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Ahead of their sold out show this week at The Hug and Pint in Glasgow, our guest blogger, Duglas T Stewart, reflects on 30 years of the BMX Bandits. It’s a lovely piece…welcome to his world… BMX Bandits formed in the Summer of 1985 and released our first single E102 /Sad in 1986. It seems…

Today we have the last of our selection of amazing photographs from Sam Knee’s new book, The Bag I’m In. We’d like to extend our huge thanks to Sam and Cicada Books for the preview. There are so many great photographs in the book that it was very difficult to choose a selection. The Bag I’m…

Following on from yesterday’s guest blog we have more photographs to share with you from Sam Knee’s brilliant new book The Bag I’m In. Thanks again to Sam for allowing us to use them. The Bag I’m In is published by Cicada Books and is available to pre-order from Monorail Music. Sam’s previous book A Scene In Between is also available. We…

Following on from A Scene In Between which set out to excavate the sartorial treasures of an era spanning Postcard Records, Creation, C86, shoegaze, and the multifarious sub-scenes that sprouted in between, Sam Knee has curated another collection of brilliant photographs in his new book. The Bag I’m In is published by Cicada Books and is available to pre-order from Monorail…

Across the week we’ve looked at A Weekend Abroad, and we’re really looking forward to it. Next week check in for our guest blogger Sam Knee and some truly great photographs from his forthcoming book, The Bag I’m In. In the meantime here’s a reminder of who will be guesting at A Weekend Abroad.  

The Pastels have selected Saturday’s line up which features Spinning Coin, Birdie, Normal Love and Paul Kelly Films. Birdie Birdie was formed in the mid ’90s by Debsey Wykes (formerly of Dolly Mixture) and Paul Kelly (East Village) following a brief spell as part of Saint Etienne’s backing band.  Their first single Spiral Staircase was…

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER THE PASTELS WITH BIRDIE, SPINNING COIN, NORMAL LOVE, PAUL KELLY FILMS ‘We always wanted to make music sound like it was being played for the first time, like it was new to us.  We never over-practiced or anything, we just were.’ Two years on from their late period Slow Summits triumph, The…

Back in July when Glasgow Music City Tours launched at the Merchant City Festival, we ended each tour with a set from a local band at Mono. We were really pleased when Spinning Coin agreed to perform, although they must have wondered what on earth they’d committed to. Probably slightly bewildered they played on and…

Night School Records curate Friday 23 October’s event as part of Monorail Music’s A Weekend Abroad. Featured artists: Molly Nilsson, The Space Lady and Happy Meals. DJ Femme Fresh and Syophantasy Berlin-based Molly Nilsson is undeniably a cult figure on the global pop underground, her songs resonating in the vast spaces created by the disparate…

On Friday 23 October Monorail Music in partnership with Saramago will curate a weekend of some of their favourite music and film at the CCA in Glasgow.  Across this week we’ll be taking a look at the artists taking part in what promises to be a joyous celebration of independent and free-thinking pop music. Tickets are available here. Facebook event page Contact: [email protected]…

Unlikely as it seems, there is a corner of Glasgow that will be forever Nashville. The Grand Ole Opry in Govan may be 5,000 miles from its better known Tennessee namesake, but the former cinema on Govan Road boasts more rhinestone than Reno and has a love affair with Country & Western that is as deep as…

On Wednesday this week the 9th Glasgow Americana Festival kicks off in venues across the city. We managed to catch up with the Festival Director, Kevin Morris, for a few words on this year’s highlights. Over to Kevin… At Glasgow Americana we’re gearing up for our 9th Festival and we can’t wait to welcome music lovers to…