A Weekend in Fife, featuring The Three Craws
I missed the impromptu set by The Three Craws at Homegame earlier this year, so I was delighted when my friends Iain and Aileen, who live in Aberdour, got Mel and I tickets to go see them at the Aberdour Festival. As it turned out, we were already heading to Fife that weekend to visit ...
I Hear a New World Podcast 7 – Fence Special part 2
I Hear a New World Podcast 7 – Fence Special part two The second part of a two-part special on Scotland’s Fence Collective. 1. King Creosote – Don’t Ask Me How My Weekend Went 2. King Creosote – Houston Tharoule 3. Rozi Plain – Stolen Shark 4. The Pictish Trail – Into the Smoke 5. Rozi Plain – Roof ...
Fence Club featuring James Yorkston & The Athletes, Malcolm Middleton, The Pictish Trail and Rozi Plain.
Photo by Alison H (more at flickr) “I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member” Groucho Marx Even though hipster’s fave Bon Iver is appearing up the road at the Queen’s Hall, there are lengthy queues outside The Caves for tonight’s Fence Club and a few unlucky souls ...
King Creosote & The Pictish Trail – Fence Collective special
illustration by Leigh Pearson From small beginnings, Anstruther-based label Fence Records has deservedly grown in stature over the last decade or so, and now boasts a dedicated fanbase and an impressive roster of artists whilst very much retaining its down-to-earth DIY ethos. I caught up with label lynchpins Johnny Lynch and Kenny Anderson, otherwise known ...
The Pictish Trail – Powerhouse of Funk
Perfectly representing the organic mix of traditional and electronic instrumentation with quality songwriting and unself-conscious experimentation that characterises the output of the Fence Collective is Secret Soundz Vol.1, the first long-player from The Pictish Trail aka Johnny Lynch. Born and raised in Auld Reekie before moving to the US as a teenager (where he became ...
I Hear a New World Podcast 6 – Fence Collective Special (part one)
Podcast 6 – Fence Collective special (part one). 1. James Yorkston – Queen of Spain www.jamesyorkston.co.uk2. The Pictish Trail – I Don’t Know Where To Begin www.myspace.com/pictishtrail3. Rozi Plain – The Lang Toun (James Yorkston cover)4. David Thomas Broughton (James Yorkston cover) See www.myspace.com/jamesyorkstoncoversalbum for more info. See the September 2008 issue of The Skinny for my interviews with ...
The Pictish Trail – Secret Soundz Vol.1
In his behind the scenes role at Fife’s Fence record label, Johnny Lynch has obviously been well-placed to soak up all the best aspects of the label’s varied output. Secret Soundz Vol.1 is a collection of intricate but playful electronica as colourful as its striking cover art. The album’s joyously schizophrenic combination of strong pop ...