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Walt Disco on their new EP and flamboyant live shows
Gathered together one afternoon in a busy West End drinking spot, the members of Walt Disco are recounting the chance meeting in Glasgow that led to the band... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Festivals
Live scores at GFF 2018: Mica Levi and Sacred Paws
Glasgow Film Festival know how to match a movie with music. Recent highlights from their always vibrant Sound & Vision strand have included a folk concer... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 2-9 Nov: Bonfire Night
If, like us, your invitation to Frank Ocean's 30th birthday party seemed to have got lost in the post then indulge in a celebration of ballroom culture at SW... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Music
Rip It Up: Most Iconic Gigs in Scotland
To write the story of music in Scotland from the perspective of the people at the very heart of it, we contacted a few of Scotland's most celebrated musician... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
World Building: Exploring SQIFF 2020
This year has been stranger than fiction. Queerer than science fiction. And SQIFF has revelled in exactly that through its Every Utopia is a Dystopia collect... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Housekind
Some things just go together: peanut butter and jam; wine and cheese; salty crisps and an ice cold beer. The union between OK Pal Records and Edinburgh-based... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 10-17 May: Because You Are A Girl
The Spice Girls gave us girl power, Beyoncé told us they run the world, and this weekend Because You Are A Girl will continue to show that girls reall... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Music
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 almost 7 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 about 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 about 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 over 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 almost 5 years ago -
Festivals
Simone Seales and Mele Broomes on poetry performance Dearest
Off the back of a busy Pride season and in the middle of another Wet Hot Scottish Summer, it feels fitting that Simone Seales' project Dearest arrives in Edi... Read more »| Updated 3 days 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 over 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 about 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 over 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 over 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 10 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 over 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 over 13 years ago