New Reviews
18th April 2009
Belgian pop magazine Heaven
has given "Patchwork" a good review. Read the original
text here
or the English translation here.
Also in Belgium, Keys
And Chords website has given "Patchwork" a 4 star review.
Read it here.
English translation is here.
In Germany, Hooked
On Music has also reviewd the album. Read it here
(in German) and here
(in English).
Another "Patchwork" review from Germany's Musik
An Sich website can be read here.
You can do your own Google translation this time...
Airplay update
18th April 2009
The RadioGirl
show on 106.2FM
Radio Winschoten in the Netherlands played "Where I'm From"
on 17th March.
"Breakdown" was played on the Hillbilly
Rockhouse show on 95.6FM Radio
Ems-Vechte-Welle, Germany on 31st March.
BBC
Radio Nan Gaidheal's Rapal
programme played the title track off the "Back Door Key" album
on 8th April.
"More Pleasant To The Ear" was played on 4th April on the
Hotel
Arizona show on Spain's 107.5FM Radio Enlace.
"Nowhere
Girl " was played in The Netherlands on the Muziekvenster show
on 105.4FM Radio
Beverwijk on 6th April.
Also
in The Netherlands, "Nowhere Girl" was played on the Folk
en Zo show on Radio
Winschoten on 18th March.
In Sweden, "Patchwork" was played on K103
- Göteborgs Studentradio 103.1FM on 20th March on the På
Verandan show.
New video
8th April 2009
During the band's recent tour of Mallorca, they filmed
a promo video for a new song "Don't Know Where It Ends". The
video was filmed in the picturesque town of Valldemossa in the Mallorcan
mountains and you can watch it right here or go to YouTube.
Airplay update
30th March 2009
"Making Time To talk" was played on the Hillbilly
Rockhouse show on Countrymusic24
Radio in Germany on 5th March.
The same song was also played in Portugal on Rádio Diana
Fm's Ao
Correr Do Tempo show on 28th March.
"The State That Remains" was played on 22nd March
on Radio
Waddenzee 1602AM in Holland.
Review in Sweden
30th March 2009
"Patchwork" has received a good review in Swedish
music magazine Trots
Allt. Read it here
(in Swedish). The Google translation is here.
Airplay explosion
11th March 2009
Patchwork has been getting a lot of airplay in Europe
in the past couple of weeks. Here's all the details:
Country Stew's show on 105.2FM Radio
Compagnie in The Netherlands played "Travelling Song"
on 27th February.
"Where I'm From" and "What's Going On" have been
on "C-rotation" at Radio
ISA in France since 1st March.
Radio
FM Goud in Belgium has added the album to its playlist for March.
The Calembour show on 97.0FM Radio
Nova in Italy played "Making Time To Talk" on 28th February.
"Nowhere Girl" was played by the Country File programme on
Havenstad 104.1Fm
in The Netherlands on 1st March.
"More Pleasant To The Ear" was played on the Over There show
on Denmark's Midtfjord
Radio on 2nd March.
The "Folk and Country" show on Germany's Radio
ISW-FM played "Nowhere Girl" on 26th February.
In The Netherlands, "Where I'm From" was played on the Folk
en Zo show on Radio
Winschoten on 4th March.
"What's Going On" was played in The Netherlands on the Muziekvenster
show on 105.4FM
Radio Beverwijk on 9th March.
Also in The Netherlands, "What's Going On" was played on 6th
March on the Blueprint show on 106.9FM
Radio Parkstad.
The PeelGrass show on 87.5FM
Omreop Venray in The Netherlands played "Nowhere Girl"
on 4th March.
"Patchwork" was played on 10th March on the Tuesday Night
Americana Music Club programme on 100.4FM
CET Radio NOF in The Netherlands.
Patchwork t-shirts
5th March 2009
New Dropkick t-shirts with the Patchwork design are now
for sale in the the band's
online shop. Both ladies and men's sizes are available for just
£7 including worldwide postage. You can purchase a t-shirt
with the album for a special price of only £10. All the
details are here.
Mallorca photos
22nd February 2009
Dropkick have returned from a very successful trip to
Mallorca. They played to their biggest ever crowd at the Teatre de Lloseta,
and also played their longest and latest ever gig in Portocolom, not
finishing till after 3am! A big thank you to Joan Andreu from Pecan
Pie for organising everything
so brilliantly. Some photos from
the trip, including a caricature of the band drawn by a street artist
in Palma, can be seen here.
New songs
22nd February 2009
Some new songs from Dropkick's forthcoming album, due
for release later this year, can be heard on the band's myspace page
now. Click here
to listen.
Airplay update
12th February 2009
The
Miller Tells Her Tale podcast played "Travelling Song"
on 28th January. The show was a Scottish special and was also broadcast
on Glasgow based Radio
Six International and San Fransisco's KYOURadio.
