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Opinion
Hero Worship: Albert Hammond Jr. on Christopher Hitchens
As Albert Hammond Jr. prepares to headline Glasgow's Stag & Dagger festival, he tells us about his early experiences at Sunday school, the awe and wonder of the universe, and his admiration for atheist firebrand Christopher Hitchens Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
Festivals
SxSW: A Veteran's Perspective
An attendee of South by Southwest for over a decade, BBC Radio Scotland DJ Vic Galloway is still a firm believer in its ability to break new ground Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
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Slint's David Pajo on Leonard Cohen
Slint guitarist David Pajo, who has played with a huge range of bands including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and Zwan, reflects on his respect for Leonard Cohen, and his experience of touring, as a teenager, with Glenn Danzig Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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Hero Worship: Chino Moreno salutes Mogwai
No stranger to their tinnitus inducing might, Chino Moreno of Deftones, ††† and Palms tips his bunnet to our February cover stars and claims they have unfinished business Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Idlewild's Rod Jones speaks out on the dangers of closing Edinburgh's Picture House
The Idlewild and Music Like a Vitamin project co-founder, whose gigs with both endeavours have been housed under The Picture House's roof over the ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2013 -
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Simply To Live – That Was My Plan: Jason Molina Remembered
As Secretly Canadian ring in the tenth anniversary of The Magnolia Electric Co, the late Jason Molina's rugged work of plaintive blue-collar Americana under the Songs:Ohia moniker, Alasdair Roberts pays fond tribute to a voice that's still traveling Read more »| 11 Dec 2013
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Albums Of The Year
The Albums of 2013 (#1): Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus (ATP)
Benjamin Power and Andrew Hung’s third record saw them ascend to the very top of Space Mountain Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
Albums Of The Year
The Albums of 2013 (#2): Steve Mason – Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time (Double Six)
Across a year of austerity budgets, fracking controversies and seemingly endless state surveillance revelations, the anger and frustration that structures&nb... Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#3): Factory Floor – Factory Floor (DFA)
Combining industrial noise, stripped techno and disco and driving analogue synth-sounds in their incendiary live performances, this year Factory Floor nailed their first studio album. The band's Nik Void talks tactics Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#4): The National – Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
When his wife Joy Davidson died after three years of marriage, C.S. Lewis recorded his grief in a series of journals, published pseudonymously in the early 1... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#5): CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe (Virgin / Goodbye)
“A lot of electronic bands these days, not wanting to name names, they shy away from the melody, shy away from the song and it becomes all about how th... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#6): Hookworms – Pearl Mystic (Gringo)
The aftermath of Pearl Mystic has been one of change and decisions for Hookworms' vocalist MJ Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#7): Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse (Atlantic)
After the promising dress rehearsal of Frightened Rabbit’s debut album, Sing the Greys, the Selkirk troupe quickly followed up with main event The Midn... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#8): Boards of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)
For an elusive duo who once proclaimed ‘music is math,’ the cryptic, numerical-led announcement of Boards of Canada’s fourth album was sure... Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
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The Albums of 2013 (#9): Future of the Left – How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident (Prescriptions)
The end of a short tour is a mixed blessing; or, as Andrew Falkous puts it, “very sweet but kind of fruity”. It’s saying goodbye to weeks o... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013