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Category Archives: Reviews (Singles)
Interview: Hector Bizerk and Stanley Odd
This article originally appeared in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on September 20, 2012, under the headline CHANGING ATTITUDES WITH A HIP-HOP UPRISING. According to the cyber oracle of hipster lingo that is the Urban Dictionary, a “Hector” is an intelligent … Continue reading
Interview: Miaoux Miaoux
This interview originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on June 7, 2012, under the heading ON THE ROAD TO THE NORTH Glasgow venue Nice N Sleazy has a lot to answer for. It has long been renowned as a … Continue reading
Reviews, interviews, etc
Wee round-up of some (but not all) stuff I’ve covered of late, by way of a perfunctory update, and also as an excuse to post my two favourite Christmas records this year… I interviewed Grant Hart (of Husker Du) and Pumajaw for … Continue reading
Reviews, interviews, etc
That glorious vision above you there is the video for Remember Remember’s ‘Scottish Widows’, taken from Graeme JD Ronald and co’s brand new album, The Quickening (Rock Action). I spoke to Graeme about The Quickening, and hope, and Spinal Tap, for … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Journalism, writing etc, Reviews (Albums), Reviews (Live), Reviews (Singles)
Tagged Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells, Aidan Moffat the Quietus, Brian Wilson Interview, Cancel the Astronauts, Cruel Summer EP, De-Fence, Django Django, Graeme Ronald Interview, Jens Lekman, Josh T Pearson, King Creosote interview, King Creosote Jon Hopkins live review, Malcolm Middleton, Muscles of Joy album review, Muscles of Joy interview, Remember Remember album review, Remember Remember Interview, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wounded Knee
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So that was the summer…
Last time I logged on to this blog was in was mid-July – what happened? Well, the festival happened, and holidays happened, and time and kids and chickens happened and somehow it is now September and the potatoes are harvested … Continue reading
Scottish Pop Song of the Day #42
Panda Su – The Alphabet Song (2011) This is the third track from Fife-via-Dundee singer-songwriter Panda Su‘s latest EP, I Begin. I made it Single of the Month in the May issue of The List magazine, here. Panda Su also recently … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews (Live), Reviews (Singles), Scottish Pop Song of the Day
Tagged Alphabet Song, Dundee, Fife, Panda Su, Scottish Pop
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Some interviews, reviews etc
Here are a few links to recent interviews I’ve done with The View’s Kyle Falconer (The Herald), Janelle Monae (The Herald), James Blake (The Herald), Katy B (The Herald) and Teddy Thompson (The Herald). And some live reviews of Kid … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Journalism, writing etc, Reviews (Albums), Reviews (Live), Reviews (Singles)
Tagged Conquering Animal Sound, FOUND, James Blake interview, Janelle Monae interview, Janelle Monae live review, Jason Derulo live review, Jimmy Webb, Katy B interview, Kid Canaverl, Kyle Falconer interview, Michael Chapman, PJ Harvey, Scottish Pop, Teddy Thompson interview, The Herald, The List Magazine, The View interview
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The List, Singles, January 2011
Click here for January’s List Magazine singles column, in which Edinburgh’s Randan Discotheque vanquish the brawny likes of Villagers, Yasmin and The Streets and are duly awarded Single of The Month.
