MUSIC
AHEAD OF THE CURVE:
NEW MUSIC TO LISTEN OUT FOR
You're at a party, the Spotify playlist is being compiled, and someone asks if you've heard any decent
new music recently. Don't panic: just consult this handy list of top tune-makers by David Pollock. Whether or not you take the credit for discovering these wonderful acts is entirely up to you
CATHOLIC ACTION MANUELA
Lush, lo-fi indie rock from Glasgow, with roots in other well-loved bands from the city like Casual Sex and Pinact. They released their debut ‘L.U.V’ this year.
Continental DIY pop from songwriter Manuela Gernedel and her husband Nick McCarthy, a sometime member of Franz Ferdinand and FFS. Released on the Isle
facebook.com/catholicactionband of Eigg’s mighty cottage label Lost Map. lostmap.com/manuela
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ANNA MEREDITH ETTE
DTHPDL
The multi-talented winner of this year’s Scottish Album of the Year Award, for her gorgeously eclectic
Founded by Carla Easton of Scots indie-poppers TeenCanteen and Joe Kane, Ette’s Homemade
album Varmints, has also composed for the BBC Lemonade (on Olive Grove Records) is an album filled
We have no idea how to pronounce it (Deathpoodle?), but DTHPDL make some great, arcing rock with hints of shoegaze and grunge on
Proms. annameredith.com
with big sounds and sharp hooks. the much-respected label, Song, by Toad.
facebook.com/ettemusic facebook.com/DTHPDL
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