
I am sure that most of you are already aware that the inaugural longlist for the Scottish Album of the Year Award was announced this week and I think it's safe to say that the list took quite a few people by surprise. To be honest with you I don't really know what I was expecting, but from the 20 albums that made the long list there are a few that I was genuinely surprise to see on there and a whole lot more that I had plain old never heard of. I guess it's the eclectic nature [...]
Quando era il cantante degli Arab Strap , Aidan Moffat ha scritto alcune delle mie canzoni preferite di quegli anni, e forse di tutti i tempi. Here we go , Love detective , The shy retirer , Don't ask me to dance sono le prime che mi vengono in mente, ma ogni volta che rimetto su un loro disco ne scopro qualcuna che con gli anni mi sono dimenticato, e non posso non scoprirmi a pensare a quanto siano stati (e forse siano tuttora) sottovalutati, e a quanto non ci sia più stata una [...]
You say Bananarama! We say Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat! Yes, Chemikal's dynamic duo are back with a subdued take on Bananarama's 1983 hit (and not a wrench or Mack truck in sight). The track's taken from the pair's latest EP (also entitled Cruel Summer, and also features the tracks "Box it Up", "Man of [...]

What a nice start to the weekend Ireland beating Australia was, I really didn't see that one coming. Then I guess that very few folk would have predicted that result, hopefully we can finally see a northern hemisphere team going on to do something at this World Cup, although I am not sure I could quite stomach a victory for our neighbours south of the border. As I am currently battling to write this post while my daughter attacks my laptop here's this weeks covers from Aidan Moffat and his take on some classic pop songs... [...]