Beatles’ record for most consecutive weeks in the top 10), The Brit Awards, any kind of…
2012 Scottish Album of the Year award shortlist announced
31 May 2013
Django Django, Paul Buchanan and The Twilight Sad make 10-album shortlist in award's second year
The shortlist for the 2012 Scottish Album of the Year award has been announced. The awards take a look back at the best music produced by Scottish artists in 2012, with a £20,000 prize for the winners and £1000 for each of the shortlisted runners…
Burning Beaches, The Recks, Khushi and Velvet Stream to play ListLive in London
23 May 2013
The event is the first in a series of London gigs hosted by The List and promoters All Night Long
The List's first London-based live music event is only a week away, and we're pretty darn excited. With ListLive, we aim to embrace any genre of music as long as it's good, and for our debut outing in the UK capital, we've assembled four bands spanning…
EP review - Garden of Elks, 'Extended Play'
22 May 2013
Noise pop/college rock debut from a Glasgow band, starting to grow antlers
Fuzzy, relentless and slathered in Pixies and Sonic Youth influences, 'Extended Play' is a frantic debut affair which announces Garden of Elks as a band with genuine promise. Billing themselves as a ‘noise pop’ outfit, GOE are worthy of a place…
eagleowl - The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 10 May 2013
22 May 2013
It only took ten years, but eagleowl’s first album finally hatches
Despite being Edinburgh and UK gig-playing regulars for almost a decade now, this was the night they launched their debut LP This Silent Year, an evening that saw the Fence-signed sextet eagleowl beam in all their slowcore majesty. Well thought-out…
Interview: Camera Obscura set for Rockness 2013
17 May 2013
Glasgow band whose recent history takes US recording sessions, cancer and pregnancy
‘It’s the ultimate test,’ begins Camera Obscura singer and songwriter Tracyanne Campbell, in describing how the band assessed the roadworthiness (literally) of new album Desire Lines. ‘The studio intern Michael had this crappy little car. Every time we…
Lana Del Rey - SECC, Glasgow, Thu 16 May 2013
17 May 2013
The 'self-styled gangsta Nancy Sinatra's Glasgow show has a homecoming air
It’s almost staggering to believe than little more than eighteen months ago, on her last appearance in Glasgow Lana Del Rey performed for a crowd of just over 500; due to huge demand (and a spot of Great Gatsby promoting she needed to also fit in that…
Lorraine McIntosh, actor in stage production of Let The Right One In - interview
17 May 2013
The erstwhile Deacon Blue singer has a love for big dogs and Bruce Springsteen
First record you ever bought ‘Cavatina’ by The Shadows. Last book you read The Blind Man’s Garden by Nadeem Aslam. First film you saw that really moved you Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart. Last lie you told ‘Oh, I can’t make that night, I’m…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - King Tuts, Glasgow, Wed 1 May 2013
15 May 2013
Infectious, hallucinatory reveries, marred slightly by too much sound desk tweaking
Perhaps it is shell-shock after their recent propulsive success at SXSW, or possibly their own astonishment at selling out King Tuts on their first UK headline tour, but Unknown Mortal Orchestra turn up tonight as nervous as if it were the first day at…
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
15 May 2013
A great sixth record, but not one which parades the fact before you
(4AD) The idea that much of the music here was written by guitarist Aaron Desner while bedevilled by bone-aching fatigue and sleepless nights following the birth of his baby daughter is a compelling one. It ties into the sense of a band shattered…
Sparrow and the Workshop - Murderopolis
15 May 2013
Third album from Glasgow rock-noir trio has psych-rock heart
(Song, By Toad) This album starts with the words ‘when love was the greatest thing’ - and it is all you need to unravel the third long-player from a Glasgow rock-noir trio who variously conjure The Bad Seeds, The Shangri-Las, Johnny Cash and Melanie…
The Fall - Re-Mit
15 May 2013
Suggests insistent inter-band chemistry despite there being no real surprises here
(Cherry Red) Whoa-whoa-whoa, etc! Don't ever underestimate Mark E Smith, The Fall's founder, writer, vocalist and sole surviving member since they formed 35 years ago. Some may dismiss him as a past-his-best drunken parody of many former glories, and…
Exposure: Haim set for 2013 UK tour dates
15 May 2013
Sweet, yearning, retro pop melodies from sister-heavy band
When Haim look towards their future, do they see anything between themselves and a torrent of riches and acclaim? We’ve checked, and we can detect nothing. Were we to be unimaginative, in fact, we’d say they have all the retroisms to one day go on to be…
Sweet Baboo - King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Tue 7 May 2013
15 May 2013
Charming set combines lyrical originality with self-deprecating humour
‘I go dancing and chancing my luck with all those girls - that’s why I’m bound for hell’, sings Stephen Black, aka Welshman Sweet Baboo, on catchy 2010 single ‘I’m a Dancer’. To look at this freckly face, rabbit-in-the-headlights expression and guitar…
Steve Mason - King Tut’s, Glasgow, Tue 9 Apr 2013
22 Apr 2013
Heady atmosphere evidence of deep personal and musical connection
The beered-up battalion swarming the venue are celebrating like a home game victory. Why wouldn’t they be on this Tuesday? (Insert obvious Thatcher comment here.) But it’s Mason’s danceable, wry mid-tempo indie that's the primary source of the crowd’s…
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
19 Apr 2013
Post-breakthrough return is brash, unapologetic, full of pomp and self-assured tunes
(Atlantic) Bankrupt! begins with the brilliant bravura of ‘Entertainment’, a blitzkrieg of uptempo synths and guitars. It’s the kind of epic, contemporary new wave swagger that goes down just swell when performed in front of huge summer festival crowds.
Eagleowl - This Silent Year
19 Apr 2013
Languorous chamber-pop full of silence, distortion and exquisite humour
(Fence) Here are a few clues that this is a rare and unhurried debut album: it starts with a beat, and then the beat slows down; the instruments come in one by one; the opening words are ‘some other time’. The album’s centrepiece is in fact its…
James and Twin Atlantic announced for Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2013 line-up
18 Apr 2013
The fest will also host The Straits, Noisettes, Admiral Fallow, The Horrors and Dougie Maclean
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival’s 10th anniversary with be headlined by Manchester indie rock band James and Glasgow rockers Twin Atlantic. James, formed in 1982, produced one of the Bella’s most celebrated performances in 2007. 12 studio albums…
Fun. - Picturehouse, Edinburgh, Mon 15 Apr 2013
17 Apr 2013
The New Yorkers' music may sometimes sound contrived, but Fun. bring a, er, fun live show
'You guys are awesome', Fun. frontman Nate Ruess declares, grinning like a Cheshire cat. Given their decibel-raising reception it’s easy to see why he looks ecstatic. The sold-out Edinburgh show felt predictably young, although a contingent of different…
