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THE SPOOK SCHOOLWHO: Nye Todd (guitar/vocals), Adam Todd (guitar/vocals), Anna Cory (bass/vocals), Niall McCamley(drums)WHERE: EdinburghFOR FANS OF: The Smiths,The Primitives, The WeddingPresentJIM SAYS: Bands like TheSpook School are exactlywhy I do what I do, and why Ifell in love with new musicfrom Scotland.As a teenager I loved Peter

Easton’s legendary Rock OnScotland (later Beat Patrol)on BBC Radio Scotland. Sattaking notes, working out mynext vinyl purchase, I lovedthat the acts were accessibleand I could see them live.I remember hearing The

Proclaimers for the first timeand heading straight to Gold-rush Records in Perth.“They’ve no released any-thing yet” I was told. Theshow also introduced me toThe Shop Assistants, The Pas-tels, BMX Bandits, The Sha-men, Primal Scream and TheJesus And Mary Chain.It was the mid-80s, era of

the seminal NME cassettetape C86. To this day, C86remains a shorthand for indieguitar pop — and The SpookSchool, formed in 2011, fit inthere nicely.Niall told me: “When we

formed Adam was really intoC86-ish stuff but the rest of usdidn’t really know much aboutindie pop. Nye hadn’t heard

The Pastels until we were com-pared to them in reviews!We’ve embraced it now. Noneof us are classically trained sowe were always going to befairly intuitive.”Wonderfully infectious pop

songs with a raw edge hookyou in. Fun pop stylings carryobservations on growing up,particularly gender (Nye iden-tifies as trans). Songs likeCan You Ever Trust A ManWho Thinks Matt Damon’sReally Cool? sound likethey’d have gone straight onJohn Peel’s playlist. No sur-prise then that the bandhooked up with legendaryindie label Fortuna POP!,founded by Sean Price, fortheir recently released albumDress Up.Niall said: “It’s our dream

label. We played IndietracksFestival and Sean invited usto play for him in London.Just before we arrived heemailed to ask if we wereinteresting in signing. We justscreamed and did sillydances — and then tried tosound really calm and coolsaying ‘yes please’.”Dress Up is out now, along

with the single I’ll Be Honest.MORE: facebook.com/thespookschoolQ Jim will be playing The SpookSchool on In:Demand Uncut this Sun-day from 7pm on Clyde 1, ForthOne, Northsound 1, Radio Borders,Tay FM, West FM & West Sound FM.

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THE Nottingham con-veyer belt is at fullspeed.Jake Bugg is rippingit up on both sides ofthe Atlantic.Top group LondonGrammar formed there.And next up is whizz-kid Saint Raymond.He burst on to the scenewith smashing new singleYoung Blood.Speaking from a writingtrip to Los Angeles, the18-year-old — real nameCallum Burrows — said: “Ihave been doing my thingand it’s nice to be gettingsome recognition.

Sensation“There’s no pressure. Ifyou stop having fun withit, it becomes not whatyou want it to be.”But he insists he is noovernight sensation.He added: “A lot of peo-ple look at it as a quickthing. But I have beendoing this for three yearsnow.“I spent a lot of timeaway from home last yearwriting.“It was a bit frustratingas I was thinking is any-one seeing this stuff orknow what I am doing?“So it’s nice to come outand show them what Iwas working on.It wasabout putting the ground-

work in. Now that is allpaying off and I can goplaces with it.”The first place Callum isgoing is Glasgow’s ABCon December 12 — wherehe supports chart-toppersHAIM on their UK tour.Callum raved: “It’s excit-ing as I’m going out thereto win over some fans. Itwas great to do my own

headline tour in Septem-ber and see so manyshows sell out.“I’ll have some fun withit. I’m going out knowingthat they are not there tosee me.“They don’t know whoSaint Raymond is, so I’vegot to win them over.”Callum’s EP YoungBlood is officially out on

January 5. It will be fol-lowed later in the year byhis debut album.He added: “Obviously,being younger, I want ayouthful vibe, but with amature edge.“That’s what I tried todo with Young Blood.”Q Hear Young Blood and getmore info at facebook.com/SaintRaymondMusic

A ZOMBIE-SLAYINGadventure was never meantto be pretty. And that’s agood thing, as DR3 doesn’trely on good looks.The game isn’t quite up

to speed with the newconsole, but it’s saved byits gameplay. The bestXbox One launch title.

SCALED to fit the newhorizons of next-gengaming, Ghosts looksfantastic on the Xbox One.But, and whisper it

around Microsoft, it looksslightly better on the PS4.But Call Of Duty truly

delivers a top-end gamingspectacle on both.

SAME game, newplatform? Not quite.The next-gen FIFA has

an entirely new engine —delivering a polishedversion of the currentgame.Every player action looks

and feels that little bit moreauthentic.

