"Scotland's
3rd best band for 2009 ... fabulous
melodies a-plenty and more hooks than Bob Nudd's fishing bag."
The
Scotsman newspaper.
Dropkick is a harmony-driven alt-country power pop band from Scotland.
To contact the band or join their mailing list email info@dropkickmusic.co.uk. Sign up today and receive a free CD or 4 MP3s.
New CD Abelay Hotel released 12th September 2009
Dropkick is a harmony-driven alt-country power pop band from Scotland.
To contact the band or join their mailing list email info@dropkickmusic.co.uk. Sign up today and receive a free CD or 4 MP3s.
New CD Abelay Hotel released 12th September 2009
Dropkick's
new album Abelay Hotel was released on 12th September 2009 with a special
launch gig at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh. It is the band's 2nd CD to
come out on Swedish label Sound
Asleep Records and comes less than a year after the critically acclaimed
Patchwork. You can listen to the whole album in full on the music player
above and also at www.last.fm.
Buy the CD now by clicking below. Also available from most download
stores.
Amazon MP3
eMusic
Napster
Limewire Store
Aimie Street
Lala
Shockhound
To
buy Abelay Hotel with any of Dropkick's previous releases, and to take
advantage of their 2 CDs for £10 special offer, visit the band's
online shop www.tayloredrecords.co.uk.
Forthcoming
gigs
Fri 29th Jan 2010 @ Pub Kaia, Portugalete, Bilbao,
Spain. 8pm.
Sat 30th Jan 2010 @ Bluesville, Palma, Mallorca. 8pm.
Details here.
Fri 5th Feb 2010 @ The
Rep Theatre, Dundee. Supporting Roddy Hart. 8pm. Tickets £7
from here.
Sat 27th Feb 2010@ The Woodend, Hamilton Road, Glasgow.
Acoustic gig.
Click
here for a gig archive.
News
headlines
Airplay update
26th January 2010
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Too Much To Say " on 9th January. They also played "Back Of A Postcard" on 16th January and "Picking It Apart" on 19th December.
"Back Of A Postcardf" was also played on VRN 1287AM in Kirkcaldy on 24th January.
"Making Time To Talk" was played on the Blue Heaven show on Uitzending 609 in the Netherlands on 30th December.
Airplay update
10th December 2009
On 9th December, Radio Gothenburg in Sweden played "Choose". You can listen to the show here. They also played "Don't Dream Of California" on 11th November. Listen to that show here.
Dutch radio station 105.3FM RTV Alkmaar played "Rain Down" on its Hans On The Move show on 10th Dec.
"Only For Yourself" was played on VRN 1287AM in Kirkcaldy on 15th Nov. They also played "Don't Dream Of California" on 29th Nov.
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "In Tune" on 6th December. They also played "Bad Dream" on 28th November, "Red Kite" on 21st November and "Rain Down" on 14th November.
Radio Cultura 100.9FM in Brasilia, Brazil played "Choose" on 12th November.
Best of 2009
10th Dec 2009
"Abelay Hotel" has made it onto the "best album of 2009" list on Swedish website Rootsy. The album comes in at no.14 on the list, ahead of Brendan Benson, The Felice Brothers and Richmond Fontaine.
More reviews
10th December 2009
"Abelay Hotel" had a great review in the Netherlands on www.altcountry.nl. A translation can be read here.
Corren newspaper in Sweden has given the album a 4 star review as well, describing it as an "irresistable mix of powerpop and alt-country". Read the whole translation here.
Also in Sweden, Rootsy website has given another good review to the album, saying that the band has a "seemingly inexhaustible source of our irresistible melodic pop". Read the full translation here.
"Abelay Hotel" also gets another short positive review in Swedish here.
"Patchwork" has had another good review on the Folkworld website. Read the translation here.
Abelay Hotel reviews
2nd November 2009
Americana UK website has awarded "Abelay Hotel" an 8/10 review, describing the album as coming "tantalisingly close to ... powerpop heaven". Read the review here.
Music blog Songs Illinois gave the album a good write up too, making special mention of the "wonderful sunny Beach Boy harmonies". Read the post here.
Beat Surrender music blog also gave "Abelay Hotel" a good mention, saying that the album is "packed with catchy melodic songs with some sweet harmonies". Read it all here.
Belgium's Rootstime website has given the album a good review too. Read it here. Google translation is here.
Airplay update
2nd November 2009
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Don't Dream Of California" on 31st October. They also played "Too Much To Say" on 18th October, "Watch" on 10th October and "Choose" on 4th October.
Three From Leith podcast played "Choose" on 20th October.
Alt Country NL podcast played "Don't Know Where It Ends" on 23rd October.
One of Sweden's biggest stations Radio Gothenburg played "More Pleasant To The Ear" from the album "Patchwork" on 19th October.
"Don't Dream Of California" was played on the "Where The Action Is" show on Kirkcaldy VRM 1287 AM on 27th September.
