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Donald Finlayson, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Polish Club – Iguana
"'Iguana' will be an easy sell for anyone who likes a good fuzz-tone or a blown-out larynx."
Features / Music
Are These Masked Singers The Concealed Crusaders We've All Been Waiting For?
Just when you thought the music industry was safe, some bad apples in masks have come to cause trouble in the scene. Could these up-and-coming masked musicians be the concealed crusaders we've all been waiting for? Or are they just a bunch of thinly veiled villains? Donald Finlayson investigates.
Features / Music
'No More Of This Nonsense': I Know Leopard Have Gone Live On Their Debut LP
I Know Leopard frontman Luke O'Loughlin tells Donald Finlayson how the band changed their spots on their debut LP, 'Love Is A Landmine'.
Features / Music
Bear's Den Third Album Might Be The Most Kanye-influenced Folk-Pop You'll Ever Hear
Andrew Davie of Bear's Den talks to Donald Finlayson about experimenting with different instrumentation in order to craft their third album, 'So That You Might Hear Me'.
Reviews / Live
Kurt Vile & The Violators @ The Forum. Photos by Nathan Goldsworthy.
Live Review: Kurt Vile & The Violators, RVG
"Vile unceremoniously mumbles, "Aight, I wanna bring Courtney on," into the mic."
News / Music
The Exclusive Vinyl You Need To Get Your Hands On This Record Store Day
Record Store Day means limited edition vinyl and one-off reissues and as usual, there's a whole mess of them to pick from this year. There's no wrong choices obviously, but a few of them might be particularly heart-breaking to miss out on.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: American Football - American Football (LP3)
"Mike, this ain't a collaboration with fucking Timbaland! Sing from your heart, bro!"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Spiral Stairs - We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized
"Another mix of indie-rock and Kannberg's love of early post-punk like The Fall and Swell Maps."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Homeshake - Helium
"There's nothin' to see here, folks."
Features / Music
Our Round-up Of This Year’s Musical Stocking Stuffers
"You'll shat-ner your pants laughing when you listen to this record."
Features / Music
The Music 2018 Writers' Poll: Donald Finlayson
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2018...
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oh Pep!
"Her wobbly, unhinged playing dips up and down the neck with frequent trips to the forbidden zone above the tenth fret."
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