Babe To Emulate Chvrches This Year?

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From avant-garde black metal to Scots-French leftfield twee pop, we’re getting freaky and sexy on the blog tonight. And there’s a free download too!  More »

Joanna Gruesome Surprised Me With Weird Sister

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Joanna Newsom is a famous harpist & songwriter. Joanna Gruesome is a band from Cardiff. No relation.  More »

Must See Upcoming Gigs (Feb) in Glasgow & Dundee

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Pop! South, Cry Parrot, TYCI collective, and GW/Rusty Hip collective have organised shows in February for those of us fed up of mainstream dross. Here’s a quick preview!  More »

TYCI – a female perspective on art, music and more

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Glasgow’s TYCI is a collective run by women that includes an inspiring blog, live events, zines, a radio show & a podcast. The quality of their output continues to impress me greatly and this blogpost is designed to point one or two more people their way.  More »

Podcast #31: Make That A Take Collective

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Alex chats to Derrick from Make That A Take about organising DIY shows, fundraising for charities like Safe Tay, and local music communities.  More »

SXSW 2014 Videos, Cloud Sounds, Cairn String Quartet

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Watch videos of those selected for SXSW 2014, listen to what The Skinny reckon is hot, and pencil in gig dates for next week. Turn those speakers up!  More »

Annual Best Scottish Poems Revealed

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Today saw the publication of the Scottish Poetry Library’s annual online anthology of the 20 Best Scottish Poems. Available as a podcast from iTunes, it makes for perfect lazy day listening. Image: Seaweed by Lucy Burnett   More »

Shetland Rocks OK

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Fuzzpop trio from Shetland who cover NoMeansNo and do the DIY thing through Glasgow’s Fuzzkill Records? Oh go on then.  More »

Podcast #30: Laketowner (Uncredited)

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Alex and Kat talk to Chris Winchester, author, musician, and actor, about his experiences working on The Hobbit and other stuff.  More »

Don’t You (Forget About Me) …Said These Great Records

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Aye Tunes and Is This Music? have published their fave records of 2013. Cure your January blues with these tunes!  More »