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THE BROKEN RAVENS NEW HOT WHO: Toby Michaels (vocals), Calum Continued from Page 45 “Thrash” MacAulay (guitar), Derek Healey NEW RELEASES about drug use to deal with heart- (guitar), John “Lotto” Ferguson (bass), Kevin ache, the feisty singer is as open as TRACKS Clark (drums) she was on first , Queen Of WHERE: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis MUSIC The Clouds. FOR FANS OF: Metallica, Queens Of The THE COURTEENERS In she sings about Stone Age, Foo Fighters By Jim Gellatly Mapping the Rendezvous HHHú sex and love and the ups and JIM SAYS: Stornoway metal band The Bro- down of relationships in her usual candid way, an approach that has ken Ravens head to this month DESPITE being written off as for a string of dates. Manchester-flavoured lad rock, earned Tove — whose mum is a I’m feeling Drummer Kevin Clark and guitarist Derek The Courteneers have quietly therapist — a lot of attention. The singer says: “I have always Healey are no strangers to the entertainment continued to garner a following. capital of the world. Now on their fifth album, they been a feminist and very open. With my first album I didn’t real- Their previous band, Our Lunar Activities, have matured and embellished spent a fair bit of time in LA, including record- their sound, while sticking to ise or understand that people would see it as provocative. ing with Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. the blueprint. The Broken Ravens first got together in late Opener Lucifer’s Dreams is “I had to defend myself so many times for being a woman and sing- 2011, initially playing cover versions of rock directed at the beautiful people favourites. Watch video of Broken Ravens at: of North London. ing about sex. I thought that was so weird and why was it even an GRANDADDY: Way We Trash explained: “We had so much fun that thescottishsun.co.uk No One Will Ever Replace Us issue? People sing about this stuff pretty great it quickly led to jamming our own tunes and Won’t. The legendary deals with the beery-eyed all the time. snowballed from there, recording, putting our nostalgia of old mates while band return after a brate his 40th birthday and he put his market- “But I realised that it was MEN decade-long hiatus music out and playing some great gigs and De La Selle is a slow ballad in who sing about this all the time.” festivals on the mainland.” ing hat on. the vein of Oasis’s Wonderwall. with this brilliant new He told me: “We had just finished recording Like , single. Think fuzzy I first saw The Broken Ravens live a few For some, the meat-and- which was divided into three chap- years ago at a showcase in Inverness. Their ten tracks in the Wee Studio in Stornoway, potatoes guitar riffs guitar hooks and ters — The Sex; The Love and The Jason Lytle’s (above) explosive take on classic rock had me with the amazing Keith Morrison co-produc- are too derivative to Pain — Lady Wood is divided into hooked. ing. I saw it as an opportunity. Through con- merit attention – but signature drawl. The Fairy Dust and , the track heads up their tacts I had made in my previous band, I set up for the converted extremes Tove goes through when Gift-wrapped as many meetings as I could. they continue to fifth album Last Place, she is chasing a rush. out next year. “Keith was mixing with the guys when I was carry the torch. JS She explains: “I was never going in Harris Tweed in the air. to change just because a number about being HHHHú “I then made up some USB EPKs, gift- of people thought it was wrong for CHARLI XCX FT. LIL A line-up change at the start of last year LAMBCHOP saw Kevin teaming up with his former band- wrapped in Harris Tweed handbags, filled me to sing about things like this.I YACHTY: After The with local goodies, whisky and other band Flotus HHHHú still wanted to express myself After Party. A glossily mate Derek, plus Toby Michaels coming in on vocals. merchandise. KURT WAGNER’S music exactly the way I wanted to. produced party “The response was better than we could “There shouldn’t be any differ- anthem with a Kevin told me: “It gave us the kick in the achieves its aims through rear end we needed. We took a good look at ever have hoped for.” subtle textures and half-spoken ence between what men and spooktacular video. women talk about. There are way It’s from Charli’s third what we were doing and decided how we They were soon offered a date supporting thoughts. bigger questions and issues for album, which looks set could change things. multi-million sellers Puddle Of Mudd. As leader of Nashville women all over the world. Issues to be her most poppy “Derek was a friend to everyone in the band They are set to play a dream set with them collective Lambchop, he’s that I’ve never had to experience to date. already. at the legendary Whisky A Go Go on Holly- drawn on soul, country and on my own being a white woman growing up HHHH “We had known Toby for a couple of years, wood’s iconic Sunset Boulevard on Novem- rock but fashioned something ber 18. in Sweden. SHURA: Nothing’s