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Headman

Headman

14 Aug 2008

When he released his debut album It Rough in 2001 (which contained the single of the same name), Zurich DJ Robi Insinna, aka Headman, helped presage a whole movement. Around the same time, everyone from Belgium’s Soulwax to New York’s LCD Soundsystem…

Mark Stewart

Mark Stewart and the Maffia and A Certain Ratio

5 Jun 2008

PUNK FUNK Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Thu 12 Jun Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Sat 14 Jun Somewhere between Manchester and Bristol there’s a punk-funk ley line. How else to explain the umbilical link between The Pop Group and A Certain Ratio, two bands who…

Isosceles

Isosceles

10 Apr 2008

After being spotted by Alex Kapranos, Isosceles scored a coveted support slot with Scottish indie pop royalty Franz Ferdinand. The band are about to launch the latest single, ‘Kitch Bitch/Watertight’, from their debut album Get Your Hands Off, which…

Erase Errata

Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Tue 17 Oct

28 Sep 2006

PUNK FUNK Whether it’s new rave, nu-metal, emo or screamo, scenes invented by lazy hacks and twitchy hangers-on in overly-styled clothing don’t have a habit of sticking around for long. Thankfully the best of the bunch lumped into them do, and this…

Rapture, The - album review

The Rapture

(3 stars)18 Sep 2006

PUNK FUNK The Rapture pretty much invented what people laughingly refer to as ‘new rave’. Punk funk, pulsating basslines, brass and fuzzed guitars; the scrawny illegitimate offspring of Madchester and Iggy Pop. Their last album spawned the monstrous…

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