Frightened Rabbit

Fighting the vinyl villains

Buying and creating records on vinyl, as well as spending time within the sanctions of your independent record store is a rapidly dying art, but amidst the impetuous flow of mp3s and FLACs and wavs and ACCs, there remains a flickering flame determined to keep the stuttering institution alive more… “Frightened Rabbit”

The Lines

Straight to the point

The flame first ignited by industrial, working-class artists such as The Jam and The Undertones all those years ago still burns strongly more… “The Lines”

Withered Hand

Vis-a vis

It’s a shame that modern day folk music has been commandeered by the likes of faux-pas acts such as Mumford and Sons, Noah and the Whale et al, to such an extent that the border lines have become almost invisible between genuine folk and commercialized, marketable ‘folkLite’. more… “Withered Hand”

Paws

Thumbs up!

Noise rock is noisily making a noisy resurgence, and right at the forefront of the movement, poking their scuzzy little beaks into the same cup drunk from by trend-setters Dinosaur Jr. Sonic Youth and Nirvana before them, we have three lads from Glasgow more… “Paws”

St Deluxe

Join the fan club

Despite its dark, brooding exterior, grunge can at times prove to be a jolly, whimsical affair, as was proved by Martin Kirwan of St Deluxe when I met up with him at Mono in Glasgow to shoot the breeze over a nice cold one. more… “St Deluxe”