Music :: Feature :: Preview :: New Blood 28 Nov 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: We See Lights Who are We See Lights? "We See Lights are from lots of places," they say, including Airth, Bo'ness, Edinburgh and Milngavie, and have been about in various incarnations for a while. It's only been the last year, though, in which they've...
Music :: Feature :: Preview 30 Oct 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: Who are ballboy? As if you didn't know. Perennial indie favourites ballboy seem to have been about since The Skinny was in short shorts. Well, since 1999 anyway. We spoke to singer, songwriter and guitarist Gordon McIntyre upon the release of their ne...
Music :: Preview 26 Sep 2008
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Music :: Review 12 Sep 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: In its manifesto, The Mill declared it was hoping to promote Scottish bands pulling in directions slightly off the beaten track. Action Group have been ploughing a myriad of disparate musical furrows for many a month now and if it's eclecticism you're ...
Music :: Feature 05 Sep 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: How To Swim have been staples of the Scottish music scene for a number of years now, but having released their excellent Littlest Orgasm mini-album on Electric Honey in 2005, things seemed to have gone a bit quiet. The hiatus, though, is over. A set a...
Music :: Feature 29 Jul 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: We’re in the mouth of the Fringe. The Edinburgh and Glasgow band scenes are thriving, as fertile as ever, with Auld Reekie making substantial headway on its more celebrated rival. Local promoters are doing fine jobs with individual and collective...