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Supersonic Youth: Hairband on their debut EP and Green Door Studios
Hairband aren't your typical supergroup. Featuring members of Glasgow bands Spinning Coin, Breakfast Muff, Lush Purr and Kaputt, the five-piece are all regul... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Music
Roskilde Festival 2023: The Report
A couple of months ago an argument broke out on Twitter about volunteering at music festivals. Screenshots detailing a volunteer deposit system at a Scottish... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Music
Love Letters Zine on Gender Equality in Music
Are you sick of seeing guy-bands overpopulate playlists and festivals in equal measure? Are you filled with gratitude towards the femme and non-binary musici... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Music
Tracyanne Campbell on Camera Obscura and working with Crybaby
“I realised there wasn’t going to be something coming out of the ocean telling me to hurry up and finish the record. You’ve got to do it yo... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
Jupiter Rising 2019: Festival Report
An environment more akin to a cult, Jupiter Rising blossoms into its second year in a mood that resonates as less of a festival, but rather more as some sort... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Clubs
Austin Ato & Mind Yer Self on club culture and mental health
Mind Yer Self is the brainchild of Glasgow-based students Ruaridh Gill, Matty Lech and Cammy Macphail. The trio host bi-monthly nights at The Berkeley Suite,... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Art
State of the Art: Tramway and The Common Guild
The Common Guild’s In the Open and Tramway’s new Instagram-based Tramway TV represent a gentle artistic intervention by Glasgow arts spaces into ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Clubs
B2B: Helena Hauff x Tama Sumo interview
Now firmly a staple on the Scottish festivals calendar, Terminal V will once again take over Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre for their 11-hour Easter... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Festivals
The Best Theatre Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2019
The Edinburgh Fringe is a hotbed of experimental, exciting and engaging theatre, but with so many shows to choose from it can be hard to work out where to st... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Iona Zajac
Formerly of Glasgow-based folk and blues duo Avocet, poet, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Iona Zajac recently released her debut solo single, th... Read more »| Updated about 3 years ago -
Film
The Springburn Scorsese: James Price interview
There aren’t too many Scottish filmmakers who could pull off playing a coked-up hardman who’s stripped to the waist, save for an undone coat, and... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
Music
Left of the Dial: Cool Things at 2024's festival
Rotterdam’s Left of the Dial isn’t like other festivals. The organisers come at it with a unique vision, and the artists who make up its lineup a... Read more »| Updated 8 months ago -
Music
Young Fathers on Cocoa Sugar and Edinburgh's live music scene
“I’ve got it! Melange. It says ‘mixture, blend, variety, miscellany, diversity, collection, selection, combination, jumble, mess, confusion... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Music
The Twilight Sad's James Graham on Scott Hutchison and It Won/t Be Like This All the Time
Last year The Twilight Sad were preparing the follow-up to 2014’s incredible Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave, the record that piqued ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Music
Alex Kapranos on 20 Years of Franz Ferdinand
01 Darts of PleasureOn the same day Darts of Pleasure was released, Black Eyed Peas topped the charts. You performed with them at the 2005 Grammys. Were you ... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Intersections
Our Stories podcast: Episode Three
This is the transcript for episode three of the Our Stories podcast, you can find the transcripts for episodes one, two and four here. David Livingstone B... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year shortlist announced
The shortlist for the second annual Scottish Album of the Year Award was announced at Glasgow's CCA last night, with a few surprises in the final ten. Whittl... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year 2016 shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the 2016 annual Scottish Album of the Year Award was announced at the BBC's Quay Sessions this evening, with fresh faces joining past nomin... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year: 2013 Longlist Announced
The longlist for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY) has been announced today. The second in the initiative's history, the inaugural prize was aw... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year 2015 shortlist announced
The ten-strong shortlist for the 2015 Scottish Album of the Year – aka the SAY Award – has been announced. This year's shortlist is an eclectic ... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year 2012 shortlist announced
The ten albums on the shortlist of the Scottish Music Industry Association's inaugural Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) award were announced today. Honed dow... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year Award Longlist announced
Today the Scottish Music Industry announced its Longlist for the inaugural Scottish Album of the Year Award. Selected from a comprehensive list of 2011's hom... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago -
Music
Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year Award
Young Fathers’ Tape Two has won the 2014 Scottish Album of the Year award. Facing stiff competition from the likes of Steve Mason, Boards Of Canada and... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award longlist announced
The longlist for the third annual Scottish Album of the Year Award has been unveiled today, with recognition for some of Scotland's best-known and most estab... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Music
Scottish Album of the Year Award launches for 2017
The SAY Award opens up public nominations for the 6th edition of the award, as the process of picking this year's winner gets underway The Scottish Album of... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Music
2015 Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award longlist announced
The longlist for the 2015 Scottish Album of the Year Award has been unveiled, with an eclectic mix of artists and bands from across Scottish music in the hun... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Art
Scottish Album of the Year and CCA team up for art awards
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award and Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) have joined forces to present two awards for both establish... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Magazines
Scottish Dancing
In the Homecoming Year, Scotland has attempted to showcase more than just haggis and kilts. On the one hand there has been the awkward Diaspora,... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Music
Boards of Canada, Mogwai, Steve Mason and Young Fathers make Scottish Album of the Year shortlist
The final shortlist for the Scottish Album Of The Year 2013 was unveiled today, following surprisingly convivial discussions amongst the judging panel. With ... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Music
Scottish Wind, Scottish Rain: Frightened Rabbit's Highland Tour
If history does indeed repeat itself, then some wide-eyed, aspiring young musician will have been watching Frightened Rabbit’s whirlwind tour of the Sc... Read more »| Updated about 13 years ago