Strawberry Whiplash – The Picture Perfect EP

Glasgow’s Strawberry Whiplash return in September with a new EP on Matinee Recordings, their first for well over a year.
The Picture Perfect EP contains four shimmery pop gems, with a really polished noise jangle to the fore – a much cleaner sound overall than 2008’s ‘Who’s In Your Dreams’. Sandra’s sweet vocals sit above some [...]

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Northern Portrait @ The Gramaphone

These two videos were taken at our Lostmusic show on Thursday and were taken by a fan. As great as they are the videos don’t really attest what a great band live they are especially as this was only the second time they had played live.
They play Nottingham tonight, Birmingham on Wednesday before flying out [...]

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The Hermit Crabs – Correspondence Course

To say I was slightly underwhelmed by The Hermit Crabs début album Saw You Dancing is a bit like saying is the pope catholic. The promise of début single Feel Good Factor all but evaporated on initial and subsequent listens as the album betrayed a lack of diversity and apart from the aforementioned single no [...]

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The Guild League – Speak Up

The Guild League are fronted by Tali White who may be better known for his work with The Lucksmiths. Speak Up is the band’s third album but the first I have actually heard. Oh the shame , there goes my indie pop cred…  So if, like me, you are expecting to read how similar it [...]

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