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iain archer

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About Me

"Upbeat indie pop gems - evocative, windswept, romantic" (Mojo ****)
"Archer's best work to date, both raw and warmly inviting at the same time... a simple almost perverse catchiness as he sings about the pounding his heart has taken, one of Archer's greatest strengths is his ability to steer well clear of cliche" (Hotpress 8/10)
"As good an advert for guitar rock interleaved with hushed excursions into spectral/pastoral pop as you'll hear this year." (Sunday Times)
"Fresh-faced, yearn along gems." (Q Magazine)
"A record that's bravely unsentimental at worrying at emotional and political troubles" (Uncut)
"Unassuming, but gripping." (Uncut)
"These songs are warm and soft to the core, practically blushing with melody, and Archer's fragile voice is sweet and delicious. Lovely." (Time Out)
And this Australian one's pretty good, especially the dundee bit...
“Reminiscent of the soundtrack to Zach Braffs ‘Garden State’ Archer, from Dundee, has produced the best American album of the year, quite an achievement we think.” (Gigwise ****)
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Member Since: 10/25/2005
Band Website: iainarcher.co.uk
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Sounds Like: Feet on gravel, engines of small boats, the thing you do when the sun is in your eyes, playgrounds, lightning

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My Blog

toronto snow

Got back this morning from the fiercest winter onslaught. Last thursday I set off for Toronto to experience, input and perform at Canadian Music Week. The place looked already fairly snowed in as I ...
Posted by iain archer on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:01:00 PST

Anaconda Squeeze

Hey! A little update on what's been going on this past while  I've been lost in music you might say (or at least Sister Sledge would). Played some wunderbar German shows with the mighty Athlete las...
Posted by iain archer on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

possible Germany, likely Nashville

hello hathis tuesday sees me taking a winged bird to the tennessee heights of nashville for 2 weeks. some may think that i'm going over purely for the Country Music Awards because of my great contrib...
Posted by iain archer on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:22:00 PST

Western Australia

Good gordon it is amazing out here! I am writing from my hotel room in Perth, stuffed on the best Thai food I've ever had. Spent the afternoon on the beach in blazing sun, ran into the sea and spent...
Posted by iain archer on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST

Oz again!

Driving south west from Sydney to Canberra (or 'Cranberry'  a name which began as Miriam's spoonerism but has now become our official name for the place) you pass places like Marulan, Bungonia, Goulb...
Posted by iain archer on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:46:00 PST

Berlin/London

Got back from Berlin on Monday morning on a stupidly early flight, lamenting the fact that this was my second visit and plenty little exploration had been done so far. The Magnet Club was in the east ...
Posted by iain archer on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:43:00 PST

Live Webchat

To celebrate my forthcoming tour of Ireland RTE.IE are inviting you to join me for a live webchat this Monday 12th March from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on www.rte.ie...
Posted by iain archer on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:15:00 PST

Burning Codes

I've been mixing some tracks for a project called Burning Codes of late. It is new music that sounds like nothing else around at the moment - beautiful, soulful, momentary paeans of glory, I kid you ...
Posted by iain archer on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:36:00 PST

Highland Tour - the whole story

This time last weekend I was playing a gig in a town called Ullapool which is on the far north west coast of Scotland. It is a stunning place surrounded by immense mountains on the shores of an inlet ...
Posted by iain archer on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:52:00 PST

highlands

Manically stuffing invaluabe things in too many bags is just a regular part of my life these days and tonight is no different. We (miriam and I) set off tomorrow for a 3 date mini mini tour of the no...
Posted by iain archer on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:19:00 PST