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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Scottish Pop Song of the Day #42
Panda Su – The Alphabet Song (2011) This is the third track from Fife-via-Dundee singer-songwriter Panda Su‘s latest EP, I Begin. I made it Single of the Month in the May issue of The List magazine, here. Panda Su also recently … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphabet Song, Dundee, Fife, Panda Su, Scottish Pop
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Scottish Pop Song of the Day #41
Nick Robertson – Show Me A Sign (1992) I mentioned my adolescent ardour for Edinburgh soul-pop singer-songwriter Nick Robertson when I wrote about Pride & Joy, his duet with Maria McKee, here. Show Me A Sign was another highlight from his debut (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bulletproof Boy, Edinburgh, Nick Robertson, Scottish Pop, Slice
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Scottish Pop Song of the Day #40
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells – The Copper Top (2011) A beautiful film for a beautiful song. “Birth, death, love – the only reasons to get dressed up.” That bit with the fly in the matchbox… The Copper Top is … Continue reading
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Scottish Pop Song of the Day #39
Remember Remember – Imagining Things (2008) Summer-ish, 2004, and a chance gig at Glasgow School of Art bore much delightful fruit. First up was a very early performance from fluoro-techno livewire Germlin – alias Joe Howe of Gay Against You – and thereafter came local prog-brainiacs … Continue reading
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Tagged Dananananaykroyd, Gay Against You, Germlin, Glasgow, Graeme Ronald, Joe Howe, Multiplies, Remember Remember, Rock Action, Scottish Pop, The Royal We
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Postcards from Homegame
Homegame is roundly – and rightly – revered as a harmonious parallel realm in which music and booze flow like bread and water, and if stars were required for this ad-hoc write-up I would afford five of them; ten of … Continue reading
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Scottish Pop Song of the Day #38
Pensioner – Enter Shakira (2011) It’s hard to say what I like most about Pensioner at the moment. Let me count the ways… 1) They’re the most misleadingly-entitled rabble since The Barenaked Ladies. 2) Their melodic and raucous debut album, ‘Yearlings’ (Olive Grove), … Continue reading