For the last time in 2008, Triple School evade me in another lineup change - apparently one of the Phantom Band has a bus to catch, hence their shift to open Sleazys’ NYE party. [...]

The Silencers playing Glasgow in December has become as much of a Christmas tradition as mince pies and getting pie eyed and the move from The Renfrew Ferry to the larger ABC has allowed a larger crowd the perfect escape from the Christmas madness outside and enjoy a couple of hours of musical nostalgia with one of Scotland’s national musical treasures. [...]

Images of the reformed Vaselines (and support Isoceles), playing their first full headline show in Glasgow in 20 years (ok, apart from the one at Mono a few months ago!) [...]

Opening with the majestic ‘Living is a Problem’ it was clear from the start that this was going to be quite a gig. It’s not that Dunfermline fans don’t get many live gigs, indeed ITM? itself has been resident there for many a month. [...]

Kenny Anderson is a man immersed in music, that’s for sure - umpteen albums behind him as well as the, er, ‘alt.folk’ label Fence to his co-founding credit. But ‘Rock’? Well, that’s what he’d have us believe. KC’s week in rock, it could be a musical give that it takes place in the decidedly un-rock setting of Stirling’s Tollbooth. [...]