From Orange Juice to Macrocosmica, Scotland has produced fantastic music over the years both above and below radar. In terms of rock, new wave and post-punk, are we running short on new ideas now? More »
YouTube Highlight: French Band DARIA Play Latest Album ‘Red Red’ Live
May 30, 2013 By
“…I simply cannot take anymore of this fucking parade.” French band DARIA came to my attention via a Facebook update from J. Robbins’ latest band Office of Future Plans. Any thumbs up from those guys for a band means it’s at least two thumbs up and maybe a few toes as well. And you know […]More »
Future of the Left Crowdfund New Album in less than Six Hours
May 29, 2013 By
Earlier today one of the UK’s more interesting rock bands launched a crowdfunding project for their next album on pledgemusic.com In less than six hours the target for recording and manufacturing had been achieved. Visitors heard a stream of forthcoming new track ‘the bisexuality of distance’. Excitedly I pledged £20 in the first hour for […]More »
Andy Cairns (Therapy?) Acoustic, King Tuts Glasgow 25 May 2013
May 28, 2013 By
LIVE REVIEW: An acoustic evening with Therapy? frontman Andy Cairns, in front of around 100 hardcore fans in Glasgow, was hugely entertaining with classics galore. If you’ve not been paying attention to them recently then you’re missing out. More »
The Birthday Suit – Covered Up Follows A Conversation Well Rehearsed
May 27, 2013 By
THE BIRTHDAY SUIT is a group with six members. Five of them are Jacqueline Irvine, David Jack, Steve Morrison, Séan McLaughlin, and Catrin Pryce-Jones. I have no idea if they were in any bands previously. Along with a sixth member who also plays guitar and sings lead vocals in the band, they create music which is a cut above […]More »
Punk Rock Gospel According To Titus Andronicus, Fucked Up, METZ
May 26, 2013 By
When Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsmun became a cause for atheists, they raised over $80,000 to help her family buy a new home. That’s the kind of overwhelming support that says, “we’ve got your back”. This Tuesday will a £15 entry fee put off Church of Noise believers from supporting a hardcore gig of biblical proportions? More »
10 Albums You Should Buy Today From Scottish Indie Artists
May 25, 2013 By
With the sun shining I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend much of today in front of a computer screen. We’ll recap on ten records at random that deserve a place in your collection. There may be ten superior records out so far this year but that’s for others to write about. More »
Take Your Chances In Winterfell With THE WON OVER
May 24, 2013 By
Friday bank holiday weekend and my brain is knackered. With limited can-be-arsed-ness available there’s only one band I want to write about this evening and that’s THE WON OVER. The fact they have a few gigs in Dundee on the horizon makes it a happy coincidence. More »
In Posterface band release debut 7″ More Life
May 23, 2013 By
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 »
How Radio1′s Big Weekend In Derry Is A Double Edged Sword
May 22, 2013 By
“…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 »
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