Plum Plays…a little bit of Grimes
I discovered Edinburgh artist Plum after meeting her alter ego Shona Maguire at a music related shindig in Edinburgh. I love that whenever someone sends you their music you never […]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
On Rotation…The Phantom Band
I started to accept that I’m actually an insomniac when I read a collection of short stories on the topic – aptly called Bedlam – and a writer commented that […]
My little sister loves…Nina Nesbitt
There are a couple of reasons I started blogging about music in particular, one of the biggest ones is my little sister Lynn. I share great musical things with her […]
Kid Canaveral…Go Bananas!
I discovered Edinburgh band Kid Canaveral later than most folk, actually not through music but because I met one of them (*ref the smiley chap below). I do however believe […]
Cancel The Astronauts play…Pet Lions!
Edinburgh’s Cancel The Astronauts make cheery as hell music, a generally brilliant and bouncy dose of guitar pop-like material. I’ve received a really mixed bag of suggestions from musicians on […]
The Last Battle are playing…John Knox Sex Club
Edinburgh’s The Last Battle arrived on my musical radar last year with ’365 days’, one of the only original New Year songs I could find from a Scottish band (yes […]
Happiness in the Eye of a Scottish Storm
I should really have left the house already, but it’s one of those horrible Scottish days where the wind’s been howling for hours. Instead I’m listening to Dark Was The […]
The Stormy Seas Play…Alasdair Roberts
Ok folks, I won’t beat about the bush on this one – I love Edinburgh’s The Stormy Seas. Their first album Of Rust and Loss was released in November 2011, […]
Call to Mind are playing…Pandit
Call to Mind are, if you don’t already know them, simply worth checking out. The Glasgow based four piece have been making self-tagged ‘glacial pop’ for several years, an atmospheric […]
