Puts it in the category for the ‘main’ feature on the front. The most recently posted one is the one that will show
It’s a win-win situation. Artist releases record, lazy journalist gets them to describe ‘in their own words’ each tune – a ‘track-by-track’ guide, if you like. Artist beavers away busily, journalist puts up feet and waits for his work to be done for him. more… “RM Hubbert”
You may remember Mancunian grunge rockers Nine Black Alps for their infectious distorted pop tunes such as ‘Unsatisfied’, ‘Just Friends’ and ‘Shot Down’. more… “Nine Black Alps”
With The Wedding Present gearing up for a celebration of seminal album Seamonsters’ 21st birthday, surely mainman David Gedge would be recharging his batteries for the months ahead? more… “The Wedding Present”
We’ve worked our writers hard at itm? and eventually they’ve come up with their choices for album of the year for 2011. more… “Album of the year / poll 2011”
“A lot of the album is about different relationships I‘ve had and the chaos and neurosis that goes along with them,” says Erik Sandburg, Wake The President’s chief songwriter. “I had a lot of pent-up emotion which I just put into the songs.” more… “Wake the President”
With a tour taking in several Scottish dates including Glasgow’s Twin Atlantic’s star is rising. more… “Twin Atlantic”
Glasgow four-piece United Fruit have been gathering something of a reputation for visceral, guitar-driven performances – though unusually on record they show as much of that hard-biting energy as they do live. more… “United Fruit”
Indie rock and traditional folk, nothing’s impossible for Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble. more… “Roddy Woomble”
Dweezil Zappa is currently on tour in the UK playing his father Frank’s music as Zappa plays Zappa. A few weeks ago, ahead of his gig at Edinburgh’s HMV Picturehouse this weekend, we called him at home in California to find out what we might expect, and why this is not simply a tribute act or an exercise in nostalgia. more… “Dweezil Zappa”
Aussie Indie band Howling Bells are back with a new album, ‘The Loudest Engine’, released last month on Cooking Vinyl. more… “Howling Bells”