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Cycling to work

11 Jun 2009

Cycling is enjoyable, healthy and makes us feel good. But that’s not why most people in cities do it. Not me anyway. I don’t have ‘reasons’ for cycling any more than I have reasons for walking. Neither do I make use of specialist equipment. ‘Distrust…

Field of Dreams - Festival History

28 May 2009

Jay-Z, Glastonbury 2007 The announcement that Jay-Z was to headline Glastonbury was seen by some – mainly the weekend-hippie middle classes who have adopted their annual pilgrimage as self-serving statement of their true nature whilst working for…

Spotify - Electric dreams

19 Mar 2009

When users’ initial response to a new piece of software is a disbelieving ‘This is free?’, it’s worth installing. Although Spotify launched last year, it was invitation only until last month. Now everyone’s free to join, and they have been, with the…

Beirut/Realpeople - March of the Zapotec/Holland

5 Feb 2009

FOLK/ELECTRONICA Ever since he quietly elbowed his way onto the 2006 end of year polls of several critical organs with debut Gulag Orkestra, there’s been intrigue surrounding Zack Condon and his peculiar combination of Eastern European party music…

Preview 2009 - Technology

8 Jan 2009

If 2008 was anything to go by, 2009 should bring many great techy things to our lives. Firefox 3 made everything easier and better as domestic broadband got cheaper and faster. The house of innovation that is Google will be hard pushed in 2009 to better…

Kylie Minoise - Kylie Minoise Fucking Loves You

8 Jan 2009

NOISE Sound artist Lea Cummings is a key figure within Scotland’s healthy noise scene with a notorious live performances pedigree. These two releases don’t differ greatly from each other in content – both twins are pretty evil here – and feature…

The Hot 100 2008

11 Dec 2008

It’s been a helluva year. 2008 has been a time of significant global change, socially, politically and culturally, with Scotland no exception. So here, for your delectation, is The List’s pick of the 100 people, places and things that rocked our world…

Jon Savage - Dreams Come True: Classic First Wave Electro 82-87

11 Dec 2008

ELECTRO After disco went saccharine and mainstream, producers returned to the stark optimistic futurism of the blueprint to make a new music, the spirit of which would later reach the mainstream via Madonna and the Pet Shop Boys. Jon Savage is a…

Clinic

27 Nov 2008

INDIE Always different, always the same. The Peel maxim used to describe The Fall is equally applicable to Clinic, the quiet men of the Domino Records roster, who have deviated little from the driving, atmospheric and echo drenched blueprint as…

Remember Remember - Remember Remember

13 Nov 2008

In an age when laptops ship with gigabytes of studio quality loops for users to shuffle round on a grid to make their own creations with, it’s never been easier to make loop-based music – and quickly end up with some sterile wallpaper music – just spend…

Exposure - The King Blues

20 Oct 2008

It’s all going pretty well for the The King Blues. Having built up a devoted following on the live circuit after long weeks, months and years of touring, and having been championed by the likes of Zane Lowe and Mike Davies at BBC Radio One, their debut…

Maximum exposure

16 Oct 2008

The List are joining forces with Glasgow venue The Barfly in launching a new live music event this month. The List Exposure Night will be a regular monthly live music event showcasing the best new and emerging music from near and far. The line-up of the…

John Baker - The John Baker Tapes Volumes 1 and 2

21 Aug 2008

John Baker was one of three lynchpin members of the much mythologised BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 60s and 70s whose work, until this reissue on the ever oddball and reliable Trunk Records, has been overshadowed by that of his colleague Delia…

Lou Reed's Berlin

17 Jul 2008

CONCERT MOVIE (12A) 85min In 1973, Lou Reed was primed for a stellar pop career, following up the success of Transformer’s glam pop thrills with Berlin, an ambitious rock opera showcasing Reed’s versatile capabilities. But Berlin tanked, both…

Sparks - seminal finalists