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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…
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - SECC, Glasgow, Thu 13 Jun 2013
17 Jun 2013
A sublime rock'n'roll show spanning the guitar god's varied career
Before Neil Young and Crazy Horse rolled into Glasgow there had already been online grumblings about the Alchemy Tour's extended guitar solos, feedback workouts and supposed lack of classics. It's a Crazy Horse show; what did they expect? Cosy campfire…
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…
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…
Interview: Oren Ambarchi of noise trio Nazoranai
7 Jun 2013
Group featuring Keiji Haino, Oren Ambarchi and Stephen O'Malley tour UK
From the darkest reaches of space comes Nazoranai, featuring Japanese underground legend Keiji Haino, Stephen O'Malley of avant-metal overlords Sunn 0)) and Australian experimentalist Oren Ambarchi. On their 2012 debut, Haino's bleakly beautiful guitar…
June 2013: The season of Heritage Rock - Neil Young, Primal Scream and Bruce Springsteen
6 Jun 2013
The next few months offer an embarrassment of riches in the heritage/ middle-age/ classic rock genre
The staying power of rock music’s ageing dignitaries is good news for those fans who were too young to see them first time around. After all, generational gaps in music tastes are often blurry and meaningless: classic rock doesn’t lurk in stacks of…
Interview with Rush singer/bassist Geddy Lee
29 May 2013
Championed by Dave Grohl, the Canadian prog-rock trio are still going strong after over 40 years
'I do, actually,' retorts Rush singer and bassist Geddy Lee when asked if 45 years down the line, the prog-rock icons are better than ever. 'I think we’re playing better than we ever have - there’s something that happens to you as a musician when you've…
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.
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…
Sparrow and the Workshop – Caves, Edinburgh, Thu 9 May 2013
22 May 2013
The alt.country/rock trio launch latest album Murderopolis with aplomb
There’s a party atmosphere to tonight’s gig at the Caves, the second of two launch parties for Sparrow and the Workshop’s new album, Murderopolis. Bunting and balloons festoon the stage; a bottle of whisky makes its way round the crowd; and both Sparrow…
Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus and Metz - SWG3, Glasgow, Tue 28 May 2013
12 Jun 2013
A sweaty, impassioned and powerful triple-bill of North American rock acts
Titus Andronicus have had a rough day ahead of their show in one of Glasgow's most lugubriously located venues: two blown tyres on the A1 left them waiting hours for a tow and only sneaking their equipment in through the side door at around 9.30pm. So…
Howie Reeve - Friendly Demons
6 Jun 2013
12 intricate and expressive solo compositions from former Tattie Toes member
Anyone who saw Glasgow’s Tattie Toes play live will surely be familiar with genial shorts-wearing bassist and bell-ringer Howie Reeve. To an already extremely inventive band comprising wildly disparate stylistic elements, he brought a (post) punky…
Black Sabbath: 13
6 Jun 2013
Latest album falls short of expectations with pretentiousl lyrics and overdriven sound
‘Wow, a new Black Sabbath record: this should be really good!’ involuntarily blurts out your brain before it has time to digest the relevant information: just about everything Ozzy Osbourne has done with his career since the 1970s. Press play. Courtesy…
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…
Rush - SECC, Glasgow, Thu 30 May 2013
3 Jun 2013
Canadian 'Holy Triumvirate' perform mind blowing three-hour live set
Rush are a mere 45 years into their career, but it’s pretty hard to tell. The Canadian prog-rock overlords’ live set is around three hours long, with no support act for padding. Their adventurous music, meanwhile, is at times as dexterous as an Olympic…
Interview with Honeyblood, playing this year's T-Break stage, and Wickerman festival
28 May 2013
Lead singer Stina Tweeddale shares her thoughts on latest projects and the origins of Honeyblood
They were recently announced as one of the sixteen bands invited to play the T Break stage at this year’s T in the Park festival. The List caught up with girl-girl Glasgow slacker rock duo, Honeyblood Their scattering of songs has trickled onto…
Public Service Broadcasting - ABC2, Glasgow, Wed 8 May 2013
23 May 2013
An overwhelming visual spectacle outshines the electronic duo's music
Despite having only released their debut album Inform-Educate-Entertain two days prior to this gig, the London based duo have already started to gather a steady cult following due to a slew of well received EPs and heavy exposure on BBC 6 Music. The…
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…
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…
Interview: The Pastels on latest studio album Slow Summits
15 May 2013
Stephen McRobbie on recent work and the Glasgow band's much-anticipated new material
When confronted with a promise he made last time I interviewed him for The List in 2007, Stephen McRobbie, aka Stephen Pastel, smiles and squirms a little. ‘There will be new Pastels music released this year,’ he had assured us, referring to his band’s…
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…