Video footage of album launch gig
2nd November 2009
Some video footage of the recent album launch gig can be seen at the following links:
Red Kite
Obvious
Lucky That The Heart
Choose
Watch
Don't Dream Of California
Airplay update
15th August 2009
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Nowhere Girl" on 7th August.
The Blue Heaven show on 96.0 FM Radio Hoeksche Waard, Puttershoek, The Netherlands played "The State That Remains" on 5th August. The same sjow played "Travelling Song" on 29th July.
"Travelling Song" was also played on 23rd July on Russia's Podcast From Provence.
The Ao Correr Do Tempo show on 94.1Diana FM in Portugal played "Nowhere Girl" on 6th June.
Dutch radio station 105.3FM RTV Alkmaar also played "Nowhere Girl" on its Hans On The Move show on 28th May.
More Reviews
15th August 2009
German website Rock Times has reviewed "Patchwork". Read it here (in German) or click here for the Google translation.
Roots Highway website from Italy has given "Patchwork" a 7/10 review. Read it here in Italian or here for the translation.
Airplay news
26th July 2009
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Walk Down" on 22nd July.
Dropkick played a live acoustic session on BBC Radio Scotland's Highland Cafe show on 22nd July. They played "Nowhere Girl", "Don't Know Where It Ends", "Dot The i" and "Figure It Out". You can still listen to the show here until 29th July. There is also some video footage of the show here.
French and Italian reviews
26th July 2009
French music magazine Le Cri du Coyote has given "Patchwork" a good review. Click here to read it (in French).
In Italy, the Il Popolo del Blues website has also the reviewed the album. Read it here (in Italian).
New album update
8th July 2009
Dropkick's new album is now finished and is due to be released on 12th September with a special launch gig at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh. For a sneak preview of some of the tracks, head to the band's Myspace page now. The album title and artwork will be revealed shortly.
Spanish students make Dropkick video
8th July 2009
A group of school kids from Mallorca have made a video for the song Back Door Key. It's rather good. Click below to see it.
Live radio session
10th June 2009
Dropkick will be playing a live acoustic session BBC Radio Scotland's Highland Cafe show on wed 22nd July between 1.15pm and 2pm. The show is broadcast on 92-95Fm in the north of Scotland but can (possibly) also be heard in the rest of the country on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal's frequency range 103-105FM.
New reviews
10th June 2009
Scottish indie music magazine Is This Music? has given "Patchwork" a good 4 star review. They describe the band as having "vocal harmonies that would make Brian Wilson blush". Read the review here.
Country music magazine Maverick has also given the album a positive review. Click here to read it.
Sweden's Red Hot Rock magazine has also given "Patchwork" a good review. Read it here in Swedish.
Darvel Festival reviews
20th May 2009
Here's a few positive mentions of the band's gig at the Darvel Festival on 8th May:
Higher Power Moment
Jock 'N Roll
All Aboard The BiPolar Express
Patchwork released in Japan
20th May 2009
Current album "Patchwork" is now for sale in Japan through Powerpop Academy, a divison of Thistime Records. Buy the CD here.
Airplay Update
20th May 2009
"Nowhere Girl" was played on 12th April on the Skagensexpressen show on Denmark's 104.6 Tiger FM.
The PeelGrass show on 87.5FM Omreop Venray in the Netherlands played "Where I'm From" on 13th April.
Interview in Power Pop Action!
18th April 2009
Alastair from the band has been interviewed for Spanish website Power Pop Action! Read the interview here (in Spanish). The Google translation is here.
Older news is here.
Airplay update
26th January 2010
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Too Much To Say " on 9th January. They also played "Back Of A Postcard" on 16th January and "Picking It Apart" on 19th December.
"Back Of A Postcardf" was also played on VRN 1287AM in Kirkcaldy on 24th January.
"Making Time To Talk" was played on the Blue Heaven show on Uitzending 609 in the Netherlands on 30th December.
Airplay update
10th December 2009
On 9th December, Radio Gothenburg in Sweden played "Choose". You can listen to the show here. They also played "Don't Dream Of California" on 11th November. Listen to that show here.
Dutch radio station 105.3FM RTV Alkmaar played "Rain Down" on its Hans On The Move show on 10th Dec.
"Only For Yourself" was played on VRN 1287AM in Kirkcaldy on 15th Nov. They also played "Don't Dream Of California" on 29th Nov.
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "In Tune" on 6th December. They also played "Bad Dream" on 28th November, "Red Kite" on 21st November and "Rain Down" on 14th November.
Radio Cultura 100.9FM in Brasilia, Brazil played "Choose" on 12th November.
Best of 2009
10th Dec 2009
"Abelay Hotel" has made it onto the "best album of 2009" list on Swedish website Rootsy. The album comes in at no.14 on the list, ahead of Brendan Benson, The Felice Brothers and Richmond Fontaine.
More reviews
10th December 2009
"Abelay Hotel" had a great review in the Netherlands on www.altcountry.nl. A translation can be read here.
Corren newspaper in Sweden has given the album a 4 star review as well, describing it as an "irresistable mix of powerpop and alt-country". Read the whole translation here.
