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Euros Childs’ playfully eccentric music vision first found the eye of discerning listeners within the ’90s, when he was the first choice of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, the Welsh neo-psychedelic group who all gained a potent Euro following and a little but vocal cult following in america. The group continued a …

Although virtually unidentified beyond indie rock circles, the Pastels were perhaps one of the most inspirational and long lasting sets of the genre, within their start spearheading a movement toward a renewed sense of wistful musical primitivism and willful naivete known variously as “shambling” and “anorak pop.” Furthermore, their impact …

The spacey, mellow, Glasgow, Scotland-based indie rock outfit AIRPORT TERMINAL is actually the project of Tom Crossley, who previously collaborated using the Pastels and Appendix Out. Crossley produced AIRPORT TERMINAL in 1996, having a loose collective of contributors once the group started recording. Their initial discharge was a 1999 7″ …

The members from the Glasgow quartet Content spinning Coin got each been playing in rings, writing songs, and producing the scene before they joined together to create fiercely ramshackle indie pop that reminded their upcoming label mind Stephen Pastel of the “feeling (he) got by the end of the Youngster …

THE BRAND NEW Mendicants are an indie pop supergroup begun by Norman Blake of Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub and Joe Pernice from the American group the Pernice Brothers. Both veteran songwriters 1st fulfilled in 2000 when their rings shared a expenses collectively in London. Twelve years later on they discovered themselves …

The solo project from Teenage Fanclub bassist/vocalist Gerard Like, Lightships produce melodic folk- and rock-inflected pop. Centering around Love’s vocals, songwriting, and electric guitar playing, Lightships also features efforts from Tom Crossley of AIRPORT TERMINAL as well as the Pastels, Dave McGowan, an associate of TFC’s touring music group, and …