Arab Strap
'20 Songs for 20 Years'
Chemikal Underground
In 1996, an unlikely pair from Falkirk released an album of songs about life, the absence of love and scraping by. more… “Arab Strap”
In 1996, an unlikely pair from Falkirk released an album of songs about life, the absence of love and scraping by. more… “Arab Strap”
Electric Frog has become a Glasgow staple, bringing an eclectic mix of music and artists to the newly refurb’d SWG3 more… “Electric Frog”
This is the tenth album from Dundonian indie-rocksters Spare Snare, a band 21 years young more… “Spare Snare”
The first time I saw them, they were stalking across a blustery field near Oban, backstage at Dunstaffnage festival more… “Sparrow and the Workshop”
Ah, Scunner! A more crazy conundrum of collective consciousness has never darkened the cabariot streets of this humdrum city. more… “Scunner”
This reviewer feels slightly sad and nostalgic sitting listening to the treat of Redbeard’s album spilling digitally from the laptop. more… “Rick Redbeard”
As Andy Cairns and his gang troop onto the stage, resplendent in kilts (“Happy f**kin’ St Andrew’s Day!”), it’s a strange wash of nostalgia and tremulous excitement which mingles with the sweat and beer. more… “Therapy?”
This is visceral, almost a lament, the two-piece creating layers of blood-rich warmth in the duelling vocals more… “Blood Red Shoes”
This is quite harmless nineties Euro-rock, and as such becomes palatable background music. more… “Universal You”
Two tracks from Glasgow’s Mummy Short Arms, the oddly monikered gang of surrealists. more… “Mummy Short Arms”