Hector Bizerk: "Drums and rap. That’s the core of it"
Hector Bizerk are bridging the gap between Scottish hip-hop and the wider musical culture with their unique brand of stripped-down rap

Hector Bizerk are bridging the gap between Scottish hip-hop and the wider musical culture with their unique brand of stripped-down rap

Fifteen months in the making, French Wives release their debut Dream of the Inbetween later this month. “I’m sure the thought’s crossed all our minds already,” ponders frontman Stuart Dougan....

Recently signed to Chemikal Underground, 'indie-tronic' producer Julian Corrie aka Miaoux Miaoux discusses his initial fear of Glasgow and why he believes in happy coincidences

Before its launch this month, the minds behind The Billy Kelly Songwriting Award explain what distinguishes the initiative from your average battle of the bands

Not the John McClane nuts you were expecting, Glasgow trio Die Hard are a talented band of mysterons who arrived overnight with a Technicolor debut. We sat down for an...

Glasgow’s Muscles of Joy, an all-female vocal-led septet, talk about building their own instruments and jamming away rather quietly

Having penned a concept album based around family bereavement, The Skinny is surprised to find a New York trio happy to be just making music

Tangles' Ricky Egan documents his many recording guises and explains how he went from obscurity to soundtracking a prime-time BBC soap

Drummer and producer Dave Maclean explains the influence of history and sci-fi on Django Django's long-incubating debut

Having started life as a Bloc Party tribute act a few short years ago, Edinburgh's Discopolis have since morphed into a band that the world can embrace. The Skinny joins...

Edinburgh trio Dead Boy Robotics count Blade Runner as a pivotal influence, enjoy a bit of Xbox Live and have written a funk ode to the Jaffa Cake. A band...

With their bastardised name, ‘playful’ artwork and fresh Afro-Caribbean sounds, Edinburgh quartet Bwani Junction have been brightening up the musical underbelly of Auld Reekie and beyond for some time. With...

Exploring the darker side of pop on their own terms, Glasgow's Otherpeople aren't scared of a good chorus

While PAWS might conveniently fit the bill for a grunge revival, the Glasgow trio have a few more tricks up their sleeves

Accordionist Leighton Jones explains why folk-noir revivalists The Dead Man’s Waltz are bringing Vaudevillian theatre to their compelling live show

Our first date with punk-blooded scoundrels The Wrong Boyfriends started as a guide to Belgian nightlife and ended as an HR crisis meeting...

We’ve already noted in these pages the musical kinship that Glasgow's United Fruit share with Texan rockers Trail of Dead. Heck, the excellent Go Away, Don’t Leave Me Alone sounds...

Concluding the annual hunt for the best unsigned talent that Scotland has to offer, just a handful of bands made the cut from over a thousand entrants to play the...

Getting a dressing down from a pop diva and narrowly avoiding a small-town punch up? These have been just some of the pitfalls that have helped make Aberdeen quintet Indian...

From hatching schemes in a Tesco car-park to playing gigs for Sunday league footballers, the only way is weird for mathematic riff magicians Lady North...