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Andrew Borthwick

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Manatees

Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Tue 7 Oct

(4 stars)6 Dec 2006

METAL Let’s call it the Isis effect. But nowadays with the Boston group gaining mainstream exposure thanks to a recent support with Tool, the number of bands playing epic, shoegazer, soundscape rock is a lot more than it used to be. Thankfully…

Converge - album review

Converge

(5 stars)11 Nov 2006

METAL OK, so metal is generally the ‘duh’-centric domain of Beavis & Butthead but amidst the OTT-ridiculousness of it all, there are groups who have pushed the genre past artifice into art. Boston’s Converge, are such craftsmen. In a 15-year…

Your Sound

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Sun 1 Oct

11 Oct 2006

INDIE Launched earlier this year by the King Tut’s venue, Your Sound is a networking opportunity for local acts to come face-to-face with industry figures. Part-indie club night, part-networking soirée and part promo shindig, Your Sound launched Term…

Your Sound

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Sun 1 Oct

10 Oct 2006

INDIE Launched earlier this year by the King Tut’s venue, Your Sound is a networking opportunity for local acts to come face-to-face with industry figures. Part-indie club night, part-networking soirée and part promo shindig, Your Sound launched Term…

Mercury Tilt Switch - album review

Mercury Tilt Switch

(3 stars)10 Oct 2006

ROCK In these re-hashed Britpop days it’s possible to forget that there once was a time when rock music was allowed to be, well, loud. Not so for Mercury Tilt Switch, who take their cues from US noise-mongers like Sonic Youth and... Trail Of Dead…

Singles & Downloads

18 Sep 2006

Hopes that Lil’ Chris’ ‘Checkin’ It Out’ (Sony/BMG) (*) was the new Chris Rock CD couldn’t have been further from the truth. Turns out this Chris is some pre-teen scrote from a Gene Simmons TV show and I only know that much from seeing the little runt…

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