New album review
12th February 2009
Music website Subba
Culcha has given "Patchwork" a 4/5 review. Read it here.
Album review in Sweden
28th January 2009
The biggest newspaper in Sweden, Dagens Nyheter, has
given "Patchwork" a 3/5 review. Read it here
in Swedish and click here
for a Google translation.
Review in Belgium
19th January 2009
"Patchwork" has just received a good review
in Belgium music website Rootstime.
Read the translation here
or the original text here.
Dropkick radio special in Holland
19th January 2009
Dutch radio station 105.3FM RTV
Alkmaar is dedicating a special show to Dropkick's music. The "Hans
On The Move" show will be broadcast on 22nd January from 9-11pm
local time. You can listen online here.
Top 6 album of the year
13th January 2009
The results of the "album of the year" poll
in Swedish website Dagensskiva.com
are now in. "Patchwork" was voted 6th best album of the year,
coming in ahead of Bob Dylan, MGMT, Duffy, Portishead, Kings Of Leon
and Hank Williams amongst others.
Airplay update
13th January 2009
The
Miller Tells Her Tale podcast played "Patchwork" on 11th
January. The show was also broadcast on Glasgow based Radio
Six International and San Fransisco's KYOURadio.
"Patchwork" was also played on Get
Fit Pod podcast on 10th January.
The Scotsman's best band for 2009
8th January 2009
Dropkick have been named 3rd in the top 5 of The
Scotsman newspaper's "best band for 2009" list. The describe
the band as having "fabulous melodies a-plenty ... with more hooks
than Bob Nudd's fishing bag". Read the full article here.
Vote for Dropkick and new review
8th January 2009
Dropkick's album "Patchwork" has been shortlisted
for "album of the year" on Swedish website
Dagensskiva.com.
You can help the band win by voting for the album here.
Also in Sweden, music website Herring
Brothers has given "Patchwork" a short but complimentary
review. Read it here.
Airplay update
8th January 2009
Hospital radio station Kirkcaldy VRN 1287AM played "Patchwork"
on The Cat
show on 4th January.
In the USA, the Family
Entertainment show on The
Detour 105.3FM WEPX-LP Tri--Cities, Tennessee, played
"Patchwork" on 28th December and "Breakdown" on
7th December.
New review and Mallorca gig
2nd January 2009
The Pecan
Pie website from Spain has given "Patchwork" a 4 star
review. Read it here
(in Spanish) or read the Google translation here.
They have also included "Dot The i" as no.8
in its top 10 albums of 2008 and "Good Vibes" as the 2nd best
song of the year. See the lists here.
The good people of Pecan Pie have also arranged for Dropkick
to play their first ever gig outside the UK in 2009! It will be in Palma
on the island of Mallorca on 13th February. More details here.
Best of 2008
2nd January 2009
"Patchwork" and "Dot The i" have
both made it onto the top 100 albums of 2008 in Brazil's Powerpop
Station website. "Patchwork" is no.21 and "Dot The
i" is no.48 in the list. Read the whole list here.
Both albums also feature in the top 20 album of 2008 in Spannish music
blog Stereo Pills,
with "Patchwork" at no.8 and "Dot The i" at no.15.
The whole list is here.
Airplay update
2nd
January 2009
BBC
Radio Nan Gaidheal's Rapal
programme played the title track off the "Patchwork" album
on 23rd December.
Article in Swedish newspaper
2nd January 2009
On 28th November, Swedish newspaper NYA
Lidköpings-Tidningen included an article about Dropkick. Click
here to read it (in Swedish).
Airplay update
22nd December 2008
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "The State
That Remains" on 21st December.
It's A Frog's
Life Acoustic Podcast played "Scampi For Xmas" on 17th
December.
The Streets Sounds show on Camglen
87.7FM in Glasgow played "Nowhere Girl" on 10th December
and "Making Time To Talk" on 3rd December.
News from Sweden
22nd December
Swedish newspaper Corren
has reviewed "Patchwork" and given it 4 stars. Read the review
here
(in Swedish).
Johan Kronquist of Swedish music website Rootsy.nu
has included "Patchwork" in his top 20 albums of the year.
Read the whole list here
and also on Johan's blog.
Airplay update
8th December 2008
This Island Earth show on KGLT
91.1FM in Montana, USA played "Breakdown" on fri 5th December.
Also in the USA, "The State That Remains" was played
on the Border
Radio/Soul City show on WXDU 88.7FM in North Carolina on 30th November.
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Patchwork"
on 7th December.
Dropkick's novelty Christmas song "Scampi For Xmas" was also
given its first airing this year on the Planet
Tunes podcast on 2nd December.
Airplay update
1st December 2008
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Listen To
You" on 29th November.
