Small names even by our standards – Poster Paints lead us off in a Hallowe’en non-special with Scunner and My Name is Ian hopefully adding scenes of mild terror to a playlist which also includes some mysteriously pseudonymed acts and a couple of artists whose names begin with ‘Q’. Curiouser and curiouser…

Gloaming and roaming : with Luke Sutherland

To followers of the current music scene music he will be known as frontman of Rev Magnetic

Miki Berenyi : out of Lush / Piroshka

Pop into any bookshop nowadays and you’ll probably come across an array of autobiographies of ’90s indie pop stars

A world of music comes to Glasgow : this 12th November

PR hyperbole is all-too-common when music promoters attempt to make their events stand out among what seems like – despite these cash-strapped times – a busier-than-ever live calendar.

‘Straight White Men’ is the first track to be taken from the Glasgow act’s forthcoming ‘Bars ‘n’ Loners’ compilation album, consisting of three EPs recorded in Barcelona over the last decade.

The band play a festive show – their first gig in the city in seven years – at Glasgow’s Glad Cafe on Tuesday 20th December, with guests Raza – tickets available now.

More (including umpteen years of back catalogue) at howtoswim.bandcamp.com.