"Dakota" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Stereophonics. It was the first single taken from their fifth studio album,Language. Sex. Violence. Other?,and was released on 28 February 2005. "Dakota" was the first and to date only Stereophonics single to reach number one and the last to reach the top ten on the UK Singles Chart and to chart on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also became the band's highest-charting single in both Australia and New Zealand. The song has been compared to the works of U2.
"Knights of Cydonia" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse and is the closing track on their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. The song's title refers to the Cydonia region of Mars,which gained public attention from the illusion of a rock formation which looked similar to a human face.
Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan (vocals),Rab Allan and Paul Donoghue,with Swedish drummer Jonna Löfgren joining the group in 2010 until her departure in 2020.
"Go Square Go!" is a song by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas. The song was written by the band's singer and guitarist James Allan. It was released as the band's debut 7" single through WaKS on 30 October 2006,as well as a download.
"Geraldine" is a 2008 single by Scottish indie rock band Glasvegas. It was released on 23 June 2008 and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart,and number one on the NME chart two weeks later. It also reached number one on the Scottish Singles Chart.
Glasvegas is the debut studio album by the Scottish indie rock band Glasvegas,first released in the UK on 8 September 2008 by Columbia Records. The album was produced by lead singer James Allan and Rich Costey. The album sold 56,000 copies in its first week of release and reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was nominated for Best International Album at the 2008 Swedish Rockbjörnen awards,Best Album at the 2009 NME Awards and the 2009 Mercury Prize. On 25 September 2009 the album was certified Platinum by the BPI,and it has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK.
A Snowflake Fell is a Christmas-themed EP by the Scottish indie rock band Glasvegas,released on 1 December 2008 via Columbia Records.
"Please Come Back Home" is a 2008 single by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas. It was released on 1 December 2008 as a download single. It charted at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart and it also reached number 29 in Sweden.
"Flowers &Football Tops" is a song by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas,taken from their self-titled debut album. The song first appeared in a different recording as the B-side to the band's second single release "Daddy's Gone" in November 2007 on Sane Man Records,and was rerecorded and released as a single in the UK on 23 February 2009. The song was written and composed by the band's singer and guitarist James Allan,who explained that the song is about the murder of Kriss Donald to The Daily Record:"Sometimes when you read things or see things on TV,you can't help but put yourself in the position of people's misfortune. That was on my mind when I heard about the murder of Kriss Donald. It's about a kid who never made it home." The title is a reference to the practice common in Britain of laying shirts of the deceased's preferred football team alongside wreaths of flowers. The flowers and footballs tops may be laid at the graveside,or - as is often the case with a violent death - at the place where they died.
The discography of Glasvegas,a Scottish Indie rock band,consists of four studio albums and eighteen singles. James Allan,Rab Allan (guitar),Paul Donoghue (bass) and Jonna Lofgren (drums) formed the band in Glasgow,Scotland in 2003. The band's debut single was the limited edition double A-side single,"I'm Gonna Get Stabbed"/"Ina Lvs Rab",which was released in May 2004. Three further independent singles were released through WaKS and Sane Man,all of which failed to chart. Despite this,"Daddy's Gone",released on Sane Man Recordings,was voted the No.2 single of the year by the NME.
The Big Pink are an English electronic rock band from London,consisting of multi-instrumentalists Robertson "Robbie" Furze,Akiko Matsuura and Charlie Barker. Initially a duo,they signed to independent record label 4AD in 2009 and won the NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. To date,they have released five singles,with their debut album A Brief History of Love released in September 2009 and its follow-up,Future This released in January 2012.
Euphoric Heartbreak is the second studio album by Scottish rock group Glasvegas,which was released on 4 April 2011 by Columbia Records. It reached No.10 in the UK and No.1 in Sweden. The album was written,demoed and tracked by James Allan in a luxury beach house in Santa Monica,California before full production and final recording took place in London and Glasgow. The album was produced by Flood and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer. The song "The World is Yours" features on EA Sports' FIFA 12. As of July 2014,the album had sold 30,400 units in the UK,which is ten percent of the sales of their platinum-selling debut album.
"This Is the Day" is a song written by Matt Johnson and originally released as a single by his band The The on 2 September 1983. It reached number 71 in the UK Singles Chart. A version of the song was included on the band's debut album Soul Mining,released in October 1983.
Godspeed is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Glasvegas. The album was released across all digital platforms on 2 April 2021 through Go Wow Records,with the CD version of the album released on 20 August 2021 and the vinyl LP version to follow in January 2022. Godspeed is the band's first new studio album in eight years,following 2013's Later...When the TV Turns to Static and the departure of drummer Jonna Löfgren. The album was written,recorded,engineered and produced by lead singer James Allan.
Later...When the TV Turns to Static is the third studio album by Scottish rock band Glasvegas. It was released on 2 September 2013 through BMG. The album was produced by lead singer James Allan. It received generally favourable reviews from critics but stalled at number 41 on the UK Albums Charts. It is the first of the group's studio albums not to reach the Top 10.
"If" is a 2013 single by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas. It was released on 8 July 2013. It is the second single from their third studio album Later...When The TV Turns To Static. It was written and produced by lead singer James Allan.
"I'd Rather Be Dead" is a 2013 single by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas. It was released on 25 March 2013. It is the first single from their third studio album 'Later...When The TV Turns To Static'. It was written and produced by lead singer James Allan.
"It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" is a song by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas. The song was written and composed by the band's singer and guitarist James Allan.
James Allan is the lead singer and guitarist of the Scottish rock band Glasvegas,and a former footballer.
"Happy Song" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Produced by keyboardist Jordan Fish and vocalist Oliver Sykes,it was featured on the band's 2015 fifth studio album That's the Spirit and released as the second single from the album on 13 July 2015. The single topped the UK Rock &Metal Singles Chart and reached number 55 on the UK Singles Chart,number 2 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and number 19 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart.
