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Close Lobsters

Close Lobsters were a Scottish indie pop band. According to legend, the band's name was derived from their inability to decide between two prospective names: The Close and The Lobsters. First coming to prominence with the track "Firestation Towers" on the NME's famed C86 compilation, they signed to Fire Records and released their debut single "Going To Heaven To See If It Rains" in October 1986. After landing a support slot with The Jesus and Mary Chain on their tour...

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Daimh

Dàimh (da-eve) is a traditional, high energy Celtic band. The band members are from several Celtic lands: Cape Breton Island, Ireland, Scotland and the United States. Instruments include bagpipes, fiddle, banjo, guitar, bodhran and mandola. Band members include: Colm O'Rua, Gabe McVarish, Angus MacKenzie, Ross Martin, James Bremner, and Calum Alex MacMillan

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Panda Su

Panda Su is a one-woman band hailing from the sunny shores of St Andrews, Fife. A bit of a loner and with no one to turn to founding member Suzanne Isabel Ferreira had no choice but to learn how to play every instrument under the sun by herself. This makes her debut 'Sticks and Bricks' EP (produced and mixed by Black Affair/King Biscuit Time/ex-Beta Band extraordinaire Steve Mason) a joy to listen to but almost an impossibility to play live.

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The Boy Orchestra

Hailing from Dundee, Scotland The Boy Orchestra combine explosive, intelligent, intricate guitar work with a pop sensibility that is sure to get your feet tapping and singing along to their witty sharp lyrics. Live shows are not to be missed providing energentic and jaw dropping performances, these 4 young lads have carved themselves an established and respected place on dundee's music scene.
On a scottish tour this August, check them out www.myspace.com/theboyorchestratbo

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The Silencers

There are three recorded bands with this name. 1. The Silencers from Scotland have existed since the late 1980s. They were formed from the ashes of the 1980s band Fingerprintz. The Silencers began their career with the 1987 album A Letter from St Paul. Although they had a couple of hits in their early career, the band were not rewarded with commercial success until the Scottish Tourist Board featured their version of the traditional "Wild Mountain Thyme", a hit which surprised everyone concerned.

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Lord Cut-Glass

Lord Cut-Glass features Alun Woodward formerly of Scottish band The Delgados. Official 'Lord Cut Glass' Press Release courtesy of Chemikal Underground Lord Cut-Glass, the solo incarnation of ex-Delgado Alun Woodward, takes his maiden album bow for Chemikal Underground on June 22nd.… Sometimes bashful, occasionally imbued with curmudgeonly bluster, and yet always lifted by humorous life-learned truisms, Lord Cut-Glass strikes a dashing figure of musically inventive bravado.

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