I don't know about you, but this last week has been pretty damn knackering. On Monday night I was out seeing King Creosote, The Pictish Trail and Randolph's Leap at the the Old Fruitmarket, then the following night I was out at the innaugural SAY Awards . Out on two school nights on the bounce has left me pretty damn exhausted, as trying to fit all of this music malarkey into real life ain't all that easy. So I feel as if I have been chasing my tail all week, thankfully though we have a pretty chilled out weekend [...]
Jo Schornikow I'll warn you now, I am going to be mentioning Jo Schornikow from the Shivers a lot over the next month or so. In case you somehow missed the memo, she's going to be touring the UK next month with Scott Rudd, and I'm putting on her Glasgow date featuring a bill which will also include Mitchell Museum. In case you haven't already heard any of Jo's music, then you're in luck as there is a free download of her song 'Bird's Nest' up for grabs on SoundCloud . Alternatively, if you [...]
What with me having far too many good gigs to mention, I have decided that the easiest thing for me to do is to role them all into one mega post. So if you're not likely to be heading out to a gig any time soon, then you may want to look away now... First off, we have a gig that I'll be putting on next month at the Captain's Rest featuring Mitchell Museum, Jo Schornikow from The Shivers and [...]
Hi folks A wee bit different this week. Every so often I include a few non-Scottish bands (because I get loads of submissions from outwith Scotland every week) in the reviews. Scotland is represented this week by Edinburgh's Birdhead, with England represented by Santiago Street Machine (Manchester) and Church School (London). Keep your submissions coming in, no matter where you're from! Boab x Birdhead [...]
Track Listing 1. The Paper Trench 2. The Beetle In The Box 3. You and I Are a Gang of Losers (The Dears cover) Download
Track Listing 1. Skip The Youth 2. Modern Leper 3. Old Old Fashioned 4. The Loneliness and the Scream 5. The Wrestle 6. The Twist 7. Swim Until You Can't See Land 8. Foot Shooter 9. Backwards Walk 10. Nothing Like You 11. Heads Roll Off 12. Good Arms vs Bad Arms 13. Poke 14. Living in Colour 15. Keep Yourself Warm [...]
Would you care to introduce yourselves? Hello, we are Stanley, a five piece ensemble of the musical variety. How would you describe the music you make? Dramatic. We also like to keep each song idea fresh and different from the last. How did you start out making music? [...]
Apologies for the lack of a cover version post last week, as I am sure you're all aware, last week I was up in Inverness at the goNorth Festival. So I had to take a few days off to recuperate at my folks as they stay up in that neck of the woods. Having had the whole of last week off, it was a bit of a culture shock having to come back to face real life and an over flowing inbox full of emails. Plus on Thursday there we had the State Broadcasters single release at the [...]
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 [...]
Pronto Mama – Lickety Split EP If you like your barbershop music all laid-back with cool synths then you'll love Pronto Mama. Love You is somewhere in between Fleetwood Mac's Albatross and The B-Sharps, and is without a doubt the best song I've heard all year. One Trick Pony is superb, particularly the half-time baws-oot at the end. The best EP I've heard since Galchen's The Red Dot. Love You live for BBC Radio 1 Introducing [...]
Regular visitors to this site will already be aware that I have a friend in the US by the name of Ryan who shares a lot of Jetpacks/Frabbit/Twilight Sad live recordings to share with you guys. The number of high quality bootlegs that he's sent my way is pretty damn phenomenal, now he's gone one better and sent me over a video of a full We Were Promised Jetpacks set recorded in Seattle back in 2010. The video was recorded in HD and it sounds fucking ace, anyway here it is in all of its glory, enjoy...
Track Listing 1. The Missing Plutonium 2. 1985 3. Asklipiio Download
Do you know what's a bit bloody good, the new Miaoux Miaoux album, that's what. Not that I expected it to be anything less than great, but even though I set my expectation pretty damn high, Julian Corrie, aka Miaoux Miaoux, has only gone and conjured up the finest pop record that you're likely to hear all year. Having been a massive fan of his music since I was first introduced to his music by Glasgow Podcart a good few years ago, and i have to admit that I have pretty much been hooked ever since. There was even talk [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? Fauve Cornegrat, one half of Art Of The Memory Palace. How do you do. How would you describe the music you make? Throbbing vocal fog over dense slabs of Motorik drone. That, or synthesizers dying in cavernous cathedrals of reverb. How did you start out making music? [...]
Track Listing 1. Switches, Part 2 2. For Joe 3. Car Song Download
Track Listing 1. Auto Pilot 2. Better For Now 3. Theme For Great Cities (Simple Minds cover) Download
For those of you who frequent these parts on a regular basis, you may recall that I tipped Olympic Swimmers as being one of my Ones To Watch for 2012. Generally when folk start banging on about how they tipped such and such a band before they were big, it really does piss me off. The reason I mention that I tipped Olympic Swimmers as being a band to look out for this year, was purely because I had been so looking forward to hearing their debut album. Thankfully I wasn't disappointed, as it's a cracking wee record that was [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? My name is Adam Stearns and I play in a band called The Glass Animals. How would you describe the music you make? Always a [...]
Morning folks, it's Saturday and once again I'm hungover. No surprise there then I guess, I spent last night in the company of some fine individuals at King Tut's catching The Grand Gestures and Behold The Old Bear, A top night was had, but boy am I paying for it today. If I think that I feel bad now, god only knows how sorry I will be feeling for myself on Friday. As next week I will be heading up to Inverness for my third goNorth, Scotland's biggest music industry event/piss up. For the second year running, myself, Song, [...]
I'd like to start off this weeks post by letting you all know that there won't be a Friday Freebies post next week as I am heading up to Inverness on Wednesday morning for this years goNorth Festival. Instead of sitting in front of my laptop next Thursday night, I will be at the Bloggers Showcase that myself, The Pop Cop and Song, By Toad are putting on. If you're up in Inverness make sure you come along to Blackfriars on Academy St to catch Make Sparks, Sebastian Dangerfield, CD/EX and Yusuf Azak. Right [...]
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold us (Major Lazer Remix)
Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn
Fingerbanger Friday: Informed Consent
New album: Washed Out
Noteworthy (Stream): Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn
