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Cheeky Monkey was a collaboration between New York-based singer/songwriter Michael Shelley and Scotland’s Francis McDonald, an alumnus of such respectable pop devices as Teenage Fanclub, Eugenius as well as the BMX Bandits. As both performers had by no means previously met personally, the 1st batch of Cheeky Monkey tunes were …

P76 formed following the demise of Melbourne-based Jerihco in Apr 1998, as singer Danny McDonald continued to generate power pop at its finest. Primarily including McDonald along with Costs Downie and Shane Samson (previously of the Parrot Tribe), the group became mainly McDonald’s band using a revolving lineup. After 90 …

Scottish rock ensemble St Deluxe help to make melodic noise-pop in the tradition of such iconic bands as Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. Created by ex-Speeder users guitarists Jamie Cameron and Martin Kirwan, St Deluxe also features drummer Stuart Kidd and bassist Brian McEwan. Developing up in Glasgow, Cameron was …

Goodnight Monsters certainly are a Finnish indie pop affair whose sunlit harmonies and cute-as-pie sensibilities nod to the Is Ivy Little league, Tullycraft, as well as the Bicycles. The group started as a cooperation between Valtteri Virtanen and Matti Jasu, who began making recordings collectively in 2004. Virtanen and Jasu …

Linden may be the functioning name for Scottish vocalist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe McAlinden. Hailing from Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, McAlinden started playing music in his teenagers and was an associate of such formative ’80s acoustic guitar pop rings as the Boy Hairdressers as well as the Groovy Small Numbers, which presented …

Radio Sweethearts is a Glasgow-based alternate country-rock band made up of Frank Macdonald (who have drums for BMX Bandit), vocalist/guitarist John Miller, fiddler John McCusker and pedal metal guitarist Malcolm McMaster. The group released their Kim Fowley-produced debut New Recollections in early 1997.

An ever-shifting Scottish group led by singer/songwriter David Scott, the just regular member, the Pearlfishers certainly are a glorious soft pop music group mixing up acoustic-based music with simple orchestral flourishes, rather such as a Glasgow-based Prefab Sprout with a significant Brian Wilson fixation. Since developing in 1989 the Pearlfishers …

Along with his cult-favorite bands the Vaselines and Eugenius, Eugene Kelly joined compatriots just like the Pastels, Teenage Fanclub, and BMX Bandits in the forefront of Scotland’s indie pop renaissance. Given birth to in Glasgow in 1965, Kelly created the Edinburgh-based Vaselines in 1987 with fellow vocalist/guitarist Frances McKee, later …

Argentinean graphic musician Sebastián Litmanovich began building recordings beneath the name of Cineplexx in 1997 carrying out a life-altering stint in NEW YORK, where Litmanovich started his initial music group, the Amarena Occurrence. A prolific musician, Litmanovich released four albums (Comprimido, Posologia, Electrocardiograma, and Capacidad Maxima: 1 Persona) during the …

Seattle rock and roll & move ironists the Squirrels were led by singer Rob Morgan, a longtime veteran from the Pacific Northwest underground picture who previously fronted regional punk legends the Fishsticks. After further honing his goofy bubblegum-punk strategy using the Pudz, in 1984 Morgan shaped Ernest Anyway as well …