"Breakdown" was played on 28th November on the Songriver show
on Omroep
IJsselmond 104.1 FM in the Netherlands.
"Patchwork" and "More Pleasant To The Ear"
were played on Brasilia's Radio
Cultura 100.9FM in Brazil on 27th November.
In Scotland, Heartland FM's Other
Side Of Country show played "Nowhere Girl" on 17th and
20th October.
Podcast news
1st December 2008
Get
Fit Pod played "Lucky That The Heart" on 8th November.
Whispered
Pearls podcast played "Turn Off Your Radio (and turn me on
instead) from "Album 25" 10th November.
Americana UK review of "Patchwork"
25th November 2008
Americana
UK website has given "Patchwork" a 7/10 review, describing
the album as "just the right mixture of slick pop craft, bright
harmonies, melancholia and a bit of grit ... a captivating record".
Read the whole thing here.
Airplay
update
24th November 2008
"Nowhere
Girl" was played on 21st November on the Songriver show on Omroep
IJsselmond 104.1 FM in the Netherlands.
The Radio Switchback show on Sunny Govan FM played "Lucky That
The Heart" on 20th November.
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Breakdown"
from "Patchwork" on 23rd November.
Don
Chisolm's show on Moray Firth Radio played "Breakdown"
on 3rd November.
Swedish
news
20th November 2008
The
title track from the "Patchwork" album was played on one of
Sweden's biggest radio stations Radio
Gothenburg on 18th Nov. You can listen to the show here.
"Patchwork" has also been reviewed by one of Sweden's
most respected music writers Lennart Persson. Read it here
(in Swedish). Google translation is here.
There's also a good chance that Dropkick could be playing some gigs
in Sweden in the springtime. More details to come...
Airplay
update
16th
November 2008
The track "Patchwork" was played on Dutch radio on
14th November on the Songriver show on Omroep
IJsselmond 104.1 FM.
The Radio Switchback show on Sunny Govan FM played "Lucky
That The Heart" on 13th November.
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Travelling
Song" from "Patchwork" on 9th November and "What's
Going On" on 15th November.
More
"Patchwork" reviews
15th
November 2008
Dutch
website www.altcountry.nl
has given "Patchwork" a 4/5 review. Read it here
(in Dutch).
Popism music website has given the album a good
review, describing Dropkick as sounding like the Bryds might have sounded
"had Gene Clark stuck around when Gram Parsons joined". Read
it here.
Bluesbunny music website has also reviewed the CD. Read it here.
"Patchwork" review in Sweden
12th November 2008
Swedish music review website Rootsy has given "Patchwork"
a great review. Read it here
in Swedish. Google translation is here.
Airplay
update
8th
November 2008
BBC
Radio Nan Gaidheal's Rapal
programme played the title track off the new album "Patchwork"
on 15th October and also on 29th October and 7th November.
The Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Nowhere Girl"
from "Patchwork" on 25th October and "Lucky That The
Heart" on 2nd November.
Sunny Govan FM's Radio
Switchback show played "Lucky That The Heart" and "Nowhere
Girl" on 30th October.
Podcast news
3rd November 2008
Three
From Leith podcast played "Patchwork" and "Lucky
That The Heart" on 1st November.
The Homecast
Show podcast played "Dot The i" on 30th October.
Also on 30th October, Dalecast
podcast played "Breakdown" from "Patchwork". They
also played the title track on 1st November.
Yarnspinners
Tales podcast played "Listen To You" on 31st October.
ALBUM
REVIEWS IN BRAZIL AND SPAIN
"Dot
The i" has been reviewed by Brazil's Power Pop Station blog. Read
it here
(in Portugese).
The album has also been given a 4/5 review by the Pecan
Pie music blog in Mallorca. Read it here
(in Spanish).
SPANISH AIRPLAY
The Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played the track "Waking Up In The
Sunshine" from "Turning Circles (bonus disc)" on 28th
June. They also played "Dot The i" on 8th July and "Good
Vibes" on 10th July.
NEW REVIEWS
A good review of "Dot The i"
is on the Netrhythms website. They describe the album as a "world
of delights". Click here
to read it.
Subba Cultcha website has reviewed the band's recent gig in Liverpool,
describing it as "a great set of understated quality". The
whole review is here.
ALBUM RELEASE IN SPAIN
Dropkick's current album "Dot
The i" is to be released in Spain on Rock
Indiana Records. The album is due out at the end of June and the
band may be playing some gigs in Spain later in the year.
RECENT AIRPLAY
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "If You Can't Be Mine"
on 24th May.
Suitcase
Full Of Dimes podcast from USA played "Dot The i" on 7th
June and "Figure It Out" on 23rd May.
X Pat
Radio from USA played "Back Door Key" on 25th May.
