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Dropkick

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About Me

"Songs that capture a power pop spirit tinged with a country edge, shimmering guitars and vocal harmonies recall classic California bands and more local contemporaries such as Teenage Fanclub. 8/10" Americana UK

"Turning Circles deserves to be top of your CD rack. 5/5." Is This Music?


"Scotland’s finest alt-country power-pop band."
Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland

Dropkick is a Scottish band who play catchy, countrified pop music with great brotherly harmonies and melodies that will stick in your head forever. Imagine Paul McCartney playing "Duelling Banjos" with Brian Wilson and you’re halfway there...
Dropkick record and produce all their own albums at home and release them on their own Taylored Records label. Their new album "Dot The i" is released on 29th March 2008 and you can also buy the CD now for £7 by clicking the button above. Payment by credit/debit cards and cheques as well as PayPal is accepted, and postage is free to anywhere in the world. Dropkick’s back catalogue can be bought by visiting their online shop . To buy their previous album "Turning Circles" (released 20th April 2007) for only £7, click the button below. You can also listen to all Dropkick albums in full here . Dropkick albums can also be downloaded in full from .. and www.scotloads.co.uk as well as most other legal download sites, including Napster , Virgin Digital , HMV Digital , Yahoo! Music , eMusic and Rhapsody . Albums cost from just £6.99, with individual tracks available for only 79p.
To contact the band or to join their mailing list simply click here . Join the mailing list today to receive a free 4 track CD.

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Member Since: 4/15/2005
Band Website: dropkickmusic.co.uk
Band Members: Alastair Taylor - guitar, vocals, pedal steel.
Andrew Taylor - guitar, banjo, vocals, mandolin, drums, harmonica.
Stuart Low - bass.
Roy W. Taylor - guitar, vocals.
Influences: The Jayhawks, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Buddy Holly, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, The Proclaimers, Teenage Fanclub, Hank Williams, The Lemonheads, Del Shannon, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Ben Folds, The Housemartins, The Everly Brothers.
Sounds Like: "Country pop touched by the hand of God." Americana UK

"Turning Circles deserves to be top of your CD rack. 5/5." Is This Music?


"Scotland's finest alt-country power-pop band."
Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland

"Such a refreshing and tuneful album. 4/5." Rock 'n' Reel

"Inescapably wonderful ... the album is a gem." Netrhythms


"Dropkick have edged yet another step closer to pop perfection. 4/5." Bluesbunny



Record Label: Taylored Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New reviews (and free album offer inside)

Hi folks. Some more reviews for you if you fancy a wee read. The first one is so good, it sounds like I wrote it myself. I didn't though...Music News Scotland album review:"Dropkick have a fantastic m...
Posted by Dropkick on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:52:00 PST

Free download of the song "dot the i"

Hi everyone. The title track of our new album "dot the i" is available to download for free from now until mon 7th April from here. Help yourselves!Also, our previous album "Turning Circles" has been ...
Posted by Dropkick on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:16:00 PST

Three From Leith podcast - Dropkick special including live tracks

Hi everyone.The excellent Three From Leith podcast has dedicated its entire show to the mighty ’Kock this week. Listen to the show at www.threefromleith.com/ There’s 3 tracks from our new ...
Posted by Dropkick on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:21:00 PST

Americana UK review

Hi all. We’ve just received a nice review from www.americana-uk.comHere it is:"More sunshine pop from Scots band Favourably reviewed here in the past, dropkick’s latest album continues th...
Posted by Dropkick on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:19:00 PST

New album, tour and half price album offer

Hi all.Just a wee message to let you know that our new album "Dot The i" is released on march 29th. You can pre-order CDs for £7 (including postage) now by visiting www.tayloredrecords.co.uk or www.dr...
Posted by Dropkick on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:00:00 PST

Merry Xmas from the ’Kock!

Seasons greetings everyone!Since it's nearly Christmas time, we've decided to give you all a couple of free presents to download. The first is our ...
Posted by Dropkick on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:11:00 PST

Kock Update

Hello from 'Kockland! We've been beavering away recording new material and practising every week. This is a new concept for the 'kock and so far we haven't fallen out. Good stuff. EP New Ep 'Killing T...
Posted by Dropkick on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:03:00 PST

New Album!

So after an eventful summer of having babies (alastair and andrew), sorting out new flats (ross) and recovering from the shock of turning 30 (stu), the 'kock are roaring back into action with the reco...
Posted by Dropkick on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:34:00 PST