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best single
- Alamos
- Kill Baby Kill
(Pet Piranha)
acerbic guitars and impassioned vocals on a 7" from Dundonian
3-piece
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- Bozilla - This is Not New Sound (EOTMC)
5 bizarre but intensely catchy electro tunes from the Glaswegian
Gooldfrapp/Throbbing Gristle crossbreed
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- Cayto
- Morning (Rictus)
cayto's musical blender adds a bit of classical to the usual
punkprogmetal mix and comes up trumps again.
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- De
Rosa - Camera (Gargleblast)
biting guitar rock with a pop edge from Chem19 studio's offshoot
label.
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- The
Decider! - Unshakeable
(Yonko)
oddly familiar-sounding tune from the west of Scotland's answer
to Joy Division (there, we've said it!)
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- Dedalus/Politik - split CD (NomadAM)
top value with Dedalus's spiky guitar pop and the grungy post-post
rock of Politik.
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- Dirty
Hospital - The Quickness
of (Rottenrow)
The boys from bis embark on a more dance-based direction
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- Delgados - Everybody Come Down (Chemikal Underground)
A timely trailer for the Delgados' back to 1996 sound
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- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Domino)
THE anthem of 2004.
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- Hector
Collectors - Dollification
EP (Stolenwine)
6 bizarre and bonkers tracks including 'Opposites' and 'BA Robertson'.
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- International
Airport / Teenage Fanclub
- Association (Domino)
sweeping collaboration with Tom Crossley's cinematic tune tempered
by TFC's pop genius
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- Kasino
- Thank You and Goodnbight
(download)
- generous free download EP
from the pioneers of DIY releases and purveyors of epic guitar
rock.
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- Lucky Luke - Simon of the Desert (Wee Black Skelf)
7" single from pioneers of the nu-folk sound
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- Multiplies
/ The Kitchen - split
10" (Mr Biji)
first for value - the 'hotly-tipped' Multiplies take on prog
and punk, coupled with The Kitchen's fabulous post-bis electro.
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- Q
Without U - You Say
Pop (Like It's a Dirty Word) ()
top title, top tune - and so much better than similarly-named
imposters!
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- Satellite
Dub - Power off Einstein (Sdub)
pulsating electro from one-man electronic juggernaut
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- Saint
Judes Infirmary - EP (Saint Judes)
swooning pop EP with dark overtones from Edinburgh 5-piece
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- Sons and Daughters - Johnny Cash (Domino)
cowpunk genius from Glasgow boy-girl 4some
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- Thee
Moths - Sand in Our
Pockets EP (Total Gaylord)
One of their last recordings as a duo, and featuring the marvellous
'Universe Prayer'
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- Uncle
John & Whitelock
- The Train (GFM)
gutteral delta blues from grimy Glasgow 4-piece
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