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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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