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Music Weekly podcast: Teenage Fanclub's Gerry Love and Soundway Records

4360 days ago
Guardian MusicWe've got beats and pieces from all around the world this week, with Ben Beaumont-Thomas joining Alexis and Kieran in the studio.Ben has been mining the Soundway label's catalogue, and speaks to label boss Miles Cleret about the trade routes of music... more info

Lightships – review

4389 days ago
Guardian MusicLexington, LondonThe bearded are out in force on a rainy evening in London, but these are not the fashionable folk of the trendy districts: they're middle-aged men, here for what is as close to a Teenage Fanclub gig as they are likely to get for the ... more info

Big Star's Third: 'It's hard to nail the chaos'

4395 days ago
Guardian MusicBig Star's chaotic album Third is so shrouded in mystery it doesn't have an official title or running order. How do you go about recreating it live?'I thought it would encounter difficulties," says John Fry, with delicious understatement, down the ph... more info

Lightships :: Electric Cables

4399 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardGiven that Teenage Fanclub has been releasing music for more than 20 years, it’s amazing that the first major steps outside of the group were only taken by members in the last year. First came Norman Blake’s work with Euros Childs of Gorky’s Zy... more info

New band of the day – No 1,255: Virals

4406 days ago
Guardian MusicThere's a sun-kissed, slothful energy to this one-man band's infectious music that evokes the sound of late-70s power popHometown: Worcester.The lineup: Shaun Hencher (vocals, instruments), plus live band.The background: On Friday, we interviewed New... more info

Lightships: Electric Cables – review

4430 days ago
Guardian Music(Geographic)Fans of Gerard Love's work with Teenage Fanclub will sigh contendedly at how Fanclubesque this album is. Every element is in place: Love's diffident, uninsistent voice; quirky arrangements where the expected guitar is replaced by somethin... more info

Lightships – Electric Cables: exclusive album stream

4433 days ago
Guardian MusicListen now to the lovely debut album from Lightships – AKA Gerard Love from Teenage Fanclub and friendsGerard Love, singer, songwriter and bassist with Teenage Fanclub – which is another way of saying "indie rock god" – has gone and made a reco... more info

[Last Night's Playlist] New Music Night IV at River Gods

4493 days ago
Bradley's AlmanacRoughly 12 hours ago I was up in the River Gods DJ booth for the first New Music Night of twenty-twelve, once again splitting the 4-hour shift with fellow Boston-based music blogger extraordinaire Jay Clicky Clicky. While I've been doing the RGs DJ t... more info

Album review: 'Young Adult: Music From the Motion Picture'

4524 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissMikael Wood reviews the soundtrack to Jason Reitman's new film, "Young Adult," which stars Charlize Theron. The soundtrack is full of low-effect alt-rock acts such as Teenage Fanclub, the Lemonheads and Dinosaur Jr.. Listening to these songs one aft... more info

Old music: Silver Sun – Last Day

4556 days ago
Guardian MusicThe height of Britpop wasn't the best time to launch a band who were in thrall to American rock There's never really a good time to be a British band in audible debt to Cheap Trick. On the rare occasions when powerpop has gained a toehold in Britain ... more info

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