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Into Music: Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare To Dream

Artist: Teenage FanclubAlbum: Do Not Dare To DreamLabel: Merge Records For anyone choosing to write about the creative endeavours of others, there’s invariably a contextual prompt, right? A memorable circumstance that compels a few paragraphs in response. Or does that only apply to me? For this review, it was seeing Teenage Fanclub perform late in the evening in

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Into Music: The Cramps – Gravest Gravy

Artist: The CrampsAlbum: Gravest GravyLabel: Vengeance The vagaries of life occasionally throw up some seismic moments. Outside of family, the best of those (in my opinion) come through culture, and specifically for me, through music. For certain generations, those have been delivered through the TV Set…………. #1 The Beatles were watched by an estimated 73 million people as

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Into Scottish Creatives: Raymond McGinley – Teenage Fanclub

We really enjoy the series of Into Scottish Creatives interviews we’ve done and with Teenage Fanclub due to release their thirteenth studio album, Do Not Dare To Dream on 9 October 2026, the opportunity to discuss this with the band’s co-guitarist/co-vocalist/co-songwriter Raymond McGinley was an opportunity not to be missed. Teenage Fanclub formed in 1989

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