Be The Someone by State Broadcasters Face B du single Where I Belong/Be The Someone
New Year's Day by State Broadcasters Extrait de Ghosts We Must Carry

( Top #30-#21 )( Top #20-#11 ) Un extrait de chaque album dans le lecteur en fin de post et un lien vers une chronique pour chaque album. #10 The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth #9 Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves #8 M. Ward - A [...]

It's that time of the year when blog's are pretty dominated by end of year lists, this blog is no different. I love a good end of year list so I do, more often than not it acts as a guide to albums that I might have overlooked. In past years I have discovered amazing albums by the likes of St. Vincent, Beach House and more recently Beth Jeans Houghton. As well as having my own selection of albums, I also run the Scottish BAMS, in which I ask all of Scotland's top music sites and DJ's what's been taking [...]

A tasty selection of sounds and sights for your edification this morning. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy! Courtney Barnett - "History Eraser" (single) This is my current "jam" on thisismyjam.com. It was featured on this month's Music Alliance Pact, by the Australian Blog, Who the Bloody Hell Are They? . [...]

Part of me has been putting off publishing this post for a while now as I thought it made more sense to stick it on the blog around the time of the album launch gig (which is this Sunday in case you were wondering). The other side of me has delayed posting anything simply because quite simply I don't believe that I have the vocabulary to portray just how much this album means to me. Over the past couple of months 'Ghosts We Must Carry' has received some mighty fine reviews, it even received this amazing review from [...]
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... WAZU - Murder 1 / Happy Endings Naomi Punk - Burned Body Trent Severn - Snowy Soul Julie Doiron - By The Lake Ladyhawk - You Read My Mind The Wilderness Of Manitoba - Morning Sun GHXST - Doomgirl City Reign - Ahead Of Ideas State Broadcasters - 2 Trespassers That's No Moon - Mega Man Black Light Dinner Party - Sampler Click Read More below, be patient while the page loads, listen... [...]

"Like most people around my age (I'm a child of the '80s), the cassette was the musical format that formed my early taste. Our dad refused to play "children's music" in the car, and instead made compilations of music he liked that would be palatable to young ears (though I do remember my parents talking loudly and pointing out the car window to distract us during a couple of Pogues songs containing lyrics we shouldn't have been hearing at that age.)" "This is a decision I will be eternally grateful for - being played an eclectic [...]

Hello stranger! After what feels like an age this is my first post on the blog in ages and I have to admit that I have missed my rambles (although I am sure that most of you haven't). It's been pretty strange having other folk write for me, good weird that is. My only fear is that by bringing in Steve, Boab and Mike to write for me just highlights what good writing should be like! So although on the surface it might look like I haven't been up to much, but trust me I have been a [...]

State Broadcasters - Ghost We Must Carry By Hayley Scott State Broadcasters follow up their 2009 debut The Ship and the Iceberg with the equally enchanting Ghosts We Must Carry , in which the Glasgow based 6-piece exhibit their ability to purvey heart-warming, melancholic folk-pop music. The album’s arrival is aptly in time for a seasonal shift. You can imagine Ghosts We Must Carry suitably sound-tracking brisk, cold mornings when the air smells autumnal and the sun shines hazily as you traipse your [...]

Out of left-field for me and resonating personally comes the wonderful new album from State Broadcasters, Ghosts We Must Carry is the follow-up to their 2009 debut The Ship and the Iceberg which I intend to familiarize myself with ASAP, layered melancholic folk-pop of the highest order - you can listen to and download the PR approved track Trespassers below, it's a fine song but only the tip of the proverbial iceberg in respect of the the quality - there much more to cherish and enjoy of the album including the beautiful opening track on the album “The [...]

Album Review: State Broadcasters - Ghosts We Must Carry (Olive Grove Records) It can sometimes be tricky to write about musicwhich has achieved an amazing amount of early press reaction without inadvertentlyabsorbing the influence of all those words. However, for a variety of reasons Iappear to have spent much of the last month in something of a travel-induced bubble,insulated from much that's going on – even in terms of blogs and sites I'dnormally read. Throughout this time, a constant companion on my travels hasbeen [...]

Summer is over. It's gone. Done and dusted for another year. It's September tomorrow, and it's time to start dealing with it. What better way then, than with a healthy dose of Scottish folk music. Which is where today's Track Of The Day comes in. Say hello to State Broadcasters , who are giving away Kittiwake, a track from their new LP, Ghosts We Must Carry, which is released 17th September via Olive Grove Records . Steeped in wonderful downbeat tones, sombre lyrics and some gorgeous instrumentation and backing vocals, it's a [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Balto : "Smokestacks" [mp3] search for more Balto posts at Largehearted Boy Crushed Out : "Weigh You Down" [mp3] search for more Crushed Out posts at Largehearted Boy [...]

Trespassers è il singolo, offerto in free download, che anticipa l’uscita a Settembre di Ghosts We Must Carry, il nuovo album degli scozzesi State Broadcasters - il loro secondo lavoro, dopo l’esordio con The Ship and The Iceberg nel 2009: Trespassers by State Broadcasters

In a couple of months time this blog will be hitting the grand old age of 4 years old. Now that may not mean a lot to you guys, but it means a lot to me. Ever since I started this site it has pretty much taken over my life, for the better I might add. On reflection, I am really proud of what I have managed to achieve in such a short period. Prior to 'Peenko', I would never have dreamed of doing half of the stuff that I have done, such as putting on gigs, releasing records and [...]

theclosing – box [mp3] (from theclosing , out now on Circle Into Square Records) An amalgamation of self-fashioned samples, field recordings, random noises, and computerized clicks, this Vienna-based trio renders abstract electronic soundscapes; think Boards of Canada and Four Tet . [...]

As there was no Friday Freebies last week as I was still up north recovering from my post-goNorth hangover, this weeks post is a bit a monster. A good friendly monster, filled with lots of free goodness... The State Broadcasters I haven't really posted much about what has been going on with the label I co-run, Olive Grove Records, for a while now. Not because I have intentionally tried to keep the two apart, more so because I am a bit forgetful, once I have been doing all of my promo stuff [...]
What with Mothers Day and the cup final earlier in the day I have almost managed to spend a whole day without logging into blogger, but alas I just can't resist the temptation of going online. So I have decided that today is as good a day as any to post up some videos that I have been enjoying this week... First off we have a dems new single Inner O, which is released on 2nd April 2012 on Bad Life Recordings... [...]

Y’all is Fantasy Island Under appreciated, is the phrase that springs to mind when anyone mentions now defunct Falkirk outfit, Y’all is Fantasy Island. I am not going to start kidding myself that I wasn't one of the folk that didn't fully appreciate what we had until they were gone. Thanks to Wiseblood Industries we can all do some much needed catching up as they've re-issued the whole of Y’all is Fantasy Island’s entire back catalogue digitally for free . This includes five LPs, totalling 55 tracks all in. So if you're not Home Game-ing this weekend, [...]