As the man behind the Song, By Toad blog, podcast and record label Matthew Young has a reputation as one of Scottish music’s most passionate and committed cheerleaders. He is also – as regular listeners of said podcast in particular will know – completely bloody fucking minded. The Pale Imitation Festival, which Matthew has run […]
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Yesterday I was pulling together some of my highlights of 2013, and things that I am most looking forward to in 2014, for TYCI. I was asked for my resolutions going into the new year, and as I started to write them out (to learn to like myself, to take better care of my mind […]
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This review was originally published on The Arts Desk. In a way, falling prey to hype-inspired backlash as early in your musical career as Vampire Weekend does have its benefits – assuming, of course, you have the long-term determination and songwriting prowess to back it up. When “Diane Young”, the first single from Modern Vampires […]
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I know. I know… This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. There’s a slight unease I feel about Savages which only grows with every listen to the band’s heavily-hyped debut album. Perhaps I’m too old to experience my music as just one facet of a conceptual art project, where it comes as part of […]
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As I left my (lovely, new) doctor’s surgery this morning, laden with a large bag of prescription medication. I allowed myself a brief moment of smugness. It’s one thing to have felt under the weather for going on three weeks and another thing entirely to have that legitimised. Not that I’d normally seek external validation […]
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