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2009: The Ones That Got Away #6: François & The Atlas Mountains – Plaine Inondable
By Milo | January 17, 2010
Though predominantly a Scottish label, Fence Records seem to have found a rich vein to mine in Bristol, with OLO Worms, Rozi Plain, and now François Marry all being signed to the label. Marry is, as his name suggests French, but came to the label’s attention through playing with Rozi Plain, and clearly has excellent [...]
I knew nothing about Girls before I listened to their album. I knew I liked it but I hadn’t listened enough to know how much in time for my top ten of the year. They’re simple songs really, Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, hell, Elvis-simple. Some of them do seem to be about girls, [...]
Self-styled “Man Machine” Milo McLaughlin delves into The Catalogue, a box set of 8 remastered versions of classic Kraftwerk albums from 1975′s Autobahn to 2003′s Tour De France Soundtracks. Note: This was originally written in November previous to the release of the box set but was held back for the January 2010 issue of The Skinny Magazine [...]
Can’t believe I didn’t listen to this one until now. This Glasgow band has all the ingredients that are likely to excite me: they count the likes of the Cramps, the Velvet Underground and Uncle John & Whitelock as their influences; they’re working with Lucky Number Nine and Say Dirty Records who have an excellent [...]