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Bristol’s Brilliant Corners are capable of the most joyous of pop sounds — bright, ringing guitars skipping through a mix of peppy drums, tight bass, trumpet and piano. By the same token, the group is also capable of the most depressing lyrics. Like Morrissey, singer/songwriter Davey Woodward has curious preoccupations — with death and dying…

Thoroughly wistful and eternally childlike, Glasgow’s Pastels exemplify a much maligned style of UK music that was, for a time, referred to as “anorak pop.” Characterized by an amateurish devotion to ’60s pop conventions and wide- eyed na‹veté, the sound is as lovable as it is easily copied. The Pastels have the distinction of being…

Although this young Irish quartet debuted on 45 with a fiery guitar anthem (“Julie Cries”), an inappropriate choice of producer (Martin Hannett) for their first album turned them into bass-heavy doom mongers. A remix of the single on All the Gods’ Men tells the whole sordid tale. A little light does shine through in “Sometimes,”…

A leading light in Scotland’s neo-pop revival, Edinburgh’s Josef K attempted an uneasy marriage of pop form and psychedelic sensibilities on a string of melancholic singles, all contained on the band’s one original album, The Only Fun in Town. Singer Paul Haig is the only member identified by name, and his presence is certainly the…

Coventry’s Primitives are one of best results of a British pop genre that first gained notoriety around 1986, in the wake of the Jesus and Mary Chain (but with a backwards nod to early Blondie). Characterized by selfconsciously na‹ve vocals and distorto-guitar backing tracks that pay tribute to the ’60s while reveling in post-punk insouciance,…

Those old parental fears—matches, alcohol, a rough crowd, drugs—are passé. What seems to send UK (especially Scottish) bands spiraling over the edge of sanity and sanctity now is that demon dancebeat. Two years’ worth of singles and EPs (collected on the Hang-Ten! album) had identified the Soup Dragons as Glasgow’s junior Buzzcocks; that image ended…

This casual Leeds trio — Jon Langford (guitar; also leader of the Mekons), John Hyatt (vocals, lyrics) and John Brennan (bass) — began by specializing in discordant socio-political guitar punk with trembling falsetto vocals; their career-long use of a rhythm machine rather than a live drummer has lent a unique tension to the group’s sound.…