Opinion
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FestivalsSt Deluxe at SXSW: Part II - Hangovers, Über-burgers and a Mexican Brekkie
Day 2 at SXSW. We wake up about ten in our communal room, hung-over and jetlagged but excited about the day ahead. The sad news about Alex Chilton passing aw... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
Festivals
St Deluxe at SXSW: Part I - Westbound and Down
Our first day in Austin has been a rollercoaster to say the least. We were lucky enough to be given a place to stay thanks to the SXSW housing program. The p... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
OpinionA Skinny Take: The Death of 6 Music
“The problem with 6 Music is… It’s not a station that makes much sense from a value for money point of view” said the BBC’s Di... Read more »| 04 Mar 2010 -
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Chasing the zeitgeist
When the legendary CBGB’s club in New York was closed down in 2006 because owner Hilly Kristal could no longer afford to pay its rent, there was a bitt... Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
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A Skinny Take: A good day for substance
Imagine the odds you could have got a few months ago on Rage Against The Machine’s "Killing In The Name" being at the top of the charts this Christma... Read more »| 23 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year2009: A Year in Records (#1)
Merriweather Post Pavilion is going to be spoken of in rarefied terms for years to come, so you'd better get used to it Read more »| 07 Dec 2009
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Albums Of The Year
2009: A Year in Records (#2-10)
2. GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST Through no fault of their own, sometimes great bands acquire unhealthy legacies: Nirvana, I'm looking at you particularly. One ... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The YearScottish Albums of the Decade #1: Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
When placing Idlewild’s sophomore album 100 Broken Windows into the context of Scottish albums of the decade, it becomes all too clear how much the mus... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #2: The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
The world is set up wrong. We know this now. While Glasvegas gallivant around the globe, filling stadiums with their sing-along dogshite nonsense, another gr... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #3: Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
It's easy to cast the mind back to the dawning of the millennium and perhaps fondly recall a pre-9/11 sense of optimism and renewal – I mean, the bug d... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #5: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
If 1998's Music has the Right to Children was the record that opened up modern electronic music to whole new vistas of possibility – both in terms of i... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The YearScottish Albums of the Decade #4: Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
On the face of it, their product is hardly revolutionary. Yet, for the past year and a half, The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit has been the album... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade - A Muso's Pick
One particular record from this decade that made an impact on me was The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada. When it was released in 2005 I was still at ... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #6: King Creosote - KC Rules OK
Not even King Creosote's mother owns everything in his discography, as it's filled with dozens of rare Fence Collective releases and CD-Rs. But if this isn't... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Albums Of The Year
Scottish Albums of the Decade #7: Arab Strap - Monday at the Hug and Pint
“Enjoy it while you can, because it won’t last long…” So sings Malcolm Middleton over the characteristically resolute backdrop of Th... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009