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Welcome to ELM
You know, there’s a lot of it about. Music, I mean. And frankly, you don’t have time to listen to it all. But you want to listen to some. So how do you know the wheat from the chaff, the Udon from the...
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The Cribs Hanging with Legends and Demonstrating Good Taste
I have a soft spot for British indie rockers The Cribs. They are a lot of fun live, and in frontman Ryan Jarman they have a laconic 21st Century boy with a line in dry one-liners. While I don’t think...
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Why do indie bands feel the need to start ‘feuds’?
Coventry’s Jam-clone hobbits the Enemy are apparently locked in a feud with stunningly average Manchester Oasis-copyists the Courteeners. It is unlikely, I’ll grant you, that we’ll need to send Henry...
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Do You Remember When……
Let’s go all Húsker Dú here; Suede were important. Reading was cooler than Glastonbury. A cartoon rabbit playing 50′s tunes was more popular than Jesus. Mark Goodier did the Evening Session....
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Festival Season Spotters Guide
It’s Glastonbury this week folks. And even though the nights are drawing in and the credit crunch is biting, it is sure to be a wonderful experience as usual. The line-up may be tosh, the Eavises may...
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Ladytron – ABC, Glasgow
ELM’s resident curmudgeon Vespertine checks out the hotly-tipped electro act; I approached this gig with an open mind. I knew a few Ladytron songs but had no in-depth knowledge of the band or the set...
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The Cribs featuring Johnny Marr, Glasgow ABC
Cheese on a burger. Fish partnered by chips. Ernie Wise stood next to Eric Morecambe. Basically, some things make so much sense when you see them that you wonder why no-one has tried it before. thus it...
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The Northwestern – Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
Blame Punxatawney Phil if you like, but Groundhog Day has overtaken deja vú as the phrase you use when you’ve seen it all before. It happens a lot in music, it being the carnivorous cyclical beast that...
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Head’s Up – Johnny and the Giros
Johnny and the Giros is a very punk name, but the Scottish band’s stock in trade is a blend of danceable indie which has seen them compared to Foals, Two Door Cinema Club and the Rapture. Where the...
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New to You – Humphrey Milles
It’s cold at this time of year, but people are generally warmer. Holidays coming up, one year ending and the next beginning, there’s something in the air and it’s good. Well, so long as you aren’t one...
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Keith TOTP And His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band – TOTP 2
Howlin’ Whippet looks at an album that could only have come from Blighty. It’s a lengthy moniker, I’ll give you that. So, for the purposes of brevity, we’ll call him Keith TOTP. Recorded, apparently,...
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Dot Dash Interview
US powerpop masters Dot Dash are back with their new album Half-Remembered Dream this month. For those of us who like ringing guitar lines spiralling up into clouds of classic melody, they’re a...
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