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    The one-day, one-ticket festival returns to Glasgow for a fourth year, presenting an array of acts in an array...

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    Scottish Album of the Year 2012 shortlist announced

    The ten albums on the shortlist of the Scottish Music Industry Association's inaugural Scottish Album of the Year (SAY)...

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    T Break 2012 Line-Up Announced

    Today Tennent's Lager announced the 16 bands that made the cut from well over a thousand entrants to play...

  • PAWS

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    The cream of this year’s UK festival line-ups open a serious can of straight talk on the destinations they're...

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    First listen: PAWS – Misled Youth

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Previews

  • Divorce

    Divorce Album Fundraiser @ The Old Hairdressers, 11 May

  • Frightened Rabbit

    Hot Ticket of the Month: Frightened Rabbit's Highland Tour

  • Russian Circles

    The Metal Column – April 2012

  • Mark Lanegan Band

    Hot Ticket of the Month: Mark Lanegan Band @ O2 ABC, 9 March

Live Reviews

  • Django Django

    Stag & Dagger 2012: Glasgow

    4/5 stars
  • Errors

    Errors / Mermaids / Mother Ganga @ The Arches, 11 May

    4/5 stars
  • Perfume Genius

    Perfume Genius / Cate Le Bon @ Captain's Rest, 8 May

    4/5 stars
  • Grimes

    Grimes @ The Berkeley Suite, 7 May

    4/5 stars

New Blood

  • French Wives

    French Wives: The Inbetweeners

  • Julian Corrie (Miaoux Miaoux)

    Miaoux Miaoux: "I’m obsessed with writing perfect pop songs"

  • Jamie and Creon from Oran Mor

    The Billy Kelly Songwriting Award is open for submissions

  • Die Hard

    New Blood: Die Hard

Records

  • Ryat - Totem

    Totem

    Ryat
    3/5 stars
  • UV PØP – No Songs Tomorrow

    No Songs Tomorrow

    UV PØP
    4/5 stars
  • Nasty P - Story So Far (COVER)

    The Story So Far

    Nasty P
    3/5 stars
  • King Tuff - King Tuff

    King Tuff

    King Tuff
    3/5 stars

The Dirty Dozen

  • Martin John Hendry - Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen – April 2012

  • Jenny Reeve_Jill O' Sullivan

    The Dirty Dozen – March 2012

  • Remember Remember Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen – February 2012

  • Dirty Dozen - We Were Promised Jetpacks

    The Dirty Dozen – January 2012

Label Specials

  • Ipecac Records

    Greg Werckman presents 'The Ipecast'

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    Chemikal Underground's Emma Pollock on the Sony/PIAS blaze

  • Werckman Patton

    Ipecac Records: “The industry can change, but we will continue to do our thing”

  • Chemikal Underground

    A Chemikal Solution

Gig galleries

  • Admiral Fallow - Louis Abbot secret Brighton Wheel set

    In Pictures: The Great Escape, Brighton 2012

  • Sunshine Social

    In PIctures: The Sunshine Social @ Oràn Mór, 22 March

  • Billy Kelly Award opening

    In Pictures: The Billy Kelly Songwriting Award Launch @ Oràn Mór, 20 March

  • Presidents Of USA

    In Pictures: Presidents of the USA / Straight Lines @ O2 ABC, 11 March

What's on

  • 25May

    Brendan Benson

    Oran Mor, Glasgow
    19:00 – 22:00; £12

    The US singer/songwriter and sometime Raconteur takes to the road solo in support of his new album.

  • 26May

    Maple Leaves

    Stereo, Glasgow
    19:00 – 22:00; £5

    Melodic folk-popsters on vocals, piano and guitar, now sans Miaoux Miaoux's Julian Corrie, but just as bloody lovely.

  • 27May

    Jim Bob (Gordon McIntyre, 8-Bit Ninjas)

    The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
    19:30 – 22:00; £8 adv.

    Carter USM singer Jim Bob launches his new novel, Driving Jarvis Ham, performing songs from his back catalogue, both solo and Carter USM, and reading from the novel.

  • 27May

    Aggi Doom (Palms)

    Mono, Glasgow
    20:00 – 23:00; £5

    The dark, synth-pop Glasgow quartet launch their new 7-inch, Bring Me The Head. Mighty fine it is too.

  • 28May

    United Fruit

    Stereo, Glasgow
    19:00 – 22:00; £tbc

    Glasgow quartet known for their all-out post-hardcore abrasion served at F1 velocity.

  • 28May

    Papa M (De Selby)

    King Tut's, Glasgow
    20:00 – 23:00; £10

    David Christian Pajo (aka Papa M) plays solo, a rare thing for a man more likely to be found playing with the likes of Stereolab, Tortoise, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Interpol, and (currently) Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

  • 30May

    Vic Galloway Presents (Holy Mountain, Fat Goth, A Fight You Can’t Win)

    Electric Circus, Edinburgh
    19:00 – 22:30; £tbc

    Vic Galloway returns for his monthly showcase slot, where the man himself handpicks the acts for your aural delectation, this time headered by doom'n'roll Glasgow trio Holy Mountain.

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    Record Store Day in Scotland

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