Monthly Archives: January 2016

Interview: Emma Pollock

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This feature originally ran in The Herald Arts (Scotland) on January 23, 2016… Emma Pollock has long written songs for wonders that we cannot touch. She serenaded chemical reactions – light and heat; smoke and sound – on her 2007 … Continue reading →

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Interview: BMX Bandits

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This article originally appeared in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on December 30, 2015 In 1986, indie magazine Sounds reviewed the debut single from BMX Bandits. “Indigestably sickly sweet,” they wrote of the Bellshill sunshine-pop rabble’s inaugural seven-inch, E102. “These BMX … Continue reading →

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Interview: Julia Holter

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) in November 2015. We always speak after the leaves have fallen. The first time was in 2012, while she was doing her thanksgiving shopping. As she traipsed LA’s supermarket aisles, Californian … Continue reading →

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Interview: The Spook School

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This interview originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) in October 2015. Edinburgh power-pop rabble The Spook School are chronicling the rock ‘n’ roll carnage that beset the making of their second album. “We got a hotel room near our … Continue reading →

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Interview: FOUND

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) in October 2015. In the beginning, there were five. That was before the robots came. That was before art-pop collective FOUND spawned a cyborg plant orchestra in a hothouse; sired a … Continue reading →

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Single / EP reviews: HQFU, The Van T’s, Hector Bizerk, United Fruit, Songs of Separation.

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on December 18, 2015. As the pop prophet Axl Rose almost said, nothing lasts forever, even cold December rain. But while it pours, let’s stay indoors, with songs to nurse our … Continue reading →

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