From bad things come good things. Arab Strap called it a day, it was sad. Malcolm put out an album that was very good, it was happy. Now, Aidan Moffat and the Best-Ofs have an album too! It's called 'How to Get to Heaven from Scotland' and is due soon. All manner of activity at Aidan's web HQ, too - go to his Gifts page for a live version of album track 'Living With You Now', and a Katie Melua cover (?) with Alun Woodward (!) and some [...]

This is a Muppet News Flash. It isn't, but there is certainly news afoot at the moment. The larger labels appear to have woken from their brandy-induced Christmas comas and managed to poke their spotty interns into action once more. And the result: we have inboxes with Important News once again. In order, not of how famous the band is and therefore how how highly the news scores on the Official Indie-Kid Excitement Scale, but in order of just how excited I personally am about the release of each track I bring you: Elvis Perkins in Dearland: [...]

Photography by Tsuru Well, we got the day off (it's Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Day, which reminds me, why is it that the longest street "type" is given to the longest street names? Boulevard, really? Three syllables added to the nine or so already there (I lost count), what's wrong with "street" or "lane"? Anyway, I digress) so let's make this one a little quick one, I want to make the most of this 3rd day. [...]

kennt Ihr das gefühl, wenn eine ganze bestimme musik ertönt, dass Ihr sehnsüchtig, fernwehig gepackt werdet? unbestimmt, ziellos zwar, aber so voller innerlicher weite? mir passiert das häufiger bei galoppierenden, an country angelehnten songs. z.b. bei "big blonde" von aidan moffat & the best-ofs. die schellen rasseln, die gitarren forcieren, eine harmonika ornamentiert, die stimme galant, schmeichelnd. nun ist der track auch noch die debutsingle des neuen albums. ich werde sie Euch nicht vorenthalten. sie ist der beste einstieg in dieses wochenende. mit "how to get to heaven from scotland" schickt sich aidan [...]
Aidan Moffat And The Best Ofs - Lover's Song Pubblicato da batteriaricaricabile | Commenti Tags: suoni , indie-gestione , midlife crisis