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Labels of Love: Chaffinch

Labels of Love: Chaffinch

Melodious Lanarkshire label releases Lucky Luke, Burnt Island, The Second Hand Marching Band

16 Nov 2010

About a year and a half ago, The List received a handmade box from Lanarkshire’s melodious Chaffinch records. It contained several excellent seven-inch singles, a handwritten note from label boss David Love, and a scattering of tiny shells and…

Streetland taking art to the streets at Glasgow International

Streetland taking art to the streets at Glasgow International

21 Apr 2010

Time was, the streets seemed paved with community artists, purveyors of grassroots festivals in neighbourhoods well beyond the centres of excellence that stole their thunder. The swingeing funding cuts of the 1980s that attempted to stamp out…

Burnt Island

Burnt Island

Mono, Glasgow, Sun 7 Mar 2010

(4 stars)22 Mar 2010

This was the launch party for Music & Maths, the debut album from the group christened after Scotland’s most evocatively named place – but Burnt Island’s supporting cast wasn’t bad either. The Second Hand Marching Band and Benni Hemm Hemm, two youthful…

Young Fathers

New Bands

19 Feb 2009

Young Fathers Although those in the neighbourhood know that Scottish hip hop has been active for many years now, it’s still the kind of unlikely concept which can make the national media gasp, sit up and scratch their head. Take the good tidings that…

The second hand marching band

The second hand marching band

(4 stars)5 Feb 2009

INDIE FOLK With How To Swim, Broken Records and The Parsonage all going strong, Scottish bands with more personnel than a football squad are in vogue. The 22-piece SHMB – a collective featuring members of other local notables including…

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