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Based in Glasgow, Matthew McLister is a freelance writer and music fan with a degree in History (University of Glasgow). Passionate about new guitar music and indie bands, he writes features for Gigwise, his own Blinded by the Floodlights website and has even produced his own podcast. You can find more of his music ramblings on Twitter

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Kim Gordon Keeps Experimentalism Alive On The Collective

Matthew McLister Mar 28, 2024 0

A new solo effort from a rock veteran in the latter stages of their career wouldn’t exactly be something many new music fans would be rushing to hear in any given week. Then again, Kim Gordon isn’t just any rock veteran. And boy, does her…

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Yard Act Are At Their Most Eclectic And Fun On Where’s My Utopia?

Matthew McLister Mar 18, 2024 0

Mercury prize nominations, Elton John collaborations and US chat show TV appearances: 2022 was quite the year for Yard Act following the release of debut The Overload. Repeat the same process again for album two then, right? Not quite. On…

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TANGK Sees IDLES Chart Loving And Experimental Terrain

Matthew McLister Feb 22, 2024 0

Bristol punks IDLES are back again with TANGK - the boys are loved up and on a mission to further their sound progression without losing their distinctive boisterousness. As a follow up to 2021’s CRAWLER, the newly discovered terrain marks…

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Bleach Lab Pack Plenty Of Emotion Into Their Dreamy Full Length Debut

Matthew McLister Oct 18, 2023 0

With a collection of impressive EPs under their belt - the highlight being November 2022’s stunning If You Could Only Feel Once – blissful rockers Bleach Lab have slowly become the talk of the UK indie underground, growing a status as one…

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Everything Is Alive Is A Reminder Of Slowdive’s Timeless Quality

Matthew McLister Oct 17, 2023 0

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder and this couldn’t be closer to the truth than with Reading shoegazers Slowdive. Three albums in the early to mid ‘90s gained them status as one of the hottest names in the UK indie rock…

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Why AM Is Arctic Monkeys’ Career Defining Masterpiece

Matthew McLister Sep 13, 2023 0

Make no mistake about it, Arctic Monkeys are this century’s most important British band. Ten years ago they released their fifth studio album AM (do you feel old yet?), a record which more than cemented this title. An album which…

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Album Review | The National Stay Classy On First Two Pages Of Frankenstein

Matthew McLister May 9, 2023 0

When The National dropped ‘Tropic Morning News’ as the lead single for their new album in January, it very much felt like the Cincinnati indie icons had delivered a top tier track to rival their 2007-2013 peak (the four records from Boxer…

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Album Review | The Lathums Go From Nothing To A Little Bit More

Matthew McLister Mar 24, 2023 0

Of all the indie bands to rise through the flames of lockdown, it was the heart-warming tunes of The Lathums (pronounced: The Lay-thums) which struck a chord like no other. Part of the jangle-pop band’s appeal was their look, or, at…

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Album Review | Young Fathers Deserve Mainstream Success For Heavy Heavy

Matthew McLister Feb 21, 2023 0

The last decade has seen Young Fathers decorated in critical success, and yet it feels like they should be better known than they actually are. 2014 debut Dead won them the coveted Mercury Prize, while 2018’s Cocoa Sugar was awarded the …

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Album Review | Skullcrusher Offers Autumnal Beauty On Deceptively Sweet Debut Quiet The Room

Matthew McLister Oct 24, 2022 0

Never has it been more important not to judge a book by its cover than with the music of Skullcrusher. You see when you hear Skullcrusher out of context it’s easy to imagine something quite sinister. Images of a masked Scandinavian…

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