HAVING a bash at 90s classics,Corona’s Rhythm Of The Night andSnap’s Rhythm Is A Dancer wasnever going be easy. But Bastillehave nailed it — calling it Of TheNight. Frontman Dan Smith soundssuperb, singing a mash-up of bothtracks over a stripped back beat.It shouldn’t work but it does.Check it out at bastillebastille.com

LEMMY at it! To celebrate the release ofMotörhead’s brilliant new album Aftershock,we have a great rock ’n’ roll prize to be won.We are offering a trip to Berlin for twopeople, flying in on a Saturday morning andflying out on Sunday evening.Our winner and a pal will stay in theEsplanade Grand, the same five-star hotelthe heavy metal legends use, and get 500euros in cash for expenses. The trip is worth£2,000 and all flights are included.While there why not check out the placesLemmy likes to hang out, including his favour-ite bar White Trash, the Ramones Museumand the Berlin Wall.And that’s not all. The winner will alsoreceive a limited edition ASG MotörheadAftershock guitar worth £900 and anAftershock hooded zipper.TEN runners-up will get a D2C packconsisting of an exclusive Motörheadposter, hoodie, sticker, set of post-cards and a badge.For a chance to win, just answer thisquestion. What is Lemmy’s real name?Is it a) Ian Kidderminster, b) IanKilmister or c) Ian Westminster?Call 0905 817 2776 or text the wordSUNBERLIN followed by your answer,name, address and phone number to87088 or email win@thesun.co.ukfree.TERMS AND CONDITIONS: You must be 18 orover. Texts cost £1.50 plus usual net-work rate. Calls cost 77p per minute plusnetwork extras and will last no longerthan two minutes. Calls from mobilesmay cost more. One email entry per per-son. Competition closes at midnight on24/11/13. If you call or text after theclosing date/time you will not beentered but will be charged. Win-ners selected at random. Prize canbe taken any time in the next 12months but dates are subject toavailability. Prize does not includetransport to UK airport. Competi-tion run by Spoke, London, W1B2AG. Helpline: 0844 415 0726.

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LET’S start with themillion-dollar question— how much better isthis than the Xbox360?In terms of raw power,the next generation of con-soles is considerably bet-ter. But that’s to beexpected from a costlynew piece of kit.Fancy graphics andfaster processing arealmost a given.This machine is built forgamers who want torecord themselves inaction, then share it withtheir friends and otherusers through Game DVR.Or it is for the gamerswho want to multi-taskor pause their gameand switch seamlesslyto a movie.And it is for thosewho don’t want to berestricted by a controllerand wish to search andcommand through their

voice. The Xbox is aimedto be connected to a house-hold’s main television,whereas the PS4 feelsmore geared to a bedroom.Microsoft may have lostthe PR war with Sony pre-launch but, now the talk-ing is done, it comes downto the product — and thisis a serious bit of kit.The Kinect, unlike Play-Station’s camera, isn’t anafter-thought, it is an

essential part of the XboxOne experience. Crucially,unlike on the 360, here ithelps rather than hinders.Yes, the Xbox One ismore expensive than thePS4, but the £80 disparityis mostly covered by theKinect being bundled.There’s no getting awayfrom the fact that £429 isa lot of money — especiallyas 360s are retailing from£129.99.

CasualBut what is also unavoid-able, is that gaming on theXbox One — and the PS4— will improve.Sooner or later, allgamers will own one.For the more casualuser, the Xbox Oneoffers much morebeyond mere gaming —but it desperatelyneeds a genuinelyAAA title to justify the

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WE’RE used to seeing AlbertHammond Jr on stage with hisband The Strokes.But he’s heading our way soonwith a much lower profile thannormal. He’s doing a solo show atsmall Glasgow venue Broadcaston December 7.Get tickets fromalberthammondjr.com

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WE’VE got a pair of VIP tick-ets to Cocoon London up forgrabs that will leave the win-ner and a friend dreaming ofBalearic sunrises.After an incredible 14th sea-son in Ibiza, Cocoon are backin the capital.The line up features SvenVath, Joris Voorn, MathewJonson playing live andCocoon stalwart Andre Gal-

luzzi. Andre said this week:“I’m really looking forward toCocoon London.“The location is a bomb – Ilike that underground, ware-house style.”Cocoon have teamed upwith The Scottish Sun to giveone lucky reader the chanceto win a pair of VIP tickets toCocoon London on Saturday,November 30, at Building Six,

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WELCOME to the future — today, we officiallyenter the “next generation” of gaming, asMicrosoft’s Xbox One is finally available.Launching a week ahead of its rival, Sony’sPlayStation 4, the Xbox One (yours from just£429) has faced criticism in the build-up torelease. Here, we see just how it fares.

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