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Olympic Swimmers - No Flags Will Fly

Olympic Swimmers - No Flags Will Fly

Less than original but still worthwhile Scottish post-rock debut

(3 stars)31 May 2012

The fact Olympic Swimmers’ debut album arrives in a summer when their Google search rankings might not be the best isn’t their biggest hindrance to standing out. Situated between the pillars of Scottish alternative music – Idlewild’s shrewd melodies…

Predestination Records releases compilation of Glasgow acts

Predestination Records releases compilation of Glasgow acts

Premeditation Vol. 3 captures recent visits to the city on a double-disc collection

(4 stars)22 Jul 2010

Stirling-based Predestination Records (‘a small record label, set up by five people who like music’, as they describe it) have pulled together 23 of the finest acts to trawl Glasgow’s live circuit in recent months and years for the third volume of their…

Olympic Swimmers

Olympic Swimmers

Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Fri 25 Jun

(3 stars)30 Jun 2010

Twenty-five minutes in and Olympic Swimmers’ singer and keyboard player Susie Liddell nervously declares ‘We usually finish here.’ But this is a headline set, and you can almost feel the pressure of the very peak of the bill threatening to give the band…

Stag & Dagger 2010: The highlights

Stag & Dagger 2010: The highlights

14 May 2010

No city is complete without a city festival or two – or even three, this summer. Returning for a second annual appearance in Glasgow this fortnight is Stag & Dagger, a two-legged affair starting in London. They don’t have a monopoly on the very finest…

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