Opinion
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OpinionHero Worship: King Creosote
Fence Records boss Johnny Lynch, AKA The Pictish Trail, applauds his best pal Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
OpinionHero Worship: Thurston Moore
Idlewild's Rod Jones tips his hat to the man who inspired him to pick up a guitar in the first place Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
FestivalsT Break: The Contenders
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 T Break stage at Balado this July. Here we present the final sixteen Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Hero Worship: Adam Ant
Long-standing new music champion Vic Galloway worships at the altar of Adam Ant Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Six Degrees of Julia Thirteen
Who knew that so much of Glasgow's rich modern musical lineage could be traced back to the constituent parts of just one band? Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
OpinionHero Worship: Ian Mackaye
Divorce's Andy Brown salutes a musician who refuses to compromise Read more »| 07 Jun 2011
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Hero Worship: Jeff Tweedy
Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison waxes lyrical on his admiration for Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: How the West was won and where it got us
Well, that was quite something. I’ve now got a proper-sized keyboard, so hopefully there’ll be less typos in this one [I’ve just read it ... Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
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The Proposition: Rebecca Frankenstein Black: or The Post-Modern Prometheus
The most ghastly thing about Friday is not the hideous auto-tuning, the stupefying lyrics or the gormless rap, it's the fact that it reminds us what a bunch of slack-jawed imbeciles we actually are Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: MICHAEL BLOODY CERA
Day 4. Saturday. 8 continental US shows down, 3 remaining across a relatively intense five-hour span. First! The day begins hot and gets hotter - we loaded ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
FestivalsKid Canaveral at SxSW: Talking with Guitars
It was a busy, busy one today. Started off by playing the Music For Listeners party at 12 noon at the Red House Pizzeria. It's hard to describe how good t... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: Enter, His Royal Folkness
Today was a slower day. It was our first show as King Creosote's backing band at the Domino Records Showcase at Emo's in the evening. Our afternoon consis... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: 'Like a cheerful Sauchiehall Street at kicking out time'
It is hot. The novelty has not yet warn off. What do you mean I don't need to sleep with two duvets and my thermal underwear like back in Fife? We awake to... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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Kid Canaveral at SxSW: 'Good afternoon, Houston!'
After around twenty minutes at the "luggage carousel" it was clear that something was wrong. I had nipped to the "restroom" (yeah, inverted commas may fea... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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On the Road: Kid Canaveral Take Manhattan
Woo! YorkIt's the morning after our last of three shows in New York City. We're all a little tender. More on that later. Security has been passed through wit... Read more »| 18 Mar 2011