and he came highly recommended. Logisti- elusive and individual. “If I chose to silence myself cally it was going to be a challenge as Toby They’ve since secured a handful more Now FLOTUS (For Love Often Real. Elegant electro dates in LA during their visit. because I’d offended someone by pop from the lives in Nairn, so he has a long way to come Turns Us Still) is a startling being a woman, then that would for practice. To celebrate, they unleash a new track, reinvention that employs the be wrong.” Mancunian singer. This is the title track of “Somehow we made it work, and every- Calling Of The Hounds, as a free download type of electronic sonic The Fairy Dust side of the album thing just clicked.” through Soundcloud on Tuesday. landscape you might expect on includes Influence, a collaboration her excellent debut album. Thrash added: “It totally opened up our Back on home turf, The Broken Ravens are a Kendrick Lamar record. with , and her brilliant booked to play An Lanntair in Stornoway on HHHH sound. We got to utilise Toby’s broad vocal With treated vocals and electro-pop single . range and Derek’s ability. January 6. processed beats, Wagner ‘It’s hard to hold KT TUNSTALL: Hard “After two practices, we had two brand new A new EP is also set for release the follow- weaves his magic, Girls. This track about tracks that had Toby and Derek’s imprints on ing month. even if the staying true to MORE: thebrokenravens.com on to relationships’ yourself pairs a them but still very much TBR. unadorned finale “They settled into the band in no time at lJim presents a weekly showcase of New The Hustle is this also features, a track middle-of-the-road Music on Amazing Radio Sundays 2-4pm. melody with a more all.” album’s master inspired by Gillian Flynn’s best- The upcoming Los Angeles dates came See www.amazingradio.com and www.jim- stroke.SC selling thriller Gone Girl, which in experimental, gellatly.com 2014 was made into a film starring saturated about after Kevin went there last year to cele- Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, TOVE LO instrumental. CRX as psychopath Amy Dunne. HHH New Skin HHHH Tove says: “There is a monologue Lady Wood PHARRELL in the film where Amy is talking WILLIAMS: Runnin’. AS lead guitarist in The Strokes, about how she changed herself to Nick Valensi is arguably one of HHHH This vibey jazz track become someone that she thinks from the artist/super- the most distinctive players in her husband wants. producer features on indie rock. “It made me think about the 1. Fairy Dust (Chapter I) the soundtrack for This debut record with CRX beginning of relationships, when 2. Influence upcoming film Hidden – produced by Queens of the we play those power games of Figures. Stone Age main man Josh whoever shows the least emotion 3. Lady Wood HHHú Homme – places his signature has the upper hand. It made me 4. True Disaster sound in a whole new context. question why we change ourselves GROUPLOVE: Do You This band is lighter on scuzz for a person. It is just setting your- 5. Cool Girl Love Someone. From and has an more glam self up to fail. 6. Vibes the band’s latest aesthetic. “In the song I’m being sarcastic, album Big Mess, saying I know what you’re doing 7. Fire Fade (Chapter II) comes this full-bodied But they do go pretty heavy at indie-rock anthem times, with tracks like On Edge but I just want something real.” 8. Don’t Talk About It Chapter II, Fire Fade, is the part with a subtly grungy and Unnatural doing away with 9. Imaginary Friend vibe. the swagger in favour of of the album that Tove refers to as something more aggressive. the darker side to her journey and 10. Keep It Simple HHHH Broken Bones includes synth ballad Don’t Talk 11. Flashes ALPINES: Stay. and Ways To Fake It About It and another standout, 12. WTF Love Is Another sleek and bring a pop vibe, Imaginary Friend. soulful track from proving they have a Writing the new record was a London duo Catherine number of strings creative time for Tove and she’s Pockson and Bob to their bow. PC been working on the follow-up in Matthews. They say it between her shows. was made to be turned She laughs and says: “I know it’s Mostly I realised how much I love music. And I have a very hard also love , who are two Coldplay’s last album A Head Full rities as she is about her personal up loud. singing and how much I depend time letting go of music because of my best friends from Sweden Of Dreams, on the track Fun. life is why so many young girls look crazy but I didn’t want to cram 20 HHHú songs into one album — that was on it. My whole life is in my voice it’s something that I really need. who I’ve been lucky to work with.” She recalls: “I thought it was a up to Tove. AND THE WARM just too much. It was very impor- but I’d say it took me a year to get “It is up to me to figure out As well as her own hits, Tove prank at first. It’s a role she takes very seriously, TELEGRAM: You Said tant that this record felt like one back to knowing how to control it. where and when I am willing to made her name as a for “I got an email which