Glasvegas

Add Date: January 13

Artist: Glasvegas

Album: Glasvegas

Label: Columbia

Genre: Brit rock

Comments: There's been a lot of hype surrounding this band from the Scottish capital--much, but not all, of it generated by NME--so it's perhaps unfair to listen to Glasvegas in that context. Because, quite frankly, this isn't the Next Big Thing. But scrape away all the buzz about Glasvegas, and they've made a very promising, and at times very good, debut LP. The band combines elements of Brit pop (good) and Jesus & Mary Chain shoegaze (very good) with the big guitars of arena rock (not so good), for a sound that isn't truly unique, but also doesn't exactly duplicate anybody else. Try "Geraldine" and "Flowers & Football Tops."