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Not Forgotten: Sparks – Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins

Sparks were in a weird position in the mid 90s. Once one of the most subversively inspirational acts, by the time Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins was released, The Mael Brothers has been…

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Not Forgotten: The Wonder Stuff – Hup

While 1987’s The Eight Legged Groove Machine was The Wonder Stuff’s statement of intent, ultimately it was little more than thrillingly scruffy post-punk guitar thrash aimed squarely at the pop charts. It…

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Track: BOB re-release Convenience in support of their final tour dates

All good things must come to an end, and largely unheralded but none the less brilliant 80s/90s indie merchants BOB have decided to end their reemergence with a flurry of…

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Honeyblood on stage at the QMU Glasgow on 24 October 2019

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Live: Honeyblood – QMU Glasgow 24.10.2019 Plus Gallery

Stina Tweeddale and band bewitch the Glasgow crowd with an intoxicating brew of beloved back catalogue tracks and box-fresh songs from her latest album. It’s appropriate that Honeyblood are returning…

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Not Forgotten: Super Furry Animals – Guerrilla

For years I felt that Guerrilla was Super Furry Animals‘ untidiest album by some distance, never quite really holding it as close to my heart as I have their other albums, despite SFA being…

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Track: Didirri – Blue Mood Rising

Didirri is at the forefront of a whole bunch of preciously talented youngsters producing some incredible guitar-based music across Australia (see also Hatchie and Chakra Efendi, recently reviewed by Backseat…

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Not Forgotten: Flight of the Conchords – I Told You I Was Freaky

Follow ups to successful albums where the primary ingredient was humour are few and far between. Humour is a transient thing and can fall out of fashion even quicker than…

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Classic Compilation: Barenaked Ladies – Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001)

Barenaked Ladies continue to get a bad rap, particularly here in the UK, where they are primarily known for their one hit wonder status courtesy of “One Week”, and the…

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Not Forgotten: Suede – Dog Man Star

For all the hype around the band, in retrospect Suede’s self titled debut album was pretty damn ordinary, with only a few decent singles to mark the band out as…

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Album Review: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Ghosteen

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ debut album, ‘The First Born is Dead’, opened with the formidable track ‘Tupelo’, a roaring, thundering peon to the birth of Elvis Presley, born…

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