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Malcolm Middleton Interview -

R13 talks to Malcolm Middleton as he tours the UK this winter.

R13If we start off talking about your song writing process, your songs obviously seem very personal, do you have to be in a certain mood to write a song with the same emotions?

Malcolm: I suppose I only really write...

The Black Heart Procession - Bloody Bunny/black Rabbit (2010) -

  "Bloody Bunny/Black Rabbit" at first glance seems a place-holder, featuring as it does only three songs and five remixes. But half-measures, for better or worse, are not the MO of The Black Heart Procession. This record is not one of their best, but it may be one of their...

The Western Lands - First listen it's easy to mistake The Western Lands as a pretty disposable knock-off of sombre post-rock names like Slint, Flying Saucer Attack, Hood, MBV, early Chemikal Underground, and so on. Except then these songs start to linger in your memory like the grisly deaths of beloved family pets and...

Sons and Daughters - Mirror Mirror -

Sons & Daughters’ last album, This Gift, was overseen by producer-about-town Bernard Butler, whose all-round know-how of song structure and guitar upholstery was intended to exploit the Glaswegians’ virtues â€" feisty, spiky co-vocals, true grit, mercurial drama. On its own terms, the album was fine enough; but the...

My Latest Novel Play Album Launch Show On Monday! -

My Latest Novel have announced that they will play a special album launch show in London this coming Monday (May 25th).

The show takes place at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush and is presented by The Moonshine Jamboree and The Line of Best Fit.

The show, to celebrate the launch of new...

Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will -

With the exception of this band’s 15 minutes of fameâ€"featured in the 2006 Miami Vice soundtrack while Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx drive fancy speedboats, pursuing the biggest coke bust in South Florida historyâ€"*Mogwai’s* place in rock history is mostly as an influence on the steady wave of instrumental post-rock...

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