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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Belle & Sebastian, Cocteau Twins, Glasvegas, Idlewild, Franz Ferdinand, The View, The Twilight Sad, Belle & Sebastian discography, The Trash Can Sinatras, The Fratellis, The Dykeenies, Teenage Fanclub, Camera Obscura, Uncle John & Whitelock, Aztec Camera, Frightened Rabbit, Little Doses, The Beta Band, The Soup Dragons, The Vaselines, Meursault, Arab Strap, Altered Images, The Delgados, The Xcerts, Orange Juice, The Pastels, Passionate Friends, The Reindeer Section, Kid Canaveral, North Atlantic Oscillation, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Dananananaykroyd, Snowcake, Aereogramme, Findo Gask, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Close Lobsters, Josef K, Hip Parade, 1990s, The Yummy Fur, The Shop Assistants, Sons and Daughters, The Cinematics, Cannon, Na Gathan, My Latest Novel, The Primary 5, The Unwinding Hours, The Hazey Janes, Mull Historical Society, Thrum, The Nectarine No. 9, The Shermans, The Flowers, Dorian, Isosceles, The Mackenzies. Excerpt: Glasvegas are a Scottish Indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan (vocals), Rab Allan (lead guitar, backing vocals), Paul Donoghue (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Jonna Lofgren (drums). The band received critical acclaim for their debut album Glasvegas which was released in September 2008, reaching No. 2 in the UK Album Charts and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in September 2009. On 14 December 2010, the band announced the appointment of a new drummer, Jonna Lofgren from Boden in Sweden. Glasvegas's second album Euphoric Heartbreak was released on 4 April 2011. The band was formed by cousins James Allan and Rab Allan in the summer of 2003 with Paul Donoghue and Ryan Ross on drums completing the line-up soon after. Local gigs in and around Glasgow were frequent and in May 2004 the band released a self financed limited edition double A-side single, "I'm Gon...