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Exposure: William Douglas and the Wheel

20 Oct 2009

Another goodie to fly off the Edinburgh live rumour mill this year is four-piece rock 'n' rollers William Douglas and The Wheel. With the catchy, melodic soul of The Beatles an obvious influence, as well as the rambunctious rock of the Rolling Stones…

Exposure: Les Bof!

24 Jun 2009

Les Bof! formed just three years ago as Edinburgh-based French sixties garage rockers composed of Marseilles-born Laurent Mombel as frontman backed by a team of Scottish musicians. Not one English word is to be sung or spoken when they're onstage as…

Exposure: Woodpigeon

23 Jun 2009

Canadian troupe, Woodpigeon, have made a name for themselves abroad but it all started right here in Scotland. The band's founder, who elaborately calls himself Mark Andrew of the Hamiltons, resided in Edinburgh years ago and experienced things so…

Exposure: The Bottleneckers

12 Jun 2009

The Bottleneckers are well-known in Scotland's retro scene for their authentic, old-time rhythm & blues antics that inevitably stir up some seriously good times. An incarnation of sorts of the similarly-spirited The Five Aces and The Privates, these…

Exposure: Over The Wall

8 Jun 2009

Ben Hillman and Gav Prentice are the clever two behind Over the Wall, another aurally-efficient outfit to form on Scotland's west coast. They've just relaunched the poetically-titled 'The Rise and Fall of Over The Wall' EP with plans to record an album…

Exposure: Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers

2 Jun 2009

Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers evolved from the defunct and missed Uncle John and Whitelock, taking from it some of the signature elements and the obvious influence of The Cramps but turning the horror R&B into Jacob Yates' cleverly…

Exposure: Hidden Masters

29 May 2009

Glasgow's Hidden Masters cite influences from Buddy Holly to Black Sabbath, but what we actually hear is glorious late sixties-esque garage, psych rock/pop done in a way that easily appeals to good music lovers of today. They'll share a bill, suitably…

Exposure: The Aliens

27 May 2009

Comprised of former Beta Band-ers John Maclean, Robin Jones and Gordon Anderson (also of Lone Pigeon), The Aliens still have whispers of their former sound, but this time a little cheerier, trading the trip hop for psychedelic pop. Now, with their first…

Exposure: The Gothenburg Address

21 May 2009

They don't need a vocalist, they don't even need to tell you what their name means. The Gothenburg Address make music that bleeds with so much honest to goodness grandeur that they claim PJ Harvey and Ian Rankin as fans, quite a quick feat for the…

Exposure - The Handsome Family

15 May 2009

The Handsome Family, a husband and wife duo living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, do folk-country-bluegrass with the sweetness of Cash and Carter and the imagery that only the experiences of time, travel and troubles and can so delicately induce. She, a…

Exposure: Sparrow and the Workshop

12 May 2009

Next band to ruffle your feathers the right way is here. Sparrow and the Workshop, originally from 'all over the place', joined their folk-friendly forces over a year ago, set up 'shop' in Glasgow and have been-a soaring ever since. Making music with a…

Exposure: Cancel the Astronauts

7 May 2009

Cancel the Astronauts are Edinburgh-based indie poppers who admittedly owe a lot to the surge of all the great things happening in Scotland with like-minded bands, club nights and local fans who love a good tune. Members Matt and Kiernan spoke with The…

Bob Log III - My Shit is Perfect

30 Apr 2009

LEFTFIELD COUNTRY Supposedly based in both Arizona and Australia, Bob Log III is a one man band anomaly who gets his kicks through frenzied slide-guitar blues that deviates severely from tradition and is, as one might deduce from his fourth album’s…

Exposure: Paper Planes

29 Apr 2009

New Jersey girl and vocal stunner Jennifer Paley fronts the Glasgow-based Paper Planes, otherwise composed of "the boys": Craig, Fraser and Christopher. Together PP make what they describe as "updated surf sounds with post punk beats, raw trashy rock…

Exposure: Withered Hand

17 Apr 2009

Despite a lyrical admission to listening to death metal bands, Withered Hand makes pensive and pretty 'antifolk' music sprawling with all sorts of questions and quiet conversations while his Neil Young-ish voice mingles joyously with varied…

Exposure: It Hugs Back

9 Apr 2009

It Hugs Back hail from Kent, and will soon serve Glasgow some of their self-described 'soft-centered dream pop'. After touring with artists like Scout Niblett, Monade and New Pornographers, this tender-hearted foursome will now share the bill with…

Exposure: Thomas Truax

1 Apr 2009

A mechanical mastermind, Thomas Truax manipulates random objects into his own bizarre and genius musical instruments, a vision as well as sound that cannot be missed live. While Nick Cave comparisons are understandable, theatrically and voice-wise…

Exposure: Polar Bear

19 Mar 2009

You could call them experimental but we say they're weird and wonderful. Playing jazz for people who love Bjork as much as they do Coltrane, Polar Bear is like listening to many worthwhile if controversial conversations all at once. Drummer and founder…

Exposure: Spokes

11 Mar 2009

Audiences are wrapping their arms around Manchester quintet Spokes as their orchestral approach to indie is likened to artists such as Sigur Ros and Arcade Fire. Liam Morley, guitarist and one of Spokes' three vocalists, talks to The List about their…

Exposure: Ross Clark and The Scarfs Go Missing

2 Mar 2009

Glasgow native Ross Clark has been a familiar name on the Scottish music scene for a couple of years, bringing to it a nice Tennessee whiskey-barreled and brewed twang laced with his own top shelf spirits. Now with a conglomeration of talented folksters…

Exposure: Occasional Flickers

12 Feb 2009

Scotland has officially adopted Occasional Flickers, and vice versa. It seems that Giorgos Bouras had quite the love affair from afar when he fell for a slew of Scottish tunes while living in his homeland, Greece. Such aural adorations is what brings…

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