48 ............... Friday, November 4, 2016 1SM 1SM Friday, November 4, 2016 ............... 49 BRING ME THE HORIZON, tonight, Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham; TOM ODELL, tonight, The TOP 5 Brighton Centre; THE SPECIALS, tonight, Wolverhampton Civic Hall; ALL TIME LOW, March 10, ss f t w MUSIC MEETS TOVE LO ss f t w MUSIC GIGS Eventim Apollo, London; RADIOHEAD, July 4, Manchester Arena 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 album, Queen Of WHERE: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis MUSIC The Clouds. FOR FANS OF: Metallica, Queens Of The THE COURTEENERS In Lady Wood 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 Los Angeles 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 Queen Of The Clouds, 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 Fire Fade, 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 Wiz Khalifa, 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 True Disaster. 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 Cool Girl 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.