There's only a few days to go until the next Scottish Fiction/Aye Tunes/Peenko gig, so just in case you've missed me blabbing about it all month, here's a reminder of the details. Venue wise we're on the move again. The final Aye Tunes solo gig took place at The Roxy 171 at the tail end of last year, and we're taking this gig back there. We've roped in a trio of my favourite singing men with guitars for this. Headlining affairs is the magnificent Beerjacket . [...]
There's only a few days to go until the next Scottish Fiction/Aye Tunes/Peenko gig, so just in case you've missed me blabbing about it all month, here's a reminder of the details. Venue wise we're on the move again. The final Aye Tunes solo gig took place at The Roxy 171 at the tail end of last year, and we're taking this gig back there. We've roped in a trio of my favourite singing men with guitars for this. Headlining affairs is the magnificent Beerjacket . [...]
Getting inked is something of a rite of passage if you want to be a musician - they go together like peanut butter and jam. Yet even that doesn't excuse American rapper Gucci Mane's decision to have an ICE CREAM CONE indelibly seared onto his face. This got me thinking about Scottish music types with questionable tattoos. As it transpired, it was surprisingly easy to find people who were willing to admit that their decision to go under the needle was perhaps a mistake, and even more surprising to find that some are defiantly proud of these works of, ahem, [...]
Way back when, in September 2009, we discovered a sprightly young chap from Glasgow called Shambles Miller . Then, he presented us with his debut EP ' Shambles Vs The Dragon Wizard ', a four-track record that demonstrated his acute ear for solid folk songs with a humorous edge. Now, he presents us with his new single ' Confession ', which is released this week through Pipe Down Records . With the formula seemingly little changed from when we first discovered him, 'Confession' is a humorous, but honest depiction of a relationship break-up, despite [...]
Way back when, in September 2009, we discovered a sprightly young chap from Glasgow called Shambles Miller . Then, he presented us with his debut EP ' Shambles Vs The Dragon Wizard ', a four-track record that demonstrated his acute ear for solid folk songs with a humorous edge. Now, he presents us with his new single ' Confession ', which is released this week through Pipe Down Records . With the formula seemingly little changed from when we first discovered him, 'Confession' is a humorous, but honest depiction of a relationship break-up, despite [...]
Guys who play guitar get all the girls, right? Not necessarily. For some unfathomable reason, Glaswegian singer-songwriter Shambles Miller’s relationship status hasn't flinched from 'single' for a year despite his ability to dream up laugh-out-loud verses such as: "Well, the world's about to end, so let's be more than friends... like maybe naked friends." In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking his lyrical prowess works against him. Shambles recalls how [...]
Near the start of this self indulgent ramblefest that has been 33 I wrote about the Aye Tunes Vs Pennko gigs. Returning to that self indulgent theme, today I'm going to write a wee bit about the gigs I've put on by myself, which have imaginatively been titled Aye Tunes Presents. I'd have shortened that to ATP, but I'm pretty sure there'd be objections to that. #1 - 21st January 2011, Stereo Goodness, that feels so long again. I suppose it is quite a while ago, nearly a year and a [...]
Near the start of this self indulgent ramblefest that has been 33 I wrote about the Aye Tunes Vs Pennko gigs. Returning to that self indulgent theme, today I'm going to write a wee bit about the gigs I've put on by myself, which have imaginatively been titled Aye Tunes Presents. I'd have shortened that to ATP, but I'm pretty sure there'd be objections to that. #1 - 21st January 2011, Stereo Goodness, that feels so long again. I suppose it is quite a while ago, nearly a year and a [...]
Admiral Fallow If you're headed off to the ABC tonight to see Admiral Fallow then you're in for a treat, I only know this as I saw them play a last minute intimate show in Glasgow last night. As a wee teaser, the band have me their new song 'Beetle In The Box' free to download, a corking wee tune it is too. You can download yourself a copy for free in exchange for your email address here . Ajimal I had fully intended to include this link in last [...]
Given that I had him along to play at my last Aye Tunes gig in 2011 you shouldn't really need to be told that I rather like Shambles Miller. If you haven't heard the man himself yet to find out why I like him you won't get many better chances than this. You see, Shambles has now sold out of physical copies of both his EPs, Shambles Vs The Dragonwizard and Shambles Sails The Clockwork Sea. To celebrate the sell out status the kind Mr Miller is making both EPs available, for a limited time, to download [...]
