Tag Archives: Is This Music?

Is This Music, December 2006 [4/5]

Posted on December 14, 2006 by northernalliance

‘For The Grains Of Sand’ is the long-awaited (well, in some circles!) debut album from Edinburgh slo-core enthusiasts Northern Alliance and, as expected, it’s packed full of wondrous, slow, swirling guitar epics that entwine themselves in the listeners subconscious. Which … Continue reading →

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Bernhard Bessing, Is This Music?, Summer 2004

Posted on July 14, 2004 by northernalliance

Hurrah. Just in time for Euro 2004, a timely reminder of where the Scottish backslide really started which will show why Scots will console themselves with cheering on France and Croatia. Our national football team has never recovered from the … Continue reading →

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Stuart McHugh, Is This Music, May/June 2003

Posted on June 14, 2003 by northernalliance

With a line-up boasting a nuclear physicist – aren’t biog sheets great? –you might expect a vaguely technologically-driven album – aren’t most of Warp Records’ roster graduates in sciences? And this band’s seeming propensity for medical troubles – including collapsed … Continue reading →

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