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The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings

15 Nov 2007

POWERPOP Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Wed 17 Oct If record labels really must go getting caught up in unseemly ‘bidding wars’, the least they can do is make sure they’re getting a good band. Columbia recently won the squabble for Manchester duo The Ting…

Arctic Monkeys

ROCK

26 Apr 2007

The weight of expectation hasn’t affected the Arctic Monkeys one iota. They’ve hardly broken their stride and have tossed off a second album of casual brilliance. It almost feels unfair how off the cuff Favourite Worst Nightmare feels; the lyrics are as…

Exposure - Cajun Dance Party

3 Jul 2007

It’s not Cajun or dance music, but their indie rock has given these five smiling north Londoners a rollercoaster 18 months. Aged 17 and still at school, they’ve supported Kings of Leon, Thom Yorke loves them and Bernard Butler is producing their next…

Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley

6 Sep 2007

ROCK Rilo Kiley’s last album and singer Jenny Lewis’s subsequent solo debut both contained a handful of indie-country stonewall classics, but this lacklustre and scattershot offering shows none of the same spark, despite Lewis’ ever-wonderful and…

Newton Faulkner

Newton Faulkner

Hand Built by Robots

16 Aug 2007

POP Until you’ve actually seen young Faulkner attack an acoustic guitar in a whirl of spider-like fingers and dreadlocks transforming it into a three-piece band in the process, it’s hard to properly appreciate this album. There’s loads of…

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Abba Mania
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Celebrating 30 years of golden hits with a fantastic re-creation of the live Abba show.
12 Sep 7.30	Caird Hall, Dundee

A Lost Generation and Sick Sinus
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Hardcore punk headliners with German punk-shockers in support.
16 Sep 8.00	Pivo Pivo, Glasgow

101 Soul, Martin Wright and LS Campbell
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A variety of performers preceded by a two-hour open mic slot.
15 Sep 6.00	Pivo Pivo, Glasgow

60 Persons, The Works, Hugo A Go Go and Where's Frenchie?
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The headliners are Glasgow indie rockers claiming influences from Oasis to T Rex.
10 Sep 8.00	Capitol, Glasgow

The Abyssinians and Rastis UK
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Legendary reggae act who have their roots in the 60s.
14 Sep 7.30	Citrus Club, Edinburgh

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