The Twilight Sad

Heart of darkness

Dying rabbits and burning children aren’t exactly the subject choices for songs that advertise any optimism for a band. Then again, nor does the name The Twilight Sad. more… “The Twilight Sad”

The Raincoats

Back in shape

Kurt Cobain maintained that re-acquiring the Raincoats 1979 debut meant more to him than making his first million. Thirty years since the release of their sophomore album, Odyshape, itm? got to interview The Raincoats about their legacy more… “The Raincoats”

Rachel Sermanni

... on ‘The Bothy Sessions’

Into the wild with friends, a guitar and Herman Hess.
Rachel tells the story of how a spontaneous venture into the wilderness with friends grew into a CD release, and discusses songwriting, sonnets and spiders. more… “Rachel Sermanni”

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”

Mick Cooke

Doing it for the kids

‘Curating” is one of those terms that has crept into the world of pop music, from the polar-opposite world of dusty museums and art galleries. more… “Mick Cooke”

Dead Man’s Waltz

Dancing on the other side:

Ploughing an entirely different field from most other current new bands, Dead Man’s Waltz hail from Skye, write songs inspired by Eastern European folk music and regularly host gigs where the audiences are asked to read out Victorian ghost stories. more… “Dead Man’s Waltz”

The Xcerts

None more slack

Poor drummers running from South Edinburgh to make rehearsals, lucky bird crap, caps in the ass, and music genealogy were just some of the things that came out of this quick catch-up with The Xcerts more… “The Xcerts”

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”