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This article originally appeared in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on Friday December 28, 2012. There are links to loads of related interviews and reviews at the end of the piece. To those who bewail the demise of pop: guess what? … Continue reading →

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on November 2, 2012. The humble bed has long enjoyed a prominent position in popculture, from John and Yoko’s peacenik bed-ins, to celluloid orgy In Bed with Madonna. But few have exploited its instrumental properties quite like Glasgow singer-songwriter Jo Mango. On … Continue reading →

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on October 4, 2012 under the heading TAKE A MUSICAL JOURNEY FULL OF EASTERN PROMISE. It is an exotic and wonderful thing to board a bus in Glasgow city centre and … Continue reading →

This feature originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on Tuesday May 1, 2012, under the heading QUIETLY AIMING FOR THE PEAK OF SUCCESS. It’s the quiet ones you have to watch. When ambient-pop group Happy Particles issued their debut … Continue reading →

Homegame is roundly – and rightly – revered as a harmonious parallel realm in which music and booze flow like bread and water, and if stars were required for this ad-hoc write-up I would afford five of them; ten of … Continue reading →

Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh, April 14 (Four stars) Source: The Herald (Scotland), April 18 Fife’s Gordon Anderson has long transfixed us with his trailblazing alt-pop. He was a founder member of nineties DIY heroes The Beta Band, and thereafter … Continue reading →

Crail Community Hall, Sat, 9 April **** (Source: The List) Sometimes, with Fence Collective shows – with the strange, intangible magic they weave – it helps to unravel them in reverse. For example, it made perfect sense for the night … Continue reading →