Edinburgh
Track: Edinburgh’s Marky Wildtype yearns for a ‘Place of Peace’ in a dreamy pop epistle.
Edinburgh’s Marky Wildtype (the moniker of musician/producer Mark Blanford) has just released the delicious slice of indie pop entitled ‘Place of Peace’. With soaring melodies and an almost Gregorian chant to the delivery, there is a Beach Boys harmonised pop brilliance that positively shimmers. You can certainly detect traces of fellow Scots Belle and Sebastian …
Album Review : Urvanovic – Let’s Not Be Here : expansive chamber pop which rises above the convention.
There’s always something intriguing when a band that you thought had disappeared suddenly stick their heads above the musical whirlpool with a new album. So where have Scottish pop orchestrators Urvanovic been hiding? Their 2015 debut ‘Amateurs’, all Admiral Fallow harmonies with hints of Frightened Rabbit big music, made ripples amongst homeland fans and drew …
NEWS: Edinburgh’s swim school release new track Delirious and announce EP Duality set for release on 2 June
swim school have announced details of their second EP Duality set for release on 2 June via LAB Records. Alongside this news, the Edinburgh trio have shared their heaviest single to date ‘Delirious‘. It documents frontwoman Alice Johnson’s experiences of misogyny within the music industry; tackling sexist behaviour from sound engineers via driving, fuzzy guitars …
NEWS: Hamish Hawk announces new album Angel Numbers, releases new single Think of Us Kissing, and confirms biggest UK headline tour to date
Hamish Hawk has announced his new album Angel Numbers which is set for release on 3 February 2023 on Post Electric. It follows on from last years self-released Heavy Elevator which received critical acclaim and saw three singles playlisted by BBC Radio6 Music. In celebration of this news Hamish has released new single ‘Think of …
LIVE REVIEW: Eades / Midnight Ambulance / ur.frnd – Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh 08.08.2022
Independent Grassroots Music Venues, you have to love them especially when the bands they host provide such great nights. Sneaky Petes in Edinburgh presented a night of pure fun away from the mayhem of the August Festivals. Eades headlined to create the mayhem inside instead…..and all on a Monday night! An almost sell-out venue saw …
LIVE REVIEW: Sacred Paws/Poster Paints – Summerhall, Edinburgh 06/08/2022
Sacred Paws brought smiles, sunshine, dancing and pure joy to Edinburgh’s Summerhall. The duo, comprising Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers, won the 2017 Scottish Album of the Year Award with their debut Strike A Match and their second album Run Around the Sun was long-listed in 2020. Both released on Rock Action Records. With their …
Live Review: The Chameleons / The Membranes – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 11.02.2022
The resurgence of punk and post punk bands continues with a major UK tour by The Chameleons. Originally formed in 1981, it’s a significant anniversary to tour to celebrate 40 years of being a band but in this case, The Chameleons had chosen to tour their 1985 album “What Does Anything Mean? Basically”. Like many …
Track: We Were Promised Jetpacks change trajectory with new album ‘Enjoy the View’ and share their latest positivity-infused single ‘Fat Chance’
Acclaimed Edinburgh indie trio We Were Promised Jetpacks will release their much-anticipated, brand new album Enjoy the View on 10 September via Big Scary Monsters. Along with this announcement is the release of single Fat Chance. Following on from previous single If It Happens – released via 7” – these new tracks signify a change …
Premiere: The Son(s)’ icy, baptismal video for ‘Lord, I Am Grateful’
EDINBURGH’S The Son(s) are not a band to shy away from the raw side of living in their creative pursuits. The video for their latest song, which the band are premiering today with Backseat Mafia, is the absolutely soul-wide-open paean “Lord, I Am Grateful”, and which was filmed immersed in the icy, peaty currents of …
ALBUM REVIEW: Check Masses – ‘Nightlife’
FOR MY money, Edinburgh is the most beautiful first-division city in these isles. Its architecture, its hills, its views north and east over silvered cold seas. And, god, the culture. But it’s also the city of Ian Rankin’s crime noir; of the graffitoed walls and burnt-out cars of Royal Academician Jock McFadyen; of some Irvine …