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mirvine has written the following articles:
The Grim Northern Social - Honey
The Grim Northern Social are a Scottish band who have recently won all manner of fancy-titled competitions, which in the end, have resulted with them securing a deal with One Little Indian. So expect a lavishly-produced album soon no doubt. Of course by my use of the word lavish you will doubtless have gu»
The Chymes - The Chymes
The Chymes are from Aberdeen. And there’s just something ever so special about them. Swamping us in synths, piano and melodic guitar they sound not unlike an up to date My Bloody Valentine sharing a pint with the Byrds. But they’re better than that. The band themselves look like they’»
Holden and Thompson - Nothing
You will dance to this in the clubs... You will dance to this in the pubs... You will sweat your last to the cocktail of catchy, funked up, speed riddled beats... But the only way you’ll buy it is if you’ve got a 'Tall' or a 'Fatboy' or a 'Judge' in your name... Commercialis»
Four Tet - Rounds
‘As I walked up the house I could see it was slightly run down, yet quaint in the way it sloped slightly to one side. There was an almost Victorian edge to it and the door was open, blowing to and fro in the cool night air’s breeze. Brushing off the dust from the name tag I could see the words FOUR TET.»
The Shadows Of Knight - Back Door Men
HO! Hello BABY! I’ts 4 am and I’m lucky enough to have found an all night record store. Course I HAD to hop on a plane to the BIG APPLE first! But what sight did I see? Rows and rows and rows of SHIT records all lined up like they were THE NEXT BIG THING! There’s pictures of THE STROKES e»
The Young Lions - Rhythm Of Love
EEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUCCCCCCHHH! What the fucking fuckity fuck fuck is this? The Young Lions are Scandinavian. They have weird names like Soppa, Pinola, Aki and... Frank! They look all New York trendy and have big plucky plucky guitary bits. This should be cool, but the lead singe»
The Kills - Fried My Little Brains
‘Fried My Little Brains’. Boy, you don’t know just how much I felt like doing exactly that after listening to this song. It makes me want to slice the top off my head and scoop out what little brain I have left (after selling most of it to medical science so I could buy CDs at college), slap it down »
The Faint - Agenda Suicide
Bleep bleep bloop bleep. Toot. And so it has begun. Electronic music is no longer clasped tightly to the chest of wiry-haired library enthusiasts. Mop tops and jeans and top shop frequenters have taken over the synth. Waaaaay. 'Agenda Suicide' is a darkly morbid, eerie, goth-like retro-futuristi»
The Warlocks - Phoenix
Here’s a quiztion for you pop pickers. How does a guy review the Warlocks album - finally and thankthelordly given a release on UK soil - without coming across like a bastard? Answer: he doesn’t, quite simply because all of you nose pickers will look at this article and respond to it with pseudo rock geekisms »
Fonda 500, Athlete, Long-View at Aberdeen Kef (formerly Lava), Sat 15 Mar
Why why why do we live in a world populated by ears unwilling to feast on new sounds? Why is it people will pay money to see a band they know and not even bother with the support because they’ve maybe never heard them before or for whatever unknown to me reason? You’ve paid the money. What harm can it do? And es»
The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
VV and Hotel. Alias Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince. The Kills. The latest addition in a growing number of boy girl (or is it girl boy?!?) combos. The vacant stare, the James Dean pose, the faded blue jeans, dusty leathers and an obvious stench of too much nicotine. Fresh from the back of an old p»