Gadgets for Gadgeys – which e-reader is best?
Urban Dictionary definitions for Gadgey: Non specific person in Scotland; ‘joe bloggs’. Often used to refer to workman, or random person in street/crowd. Another word for a ned in scotland. Derogatory Scottish term for someone who’s not so well-off. I’m obsessed with gadgets, and never more so than now, when I’m trying to stop myself ...
Meursault’s Off The Beaten Tracks Session
Meursault’s Off The Beaten Tracks session is online now. I wrote a wee piece to accompany the above video, which takes place beside the William Henry Miller Mausoleum in Craigentinny, which originally inspired the song. The article explains more, and it was fascinating to research. I can also be spotted somewhere at the back concentrating ...
King Creosote’s 8th Bit of Strange in 14 Years
It really does feel strange posting an entire unreleased album by an artist on this blog as I’m usually pretty respectful about copyright and don’t post much that I don’t have prior permission (or at least implied permission) for. But this may be a new era of artist-authorised bootlegging, if Mr Kenny Anderson, aka King ...
Home and Dry from Homegame
Phew. That was a busy week, in which blogging just hasn’t been near the top of my list of priorities, so sorry about the lack of posts recently. As well as doing some decorating (yawn), I went to see Grizzly Bear/Beach House (which was an excellent excellent gig – see Evil Stu’s review for more ...
2009: The Ones That Got Away #7: The Gothenburg Address
SCOTTISH MUSIC SUNDAYS I’m a friend of The Gothenburg Address’ guitarist Chris Bathgate and a big fan of his previous bands (he was a touring member of Arab Strap and frontman for Sans Trauma) – so I have very little excuse for being so late with this review. Sometimes it’s hard to write about friend’s ...
On Behalf of My Wife and I – King Creosote & Withered Hand
I talked about the latest Fencezine on this month’s podcast and included King Creosote’s lovely version of Withered Hand’s No Cigarettes from the accompanying CD ‘On Behalf of My Wife and I’. Unfortunately it seems this issue has now sold out, so it seems rather cruel to be writing more about it, but at least ...
Blog Profile: Fred Egg Comics (plus review of ‘Dump’ & Oink! video)
As my Twitter and Facebook friends will already know, a couple of weeks back I did a guest video post about Oink! Comic, one of my favourites when I was a kid, for the excellent Fred Egg Comics blog. The blog, which is proving to be a great re-introduction to the world of comics for ...
The Kays Lavelle – The Hours
This first single from Edinburgh band The Kays Lavelle’s new album is being given away for free from tomorrow at Wiseblood Industries and already it’s getting the kind of positive buzz not seen since eagleowl’s last release. Though it’s hard not to describe ‘The Hours’ as a 6 minute epic, don’t let that fool you ...
Paul Vickers & The Leg – Itchy Grumble
dear reader: I know how confusing it is, when I jump back and forth between topics like a fickle cheerleader working her way through the school football team. And while new Scottish music is clearly an interest of mine, it is not, though some incorrectly assume otherwise, all that this blog is about. But on ...
Musée Mécanique ‘HOLD THIS GHOST’ (album review)
Hold This Ghost feels like a proper record, a real collection of songs that works best listened to as a whole. Based around the songwriting partnership of Sean Ogilvie and Micah Rabwin, from Portland Oregon, Musée Mécanique are named after a collection of vintage amusement and musical instruments in San Francisco, aptly so because the ...