picture by Chris Melgram Would you care to introduce yourself? Hello, my name is Reuben Quinn. I write and sing songs in Oscar Charlie. How would you describe the music you make? I grew up listening to a lot of stuff, mostly Frank Zappa and Paul Simon. Aretha too - I'd like to think that we sound [...]
With just a handful of tracks in my possession I think it is fair to say Oscar Charlie have kept me guessing since I first heard them at the start of this year. Hailing from the Shetland Isles, but recently relocated to Glasgow, the band's synth heavy songs weren't what I was expecting when I [...]
The Scottish music scene is undeniably city-centric. If a band isn't doing the rounds of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee or Inverness then, for many people, they might as well not exist. Yet that would mean missing out on a massive amount of talent, and that talent tends to avoid the derivative, scenestery, cliché-addled sound which often comes from being part of a much wider network. It also helps that these music-making islanders can take inspiration from the most beautiful scenery Scotland has to offer and bring those pure thoughts with them if they decide to head [...]
Now, I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but one of the real joys of writing this blog has been getting emails from people - readers, bands, PR people, anyone really. From kind words about the blog to people's own tales (one fella, Scott, emailed me a great story about the Bhundu Boys that I must post one day, if it's ok with him!), to people promoting their music, it's always fun to read them and listen to their songs. I am about a month behind now, but with the Xmas break coming up, I should be able to [...]
Words: Gareth O'Malley My musical discovery of the week, Oscar Charlie, are based in the Shetland Isles. So I suppose you could say they've already come quite a long way on their musical journey. And as evinced by this absolute gem of a track, 'Vandals', they're going to go a lot further. There's a dark side to this synth-led track, in the lyrical content - there's references to graveyards and violence in here (at least from what I can make out; the band - that's Reuben Quinn (vocals, guitars), Jim Bevington (bass), John Gair (drums) and Jamie [...]
Peenko
Cougar Microbes
The Pop Cop
Loft And Lost
Music Fans Mic
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
REMIX SUNDAYS- May 27th, 2012
Madden Miles Presents The Candace Bailey Beat Tape
