Except For Viewers In Scotland…it’s The Clipshow

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Mashup Time! Listen to Future Library Podcast Highlights from 2013, the one referred to as The Clipshow. Contains snippets of things yet to come. More »

In No Particular Order Of Irrelevance

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Picking up the bass and playing Mclusky’s THAT MAN WILL NOT HANG has become my waiting for the kettle to boil theme tune. Before getting out of my seat to fill the kettle I likely saw a list being plugged on Facebook or Twitter and thought, ‘why…?‘ Aside from linkbait, do they matter anymore? More »

How Future Library Surprised Us In 2013

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The joke was we had two listeners per episode. By the end of 2013 each episode averaged over 2,000 streams on petpiranha.com excluding iTunes and YouTube. Whether we featured U.S. indie bands like Sixteen Deluxe or Scottish underground scene artists like The Strangers Almanac, some of you liked it enough to stick around. More »

Podcast #27: Lyle Christine

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In a bumper Christmas edition of the show, Alex and Glasgow based musician Lyle Christine talk about internet trolling, virtual personas, production techniques, and a whole lot of other things.  More »

Idea Meet Talent

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Kat, wife of podcast host Alex, is going into hospital this month. Given the financial strain this is likely to cause, I’m joining Alex to invite anyone interested in either buying his music or commissioning artwork to get in touch. You’ve no excuse now for boring band merch designs.  More »

Podcast #26: Laraaji

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Alex talks to sometime stand up comedian, actor, meditation guider, Brian Eno collaborator and musician Laraaji in a conversation that takes in laughter, cosmic vibrations, and what the perfect society might look like.  More »

The Birthday Suit: Third Album on PledgeMusic

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In 2013 it is now socially acceptable to camp outside the Glasgow ABC for Hanson. It’s now also OK to ask your fans to pre-order your next record through pledging. But only if your band isn’t rubbish. Otherwise you can rely on The Internet to point and laugh in the form of photoshopped gifs.  More »

Podcast #25: The Strangers Almanac

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Alex speaks to Gord Matheson of The Strangers Almanac about the Dundee music scene, reviews causing hurt feelings, and playing gigs in living rooms.  More »

Smoking The Fat One

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FAT GOTH returned to Glasgow’s Bar Bloc as part of a series of gigs to road test new material that makes current record STUD sound like only an appetiser. It’s time to go very far down the rabbit hole with Scotland’s prog-metal pioneers.  More »

Video Update: Human is not Alone

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In case you haven’t heard, Human is not Alone raised over £3,000 for Marie Curie. If you don’t know what I’m on about…fucks sake?! Where have you been?? Click through and get up to speed pronto honcho.  More »