Cannonball Jane
Knees Up! EP
Gaddycat
Mild-mannered music teacher by day, electropop too-cool-for-school queen Cannonball Jane returns with a special EP featuring the frankly terrific ‘Take It To Fantastic’ more… “Cannonball Jane”
Single reviews
Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences
The Bigger Bone
Jezus Factory
Paul Hawkins writes the sort of songs that are so monotonous and repetitive that they end up infecting you subtely like a summer cold. more… “Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences”
The Scuffers
The Life I've Had
Miracle Town
Glasgows the Scuffers proclaim to be alt-country, but after several listens to The Life I’ve Had it’s quite hard so see just what is ‘alt’ about it. more… “The Scuffers”
Orientalists
EP
Orientalists
According to their absurdly florid biography, The Orientalists are a “wrecker of engines… a sonic assault on your oppressive, decrepit regimes…”. more… “Orientalists”
Captain Face
100% Crad
Fat Hippy
From the ever-creative loins of Fat Hippy come these Aberdeenshire funk-indie wannabes, who will be sure to divide audiences down the middle. more… “Captain Face”
Viva Stereo
Miles Apart E.P.
De-Fence / Much Better
As with anyone whose lost their weekend in a haze of Weatherspoons endorsed moonshine-supping will attest, Mondays are rarely fun. more… “Viva Stereo”
Electric Drugstore
Pull The Trigger / Rise And Fall
Firewater
Celebrating the launch of renowned Glasgow club Firewater’s new label (handily named under the same moniker), their debut single is from Glasgow five-piece Electric Drugstore. more… “Electric Drugstore”
Paul Rooney
Lucy Over Lancashire
SueMi
Veteran connoisseurs of the ‘weird’ have been hit hard in recent years. With no John Peel to play 15-minute rambles set to a screwball musical backing (anyone remember A Sudden Sway?) more… “Paul Rooney”
Bonebox
Do You Feel You've Been Warned
Fat Northerner
Largely the work of one man, macabre lyricist Jay Taylor, the band’s at-times minimal take on country, blues and jazz is on this occasion expanded into a cinematic mix more… “Bonebox”
Siouxsie
Here Comes That Day
W14
Her second solo single this year, ‘Here Comes That Day’ deserves to be as big a hit as anything Ms. Ballion’s ever recorded. more… “Siouxsie”