RM Hubbert
By Gavin Porter • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: featuresRM Hubbert’s ‘First and Last’ is a gorgeous display of solo guitar wizardry. However, the album was born out of dark times for the Glaswegian musician
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Mark McCabe
By Gavin Porter • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: short players‘Independent Thought?’ is a scathing broadside against Scottish nationalism from young Aberdonian songsmith Mark McCabe.
The Orison
By Gavin Porter • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: short playersIn all honesty, I’m not sure what to make of this song. It’s probably the biggest load of self-indulgent rubbish I’ve ever heard in my life, yet you’ve got to admire the sheer audacity of releasing a song this bad for public consumption.
Machar Granite
By Gavin Porter • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long playersA lot of Scottish bands seem to be influenced by folk music at the moment, and Edinburgh’s Machar Granite are no exception. Unfortunately for them, their debut ‘Lost in History’ does little to help them stand out from the pack.
RM Hubbert
By Gavin Porter • Feb 14th, 2010 • Category: long playersRM Hubbert paid his dues on the Glasgow DIY scene as a member of El Hombre Trajeado in the mid nineties. That will probably only mean something to a select few, but apparently the great John Peel liked the band enough to invite them to perform three separate live sessions for him during their [...]
