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Teenage Fanclub - "Everything Is Falling Apart" (Singles Going Steady)

Teenage Fanclub create an impeccably boss Velvet Underground groove with "Everything Is Falling Apart".

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Teenage Fanclub sounds timeless as the band upsets the pure melodic centers of these songs with masterful, subtle shifts in layering and tone.

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Teenage Fanclub - "I'm in Love" (Singles Going Steady)

"I'm in Love" is pretty much what you'd expect from these Scottish indie vets -- timeless college rock with an irresistible AM radio sheen.

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After a four-year pause for reflection, the band is back as melodic, wistful, and alive with longing as ever.

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In theory the Fanclub present a fascinating cast of characters but in application moments of visual excitement are few and far between.

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Scottish group returns yet again with another album that, although lighter in some respects, critics and fans alike will lap up without question. What a shock!"

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Teenage Fanclub - "Everything Is Falling Apart" (Singles Going Steady)

Teenage Fanclub create an impeccably boss Velvet Underground groove with "Everything Is Falling Apart".

Teenage Fanclub: Here

Teenage Fanclub sounds timeless as the band upsets the pure melodic centers of these songs with masterful, subtle shifts in layering and tone.

Teenage Fanclub - "I'm in Love" (Singles Going Steady)

"I'm in Love" is pretty much what you'd expect from these Scottish indie vets -- timeless college rock with an irresistible AM radio sheen.

Plants and Animals: Waltzed in From the Rumbling

After a four-year pause for reflection, the band is back as melodic, wistful, and alive with longing as ever.

Francis MacDonald: Music for String Quartet, Piano, and Celeste

Formerly adventurous drummer plays it safe; surprises no one.

Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)

Fifteen covers performed with as fine a sense of group interplay as you’ll find outside the jazz world.

Jonny: Jonny

Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub and Euros Childs from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's lighten up -- a bit. Expect songs about love, and also bread and witches.

"Your Best Song Is the Last One": Twenty Years Later with Teenage Fanclub

Having toured with Nirvana, carried the torch for Alex Chilton, and still continuing to make great records 20 years into his career, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub reflects on his band's long, glorious legacy.

Teenage Fanclub: Shadows

The Scottish pop classicists return with their first album in five years. Have they learned any new tricks?

Teenage Fanclub - Shadows (new album / MP3)

How One Band May Have Finally Killed Off the Self-Tribute Trend

Teenage Fanclub

In theory the Fanclub present a fascinating cast of characters but in application moments of visual excitement are few and far between.

Teenage Fanclub: Man-Made

Scottish group returns yet again with another album that, although lighter in some respects, critics and fans alike will lap up without question. What a shock!"

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Teenage Fanclub create an impeccably boss Velvet Underground groove with "Everything Is Falling Apart".

In our latest artist list, we pay tribute to power pop legends Teenage Fanclub. Here are their 25 best songs.

Teenage Fanclub sounds timeless as the band upsets the pure melodic centers of these songs with masterful, subtle shifts in layering and tone.

"I'm in Love" is pretty much what you'd expect from these Scottish indie vets -- timeless college rock with an irresistible AM radio sheen.

After a four-year pause for reflection, the band is back as melodic, wistful, and alive with longing as ever.

Formerly adventurous drummer plays it safe; surprises no one.

Fifteen covers performed with as fine a sense of group interplay as you’ll find outside the jazz world.

Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub and Euros Childs from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's lighten up -- a bit. Expect songs about love, and also bread and witches.

Having toured with Nirvana, carried the torch for Alex Chilton, and still continuing to make great records 20 years into his career, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub reflects on his band's long, glorious legacy.

The Scottish pop classicists return with their first album in five years. Have they learned any new tricks?

In theory the Fanclub present a fascinating cast of characters but in application moments of visual excitement are few and far between.

Scottish group returns yet again with another album that, although lighter in some respects, critics and fans alike will lap up without question. What a shock!"