Also in Sweden, Rootsy website has given another good review to the album, saying that the band has a "seemingly inexhaustible source of our irresistible melodic pop". Read the full translation here.
"Abelay Hotel" also gets another short positive review in Swedish here.
"Patchwork" has had another good review on the Folkworld website. Read the translation here.
Abelay Hotel reviews
2nd November 2009
Americana UK website has awarded "Abelay Hotel" an 8/10 review, describing the album as coming "tantalisingly close to ... powerpop heaven". Read the review here.
Music blog Songs Illinois gave the album a good write up too, making special mention of the "wonderful sunny Beach Boy harmonies". Read the post here.
Beat Surrender music blog also gave "Abelay Hotel" a good mention, saying that the album is "packed with catchy melodic songs with some sweet harmonies". Read it all here.
Belgium's Rootstime website has given the album a good review too. Read it here. Google translation is here.
Airplay update
2nd November 2009
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Don't Dream Of California" on 31st October. They also played "Too Much To Say" on 18th October, "Watch" on 10th October and "Choose" on 4th October.
Three From Leith podcast played "Choose" on 20th October.
Alt Country NL podcast played "Don't Know Where It Ends" on 23rd October.
One of Sweden's biggest stations Radio Gothenburg played "More Pleasant To The Ear" from the album "Patchwork" on 19th October.
"Don't Dream Of California" was played on the "Where The Action Is" show on Kirkcaldy VRM 1287 AM on 27th September.
Video footage of album launch gig
2nd November 2009
Some video footage of the recent album launch gig can be seen at the following links:
Red Kite
Obvious
Lucky That The Heart
Choose
Watch
Don't Dream Of California
Airplay update
15th August 2009
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Nowhere Girl" on 7th August.
The Blue Heaven show on 96.0 FM Radio Hoeksche Waard, Puttershoek, The Netherlands played "The State That Remains" on 5th August. The same sjow played "Travelling Song" on 29th July.
"Travelling Song" was also played on 23rd July on Russia's Podcast From Provence.
The Ao Correr Do Tempo show on 94.1Diana FM in Portugal played "Nowhere Girl" on 6th June.
Dutch radio station 105.3FM RTV Alkmaar also played "Nowhere Girl" on its Hans On The Move show on 28th May.
More Reviews
15th August 2009
German website Rock Times has reviewed "Patchwork". Read it here (in German) or click here for the Google translation.
Roots Highway website from Italy has given "Patchwork" a 7/10 review. Read it here in Italian or here for the translation.
Airplay news
26th July 2009
The Plastico Elastico show on Onda Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Walk Down" on 22nd July.
Dropkick played a live acoustic session on BBC Radio Scotland's Highland Cafe show on 22nd July. They played "Nowhere Girl", "Don't Know Where It Ends", "Dot The i" and "Figure It Out". You can still listen to the show here until 29th July. There is also some video footage of the show here.
French and Italian reviews
26th July 2009
French music magazine Le Cri du Coyote has given "Patchwork" a good review. Click here to read it (in French).
In Italy, the Il Popolo del Blues website has also the reviewed the album. Read it here (in Italian).
New album update
8th July 2009
Dropkick's new album is now finished and is due to be released on 12th September with a special launch gig at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh. For a sneak preview of some of the tracks, head to the band's Myspace page now. The album title and artwork will be revealed shortly.
Spanish students make Dropkick video
8th July 2009
A group of school kids from Mallorca have made a video for the song Back Door Key. It's rather good. Click below to see it.
Live radio session
10th June 2009
Dropkick will be playing a live acoustic session BBC Radio Scotland's Highland Cafe show on wed 22nd July between 1.15pm and 2pm. The show is broadcast on 92-95Fm in the north of Scotland but can (possibly) also be heard in the rest of the country on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal's frequency range 103-105FM.
New reviews
10th June 2009
Scottish indie music magazine Is This Music? has given "Patchwork" a good 4 star review. They describe the band as having "vocal harmonies that would make Brian Wilson blush". Read the review here.
Country music magazine Maverick has also given the album a positive review. Click here to read it.
Sweden's Red Hot Rock magazine has also given "Patchwork" a good review. Read it here in Swedish.
Darvel Festival reviews
20th May 2009
Here's a few positive mentions of the band's gig at the Darvel Festival on 8th May:
Higher Power Moment
Jock 'N Roll
All Aboard The BiPolar Express
Patchwork released in Japan
20th May 2009
Current album "Patchwork" is now for sale in Japan through Powerpop Academy, a divison of Thistime Records. Buy the CD here.
Airplay Update
20th May 2009
"Nowhere Girl" was played on 12th April on the Skagensexpressen show on Denmark's 104.6 Tiger FM.
The PeelGrass show on 87.5FM Omreop Venray in the Netherlands played "Where I'm From" on 13th April.
Interview in Power Pop Action!
18th April 2009
Alastair from the band has been interviewed for Spanish website Power Pop Action! Read the interview here (in Spanish). The Google translation is here.
Older news is here.