From the mid-'90s into the 2000s, the world of indie pop obsessed over the '60s pop production and arrangements pioneered by the Beach Boys and the Beatles, and for a decade it seemed that the culture at large was revisiting the '60s and '70s without much in the way of innovative updates. One can only assume that part of the reason for lack of noticeable advances is that 30 years isn't really enough time to have elapsed for these themes to be revisited from a truly different angle, which is wha...   [ read more ]

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From the fertile urban trench known as Glasgow, Scotland, comes a knight on horseback. He wears not the cloth of his more famous neighbors - the Belle & Sebastians, Pastels, Arab Straps and Mogwais. No, this knight comes trotting out of camp with nary a stitch on his body. Bearded and weary, he's got the look of a convalescent after a long night of hard rain. This isn't your father's cowboy story. There's a new sheriff in town and his name is Alasdair Roberts. Most know him from the few beautiful records h...   [ read more ]

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At a dizzying peak of powers, Alasdair Roberts is knocking out tune after killer tune, all scored to the beat of his own weird drum, and we love him for it. The Wyrd Meme is an EP occasioned by the windfall of great music circa 2009 from our Alasdair - the eight massive constructions on "Spoils" are succeeded by another four songs, this set comprising twenty-two minutes of pure aural Roberts: stimulating, colorful, melodic, and arresting, just for starters. An autumnal masterwork that'll sound great at any...   [ read more ]

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