Given that I had him along to play at my last Aye Tunes gig in 2011 you shouldn't really need to be told that I rather like Shambles Miller. If you haven't heard the man himself yet to find out why I like him you won't get many better chances than this. You see, Shambles has now sold out of physical copies of both his EPs, Shambles Vs The Dragonwizard and Shambles Sails The Clockwork Sea. To celebrate the sell out status the kind Mr Miller is making both EPs available, for a limited time, to download [...]
PAWS Ah PAWS, I fucking love PAWS. They're noisy as fuck, they do what they want and they have great tunes to boot. They have a demo called ' How Can I Depend On You? ', it's on SoundCloud, it's free and you should download it. The Little Kicks Aberdeen's finest, The Little Kicks are all set release their self-titled, second album this coming Monday. As a wee teaser of what to expect they've posted up their song 'Call Of Youth' for free download on Bandcamp . [...]
we're only afraid of NYC It's been a pretty good few weeks in terms of news coming out of the NYC camp, first off they've managed to recruit themselves a shit hot new drummer (the last one ran away to France) and now even more excitingly they've just posted up their top notch new single We Lived Here as a free download . Get stuck in kids, it's a great wee tune. Poor Things Having released their debut single 'Innocence/18' through the French Wives imprint label, Red Hat Records back [...]
Yes, I should not be allowed near Photoshop Remember back in June I did that birthday gig, and afterwards said that next time I decided to do a short notice gig someone should punch me in the mouth? Well, start forming an orderly queue, because I'm doing it again. Two weeks tonight (eek!) sees the next Aye Tunes Presents gig take place, at The Captains Rest in Glasgow. Joining us for the occasion are: The Sea Kings - Fresh from supporting The [...]
Yes, I should not be allowed near Photoshop Remember back in June I did that birthday gig, and afterwards said that next time I decided to do a short notice gig someone should punch me in the mouth? Well, start forming an orderly queue, because I'm doing it again. Two weeks tonight (eek!) sees the next Aye Tunes Presents gig take place, at The Captains Rest in Glasgow. Joining us for the occasion are: The Sea Kings - Fresh from supporting The [...]
The Moth and The Mirror In case you missed our wee announcement at the start of the week, our label Olive Grove Records have added another band to the family. They're called The Moth & The Mirror and they're fucking great, we wouldn't have worked with them if they weren't. To celebrate the joining Team Olive Grove they're giving away a free download of their track 'Lights in the Sky' via their Bandcamp , I hope you'll agree it's great wee tune. Martin John Henry In a few months time the [...]
I know that I said that I wouldn't be doing a Freebies this week, but seeing as I stumbled across a few early on in the week I thought it would be better to post something shorter as opposed to nothing at all. Miaoux Miaoux You'll have to be quick off the mark with this freebie as it went up last Friday and is only supposed to be available for one week. In anticipation of his much anticipated second album, Julian Corrie aka Miaoux Miaoux, has made his debut album ' Rainbow Bubbles ' free to download on [...]
Aye Tunes It's sad to say, but the series of 'Ayetunes vs Peenko' gigs are going on an indefinite hiatus. I am sure you're all gutted to hear that sad news, on the plus side it means that we are now both going to be putting on shows. So you'll have even more reason to get out there and enjoy some amazing new music. Jim has already lined up his first ever Ayetunes Presents gig at Stereo on the 21st of this month, featuring Boygiranimalcolour, Kochka and Trapped Mice. If you hadn't heard of any of the bands, [...]
The Last Battle It's been quite a year for the Edinburgh folk act. Having garnered a bit of a buzz about them at the start of the year, they went on to sign to Scottish blogger 17 Seconds label and released one of the most critically acclaimed albums to have come out of this wee nation in 2010. To round the year off the band are setting off an a tour of the country (weather permitting/sadly they couldn't make it through to Glasgow). To celebrate their adventures the band have very kindly posted up their new single [...]
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by teepoo Shambles Miller is back with a new EP called Sales the Clockwork Sea which will hit public on October 22nd where there will be a launch party at the Liquid Ship in Glasgow, Scotland. The four track EP shows what an entertaining song writer Shambles is. He is able to add wit and humour in songs without affecting the flow. In Things that Make Me Angry everything seems well and serious and then he enters with "when your eyes tell [...]
Aye Tunes
Aye Tunes
The Pop Cop
Music Liberation
Peenko
Ride The Tempo
Black Hippy - U.O.E.N.O.
Boards of Canada – Reach For The Dead
Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Major Lazer Remix)
HAERTS: “All The Days”
L D R U – The Tropics
