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IN POSTERFACE is a band you’ll have to think about before recommending to friends with more mainstream music tastes. Being a pretentious, self-indulgent, art-noise band is fine as long as you have the balls to follow through and proclaim it proudly to the world. More »

“…if picking up an instrument was the solution to all of society’s ills, Stormont would simply advertise cheap guitar lessons.” Derry songwriter Conor McAteer tackles the impact of Radio1′s Big Weekend in Derry, including the radio documentary that explored post-troubles Northern Ireland. More »

As positive as the SAYawards can be, the local media coverage could lead to unsigned Scottish releases getting buried this month. Nonsense or some truth to it? GARDEN OF ELKS’ debut EP is on today’s agenda. More »

Graham Norton’s comment about Romania’s Eurovision 2013 entry summed up how I feel about many people who write words online – “…just because you can do something, doesn’t mean that you should”. More »

Not only do I dislike the word veteran in relation to bands like NoMeansNo, the lazy genre box that is progressive punk joins in too. What exactly is the reader supposed to think when they see, “Veteran progressive punks from Vancouver”? Ugh. It’s punk rock beyond three chords and depending on how much Pro Tooling your More »

LIVE REVIEW: You don’t have to be a science fiction fan to experience multiple universes. Glasgow has you covered. In one, bland unsigned indie sells out small venues in town. In another, a band with imagination and artistic merit treks to Glasgow from Elgin for an audience of less than 25 people. His Name Is Codeine deserve better. More »

UK music festival T IN THE PARK today announced which unsigned bands would be lucky enough to play the unsigned ‘tbreak‘ stage this Summer. 16 acts have been confirmed with rap outfit HECTOR BIZERK getting the chance to bring their crew of two to the field of dreams. More »

Remember I told you that a band called Dead Temple would be on my radar? Turns out they’ve a gig at The Art School in Glasgow tomorrow night with HIS NAME IS CODEINE. Being confident enough to use Codeine in their name, I had to find out more. More »

Today ‘Google Play Music All Access‘ was announced in the U.S. with a UK release likely in the near future. It’s a music streaming service to rival Spotify and has been on the cards for awhile. It’s the latest aggressive move by Google to own the world’s data at the expense of your personal privacy. More »

As much as I’d like to pigeonhole BATTERY FACE with phrases like noise-rock or post-punk, the truth is they’re not as two dimensional as you might expect. Their well-crafted, intelligent songs even managed to stand their ground when sharing a bill with Sub Pop’s hardcore riff demons METZ. No easy task! In case you’re unfamiliar More »