The ‘Burgh Bootlegs #2 – Stars in Their Eyes with eagleowl & friends
This was an amazing night. Well done to Bart and the rest of eagleowl, our host Matthew Kelly as well as all the musicians that took part and everyone in the audience who contributed to it being so much fun! p.s. apologies to Kate Bush who I didn’t get any decent footage of but she ...
The Best End of Year Lists of 2010
Music is extremely important to me but for probably the first time it has been low on the list of priorities for much of this year. I’ve had a lot of other stuff going on. Now I find myself at the end of the year and not having heard half as much of the year’s ...
Creative Types #1 – Bartholomew Owl (from eagleowl)
This is the first in a new series of interviews with people who are doing great things creatively both locally and hopefully a little bit further afield too. First up we have the ridiculously likeable Bart from eagleowl, the stunning Edinburgh band whose music has genuinely moved me to tears on more than one occasion. ...
I Hear a New World Podcast April 2010 with The Fall, CocoRosie, Debutant & eagleowl – plus win a pair of CocoRosie tickets!
April’s slightly belated podcast features: 1. Bury Parts 1 & 3 from The Fall’s superb new album Your Future, Our Clutter, out today on Domino Records 2. Lemonade by CocoRosie plus the chance to win two tickets to their gig in Glasgow on May 12th at the Classic Grand (listen for instructions on how to ...
Sleep The Winter – eagleowl
The wind is battering the windows, whistling through the doors and buzzing through the nooks and crannies of my ancient old tenement flat. It’s winter alright. I’m playing the new single by eagleowl, Sleep The Winter. It’s achingly sad, like standing on the windswept petrol-perfumed deck of a ferry and seeing a beautiful coastline of a ...
Playing with the Past
I’m delighted to say that Playing with the Past is back in Edinburgh for a second night on August 22nd. This combination of film and live music was my highlight of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (ok I only saw one other film, what of it?) bringing together three of my favourite Edinburgh bands ...
Fence Homegame 6 – Video Diary (some very selective personal highlights)
Yes I have finally experienced the Fence Homegame in Anstruther and it was well worth the wait. The above video diary shows a few of the bands we saw, a lot of which have already featured on the podcasts. I only had very limited space on my wee digital camera so didn’t manage to capture everything, e.g.Viking ...
Podcast 5 (Featuring Thee Moths, eagleowl and Sans Trauma
Retreat! artwork by Withered Hand. www.myspace.com/witheredhandmusic. www.myspace.com/edinburghretreat Thee Moths – Don’t Let the Crows Take Your Eyes “It’s time to end. Thee Moths has been around in many forms for almost 8 years. Over 55 releases and hundreds of songs I’ve said all I can say with the project.” So sayeth Alex Botten, the man ...