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With electro-pop groups continuing to gain ground on the mainstream music scene, and the genre itself leaving its marks on everything from hip-hop to metal,... Read more »

“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” asks Kenny Leckie, raising an interesting point. Can you recall hearing a new guit... Read more »

The first 30 seconds of The Vincent Black Shadow's debut single Fears In The Water are positive enough. An angrier DEVO, as sung by Gwen Stefani, anybody? Sa... Read more »

A pulsating chrome-coated beat ushers fictional hiphop protagonist Hour Hero Yes through the door of this, the latest abstract from Subtle's modern day 'Tomm... Read more »

A growing trend in the current pop scene is a tendency to revert to early '80s synth-pop stylings in order to sound ‘futuristic’. Tim Exile takes... Read more »

There's always been a touch of crazy to Scotland's most lauded musicians. Orange Juice were awash with art school exhibitionism; mid-career Primal Scream wer... Read more »

With fledgling new rave bands taking over the country like a swarm of electro-locusts (according to the NME anyway), it was only a matter of time before an e... Read more »

So these guys can be seen playing über-short sets in London’s trendiest nightspots (‘cos they’re all down there) and generating quite ... Read more »

Forget Florence and the Machine et al: Charlotte Hatherley is setting the creative agenda for British female artists. Joining Ash aged 17 in the mid-1990s, s... Read more »

If H&M made indie bands, they'd be like Boycotts (**). There isn't a hair or note out of place, and while their new-wave-rock is competent, it's also hop... Read more »

Essentially, Friendly Fires do just one thing, but they do it well. The St Albans trio make superb party music - funky, unpretentious, danceable - if your re... Read more »

Their name might suggest twee and adorable animal-friendly shenanigans, but their sound suggests internal bleeding. Don’t be fooled by the presence of ... Read more »

Another week, another 80s-indebted British female solo singer? Keep reading – this one’s different. She doesn’t look like she was assembled... Read more »

"What are we doing here if romance isn't dead?" So demanded Paul Smith, Maximo Park's frontman, on the Tyneside quintet's exhilarating debut single Graffiti.... Read more »

Old-school satire is increasingly hard to come by today, but Gary Gardiner seems hell-bent on bringing it back.Last year, his Arches Live! show focused on th... Read more »

The second album is notoriously easy to get wrong. Bands often use a slicker, more 'refined' approach to denote progression, but the results can be disappoin... Read more »

When not recording solo or infrequently gigging with Bis, Manda Rin likes to paint. Tonight’s show launches her Cover Versions and Other Hits exhibitio... Read more »

EdinburghWhat better way to usher in the New Year than with the warm familiarity of the Bluetones – the aural equivalent of a hot mug of cocoa? The 'to... Read more »

After a weekend which saw Soundgarden's early 90s side-project Temple of the Dog reunite for a one-off performance at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit,&nbs... Read more »

"We're in the Radiohead school - we try to avoid trends. I suppose that's why we've never been cool," divulges Steve Hewitt, drummer of glamour rock trio Pla... Read more »

AutoKratz are a London-based trio that tread on a fairly sketchy tightrope: an indie-dance act for the thinking man/woman. Their 80s pop influences – c... Read more »

Rock ‘n’ roll myth: being a musician is incredibly glamorous. Rock ‘n’ roll reality: not so much, or so Paul Carlin would have us bel... Read more »

EdinburghOkkervil River playing the intimate confines of Cabaret Voltaire sounds a bit special doesn't it? We certainly think so, so best snap up your ticket... Read more »

On the strength of Weezer’s third self-titled album, it could be perceived as though Rivers Cuomo set out just to mess with us when he embarked on a ca... Read more »

It's the penultimate day of Glasgow Film Festival, but the gems just keep coming. There's feisty festival hit Mustang, acutely observed documentary Finders K... Read more »

It's nearly two weeks since the Scottish Album of the Year shortlist was announced, but Happy Meals' Suzanne Rodden still brims with the reactionary enthusia... Read more »

Sound City, you’ve got a lot to answer for. As The Skinny emerges bleary-eyed from yet another instalment of Liverpool’s biggest ‘showcase ... Read more »

CineFringe Founded in reaction to the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s move to June, leaving cinema largely unrepresented amongst the countless... Read more »

If there’s one thing Nathan Rodriguez likes, it’s the word ‘conversation’. It crops up time and again over the course of our telephon... Read more »

Blue Clouds (Daniel Johnson) The conception of this covers record began here, really. I'd been asked to play a Johnson Tribute night in Glasgow and was goin... Read more »