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NEWMUSIC By JimGellatly
FOGGY CITY ORPHANWHO: Paul McLinden (vocals/guitar),John McLinden (guitar/vocals), MartinMcLinden (bass/vocals), StephenSweeney (drums/vocals).WHERE:Glasgow.FOR FANS OF: The Strokes, The La’s.JIMSAYS: Foggy City Orphan are a rela-tively new name on the scene, but withbags of experience. As a teenager backin the 90s Paul McLinden wrote andplayed with Britpop hopefuls The Gyres.
Tipped for big things at the time theytoured the world, sharing stages withthe likes of Oasis, Bon Jovi and the late,great David Bowie.
After The Gyres, Paul was involved invarious solo and collaborative projects.He told me: “I’ve played guitar on PeteDoherty’s UK tour, wrote for Dot Allisonalongside Paul Weller and also com-posed music for film and TV.”
Paul’s cousins John and Martin, alongwith Stephen, had been playingtogether for a while. The four came
together as Foggy City Orphan around10 months ago. Set to release theirdebut single Rocket next month, FoggyCity Orphan have already been pickingup national radio support from BBCRadio 6 Music presenters Steve Lam-acq and Tom Robinson.
Paul said: “We could never haveexpected a reaction like this to a debutsingle by an unknown band. We just gotword that our gig at King Tut’s is soldout, so we’re delighted with that.”
Foggy City Orphan play Tut’s tomor-row night.
Future dates include Paisley’s Bunga-low Bar on March 5 and The Hug AndPint in Glasgow on April 16. The singleRocket is released on February 1.l More: www.facebook.com/foggycityorphanl Jim presents a weekly showcase ofnew music on Amazing Radio on Sun-days 2-4pm.www.amazingradio.comwww.jimgellatly.com
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WHITE had a superb end to 2015.And the five-piece band havepicked up 2016 where they left off.New single Living Fiction has got agreat response. And they’re off ontheir biggest tour yet — kicking offat Tunnels in Aberdeen on Febru-ary 17. They carry on to Inverness,Edinburgh and Glasgow. See www.calledwhite.com
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IF you’ve been hammering away on
Fifa 16, then you’llknow all about
Tiggs Da Author. His big track Run
features in the game and it’s not
often an Eastern African jazz tune
has pop appeal. Youcan see Tiggs
do it live on Sundayat Edinburgh’s
Usher Hall — he’s supporting Jess
Glynne. Hear thesingle now at:
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album after they upped sticksand moved to a loft apartmentin New York.
Johnny explained: “It was verydifficult as there’s so many art-ists out there — it’s hard to cutthrough.
“We weren’t afraid but still
didn’t expect to do so well, soquickly.
“We write directly from ourhearts and there’s nothing wecan do about that.
“It’s important for your musicto evolve.
“Moving to New York fully
changed our whole lives and wewrote about it.”
Now they’re heading ourway. The guys are part of TheCarnival of Madness Tour whichhits Glasgow’s SSE Hydro onFebruary 1.
Johnny said: “It’s been a
dream. We are so excited tostart travelling.
“There’s not much pressure onus, we’re the opening band sohopefully we’ll gain some fans.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity.”l For tickets, go to: www.carniva-lofmadness.com
HIGHLY Suspect startedout gigging for freepints of lager.
But now the US rockersare uncorking the champagneafter their debut album Mis-ter Asylum scooped twoGrammy nominations.
Frontman Johnny Stevens said:“It’s humbling and crazy it hap-pened on our first album —we’re pumped.
“It’s a joke when you’re a kid— ‘Hey, I want to win aGrammy’. Then all of a suddenit f***ing happens.”
They’re up for Best RockAlbum and Best Rock Song.
They’re up against James Bay,Florence and the Machine plustheir heroes Muse.
And the three schoolpals fromCape Cod, Massachusetts, arestill pinching themselves.
Johnny said: “We used to messabout in the basement, as wehad a house togetherafter high school.
“Our friends said weshould put together aset and go out to thebars. They said wecould get free beer.
“That was the aim. Goto the bar on a Friday,not spend our paycheque and get free beer.
“But now to be in thesame category as Muse is some-thing else. They were probablythe single most important influ-ence to us — even though wesound nothing like them.”
The lads’ sound changed a lotright before they recorded their
Unusual Suspects
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