When I first picked up the plank of wood I had the cheek to call a guitar, I hadn't yet mastered changing from a D to an A and back again before I realised something was missing. I needed something, anything, to disguise the bum notes from the badly-played chords I was trying to strangle out of my instrument at parent-bothering volume through my wee practice amp. That something was the fuzzbox. What a revelation! I could play along to most of The Buzzcocks ' What Do I Get and mangle a passable version of Everybody's [...]
So here we go. South by Southwest 2013 kicked off today in my adopted home town of Austin, Texas. Scotland will be well represented over the next 10 days or so with around 12 Scottish companies here for the Interactive festival, at least 1 really cool film, and 12 great bands. I've tried to list [...]
Some of you may have read this before (2009 and 2011, to be exact). 254 years young today. I love Burns. Had him drummed into me at school. In fact, anyone who goes to school in the West of Scotland knows all about him. And as a teacher, I love banging on about him to my class. Here’s a brief potted history for any uninitiated out there… Born on the 25th January, 1759 in Alloway (now a posh part of Ayr). Scrawny boy, wasn’t expected to live long. Helped his dad [...]
Field Music are a real enigma. Nominees for this year's Mercury Music Prize, like most who appear on the list they occupy a strange place somewhere between cult band and the mainstream. A hotchpotch of clanging riffs with prog leanings, their music isn't all that original. Their music isn't all that groundbreaking either. Plenty of other artists have used similar instruments to similar effect. And their music, like plenty of artists before them, is not that well-known outwith those in the know (think this generation's XTC). But their music is colossal. And tuneful. And therefore radio-friendly. And by rights they should [...]
PLAYLIST: Secret Machines - What Used To Be French The Afghan Whigs - If There's Hell Below (We're All Going To Go) Mono Stereo - A Matter of Confusion The Ruling Class - If You Wonder The Stone Roses - Bye Bye Bad Man Rinocerose - Inacceptable 808 State - Pacific State Allah-Las - Tell Me (What's On Your Mind) Trashcan Sinatras - The Main Attraction [Shabby Road Demo] Chapterhouse - There's Still Life The Beta Band - Al Sharp Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Heart [...]
Geçen pazar günü futbol sahalarının Che'si Socrates bağırsak enfeksiyonu nedeniyle 57 yaşında hayatını kaybetti. Dünya futbolunun en önemli fikir adamlarından biri olan tıp doktorası sahibi ve lakabı Doktor olan Socrates gündelik hayat ve siyasi fikirleriyle de topluma önderlik etmişti. Bir dönem köy köy dolaşıp binlerce insanı iyileştirmişti. Çocukluk kahramanları Fidel Castro, Che Guavera ve John Lennon olan efsane oynadığı Corinthians takımında Demokrasi Hareketi'nin kurucularından biriydi. Sevgili Ali Ece'nin belirttiği gibi büyük bir filozof olduğu kadar, büyük bir kalecide olan Camus'nün dediği gibi hayat bu kadar saçma işte, tam da bu yüzden bu hayatı kahramanca, SOCRATES'çe [...]
I bought this tape in the Dalston Oxfam shop some time ago. It was a free compilation tape which came with the May 1996 issue of Select Magazine . It's unique because it has a slightly electro rock version of a Moby track that he did for this compilation only - so you can't find it anywhere else. And it's quite good. There is also a track from Cable which was recorded with John Peel which is only on this tape as well. Unfortunately the sound quality is not [...]
The very warm and bright studio sound puts an oil lamp glow over Trashcan Sinatras ’ single People , the third single off of their 2009 album In The Music . A melancholy synth-glum Echo and the Bunnyman-influenced verse is followed by a major key love song response with a rich vocal harmony for the chorus refrain “People, people will fall in love”. It’s the sort of chorus where people join hands and sway. There’s a heart-warming understatedness to the single, which makes it easy to listen to but at the [...]
PLAYLIST: Guided By Voices - Peep-Hole Good Shoes - Morden Marion - The Only Way Menswear - I'll Manage Somehow Ladytron - Paco! Luna - Smile The Go! Team - The Wrath of Marcie Gwen Mars - Radio Gun Trashcan Sinatras - Save Me Art Brut - Really Bad Weekend Television - See No Evil Pulp - Underwear Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Senator Washed Out - Amor Fati The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Bad Fever Suede - Graffiti Women [...]
The Caseworker - "National Runner" MP3/download EASY DOES IT ... EASY DOES IT! There we go - just perfect for a night full of pulled-out hair sockets and exploded facial postules: "National Runner," from The Caseworker. I don't know how ... Continue reading
On commence avec une belle découverte, les français de Im Takt et leur ultra efficace Fat Billy qui n'a sur ce coup rien mais alors rien à envier à James Murphy... On compte les jours avant la sortie de 'Within And Without' , le premier album de Washed Out . Eyes Be Closed nous aide à patienter... Le moins que l'on puisse dire, c'est que The War On Drugs [...]
Trash Can Sinatras, "Charlie's Atlas"
Six Of The Best is a semi-regular feature that pokes, prods and persuades your favourite bands, bards and barometers of hip opinion to tell us six of the best tracks they’ve ever heard. The tracks could be mainstream million-sellers or they could be obfuscatingly obscure, it doesn’t matter. The only criteria set is that, aye, they must be Six of the Best . Think of it like a mini, groovier version of Desert Island Discs… Number 4 [...]
[Just in time for the beginning of baseball season — and the arrival of the Baseball Project — your humble blogger returns from some time in a distant land, away from the noise. That one mixtape I made for driving through the Midwest was pretty killer, though ...] Already, my most difficult show-going decision of spring: ► Scottish songsmiths Trashcan Sinatras gave a memorable performance last summer (the photo is from a June show at the Key Club) [...]
Trashcan Sinatras can lay claim to the pretty, jangling Scottish pop of the early '80s, a sound forged by Orange Juice and Aztec Camera. Frank Reader's doleful voice earned the group deserved com... Continue reading "Catch Trashcan Sinatras at Knuckleheads on Sunday night" >
TRASHCAN SINATRAS ON THURSDAY MAR. 31ST AT THE BOOTLEG THEATER, 2220 BEVERLY BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 10:00PM/ $20/ 21+
Filed under: Video of the Day Artist: Trashcan Sinatras Video: 'Prisons' Highlight: The band's new promo video outlines their inspirations and existential crisis in a nifty minimalist slide-show format.
The Trashcan Sinatras, Salim Nourallah The LoftMarch 4, 2011 Better than: looking for closeout deals at the Borders in Uptown and Highland Park. There are shows where you completely forg... Continue reading "Over The Weekend: Trashcan Sinatras at The Loft" >
After kind of a dud last weekend, we've got a pretty solid list of shows to see this weekend. And topping the list for some of us here at DC9 headquarters is The Walkmen concert at The Granada T... Continue reading "Good Friday: The Walkmen, Alejandro Escovedo, Trashcan Sinatras, The Virgin Wolves, Young The Giant, The Hope Trust, Nmperign, Sundress, Randy Travis, Remy Le Boeuf & More! " >
In this week's paper, Daniel Hopkins brings our attention to the show that Glasgow-based pop band Trashcan Sinatras will be playing tonight at The Loft to promote their latest acoustic album, Br... Continue reading "Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Trashcan Sinatras Show at The Loft" >
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