Music :: Preview 22 Dec 2008
Euan Ferguson: There have been more Scottish music festivals in the last couple of years than ever before, all clamouring for the tag of most eclectic and wide-reaching. Quietly but effectively getting on with it for the last 15 years has been Glasgow’s Celtic ...
Music :: Feature :: Live Review 15 Dec 2008
King Creosote: I was once a huge Simple Minds fan. When I first heard them on TOTP playing Promised You a Miracle, I tittered "daft band name", but after hearing Glittering Prize some months later, I went straight out to buy New Gold Dream on tape. I loved it, daft b...
Music :: Live Review 05 Nov 2008
Ryan Drever: Tonight is the latest installment in the recent Tennent's Mutual campaign - where online members choose who plays - and sees a blinder of a line-up take a trip up north, to a slow-forming but eager Inverness crowd. Edinburgh's Rob St. John (***) and hi...
Records :: Album Review 04 Nov 2008
Milo McLaughlin: Amazing how someone with a voice as stunning as HMS Ginafore could lack faith in their abilities. However, Ginafore - real name Jenny Gordon - is infamously reluctant to perform live despite collaborating with most of the Fence collective at some time ...
Music :: Feature 01 Oct 2008
Milo McLaughlin: Last month's issue featured an interview with Kenny Anderson aka King Creosote but the first podcast in this two part special on the Fence Collective cruelly left out any of his tracks. This month we make up for it with an absolute belter of a tune ca...
Music :: Live Review 24 Sep 2008
Milo McLaughlin: Even though hipster’s fave Bon Iver is appearing up the road at the Queen's Hall, there are lengthy queues outside The Caves for tonight's Fence Club and a few unlucky souls are turned away due to a last minute sell-out. The subterranean den is a...
Music :: Feature :: Label 09 Sep 2008
Milo McLaughlin: Given the shared ethos and sound of the artists involved, Fence could almost be classed as a sub-genre in itself. For example, there's no doubt that Fence's relative success is to some extent down to the fact they are a collective as much as a record l...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 09 Sep 2008
Dave Kerr: Following the recent announcement of warm up gigs to be headlined by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in mid-September, further details of The Tennent's Mutual's forthcoming 'Season One' live music programme have been revealed. Set to take place across ...
Music :: Preview 02 Jun 2008
Milo McLaughlin: Curated by the owners of the Mono café-bar in Glasgow's Merchant City, and held in the adjoining courtyard, this annual all-dayer has become a staple of Scottish indie scenesters' calendars over the past two years. Boasting a mouth-watering line...
Live Review 13 Apr 2008
RJ Thomson: Dysfunctional is an overused word, particularly in relation to individuals, families, bands – anything that involves humans seems to qualify on a regular basis. It’s worth remembering, then, that it’s also possible to be functional, h...
Music :: Live Review 07 Nov 2007
Dave Kerr: When Kenny Anderson threatens to drop a bombshell, you'd do well to find the nearest bunker and batten down the hatch, pronto. In his endeavour to give away some devastating revelation on every night of this tour, tonight's tale of how he came to losin...
Music :: Live Review 08 Sep 2007
Yasmin Ali: King Creosote reigns supreme as a chief billing for Glasgow's Saturday line-up of UK-wide festival 'TrocaBrahma'. This touring four-date festival features an eclectic and electric fusion of Brazilian beats with British riffs, under the endorsement of B...
Music :: Feature 08 Sep 2007
Paul Mitchell: Since we spoke with him last summer, The Skinny has whiled away many an hour trying to rendezvous with Kenny Anderson. For one reason or another, things just haven't worked out. Anderson (more familiar to the masses as King Creosote, convenor-in-chief ...
Records :: Single Review 15 Jul 2006
Duncan Forgan: Those already in the know will be aware of 678's wondrous lovelorn shimmer, those who aren't will likely be just as captivated. This re-recorded rendition is a bit sparer than the familiar album version and, at almost half the length, is also missing t...
Records :: Single Review 17 Mar 2006
Milo McLaughlin: I gave up half my heart and you gave a half-hearted shrug is such a perfect line it sends shivers down your spine, as King Creosote regretfully berates a former lover (and himself for putting up with their whims) with a mournful "it's not good enough."...
