Listen again to this week’s show – with new music including Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Michael Timmons, The Scaramanga Six, Bas Jan, Karma Surround, an Ivor Cutler cover from LA, our ‘used to be in’ segment features former members of There Will Be Fireworks, and our Album of the Week is a compilation from OK Pal Records

Cause for celebration : ten questions

Music and poetry often go hand-in-hand, but it’s safe to say that a Booker prize-nominated Orcadian and a member of a US-based industrial rock supergroup are unlikely to feature together on many album credits.

Playing the part : ten questions

Hear the name Monica Queen and you may think of her work firstly with Thrum, or more recently Tenement and Temple

Going the extra mile : ten questions

For many music fans of a certain vintage, the guitar work on the seminal Scars album ‘Author Author’ is as an iconic part of post-punk

The third single and title track from the Edinburgh keyboard virtuoso’s sophomore album switches down a gear for a departure from McLaren’s usual sound, opting for a soaring, cinematic orchestral arrangement, with a video to match, directed by Jordan Yorkston. (more…)