The much awaited A Garden at the Top of the Tree is a mixture of friendly bubble-pop, mingled with relaxed indie folk that creates an emotive yet optimistic sound that is difficult to come by. more… “Fraser”
Truly indie ‘veterans’, the Dundee five-piece have made their seventh studio album something of a ‘back to basics’ effort. more… “Spare Snare”
One of those bands which is actually just one bloke (Gord Mathieson) , the Dundee-based one-piece have, for this recording at least, enlisted the help of Dundee rockers Pensioner. more… “The Strangers Almanac”
Like the old adage that you’re never further than six feet from a rat in a major city, the feeling with this debut from the St Andrews-formed act is that you are never more than 30 seconds from a hook. more… “Kid Canaveral”
You have to hand it to Adam Staford, he does like to keep himself busy. When not directing award-winning films or working with Y’All Is Fantasy Island, he’s off on some tangent or other – usually his solo career more… “Adam Stafford”
This is like a patchwork of all your favourite tunes with some new space-age groove thrown in too. more… “Metaltech”
With a stack of CDs to choose from I reached for Mayhew’s EP, ‘Tinderbox’, purely because my superficiality led me to the album with the cover that I liked the most; this album cover is adorable. more… “Mayhew”
This is a crazed, driven, based-up brute of a disc. That much is clear right from the opening notes and it is this seething, angel-of-vengeance attitude which drives the whole set. more… “Forward Play”
This is a belter of a compilation!
Produced by Handsome Crab Promotions, a collective of young music enthusiasts who work together to promote punk music across the Central Belt of Scotland more… “Various”
Astral Planes (formerly Paper Planes) already have a couple of well-received seven-inch singles to their name but this mini-album reveals new depths to the band’s songwriting. While there is no doubt Astral Planes have a knack for gritty rock n’roll, ‘Sit Still Child’ reveals they also have a talent for elegiac pop. more… “Astral Planes”