I am not doing predictions, mostly because I can't. I have no idea what is going to be big this year and what isn't, and even if I think a band is going to release something amazing that probably doesn't matter, because bands I love rarely ever get all that famous anyway. But in any case, and in no particular order, here are some things I liked about last year, and some things I didn't. Some stuff I'd like to see more of and some things I am looking forward to, and some things I am not. "Something [...]
"You can only do so much when you're up against the force of nature and that's very whimsical in a way. Us traveling a quarter of the world to get rushed on a stage to play the last half of our set, that makes perfect sense in my world." - King Creosote Hailing from the village of Fife in Scotland, King Creosote aka Kenny Anderson is an indie-folk singer-songwriter who's released over 40 albums partly on Domino Records and on his own label, Fence records . This year, [...]
Scottish folk-rockers King Creosote played their sophomore tour in the country recently . The band played at The Blflat Bar in Bangalore on November 18, and followed it up with a performance on The Dewarists Stage at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender (more here ). The gig was opened by label-mates FOUND and The Pictish Trail (who also played The Other Stage at the festival). Together, these three artists go by the moniker the Fence Collective. During King Creosote's first tour of the country , the band played New Delhi and [...]
The Dewarists Stage on day three of the Bacardi NH7 Weekender saw an array of fusion bands that take over the show. The only ones that didn't fall into this category was quirky indie Scotsman, Fence Collective. The main highlights of the stage were rock giants Indian Ocean and Bangalore folk-rockers Swarathma . King Creosote and the Fence Collective Straight from the cold air of Fife, Scotland, to the hot heat of the Laxmi Lawns, this friendly seven-piece indie crew, brought a quirky and odd Scot humour to the start [...]
Unbeknownst to myself at the time, James Yorkston was the first Fence Collective artist I ever really, seriously fell for. Back when he first released Moving Up Country I was pretty damn impressed, but when he then followed it up with the outstandingly beautiful Just Beyond the River a couple of years later I was entirely smitten. For all that, however, it's now been a good few years since I've seen him play, despite both he and I being at pretty much every Homegame festival for the last few years. As with [...]
The Bacardi NH7 Weekender is our very own three-day music festival. The festival will be held from November 18-20 at Laxmi Lawns, Magarpatta City, Pune. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Imogen Heap and British house giants Basement Jaxx (who will play a DJ set) will headline the festival, which will also see performances by some top Indian acts. Tickets are now on sale! The Other Stage at the festival will feature some great singer-songwriters from around the country and the rest of the world. Alternative and acoustic bands will also feature at [...]
Better late than never eh! If you don't follow me on Twitter you might have wondered why there was no Friday Freebies yesterday. or perhaps you didn't notice. On Thursday there the blog celebrated it's third birthday, which might not mean much to you, but it meant something to me. To celebrate this 'momentous' occasion, I have recorded my first ever podcast which I will be posting up at some point tomorrow - you have been warned! The reason that there wasn't much happening on the blog over the past few days was because I took a couple of days [...]
Track Listing 1. The Pictish Trail - I Will Pour It Down 2. Lone Pigeon - River 3. The Pictish Trail and Lone Pigeon - Won't You Take Me Back Download
I just don't understand it. I mean, I came back from the most amazing musical weekend I think I have ever enjoyed, and instead of being interested and happy for me, when I start telling people about it they get this weird look in their eyes which looks just a little like blind homicidal rage. [...]
J ohnny Lynch , aka The Pictish Trai l, and Adem Ilihan , member of the post rock band Fridge have joined their forces in order to make you dance. Silver Columns is the name of their project and Brow Beaten the name of their track, which was already remixed by our favorite British duo Disco Of Doom. Free Mp3: Silver Columns - Brow Beaten (Disco Of Doom Rmx) Here is the video for their track Always : [...]
I just don't understand it. I mean, I came back from the most amazing musical weekend I think I have ever enjoyed, and instead of being interested and happy for me, when I start telling people about it they get this weird look in their eyes which looks just a little like blind homicidal rage. [...]
Smashed Tits Jealousy is a an awful trait, but I have to admit that I was incredibly envious of all of the lucky punters that attended the Fence Collectives' inaugural 'Away Game Festival' on Eigg. Having been to Home Game I had a rough idea of what I might have missed out on. In order to rub salts into the wound I decided to ask David from Kid Canaveral to write me a wee diary about his experiences on Eigg, or at least tell me the bits that he could remember/would actually [...]
The collaboration between Fence stalwart The Pictish Trail (aka Johnny Lynch) and Adem Ilhan will be going back to their very beginnings by re-releasing first single "Brow Beaten", which will be out (again) on the 29th November. As well as a bunch of remixes by chums Caribou, Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) and Optimo, Silver Columns [...]
It's wild, Jim, but not as we know it: Fence Records' Halloween party this year will be taking a theme of "space cowboys and aliens". The event will take place on 31st October in Glasgow at Stereo (and the adjacent The Old Hairdresser), from 2pm to 2am. Just take care to look out for Reavers. [...]
I just don't understand it. I mean, I come back from the most amazing musical weekend I think I have ever enjoyed, and instead of being interested and happy for me, when I start telling people about it they get this weird look in their eyes which looks just a little like blind homicidal rage. Even more unusually, this look only seems to really go away when I shush and complain about the bad weather in Edinburgh this time of year. (The weather on Eigg, by the way, was awwwwwesome!) Anyhow, this is the epitome, in its own [...]
I remember interviewing the Silver Columns up at Homegame this year and their combination of seriousness and playfulness struck me quite strongly. Whilst they came across as enjoying themselves hugely, and their approach to the songwriting process seemed light-hearted and not in any way precious, there was a definite undercurrent of something a little more [...]
Well, apart from the usual gigs, we have a couple of ongoing Festival specials this week to add to the general level of giddy excitement. Firstly, the Acoustic Cafe is running all week downstairs at the Roxy Art House featuring this week, amongst others, The Pictish Trail and Wounded Knee. Secondly, Lach's Antihoot is an ongoing, late night, at the Gilded Balloon, and is an open mic night in which Lach brings his legendary New York institution, and initial nurturing ground of so many artists we love, to Edinburgh for the duration [...]
Track Listing 1. King Creosote - Leslie 2. James Yorkston & Friends - Spanish Ants 3. The Pictish Trail & Friends - Not To Be 4. King Creosote & Friends - Curtain Craft 5. James Yorkston & Friends -unknown 6. The Pictish Trail & Friends - Skerryvore (The Red Well Cover) Download Watch the videos over on Dear Scotland
'They Shoot Music Don't They' regularly film the world's best new bands on the streets of their hometown Vienna. Recently they visited Scotland to capture some of our finest musicians in unusual places. This week, King Creosote, the Pictish Trail and James Yorkston in an Anstruther pub: They Shoot Music Don't They Goes to Scotland #4 -- [...]
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