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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

There has been good and bad news emanating from Californian funkster Beck’s camp over the past few weeks. In a move that will be his last for Interscop... Read more »

Complaining may well be a national pastime, but let’s face it, by November, there are only so many more times we can go on about crappy weather, dark d... Read more »

The month of Christmas often offers slim pickings, gig-wise, what with everyone saving cash to participate in the annual consumer-fest, or conserving their u... Read more »

Returning from a stint of showcasing his damn fine solo work as Rick Redbeard, Rick Anthony recalls the troops for a live outing with his much-loved alma mat... Read more »

Kicking off the New Year at King Tut's is their regular showcase series, King Tut's New Year's Revolution, which aims to bring you the best of Scotland's eme... Read more »

Our mini-month starts off promisingly as Durham country-twang favourites Kitty, Daisy & Lewis appear at Electric Circus in support of last year’s r... Read more »

Sterling efforts from Frank, Bey et al aside, there were some truly wonderful records made by the fair hearts of Scotland this year. As voted by our Music te... Read more »

Our month begins in earnest on 5 March at Edinburgh's Opium (also Glasgow's Bloc+ on 4 Mar), with a set of manic post-punk packed with infectious pop hooks f... Read more »

Dear readers, spring is here! We know this is true because Tesco has started selling puny bunches of half-dead daffs. And with spring comes the start of pre-... Read more »

We kick off in Edinburgh with a highly recommended midweek outing courtesy of Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. This month they host Pender Street Steppers, a Va... Read more »

"We are really clever," nods The Scottish Enlightenment's bassist Angus Moyes when asked whether the band agree with their highbrow-indie tag. It seems a fai... Read more »

Start this summer with a flashback to the space-race in Glasgow, as Public Service Broadcasting bring their special blend of aural collage to the O2 ABC... Read more »

It’s a case of out with the old festival favourites and in with the new as a parade of mavericks show off recently released material this coming Septem... Read more »

With stadium rock Gods swooping in from on high, plus Glasgow's West End Festival and Edinburgh's Hidden Door in full flow, neither coast should struggle for... Read more »

Usually at this time of year we’d begin with some sneering quip about the great Scottish summer that never was, but relative to the norm, 2016&rsq... Read more »

Whether you’re pro-yuletide or a sulky wee scrooge, December’s always a bit of a write-off. For the Crimbophiles, it’s the only time of yea... Read more »

We made it! With 2015 all but done and dusted, everyone knows that December is basically a get out of jail free month, an excuse to eat, drink and be disorde... Read more »

We begin with Fuck Buttons at The Liquid Room, Edinburgh on 4 May. The sheer sonic assault of their performance at Glasgow's SWG3 last year – Andr... Read more »

Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave by The Twilight Sad has been named as Scotland’s bloggers and music writers’ favourite album of... Read more »

Before we even get into August, let’s consider what a high we’re seeing out July on. It’s fair enough to say that for all his incarnat... Read more »

Live music in Edinburgh this week London Grammar @ Usher Hall, 24 Oct Hot on the heels of their second album Truth is a Beautiful Thing, Hann... Read more »

Operating at the intersection between brightly-hued pop-punk and dayglo chiptune, Anamanaguchi are perhaps the ultimate geek band – formed in NYC ... Read more »