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  • Weekend Anthem on Nov 21, 2009

    The Academy Is... - Sputter feat. Andrew McMahonHometown: Chicago, United StatesHear more: http://www.myspace.com/theacademyisPigeonhole: Fall Out Boy, Motion City Soundtrack...

  • Sounds like on Nov 19, 2009

    We've only just got around to thinking about challengers for The Pop Cop's top 10 albums of 2009 list and it's already proving a bit of a headfuck given that there are so many records which have come out this year that we really, really love.We won't...

  • Music Alliance Pact - November 2009 on Nov 15, 2009

    We're so excited about this month's Music Alliance Pact we could explode since it gives us the exclusive privilege of inviting the world to download an incredible song by Scotland's best new band of 2010 and makes us want to use exclamation marks in...

  • Putting your money where your mouth is on Nov 15, 2009

    A couple of blog posts that are well worth taking the time to read were published earlier this week on Glasgow PodcART and Under The Radar.The first article is a quite heartfelt outpouring of emotion about growing older (presumably in the late 20s/ea...

  • Weekend Anthem on Nov 7, 2009

    Dashboard Confessional - Belle Of The BoulevardHometown: Palm Beach County, United StatesHear more: http://www.myspace.com/dashboardconfessionalPigeonhole: Jimmy Eat World, The New Amsterdams...

  • Snow Patrol: an apology on Nov 4, 2009

    I owe SNOW PATROL an apology.Nine years ago, a friend of mine was commissioned to review a Snow Patrol gig at King Tut's for a shortlived Glasgow-based arts magazine called Go. With the 2000 version of Snow Patrol being a bunch of obscure, scruffy, r...

  • If I said you had a beautiful album, would you hold it against me? on Nov 2, 2009

    Some music publications seem to take a perverse pleasure in building up a band and then knocking them down to the gutter at a later date TBC.But when it comes to The Pop Cop's treatment of our favourite (non-Scottish) acts, they tend to be handled li...