AIRPLAY UPDATE
The
British Breakfast show on WRIR
97.3FM Richmond, Virginia USA played "Walk Down" on 17th
May.
The Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain played "Rings Of The Tree" on
17th May.
Sunny Govan FM's Radio
Switchback show played "Good Vibes" on 8th May.
In Germany, the Alooga
radio show played "Back Door Key" and "Dot The i"
between 8th and 14th May.
MORE REVIEWS
Belgian music website Rootstime
has reviewed the "Dot The i" album. Read it here
(translation coming soon).
American arts review website Green
Man Review has also reviewed the album, describing it as "a
punchy blend of pop-friendly rock and alt-country, with gorgeous layered
vocals". Read the whole thing here.
LATEST AIRPLAY NEWS
The
Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain has played the following tracks recently:
"You" on 27th April, "You Didn't Make It" on 20th
April and "Girlfriend" on 13th April.
Sunny Govan FM's Radio
Switchback show played "Rings Of The Tree" on 10th April.
In the USA, the Lauree McArdle Show on WLFR
91.7FM played "Rings
Of The Tree" and "Dot The i" on 13th April.
NEW REVIEWS
1st May 2008
New album "Dot The i" has had its
first review in Americana
UK. They describe it as an "excellent album" and award
it 8/10. The full review is here.
Bluesbunny website has also reviewed the new album,
giving it a 4/5 rating. Read it here.
They also reviewed the band's recent gigs in Glasgow
and Whitburn.
Music News Scotland has given "Dot The i" another great review,
describing the it as "a record of soaring greatness (and) gloriously
home-made". Read it in full here.
Dropkick's album launch gig in Edinburgh was also
reviewed by Subba-Cultcha website. They described the gig as "a
genuinely compelling and accomplished performance". Read the whole
thing here.
The same site also gave the album a 4/5 review. Read it here.
Dutch alt-country website www.altcountry.nl
has also given "Dot The i" a 7/10 review. Read it here.
Translation to follow.
Is This Music? magazine has just given a 4 star review to "Killing
Time EP". Read it here.
KOOL KAT MUSIK
20th April 2008
Dropkick's albums are now available
via Kool
Kat Musik in the USA. Copies of "Turning Circles" come
with a free copy of "Killing Time EP".
More details here.
"Dot The i" comes with a free 6 song sampler CD. See here
for details.
AIRPLAY UPDATE
6th April 2008
BBC Radio Scotland's Janice Forsyth show
played "Dot The i" on March 29th.
Moray Firth FM's Don Chisolm played "Rings Of The Tree" on
30th March.
Dutch station Omroep
IJsselmond played "Figure It Out" on it's Songriver
show on 4th April. They also played "You Didn't Make It" on
28th March and "Good Vibes" on 21st March.
"Open Door" was played
on the Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM in Spain on 5th April. They also played "Walk
Down" on 29th March and "Good Vibes" on 23rd March.
Heartland FM's Other
Side Of Country show played "Back Door Key" on 14th and
17th March.
Sunny Govan FM's Radio
Switchback show played "Good Vibes" on 20th March and
"Rings Of The Tree" on 13th March.
Three From
Leith podcast dedicated its entire show to Dropkick on 25th March,
playing "Dot The i", "Good Vibes" and "If You
Can't Be Mine" plus 3 exclusively recorded live tracks by the band:
"Figure It Out", "Obvious" and "Lucky That
The Heart", a song from Dropkick's next album. Listen to the show
here.
Dropkick also performed 3 songs live on Pulse
FM in Glasgow on 30th March. They played acoustic versions of "Figure
It Out", "Girlfriend" and "Only For Yourself".
Alastair from the band also played a live solo session for Leith
FM on 28th March. He sang "Can't Help It", "Crazy
Conversation" and "Figure It Out".
AIRPLAY IN SPAIN AND SCOTLAND
18th March 2008
In Spain, the track
"Dot The i"" was played on the Plastico
Elastico show on Onda
Madrid 103.1FM on 9th March and on 15th March they played "Back
Door Key".
In Scotland, Black
Diamond FM played "Dot The i" on March 6th and Moray
Firth FM's Don Chisolm show played "Back Door Key" on
March 9th and "Crazy Conversation" on March 16th.
BBC Radio
Scotland's Tom Morton also played "Dot The i" on 17th
March.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
17th March 2008
"Dot The i" has been made album of the week on BBC
Radio Nan Gaidheal's Rapal
programme. A track from the album was played every night from March
3-6. The show can be heard on 103-105 FM in Scotland or online.
The tracks "Rings Of The Tree", "Crazy Conversation",
"Back Door Key" and "Dot The i" were all played.
"Rings Of The Tree" was also played on 28th Feb and "Crazy
Conversation" was aired again on March 11th. "Back Door Key"
also got another spin on March 17th.
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