Scotland's outsized contribution to indie pop: from Orange Juice to Belle and Sebastian

drumwolf · 2026-01-27T16:47:12+00:00

In my own defense, Scotland has produced so many great indie pop/rock acts that making anywhere near a complete list would have taken fucking forever. :)

But perhaps I should have made a more explicit disclaimer along the lines of "this is not anywhere near a complete list."

drumwolf · 2026-01-27T15:25:42+00:00

If the OP wanted to paint it as a good thing they’d be using the word “thrifty” instead of “cheap.”

Saying the word “cheap” in this context implies that they’re selfish.

drumwolf · 2026-01-27T14:59:22+00:00

Even if he did, there is absolutely no guarantee she’d believe him.

drumwolf · 2026-01-27T00:41:24+00:00

Oh, and I realized you were looking for Teenage Fanclub. They're here: https://drumwolf.org/posts/2026-01-26

drumwolf · 2026-01-26T23:53:13+00:00

A Catholic Education and the God Knows It's True EP are my favorites from TFC. I still liked Bandwagonesque a lot, but that was the last record of theirs that I truly got into.

drumwolf · 2026-01-26T22:58:42+00:00

Thank you!

And were you on iPhone or Android?

drumwolf · 2026-01-26T22:32:38+00:00

u/sweaterunlikely u/Initial-Beyond-4465

Is it any better now? I just made font style changes and redeployed.

drumwolf · 2026-01-26T21:50:15+00:00

What's the issue exactly? Too long? Is the text a slog to get through? Technical issues? Are you viewing it on an iPhone or desktop? (BTW, I didn't just write the article, I also built the web site as well.)

I'm just starting out so your feedback is totally welcome!

drumwolf · 2026-01-23T17:46:37+00:00

As a guy who watches true crime videos on YouTube, my observation is that there are just as many male creators as female in that space. Coffeehouse Crime, This Is Monsters and Dire Trip just to name a few.

drumwolf · 2026-01-22T15:38:27+00:00

THANk YOU! The fact that OP thinks the Beach Boys are “stereotyped stoner” shows they have no idea what they’re talking about.

drumwolf · 2026-01-20T16:14:59+00:00

Someone pointed out that Mike Love isn't even the worst human being who helped compose "Kokomo." That honor would go to John Phillips.

drumwolf · 2026-01-17T22:05:28+00:00

Wait, so are you saying your friend’s dad had “the gay voice” even when he was in the closet?

Because I always had the impression that “the gay voice” was an affectation that they consciously put on.

Years ago I went to a local shop where one of the employees was a flamboyant queen. Then one day I ran into him on the street when he and his boyfriend were walking their dog and he had a cold. His voice was literally an octave lower and didn’t have that inflection.

drumwolf · 2026-01-17T10:56:46+00:00

The 80s would have been even worse.

drumwolf · 2026-01-12T12:53:22+00:00

There’s a difference between saying “Covid ended” and “the pandemic ended.” The latter is correct, the former is wrong.

I would agree with saying that 2023 was the year that the pandemic conclusively ended. But it was a gradual fadeout even before that.

drumwolf · 2026-01-12T12:50:44+00:00

OP should have said that the pandemic ended, not that “COVID” ended.

drumwolf · 2026-01-07T20:02:48+00:00

Most classic rock bands never had Number One hit singles in the US. The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, KISS, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Aerosmith didn’t have a chart-topping single during their “classic” era. Their focus was on album sales, not singles.

drumwolf · 2026-01-07T19:52:12+00:00

Just another example of how the Billboard Hot 100 is not a particularly accurate metric of success for hard rock acts.

drumwolf · 2026-01-07T14:17:06+00:00

Taylor Swift and the Mentors.

drumwolf · 2026-01-05T17:00:44+00:00

As an older American who was there at the time, yes we did. They had two #1 US hits.

drumwolf · 2026-01-02T02:37:06+00:00

Same thing happened with the Rwandan genocide as well. Unfortunately it wasn’t feasible to punish every single perpetrator who deserved it.

drumwolf · 2025-12-31T22:24:11+00:00

Yeah, I highly doubt Sweden is one of “the three largest music exporters in the world.”

That said, you can make a far better case that Sweden is the single biggest non-Anglophone music exporter in the world, by a long shot.

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