Folk + Harp = Joanna Newsom reference. With that out of the way let me persuade you to attend The Glad Cafe in Shawlands this Sunday Jan 12th. There will be a special gig featuring Amy Duncan, Fiona Rutherford and other highly talented Scottish musicians. Get your folk on! More »
To praise or critique Dundee band VLADIMIR, that is the question. Because bleak-pop sounds like an oxymoron from where I’m standing. If I can look past the presentation, there’s tunes worth hearing waiting to be discovered. More »
As far as small venues go, the sound system in King Tuts is capable of helping a band put its best foot forward. That alone makes #KTNYR14 attention worthy. More »
New unsigned bands. Embrace them, listen to them, support them. Their future relies on equal measures of support and doses of reality. Rarely do they peak during their early days. Leave room to get excited in the future when they’re better at what they do. Otherwise we miss out. More »
How can musicians make money in 2014? That’s the question facing a lot of up and coming bands and artists. Should they expect music to pay their mortgage or is it time to accept that sustainable artistic growth requires a different mindset? More »
Alex and Owen Ashworth talk about head colds, Travelodges, foreign toilets, the weight of Casio keyboards, how Suzuki are missing an obvious revenue stream, and why Casiotone for the Painfully Alone became Advance Base. More »
Hello! Thanks for stopping by. My name is Andy and you've found my blog. Once in a halley's comet I'll help a noisy band release a record like Bronto Skylift or die! die! die! but it doesn't happen very often. These days I mostly blog about the Scottish underground music scene. 'Creative Minds' is a series of posts on mental health because ignorance & hypocrisy grind my gears. Saying hello on Twitter is the best way to reach me. If there's a gig or record you think I'd like then drop me a line.
