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- The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2013
- Rob St John and David Chatton Barker on Folklore Tapes
- Interview: Conquering Animal Sound
- Interview: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Interview: Trembling Bells & Mike Heron
- Interview: The Pictish Trail
- Review: Scottish Pop in 2012
- Preview: King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution
- Interview: Aidan Moffat (L. Pierre) and Bill Wells (National Jazz Trio of Scotland)
- Happy Birthday: Monorail Music
- From The Archives: Deerhoof Interview
- Interview: Rick Redbeard
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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2013
The 20-strong long-list for this year’s Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is announced this morning, and it looks bloody magic. I’ve written about it and spoken to some of the nominated artists for today’s Herald newspaper. I’ve also … Continue reading
Interview: Conquering Animal Sound
This interview originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on March 28, 2013. The opening bars of Conquering Animal Sound’s new album sound like the beginning and end of the world. The track is called Ultimate Heat Death of the … Continue reading
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Interview: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
This interview originally ran as the cover feature of The Herald Arts supplement on Saturday April 6, 2013, under the heading, ELECTRIC COMPANY. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark never intended to be pop stars. The British electro architects’ legacy suggests … Continue reading
Interview: Trembling Bells & Mike Heron
This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on Jan 10, 2013, under the heading WHEN FOLK GET TOGETHER. There’s a line in the 1968 Incredible String Band song, The Circle is Unbroken, which sings of “brothers from all … Continue reading
Interview: The Pictish Trail
This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on Thursday Jan 3, 2013. Rarely do pop interviews occur amid hen-keeping, fire-building and trough-knocking. But The Pictish Trail, alias Johnny Lynch, is not your regular pop artist. Based on a … Continue reading
Interview: Aidan Moffat (L. Pierre) and Bill Wells (National Jazz Trio of Scotland)
This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on Thursday December 13, 2012. Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells aren’t men to rest upon their laurels. The cult-pop duo won this year’s inaugural Scottish Album of the Year Award for … Continue reading
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From The Archives: Deerhoof Interview
This interview originally ran as the cover feature in Plan B Magazine (RIP) in December 2006. Welcome to Blackpool. Home of three-quid fry-ups, puke-strewn promenades, disco balls the size of planets, and – for one-night only – cacophonic cartoon musketeers … Continue reading
Interview: Rick Redbeard
This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on November 30, 2012 under the heading, SHHH! THE GENIUS OF A FESTIVAL THAT’S OH SO QUIET… The Phantom Band’s Rick Anthony is musing on the power of silence. “If people … Continue reading
Interview: Young Fathers
This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on Thursday October 11, 2012. T in the Park, 2009, and a pop-firing, chromo-dub Edinburgh rap trio are raising party mayhem with their chichi dance routines, falsetto serenades and glittering Michael … Continue reading
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