Would you care to introduce yourself? Hello my name is Andrew and I play drums in Book Group. Hello I'm Graeme I play some guitar a bit of keys and sing. Hello I'm Michael: I bring the noise. I'm Scott. I play bass and I wear glasses sometimes. How would you describe the music you make? [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Hello. We are a band from Glasgow called Fake Major. There are two of us. Me (Richard Ferguson) and him (David McGinty). How would you describe the music you make? We make interesting pop music with lots of dual vocals and harmonies. How did you start out making music? We [...]
Album Review: Ardentjohn - Waiting for the Season (self-released) Waiting for the Season is the second album from Edinburgh/London-based Ardentjohn. The indie-folk collective are no strangers to Peenko having featured as the site's inaugural Scots Wah-Hay way back in February 2010. Now the fine folks in Ardentjohn have sent over their second album for scrutiny. The album open with the title track and immediately the rich, crisp guitar grabs your attention. The depth to the overall sound is impressive, with some distant [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Hi, my names Jamie and I am the lead singer from The Deep Red Sky. We are from Scotland, currently based in Edinburgh, and are releasing our debut album, Plans, on May the 13th. We have already released the single Zombies (Things Don't Stay The Same) which is available to download free from our bandcamp page . How would you describe the music you make? We make alternative/ [...]
Album Review: His Name is Codeine - The Only Truth Is Music (Dead Book Records) I've lost count of the times I've heard that guitar music is over. It's a mantra repeated whenever each successive generation of young musicians discovers the white-hot technology of their era, and decides that the old ways just won't cut it anymore. But for every revolution there is a resistance movement - skulking in garages, doing time in dark club basements and trawling for dog-eared copies of old, revered records. With a lineage harking back to New York punk, West Coast [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Hello, We are It Girl from Glasgow. How would you describe the music you make? Shit, straight in with the heavy stuff... Well, there's a lot of bass hooks, a lot of guitar, a lot of reverb on the vocals. There's definitely post-punk foundations in there somewhere and recent comparisons to the likes of Interpol and Bloc Party may not be a million miles away from what to expect [...]
Album Review: eagleowl - This Silent Year (Fence) Earlier this year the world - or at least the part of it that lives incessantly on social networks - entered meltdown as My Bloody Valentine suddenly released their first material for 22 years. Waiting for your favourite bands to produce new work is never easy, and as everyday concerns sap time and resources it sometimes seems a miracle that emerging acts manage to take the major step of recording an album at all. Nowhere near that far [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? A "psychedelic alt-folk/celtic collective" How would you describe the music you make? It’s a mix of different stuff. Euan and Toby's songs are influenced by indie-folk and 60s psychedelia - artists such as Incredible String Band, Elliott Smith, Byrds, John Martyn, Turin Brakes... but working on the arrangements, the rest of the band all bring different influences. [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? We are Mark (vocals / guitar), Jonathan (guitar), David (drums) and Andy (Bass) and we are LUCA How would you describe the music you make? I’d like to think It is different from anything in the Glasgow Music scene at this particular moment, not that it’s revolutionary or anything, I just think it would be hard to pigeonhole us. We take [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? I'm Scott and I play guitar in Vasa, alongside Blaine (guitar), John (bass) and Alex (drums) How would you describe the music you make? Post rock, with a bit of math rock thrown in. How did you start out making music? Blaine and John became friends through [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Hello, I am Jocky, a solo musician who's way too lazy to form a band. How would you describe the music you make? I sing a mixture of political songs, songs about me, and gossipy songs about other people - pals, workmates, whoever! How did you start out making music? [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? We are FRANK, an indie rock band based in Dunblane. How would you describe the music you make? It’s mainly pigeon-holed to indie rock and, on a broader scale, alternative. However, we’re all musically influenced by so many bands and styles so it varies. You’ll get a kind of funk/Foals-y middle section in one song, then jump to a complete grunge wall of [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Hi my name is Rob, I sing and play uke in the Graveyard Band. We also have Gav (trumpets/keys/vox), Gregory (Bass/Vox), Jackson (Guitar) & Fraser (drums). How would you describe the music you make? Hard to say, I suppose in my mind it would be Lofi-Folk. I like to think of it as “Happy Songs about Death”. How [...]
Album Review: Kid Canaveral - Now That You Are A Dancer Yes, it's true. There's a new Kid Canaveral album and it's out now! Following on from their excellent debut, Shouting At Wildlife, album number two landed this week from Fence Records. Is it more of the same infectious indie pop songs we all love from the debut or is there a change in direction. Read on to find out what the second album holds. 'The Wrench' kicks things off and in typical KC [...]
Album Review: Conquering Animal Sound - On Floating Bodies James Scott and Anneke Kampman are now on album number two under the guise of Conquering Animal Sound. After debut album Kammerspiel was released on Leeds-based Gizeh Records, the mighty Chemikal Underground took notice and snapped up the Glasgow-based duo for their second album, due on 18th March. James Scott may be familiar to some outwith CAS, having released under the name The Japanese War Effort, while Anneke has released material under the moniker ANAKANAK. [...]
Album Review: Miss The Occupier - Keeping Company With Wolves I'll start with a confession (very topical). I didn't really know much about Miss The Occupier. The name was familiar but I'm not 100% sure why. Age doesn't come alone it seems. Regardless of all that, these guys latest offering, Keeping Company With Wolves, is my first album after a break of a few months. As with most bands that are new to me, there's an element of nerves when I listen. Within about ten seconds of this album, I knew it was all going to be fine. [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? "Keith, Cally and Charlie, known in the trade as 'Oak Hero'. Hand-crafted music from the Northwest Highlands like." - Charlie How would you describe the music you make? "It is often quite difficult to describe your own music and I would find it hard to choose a genre that accurately described our style. A recent review of our e.p described us as "a fusion of clean folk [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? We are Niall, Ryan and Kirstin, individually many names, depending on who may be referring to us... Together we have more hair than The Powerpuff Girls, though we settle on a grand title of Garden Of Elks. How would you describe the music you make? A bit like the after effects of an Ann Summers sale- loud, rampant and dirty, leaving you sweaty, satisified and anticipating your [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Hello, I'm Craig Coulthard singer and songwriter from Randan Discotheque. How would you describe the music you make? I try to avoid it, but I'll give it a go - song based, mostly fun, sometimes sad. I like a good tune, and I like words. How did you start out making music? [...]
I've had this review practically written for a few weeks now, but I decided to hold off on its conclusion. Normally when I'm doing the 62 Word Reviews here on Peenko, I only get time for a few listens of each track before writing the review. I feel on occasion that, upon having a quick look back at some reviews, I've been far too generous with my praise. Something has maybe happened to catch me in the right mood. I've then soaked it in a golden shower of hyperbole and published the review before realising that while it might be [...]
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