said, ‘Hey saying: “It’s all about honesty. Grow- You Saw Us. Despite INVENTIONS body of work and for me, ten “It was a lot weaker in the give up some of it for someone other big names when she was it’s Chris Martin from the British ing up I remember arguing with my scruffy edges and HHHH songs with my chapters and intros beginning so I am very happy that because music is a very demanding hand-picked to team up with Max band Coldplay’ and I didn’t believe it. parents when my brother was plenty of reverb, this is THE VOICE of and outros was what I wanted. I had the surgery because it gave life. Now I’m feeling pretty good Martin’s writing collective Wolf “I have been a huge fan of the allowed to do something that I an impressively tight returns just as dreamy and “To cram 20 songs in one release me the possibility to fully have my about being on my own.” Cousins in late 2014. band for ever and used to sing all wasn’t because he was a boy. track, it brings to mind gorgeous as ever. is too much. It wouldn’t be some- voice back.” With huge worldwide hits such as She went on to write songs for of their songs at school. But then “They’d listen and think I was The Jesus And Mary Sandoval’s collaborations thing you could take in all at once. And how has she changed Habits and , Tove says Girls Aloud, Ella Eyre, Lloyd we spoke and he asked me to sing right. I’ve never thought I couldn’t Chain. HHHH with My Bloody Valentine’s It would be overkill.” in looking after her voice? “They she’s happy that people compare and The Saturdays. on the song. do something because I was a girl TA’EAST: Light The Colm Ó Cíosóig (The Warm She adds of her next project: “It said I could never smoke again. I her to another Swedish songstress, Of working with her mentor, and that’s a big part of me. Way. The LA-based Inventions) are few and far gives time to take the first two think it’s easy to give up things Robyn, who she admires hugely. Tove says: “Working with Max was ‘I’m only a role model “So I’m only a role model in that rapper delivers a between but this third effort in steps of this emotional journey in. when you know what you can lose. Tove says: “Robyn is a huge an amazing learning experience for in that I am being real’ I am being real. relentlessly dark 15 years is worth the wait. “Then, the second two chapters — That was no trouble.” inspiration. I’m such a fan. I also me and I wish I could do more.I “I can show all sides to every sound on this track. It begins with the ambient, which are called Light Beams and Having recently moved to New think is very talented and try as much as I can but don’t “I was in Brazil at the time and story and some topics might not be Cairo Mayeson’s stark atmospheric Into The Trees, Pitch Black — are the more York, the singer says she has been cool. The same with Lana Del Rey, have the time. so when I got the track sent I was considered good for young kids to production offsets the extreme contrasts of the highs and so busy that she has not had time who says things the way she wants “I wrote Still Falling For You for listening to it over and over again. I hear, but things aren’t going to go rap perfectly. underpinned by keyboards and to and doesn’t apologise for it.I drums that wouldn’t be out of the lows. Those songs will defi- to settle in her new city. Ellie Goulding, which I am proud was really nervous in the studio, away just because we don’t talk HHHú place on an early post-Syd nitely make sense when you hear Her non-stop schedule also of. Wolf Cousins are like a family questioning whether I was really about them. Whether that’s sex or OLLY MURS: Grow Up. Barrett Pink Floyd record. More them all as one album.” means no time for relationships ‘They said I could never to me.I miss everyone a lot good enough. drugs . . . there are ways to protect This track, taken from conventional, The Peasant is an One low that Tove has recovered but she’s enjoying being single. because I used to spend so much “It’s the only song I have ever without ignoring. And that’s how I Olly’s (below) acoustic, country- from is the vocal surgery she Tove says: “To be honest it’s hard smoke again but it’s easy time with them in the studio.” sung on without writing anything approach my songs. upcoming fifth album tinged gem while underwent last year after suffering to hold on to relationships. My life As a headstrong girl with plenty myself and I think wanting to “I address all the real things that 24 Hrs, has an , a from cysts on her vocal cords. keeps changing so much that I to give up things when you of confidence, Tove says she does deliver it the way they wanted was happen in my life without trying to unfortunate nursery lovely laidback duet She admits: “It was very scary have to choose between my love suffer from nerves such as when really surreal.” hide anything away. It’s the only rhyme quality. for a person or my passion for my know what you can lose’ she was asked to sing on Being as honest about her insecu- with , is a and a wake-up call in a way. way for me.” HHú summer breeze of POPPY COSYNS a song. SC