Muscles of Joy: Room of Their Own
By Simon Ward. Published 06 February 2012
Glasgow’s Muscles of Joy, an all-female vocal-led septet, talk about building their own instruments and jamming away rather quietly
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We Are Augustines: Back from the Brink
By Finbarr Bermingham. Published 06 February 2012Having penned a concept album based around family bereavement, The Skinny is surprised to find a New York trio happy to be just making music
The Big Pink: "We needed to create a different energy"
By Fred Weedon. Published 06 February 2012As The Big Pink trade in their explosive debut's distortion, Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze tell us why their live show will be all change on Valentine's Day
The Dirty Dozen – February 2012
By Chris McCall. Published 03 February 2012Remember Remember speak their minds on the February singles
On the Bog: The GZA
By Freddy Bovril. Published 02 February 2012Wu-Tang's Gary 'GZA' Grice tells us how he spends his downtime and stays tight-lipped on Liquid Swords II
Umberto: Night Stalking
By Simon Ward. Published 02 February 2012We don't know what film Umberto will score at GMFF, but odds on it'll be some freaky shit. Errors bring the synth maestro in for interrogation
GFF 2012: Sound and Vision
By Chris Buckle. Published 01 February 2012We preview another quality lineup from the Glasgow Music and Film Festival
Errors: "If certain people hadn’t been at early shows, who knows what would have happened"
By Chris Buckle. Published 31 January 2012Before Errors storm the land with their cosmic third LP, we sit down with the Glasgow trio to talk good fortune, aborted album titles and the joys of making a...
Mark Lanegan: "My natural inclination is to make as loud a noise as possible"
By Dave Kerr. Published 31 January 2012Returning this month with his first 'solo' album since 2004, Mark Lanegan assembles his band for a Blues Funeral and lays the past to rest
Tangles: 21st Century Schizoid Man
By Steev Livingstone. Published 31 January 2012Tangles' Ricky Egan documents his many recording guises and explains how he went from obscurity to soundtracking a prime-time BBC soap
Live Music Highlights – February 2012
By Mark Shukla. Published 30 January 2012Comprised of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), Sepalcure did a pretty good job of consolidating the countless splinters of modern dance music with their eponymous 2011 debut. Abstracted...
Hero Worship: Mike Watt
By RM Hubbert. Published 30 January 2012Virtuosic six-stringer RM Hubbert explains why a musical inspiration from his teens keeps him focused even now
The Metal Column – February 2012
By Ross Watson. Published 30 January 2012When you think about it, it's a pretty exciting time for metal: the Scottish scene's in rude health and 'hip' blogs are wisening to the fact that the term is...
First Listen: Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas
By Finbarr Bermingham. Published 30 January 2012At the playback of his first album in eight years, Leonard Cohen proves that as the decades advance, he's still got plenty left to offer
Django Django: Away with the Pharaohs
By Steev Livingstone. Published 30 January 2012Drummer and producer Dave Maclean explains the influence of history and sci-fi on Django Django's long-incubating debut
Track-By-Track: Errors' Have Some Faith In Magic
By Steev Livingstone. Published 27 January 2012Errors' Steev Livingstone exclusively presents his guide to the synth wizards' third LP
A Muso's Top 10: Roots Manuva
By Roots Manuva. Published 12 January 2012Maverick MC Rodney 'Roots Manuva' Smith lifts the lid on his desert island discs
2012: Scoring the End Times
By The Music Team. Published 11 January 2012Don't stress about whether the Mayan Prophecy will come to pass this year, think more about who might accidentally soundtrack the end of days...
Awake On Foreign Shores: Trans Musicales 2011
By Dave Kerr. Published 10 January 2012In search of an alternative winter festival, our Music editor heads for Les Recontres Trans Musicales to find out how the French get down
The Dirty Dozen – January 2012
By Darren Carle. Published 09 January 2012Mike Palmer and Sean Smith of We Were Promised Jetpacks exercise diplomacy on the January singles...
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