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We’re delighted to host a lovely guest blog from Katy Lironi ahead of the publication of her memoir matilda in the middle, a musical family memoir. Katy is a fixture of the Scottish music scene and is in permanent creative overload with her band The Secret Goldfish and record label Creeping Bent (both with husband…

Here’s a guest blog from Douglas MacIntyre about the wonderful FRETS concerts, which continue to go from strength to strength. FRETS is a brilliant example of community collaboration where family pitch in and all profits are ploughed back into providing more shows: it’s a great thing. Over to Douglas for the story behind the small…

John Cavanagh’s Soundwave radio show reaches its twentieth anniversary on Thursday 22nd August and there’s a special happening to mark the occasion at Glasgow’s Flying Duck. This twentieth birthday concert highlights three favourites, heard regularly on the show. Tickets are on sale at Monorail Music, King’s Court: https://www.seetickets.com/event/soundwave-at-20/the-flying-duck/3127343   https://tickets-scotland.com/   Master songwriter (and David Shrigley collaborator) Iain…

On 2 August 2024, Glasgow band The Tenementals will release ‘Peter Pike or Pink’, which is the second single from their forthcoming debut album, Glasgow: A History (Volume I of VI). The album recounts a radical history of Glasgow and will be released by Strength in Numbers Records in the autumn. Appearing as a guest…

Thanks to Grant McPhee for sharing this extract from his new book Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 available now from Omnibus Press and all good bookshops. An oral history of the era’s DIY music scene, Postcards From Scotland is constructed from over 100 first-person interviews with musicians, record labels, venues, promoters and journalists…

In the second part of our chat with the brilliant Shirley Manson, she looks back at the turbulent recording of their 2005 album Bleed Like Me as it receives its first every vinyl release. But she starts by teasing some information on Garbage’s forthcoming eighth album, to be released next year. Garbage play TRNSMT Glasgow…

We’re delighted to present a two-part interview with an icon of Scottish rock and pop, the magnificent Shirley Manson, who has fronted alt.rockers Garbage for over thirty years now. The band are embarking on their first European tour since the pandemic and there are two opportunities this coming weekend to see them – they play…

We were  happy to hear from the mighty St.Luke’s when they contacted us about their upcoming reggae all-dayer. It sounds like just the thing for July in Glasgow. Events kick off at 2pm in the venue with market stalls selling items including jewellery, art, books, records, clothes & crystals. From 7pm there’s a headline set…

To mark the publication of the Remastered Edition of Graeme Thomson’s acclaimed biography of Kate Bush, Under The Ivy, Graeme has written a blog looking at Bush’s lifelong immersion in the spirit and sound of traditional music. It’s an excellent read and it’s out on 27th June, thanks to Graeme… Not only is folk…

When one of our great tunesmiths, Davie Scott of The Pearlfishers, got in touch with an idea for a blog we jumped at the chance. The result is this splendid feature about mixtapes. Before we hand over to Davie just a reminder that The Pearlfishers play the brilliant new album Making Tapes For Girls in…

Glasgow Jazz Festival has unveiled its programme for 2024, with performances from some of the biggest names in jazz set to be hosted in the city next month. From Wednesday 19th – Sunday 23rd June 2024, over 20 events are confirmed across Glasgow and tix are available here Celebrating 20 years of programming the Glasgow…

We’re really chuffed to feature this guest blog from Mike O’Connor aka Scottish Post-Punk. Ahead of the release in July of Roots Rock Rebels – When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982  (we’ve got our pre-order in) Mike tells us how this long-planned compilation came about…over to Mike. Mike O’Connor & Gary Crowley I blame Gary Crowley……